Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-06-07
GIBBONS
Is Honored by Many
Distinguished Men.
Notable Gathering Seldom
EQuaIIed in Country
~-
Listens 10 EuIOgieS Of Amerl-
cas- Only Catholic Prince.
Tail, Sherman, Roosevelt, Bryce,
Clark, Root and Cannon
Pay Eloquent Tributes In Presence
Of Over 5000 People.

| Baltimore, June cardinal Gibbons
missed his afternoon walk today. For
the first time in years, one of the very
| few in the Is years that he has been
the only prince of the Catholic church
! in the United States, he missed that
| afternoon stroll over the streets OF
Baltimore, where he listened to bank
er and beggar and took to heart the
troubles of His people"
! Instead Of the walk that had became
feature of that part of the city in
which he lived, the cardinal sat this
| afternoon on the temporary stage in
| the 9Th Regiment Armory and listened
! to the great men of the nation speak in
eulogy of his life. President Taft. Vice
! President Sherman, Chief Justice
| White, Former President Roosevelt.
Ambassador Bryce of Great Britain.
| Speaker Clark, Senator Root of New
| York, Governor Crothers of Maryland,
| Former Speaker Cannon and Mayor
| Preston of Baltimore sat with the car
dinal and all of them, except the chief
| Justice, spoke in praise of him. Among
| the 600 guests seated on the platform
behind the President the cardinal and
| the other speakers, We're more than
score Of senators and members of
| the House of Representatives. Proba
| bly, a more distinguished gathering
was never held in this country outsida
of Washington. and the wheels of the
government came pretty near to stop
whole those who sit in eharge over
them. paid honor to the cardinal. The
armory holds $1,000 people, its build
! ,srnyrla1 IN
| doors.
The cardinal sat in a red plush chair
| in the center of the stage, To his right
was President Taft; then came Former
President Roosevelt and Chief Justice
White and on the cardinals left We're
Governor Crothers of Maryland. Ambas-
sador Bryce. Speaker Clark and Rep.
| Cannon. The ovation that greeted Mfr.
Roosevelt as he came up the steps with
Chief Justice White was remarkable. but
| that which greeted the cardinal as he
climbed the stairs with President Taft
was far more remarkable
The cardinal wore the red robe, the
skull cap of red and the deep green ring
of office. Through all the speeches he
sat smiling, every changing expression
of his wrinkled and kindly face and his
bright eyes attesting TO the pleasure that
this tribute afforded him.
He smiled like boy when President
Taft introduced him to Mr.. Roosevelt.
he laughed with glee when the chief JUS
tice shook his hand. and the ghost Of a
grin tiickered over his face when Speaker
Clark, mixing for a moment politics with
religion. declared that he had been a
potent force for good among both Cath
olics and Republicans"
Following Crothers. who presided, Pres
lident Taft made the first speech. lie said
in part:
This assembly. l venture to say. can
find few counterparts in history. We
are met as American citizens to CON
| graduate the American primate of one
of the greater churches of the world upon
the 25th anniversary of his accession &c
the highest office in his church but one
and upon the 5Oth anniversary of his en-
| tering the church as one of its priests.
I'VE are not here as members OF
any denomination. We are not here
| in any official capacity, but we are
| here to recognize and honor in him
| his high virtues as a patriotic mem
| Der of our political community and
one who through his long and useful
| life has spared no efforts in the cause
of good citizenship and the uplifting
of his fellow men.
LAS American citizens we are proud
that his prominence in the church
| brought him % years ago the rank of
cardinal. But what we are especially
delighted to see confirmed in him and
| his life is the entire consistency with
| which he has demonstrated between
| earnest and single minded patriotism
| and love of country on the one hand,
| and sincere devotion to his church on
II the other. One of the tenets of his
| church is respect for constituted au-
/ thority and always we have found him
on the side of law and order. always
| i'm favor of peace and good will to all
, men. always in favor of religious toll
erance aud always strong in the con-
Eviction that complete freedom in the
|, matter of religion is the best condi-
ton under which churches may thrive.
Nothing could more clearly show
/. 1.-THE character of the man whose jubi-
lice we celebrate than the living testi~
lmonfal that this assembly is to his
value as neighbor in the communal
tv of Baltimore. If you would find
what a man is, go to his home and his
neighbors and there if everything that
he does and says rings true and shows