The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-31
GOTH AND RAMPoLLA.
Traits of Two of the Cardinals Men. tloned for the PapaI Successorshlp.

From the New York American.
 Cardinal Gottis most pronounced trait Is asceticism. Having in early life att tached himself to the Carmelite order, to this day he continues to live simply as a monk
 Prior even to his selection as arch bishop of Patra. Friar Gotti was known as an extreme ascetic. He lived on the simplest fare, dispensed with shoes and spent weeks at a time in tie cloistered seclusion of the monastery. He studied taught, preached and practiced for twen- ty years in comparative obscurity. He emerged from this obscurity and his star rose when he was sent to Brazil. On the abdication of Dom Pedro a serious pro- blem confronted the Vatican by the ra- cial legislation with regard to religious liberty and the undisciplined condition of the Brazilian clergy. Archbishop Gotti was commissioned to restore harmony. He did. They made him a cardinal. That was in 1895.
 Since then he has commanded the at tention of the Catholic world by the sheer force of his character and intel- feet. His name is identified with the re- ligious party in the Sacred college as opposed to the political school
 As prefect of the propaganda he Is now referred to as the red pope, while the general of the Jesuits, whose robes are sable, is called the black pope in contradiction to the supreme pontiff, whose robes are white, and who is called the white pope
 Since the founding of the church it has been the prerogative of it's succeed ing heads to choose their own names. In arriving at a choice each pope is, guided by some ideal, as. for instance, what he hopes to accomplish during his reign, or his mental or religious sem blance to some saint or predecessor on the papal throne. Pope Leo saw in him self a resemblance to Leo I. This de- cided him In making a choice of a papal name.
 Cardinal Rampolla is the nearest rival of Cardinal Gotu as a pap; candidate. He is a conservative of the conserva- tives He is a powerful friend of the Jesuits.
 One powerful source of influence Tn favor of Cardinal Rampolla succeeding Pope Leo Is the tradition that His Holi- ness should be man of patrician birth. Rampo1la is the only Italian cardinal who fulflls this requirement. absolutely.
 He is the scion of one of the grandest and most princely houses of the old Si- cilian nobility, and Is a marquis. Many are devoted to him, but more fear him. He walks with a hurried step and seldom raises his eyes He is known in Rome as the Man of Science.
 Cardinal Oreglia al Stefano. who is also named as a strong candidate, be- longs to an old, but not a titled Italian family. He is an adopted son and ne- phew of Count Solaro Della Margherita, and once served Victor Emanuel as chaplain. Pope Plus TX created him a cardinal in 1S73-he being. with Parrochi, one of the two surviving cardinals ap- pointed by Plus TX.
 Personally Cardinal Oreglia is tall and angular. Politically he belongs to the | extreme conservatives.
 | Pope Leo, in his official capacity, has | been in receipt for several years of an | annual income of one and one-half mill | lion dollars. Leo-the individual has l for ten years or more enjoyed a return on his own personal investments of not ! less than $1,0O0000. His fortune of less than a million dollars will probably be | distributed among his five nephews in equal shares. ais pontifical fortune Is to be placed under the trusteeship of three ] cardinals. one of whom is said to be | Cardinal Rampolla to be handled and | disbursed until the next pope shall have | ascended the throne. | ------.s------------