The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1910-09-24
PAPAL DELEGATE
HoN0RED IN ST. PAUL
Twenty Thousand People Assemble
at Reception for Cardinal
Vannutelli.
The Aged Churchman is Moved by
the Enthusiastic Greeting
he Receives.
St. Paul, the First American City
he has Visited, Makes Last
ing Impression.

The largest gathering that ever as
sembled in st. Paul to do honor to a
of the Catholic hierarchy was
the one which filed the great audi
forum of that city to overfpwing
Tuesday night to show respect to the
esteemed representative Of Pope Plus
K, Cardinal Vincenzo Vannutelli. The
'rowd began to assemble long before
tho doors Of the auditorium were
thrown open and when His Eminence
arrived with Archbishop Ireland at
$3.50 O'clock every seat in the spacious
hall was occupied and hundreds Of
people were standing in the galleries.
About 10000 people were present. AS
the automobile bearing the distin-
guished guest and the Archbishop
whirled onto the stage the great
throng rose and, waving hats and
banners, cheered for several minutes.
His Eminence smiled pleasantly and
bowed recognition.
When the cheering had subsidized the
lights were put out and a huge cross
suspended above the stage and pro-
vidsd with hundreds of bulbs was
lighted to the great pleasure of Car
dinal Vannutelli. When the picture
the cross, the papal colors
and the Stars and Stripes all min
gled was flashed upon the audience a
tremendous volume Of cheers rang out
from every quarter of the hall.
Mayor Keller of st. Paul extended
the welcome of the city to His Emil
hence. after which Governor Eberhart
heartily welcomed him on behalf Of
the state Of Minnesota. The welcome
Of the laity was extended by C. d.
OBrien. Archbishop Ireland then rose
and on behalf of the clergy of the
Of st. Paul. he extended
the sincerest welcome to his bosom
friend of quarter of a century. The
voice plainly showed
period, touching upon the history Of
the papacy from the days of st. Peter
to the reign Of his present holiness.
Plus 4. He told his audience what
the papacy stood for during all the
ages and reminded them that no
country in the world could
trace its institutions back to their
beginnings without giving credit to
the Popes Of Rome for their origin,
He said that In America the man Of
honor is the friend alike of Catholic
and non-Catholic. He extended his
welcome again and again to Cardinal
Vannutelli and assured him that the
good will of all the people of the
archdiocese of st. Paul, whether Cath
Ollie or not, was with him.
Cardinal Vannutelli responded to the
addresses of welcome in French
u years of age the Cardinal
is robust and his voice is strong. He
Is more than six feet in height and
his years have not caused his shout
ders to droop. He was deeply affected
by the warm reception rendered him
and took occasion time and again to
thank those present for their kind
ness. st. Paul was the first American
city that he visited and st. Paul inn
pressed him in q way that he assured
his auditors he would not forget. He
said In part:
THE magnificent welcome accorded
me in st. Paul has touched me deep
". l thank his honor, the mayor;
his excellency, the governor. the
speaker for the laity and the Arch
bishop of st. Paul for the warm greet
ing they have extended me. I thank
the magnificent audience assembled in
your grand auditorium for the atten-
tion they are willing to pay to my
words: thank the city of st. Paul for
its greetings hour by hour since my
arrival within its gates. And let mo
say how charmed have been to pass
amidst the splendid Examinations. to
pass along your streets, and the splen-
did illumination of it's thousands of
electric jets have afforded me a spec
tacle such as seldom could elsewhere
be seen, and such as I never have
seen.
"Often in the course of my life have
I wished to see America, to visit my
many friends and assure myself with
my own eyes that the wondrous ac-
counts I have heard of its beauty and
riches were really founded in fact. but
the wish seemed always to be but q
dream. Today it is reality. The
Holy Father in his great kindness DEL
egated me to represent him at the Eu-
charistic congr<ss in Montreal. Once
there near your great nation I could
not refrain from crossing its frontier
and saluting its people on their own
soil.