The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-01-15
HAVING
MUCH TROUBLE
Great Railroad Strike Is Pend
ing Action of Parlia-
ment.
CREATION OF CARDINALS
CAUSE OF DISCUSSION
Regarded Likely That United
States May Get Two Members
Of Sacred College.
BY CLEMENT j. BARRETT.

Special Cable to The Tribune.
ROME, Jan. l4.-There is apparently
trouble ahead for the people Of this
country. First it was the earthquake
at Mcssina. Then few months ago
came the epidemic, and now a great
railroad strike is pending. If the rail
road men should go on strike, it is be
lieved that nearly every branch Of in
dustry will be involved.
The railroad employees have decided
to defer the threatened strike until
the end OF this month in order to give
to the government and parliament time
to amend the bill granting to them an
annual increase Of S4,000,000. The men
are poorly paid.
Italy burns some e6,oO0,ooo worth
of South Wales coal every year. The
transportation, which has hitherto been
in the hands of English shippers, is
now to be taken over by an Italian
company, English ship owners have
charges for this. This will prove a
serious blow to English shipping in
terests,
The government has introduced its
measure of election reform, which seeks
to establish the despotic principle of
compulsory voting in parliamentary
elections.
The Democratic forces are ranged
against the bill. and declare that it's
tives, because they see in 1T possibil
ity of increasing their strength in the
chamber.
Compulsory voting would entail the
abandonment by the Clericals of their
policy of abstentiou from political war
fare.
By the reforms Of the franchise pro-
posed, 100000 electors would be added
TO the lists, and so far the Democratic
forces are willing to give acceptance
to the measure. But they are sternly
opposed to compulsory voting.
Bright With Flowers.
During the Christmas season the
Piazza di Spagna was bright with flow
ers and bushes, On the great Scali-
nata leading up to the Pincian young
frs and bright red berried holly, and
pale -leaved mistletoe, and strange bios
somed eucalyptus and varicolored
chrysanthemums, and the perpetual
monthly roses that grow in the gar
dens abound. These convert that stony
ascent into a Aower-clad hill where
beauty and sweet perfume vie for the
mastery.
Ihe eVer-recurTlng question of a pa
pal consistory for the creation of car
dinals, occupies the minds and CONVEX
satlons of many here.
There are nineteen vacancies Two
cardinals are i'll and not likely to re-
cover, while at this time several car.
dlnals engaged in the sacred congrega-
tions are old and incapable of attend
ing the sessions.
Many who assume to know, declare
that next year. which is the year of
jubilee rejoicing of the italian govern
ment for the anniversary of the pro-
Italy, the pope will hold no special
functions, and, therefore, that no con
sistory will be held in that year
That the United States NAV eventual.
ly get two cardinals is considered like
ly. Another report has it that one of
these will be n cardinal Gin curla -
that is to say, living here at Rome and
assisting In special manner in mat
tiers relating to America.
No one save the pope knows what
prelates he will raise to the sacred col
lege, and when a consistory for such
purpose will be held One report saws
that DR.. Bourne, Catholic archbishop of
Westminster, has come here to make
arrangements for getting the cardinal Is
hat; another report gives out that his
name has never been taken into con-
sideration for the cardinalatel
The pope lets the reports circulate,
never deigning to contradict them. He
once said that if he spent his time at
contradicting reports concerning the
vatican and himself he would not have
time to say even his morning prayers.