The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-01-16
A GREAT WELCOME
TO CARDINAL FARLEY
FIFTY THOUSAND CATHOLICS
GREET THE CARDINAL UPON
HIS RETURN FROM ROME.

New Norh, Jan. lG.- More than 90
OOp Catholics, representing 800 or
ganiza,ions, assembled today to greet
Cardinal Farley upon his return from
Rome. where he was given the red
hat o. ,ho sacred college by the
Pope. Hundreds of thousands OF
people Witnessed the Wiumphal pas
sac O. his cmincncc through the
streets of the metropolis to ST. Pat
rick's aCthcdral, where 5000 children
acre gathered to Welcome him.
\. .ut North German Lloyd doch
n HoDohcu, where the steamship
Berlin, bearing the Cardinal and his
suit, anNcd today, the formal wei
como committee was waiting on board
the steamship Roscdalc. The Berlin
flew the papal colors at her mast
head as she steamed up the bay,
and hundreds Of whistles on sea ana
land footed a salute. The dock al
Iobokon and III, Rosodale We're Law
ishly decorated with American and
papal FLAGS.
: The Cardinal and his party We're
taken on board the Rosedalo, which
/ proceeded to the Battery. Hon Vic
tor J. Rowling, on behalf of the
committee and the Catholics of
America, read en- route a congratu-
latory address to his eminence.
Landing at the Battery Cardinal
Farley was greeted by the members
+ of the Catholic Mutual Benevolent
Society. the Catholic Benevolent Le-
gion and the st. Vincent de Paul So
ciety. numbering about 1000 in all
He then entered carriage decorated
with papa and American colors and
slowly proceeded up Broadway,
through masses of cheering people, TO
the Cathedral.
Thousands OF members of the
Knights OF Columbus were gata1rcd
at City Hall Park, the German Cath
olic Societies at Union Square. the
Holy Name Societies at Madison
Square south, and the Ancient Order
of Hibernians at Madison Square
moth On the steps of the New
York Library were the Members of
the Catholic cub, and scattered along
the length of lower Broadway were
the representations of hundreds OF
other Catholic organizations. Nearl -
all of the buildings along the line Oi
march We're decorated in honor of the
returning church prince.
The homecoming festivities inaug
urated/ today will continue for ten
days. Next Sunday there will be 4
public meeting free 10 all a the Hip
podrome, with Senator O'Gorman pre-
siding and Bourke Cochran as the
principal speaker. The ecclesiastical
ceremonies will be held on Jan. %,
the feast of St Paul, at which time
the Cardinal will be formally install
ed. Catholic archbishops, bishops and
clergy from eye"y part of the Uritcd
States and from Canada and Latin.
America are expected to attend.
Todays ceremony will end with tho
singing of hymns by 5000 children
and the chanting Of Te Deum in
Thanksgiving for the return of the
Cardinal The exterior of ST. Pat.
rick's Cathedral will be illuminated
tonight as never before, as there will
be 10000 bulbs Of eigh,-candle power
distributed over it. This illumination
as wen AS the decorations at all Cath
Ollie churches, institutions and homes,
will continue to January -.
Few Americans returning from for
ei-n shores have been rendered a
erecting so enthusiastic as that given
today to Cardinal Farley, who eX-
/ pressed himself a aslounded at tho
masnificent program prepared in his
honor.