The Savannah morning news., 1903-09-23
HAPPY FOR AMERICA
WAS CHOICE OF Plus Y, SAYS CAR,
DINAL GIBBONS.
WELCOMED HOME FROM ROME
SAYS ANOTHER AMERICAN CARDI-
NAL MAY BE MADE SOON.

Talk of PRtrlarchate for Occidcnt
RidiculOus-NO Radical Changes in
American Church to Ensue-Pius'
Attitude to the QuirinaI Unknown.
No Sudden Change Likely in Vati-
cnn POIicy-Better Feeling Be
tween Italy and Church May Come
About with Time.
New York. Sept. 22.-Cardinal Glib
bons arrived here to-day on the Kaiser
Welhelm der Crosse. A delegation of
priests and laymen from Baltimore
went down the bay on a revenue cut
ter to greet him and welcome him
home. Among those heading the dele
cation was r. B. Tippet of Baltimore,
supreme president of the Catholic Be
nevolent Legion. When the welcom-
ing party boarded the Kaiser Wilhelm
off quarantine Mr.. Tippet made an adj
dress of welcome, to which the cardinal
briefly responded, saying in part:
You have been pleased to refer to
the date of my ordination. Those were
dark and troublesome days. My ordi-
nation was almost coincident with the
beginning of the Civil War and every
fresh state that left the Union brought
a fresh pang to my heart" Continu-
ing, the cardinal said that at that time
his heart was in the South and his
head in the North.
Another reception awaited the Cardi-
nal when he went ashore at Hoboken.
The pier was crowded with ecclesiasti-
cal friends from this city.
The Cardinal had a pleasant voyage,
and he said the ocean trip had recuper-
ated his strength. OF the new Pontiff,
the Cardinal spoke in terms of the
greatest enthusiasm. He said that the
choice of the conclave had been most
happy from an American viewpoint,
as Piux X was deeply interested in the
development of the church in this coun-
try and was singularly familiar with
american institutions. The Cardinal
had several lengthy interviews with the
Pope regarding church affairs in this
country.
The Cardinal was not inclined to dis
cuss the probable policy of the new pa
pal regime, but said that no radical
| changes in American church admins
tration would enSue
Concerning the probable relations be-
! tween the new Pope and the Italian
| government, CdfQlDdl GlDOpnS sara.
"The Pope as patriarch of Venice. was
on very friendly terms with the King,
but what a man does when he is
mere private in the ranks so to speak,
and when he is elevated to power and
responsibility are wholly different
things
What Plus X will do in this matter
is, of course, unknown. You may rely
on it, however there will be no sud
den change. These things are not
done in a way to attract attention. If
a change does take place 1t will be a
gradual change the friendliness be-
tween the Vatican and the Quirinal
will grow.
Plus X is not the Patriarch of Ven
] ice and while he may retain his
| friendly feelings for the King, these
| feelings will cause no sudden change
of Papal policy, but will probably in
the course of time bring about inn
proved relationship and a better state
of things. The King, I believe, is in
fluenced by very kindly feelings to-
ward the Pope"
Asked about the possibility of am
| other American cardinal being APP
] pointed, Cardinal Gibbons answered:
/ There will be another cardinal. 1t
would not surprise him to see the num-
Der of American cardinals augmented
| in the near future, but there is abb
solutely no truth in the cabled state
ment that the Pope proposes to create
a Patriarchate for the Occident. The
statement is ridiculous"