Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-08-20

ment having inherited the TlBAts VI
the Republic OF Venice. The dispute
was cut short by King Humbert also
appointing Cardinal sBArto as Patri-
arch of Venice.
The Patriarch's relations with the
House of Savoy were always most
cordial. Every time that their MAI.
estes or the princes visited Venice
he paid them q visit and presented
his homage. He was one of Queen
Margherita's ~confessors, and only q
few months before the death, Of Leo
XIII. he was next the Count Of Turin
in public, when he ((the Patriarch
blessed the foundation stone Of the
new .Camapnile in Piazza San Marco.
He was the candidate of Leo XIII. as
his successor, but he so little realiz-
ed the future that when he left Ven
Ice, In July, 1908, for the Conclave in
Rome, he bought q. return ticket.
Compromise Pope.
In the Conclave the struggle was
for and against cardinal Rampolla,
Leo Kills secretary of state, whose
chances were, lost when Cardinal
Puzyna pronounced the veto OF Aus
tria against him, which veto was sup
posed to represent the Triple ALL
ance. Then. needing q Compromise
pope, all eyes turned to Cardinal Sar--
to, who at first refused. but was after
ward induced to accept the high posi-
ton, being elected almost unanimous
ly on August 4, assuming the title
Of: 49,.
Pope Plus x, Bishop of Rome and
Vicar Of Jesus Christ, Successor OF
St Peter, Prince Of, THE Apostles; ,Su-
preme PontiR of the Universal
Church, Patriarch Of the West, Prtm.
ate OF, Italy; Archbishop and Metro
politan Of the Roman, Province and
Sovereign Of. the Temporal Domin-
ions Of the Holy Roman Church.
The Pontifcate Of Pope Plus <.
was characterized by that spirit Of
moDdesty which never. abandoned him
and by that strong religious feeling
which made him choose as his motto,
ITO restore everything to Christ
Aroused Storm Of, Opposition.
The ponti6. aroused a storm Of op-
position, to himself entirely unexpect-
ed, by his encyclical against the Pro-
estants in general and those OF the
German Reformation in particular, on
the occasion Of. the centennial OF st.
Charles Borromeo.
Another very important reform
due to, Plus is that OF the Roman
Curia, which was still ruled by the
Bull of Sixtus ", Of January, 1888.
With this he reformed the ONCE,
the Ecclesiastical Courts and the Ro,
man Congregations, Withdrawing Am.
erica, Canada. Newfoundland, Great
Britain. Holland and Luxembourg,
from the jurisdiction OF Propaganda
Eide, removing them, therefore, from
the missionary countries and putting
them, together with the rest of the
Catholic world, under the Consistorial
Congregation. !.
TO Americans Plus X. was especial
ly interesting. His great friendship
for this country, his frequent audi.
ences to Americans, both Catholic and
mont Catholic, and his interest in Am
erican affairs kept him in closer touch
with this side of the Atlantic than
perhaps any pontiff that has preceded
him. He was an ardent admirer OF
Theodore Roosevelt, and had the ex-
Presidents writings translated for
reading; vet, as will be recalled,
events occurring at the time Of MI.
Roosevelt's visit to Rome. led to, me
cancellation Of his visit to the VII
can. Former, Vice President Charles
W.. Fairbanks had a somewhat similar
experience, and the incident created