The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-06-07
President and Other Of
ficials Eulogize Ven
cradle Churchman.
OVATION GREETS
HIS APPEA RANCE
Wheels of Government Almost
Stop While Senator'S and Rep
resentatives Take Part in
Wonderful Demonstration.
Aged Primate Manifests
His Keen Pleasure.

Baltimore. Md. June s,-James Car
| dnai Gibbons missed his afternoon
| walk to-day. For the first time in
years. one of the very few in the
twenty-five years that nc has been
| the only prince of the Catholic Church
I in the United states. he missed that
| afternoon stroll over the streets OF
! baltimore, where he listened to bank
| err and begsar and took TO heart tho
troubles of his people"
Instead ot the walk that had become
q feature of that part of the city in
which he lived. the cardinal sat this
afternoon OH the temporary stage In
| the Fifth 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
cardinal and all OF them except the
Chief Justice spoke in praise OF him
Among the 500 guests. seated on the
platform behind the President. the car
dinal and the other speakers, were
more than score of Senators and
members OF the House OF Representa-
tives, Proba bly, more distinguished
gathering was never held In this coun-
try outside OF Washington, and the
wheels Of government came pretty near
stop. wsHa .hoae who sit In charge
OF them paid honor to tn, cardinal.
The armory holds $4,000 people, It's
builders say. and 1t was crowded 10
the doors.
Sits by President.
The cardinal sat In a red plush chair
In the centre of the stage. To his right
was President Taft; then came former
President Roosevelt and Chief Justice
White. and on the cardinals left were
Governor Crothers. OF Maryland: Am
ha ssador Bryce, Speaker Clark and
Representative Cannon
The ovation that greeted Mr.. Roose-
welt as he came up the stops with
Chief Justice White was remarka ble.
but that which greeted the cardinal
as he climbed the stairs with Presl-
dent Taft was far more remarkable.
-.,e 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 express
sion of his wrinkled and kindly face
and his bright eyes attesting 10 the
pleaSure that this tribute AFFORDED him.
He smiled like boy when President
Tart introduced him to MIR. Roosevelt:
he laughed with glee when the Chief
Justice shook his hand, and the ghost
of grin hickered over his face when
Speaker Clark, mixing for a moment
politics with religion. declared that
ne had been potent force for good
among both Catholics and Republi.
cans '1'
Following Governor Crothers. who
presided. "a do
speech. He said in part:
rms assembly. j venture TO say. can
find few counterparts in history. We
are here as American citizens TO con-
graduate the American primate of one
of the great churches of the world
upon the twenty fifth anniversary of
his accession to the highest office in
his church but one. and upon the
hftieth anniversary OF his entering the
church as one OF It's priests We are
not here as members of any denomi-
nation. We are not here In any official
capacity. But we are here to recognize
and honor in him his high virtues as
patriotic member of our political
community, and one who through lis
long and useful life has spared no ef-
forts In the cause of good citizenship
and the uplifting OF his fellown,en
Indication of Position.
"As American citizens. We are proud
that his prominence In the church
brought him Twenty-Five years ago the
rank of cardinal. The rarity with which
this rank Is conferred in his church
upon bishops and priests so far from
Rome is an indication OF the position
which he had won among his fellow
churchmen. But What we are especial
~ delighted TO see confirmed in him
and his life is the entire consistency
which he has demonstrated between
earnest and single minded patriotism
and love OF country on the one hand
and sincere devotion to his church
upon the other. One of the tenets or
his church Is respect .or constituted
authority. and always have we found
him on the side of law and order. al
ways In favor OF peace ana good WILL
to all men; always in favor o. re-
iisious tolerance. and always strong
iii tile conviction That complete free
dom In the mattci'.o religion Is the
best condition under which churches
may thrive.
Nothing could more clearly show
the character OF the man. whose
Jubilee we celebrate, than the living
testimonial tina this assembly is to
his value AS n neighbor in the com
inunity of Baltimore. II you find what
a man Is, go TO his homo and his
neighhors, and there, If everything
'itt nc uoe5 ana says rings, true ana
shE:ys his heartwhole interest In tile
welfare of men and women and chill
dren near about him., you have the
strongest proof of his virtues as a
| lover of mankind.
"In spite OF the burden and respon-
slbilitiea of his high position in the
church. he has taken part In the many
great movements for the betterment of
mankind. IND has shown himself not
only a good Catholic in the church
sense. but nc has been broadly ca III
ole in8the Secular tense Of that word,
80 that the affection felt for him by
his co-religionists has spread to all
denominations, and to oil tho people
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