The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-08-21
THOUSANDS At
RECEPTION Of
THE CARDINAL
Every Creed Was Represented
in Great Throng That
Kissed Seal Ring.
EVENT MARKS AN EPOCH
IN HISTORY OF CHURCH
JAMES CARDINAL GIBBONS Elk
TENDS BLESSING TO PROTEST
ANTS AND CATHOLICS ALIKE.

More than 5000 persons of every. creed
and Of no creed knelt last Saturday be-
fore James Cardinal Gibbons, the rank.
ing Roman Catholic prelate of the
western hemisphere, and the only
American member of the college of
cardinals, and pressed their lips to the
| great seal ring, the insignia of his
priestly Office, on the occasion of his
formal public reception at the resi-
dence of Right Rev. Laurence Seaman.
bishop of Salt Lake.
Inc affair marks an epoch in the his
tory of the west, as well as an enoeb
IN the history of the Roman Catholic
history of the world For the first time
roman Catholic cardinal has Maid an
! offlclal visit TO the west. For, MANY,
OF those, in fact for nearly ali. if was
the first time they had ever seen q
Roman Catholic cardinal. To he nra-
sellled officially to a member of the
college OF cardinals was the privilege of
a lifetime, and thousands eagerly en-
praced the opportunity.
FROM o'clock until Saturday aft
erhoon Cardinal Gibbons received an
apparently endless stream of neonIe
some OF these were communicates of
the Roman Catholic church i'm the
United States. Others. perhans ca1,1e
out OF curiosity. But more attended
the reception because it gave them tho
privilege Of meeting a man whose ~
lislous influence is extended over ono
OF lne largest churches of the world a
man whose vote helps to select the nre- |
!d1e VINO occupies the throne of 81 |
Peter IN Rome, the pope. the absoI,I+e |
head of all the Catholics in fhe TUor1d !
ana who exercises a power greater than |
any crowned king has ever attarnn+ed
to hold. p'eu
Before the hour set for the formal re-
cepuon carriages and automobiles had
Drought to Bishop Scanlan's residence
lil OF people waiting to be pre-
'eL,teq 10 the cardinal. Shortly after i
y J, ciock these people were ushered into
little girls ~ e''y
The austere dignity of the nIainness
n furnishings and decorations that is
lINays TO be found in the residence Of
roman catholic prelate was pleasant
y renewed by festoons of American
iags ana great clusters of baautif,,I
lowers Back of the cardinals throne
ne green and gold, with the harm of !
nm was entwined with the. fiape n
On a background of flaming ,
cariet the coat of arms of the cardinal ,
vas displayed at his throne.
AS the people entered the recen+io, ,
DOM they were met by joseph Gea 5t,toii
an ana by him presented to Right Rev
laurence Seaman bishop of salt ~ tsgo' j,
men men they were presented to his emf q
;sbon 81 James me Cardinal Gibbons, arch
lshop OF Baltimore. After meetipe Al ;,
ardinal the guests Were presan+ed 'i ne !
urn Ito TO Right Rev. Dennis ]. O'Connam II -
,,I archbishop of San Francisco. v
; lght Rev: AIphonsus ]. GIori iU ~
i5H%p s OF Idaho His Grace John 5. "
80 dl In Of Detroit, and His Y
'etroit. oislop OF
Mrs ., w. a. McCaskeI was the bostoss n;
III. tlre occasion With her in the re- h,
1 nv g line We're Mrs. o. ]. salisbury b re- % %
5sl,on RANK nIi Judge, Mrs Jasper A. NC al
enevieve Mccormick anu MISS h