The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-21
BISHOP GRATEFUL
TO PEOPLE OF CITY
Attributes Success OF Ceremony
to Kindness OF Visitors
and Citizens.
ILL RECEIVE TONIGHT
Public Function at McGill Cath
olic acknowledgements De-
part for Their Homes

u am grateful to the people OF Rich
mond Cor the way in which they help
ed 10 make my installation u credit to
the church and TO the city. Catholics
and non-Catholics seemed to join as
one" said Bishop OConnell yesterday
in adding distinction to the event
and am unable to say how much 1
appreciate It,"
The bishop looked weil-rcsted and
fresh. considering the strain of the
preceding day or two, and spoke ca ger
ly to the reporter for The Times Dis
patch OF the deep impression made
upon aim by the kindness with which
the city OF Richmond had met his
homecoming. lie was especially graft
tied, hc said, by the expressions OF
appreciation OF the departing priests
and bishops, all OF whom without cX-
ception spoke in highest terms oil the
hospitality OF the city and its people.
Bishop o'Connell spoke Informally
OF the pleasure he felt IN being once
more among the friends Of his early
service as priest, and looked optimis-
t!cally upon the future OF the city as
held for opportunity and material
success, and as field in which to
labor He was not one OF those, lie
said, who look upon present-day civill-
2ation as being out OF Joint and op-
posed to noblest human Developments
The world. he was sure. Is growing
better ali the lime.
Cardinal Never Felt Better.
Before leaving for his home in Bal
tinore at 1901 o'clock yesterday ar
ternoon, Cardinal Gibbons took occa-
sion TO pay compliment to Rich
monds climate.
You have wonderful weather here,
he said: Il don't remember feeling go
well in years as l have felt here in
Richmond the past two days. MY
sleep of late has been more. OF less
broken, but last night Tor the first
time in weeks ! slept soundly II must
he your wonderful air..
And His Gmnencu rocked his senti-
ments Spectators who know the
cardinal well and who saw him in
Tuesdays procession. ana later heard
him speak in the ca thedrai, remarked
with wonder upon his firm step and
clear voice He entered into the Joy
Gus spirit of the ceremonies with an
interest and liveiiness which made one
doubt that the cardinal has for some
yeats passed his allotted threc-scor
and ten.
All Visitors Departed.
diGnitarics who camo from all sec.
tons of the country TO attend the in
stnllation departed for their homes on
trains leaving the city in the morning
ana afternoon. Tho last to so was
bishop Henry T. Northrup. OF Charles
ton, s. C.. cclebrant Of the mass in
Tuesdays ceremonies, He left for
South Carolina shortly after o'clock
over the Atlantic Coast Line.
In many ways the gathering for the
installation OF Bishop o'Conncll was
the most representative in the history
of the Catholic church III the South.
The attendance from many sections u
the country was large, especially In the
number OF bishops ana monsignors.
The occasion was 'dgnincd Ivy the pres
cnce OF Marquis du Nee, the personal
representative of the repc, who sell
dom appears at any bul tho pnpal
functions at Rome.
The event was furtho, DISTINGUISHED
by the presence OF eminent scholars
from the faculty OF the Catholic INT
versity, who came as mark ~ re-
spcct 10 the bishop who was at one
time rector OF the university. Among
the participants was !, largo number
Of parish priests from south Carolina
friends and companions of Rishop