El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-08-20

and srfac+fonatelv. remembered Bishop
Zinelli. OF the Treviso diocese vas
strucI< with apOpleXy, and on IaJner
Sarto fell the full responsibility % me
important diocese, Whlcn CUM - . =
PARISHES and besides this he was made
professor Of theology IN the seminary.
Nine years Of strenuous work IolloWed,
c1owned. in 1854, by his assuming the
mitre as bishop OF Mantua-
In Nantua. more than anywhere else,
he DISPLAYED his ability in dealing not
only with religious affairs put also
with local party troubles, and he sue
ceeded in bringing about Iiion OF all
the moderate elements ard 8-vlnS them
Ire adr,inisfration y the town IN
1888 he was in Rome for the jubilee
Of Leo Kills priesthood. Wnen one
morning entering St. Peter ne Ioand .
prelate, mOnsignor Haolnl Ieuescnl
whom he. once pope, appointed bishop
of BerEamo, who could not say mass
there being no acOlites 70 serve it.
Bishop Sart0 offered ais ser ices, put
the prelate, confused, ONE; 90, men
Come, come, you will see that viii
make no mistakes" So IN Sc at early
mass that day were fortunate enough
TO see a simple priest celebrating mass.
assisted by bishop ana a future Pope
in the humble position OF an altar bow
Leo XIII. conferred upon bishop
Sarto the title Of Roman count" and
in the consfstOry Of June, 1893, Gre
ated him cardinal, giving him the RO-
man church Of san Bernardo
TWAS rather difficult to accept the new
dignity. which implies, in fees alone,
an expenditure Of not less than $4,000.
Some rich admirers in Mantua came to
the rescue and provided the necessary
funds, so that the neO-cardinal was
enabled TO 90 TO Rome for his he'd hat
Shortly after, as if he had a present.
iment, he went to his birthplace in all
the pomp of his new dignity, and en-
~HaHs l.
bern to embrace his mother He wished
to satisfy her desire TO see him as
prince Of the church before her death,
which occurred, in fact, few months
later, on February ?, 1884
Creating him cardinal Leo XIII ap-
pointed him also patriarch of Venice,
but he did not leave MantUa until a
year later, owing TO conflict between
the Italian government and the holy
see, over the right Of the house of
Savoy TO be consulted before the an
pOintment Of a patriarch, the govern
ment having inherited the rights Of
the republic Of Venice The dispute
was cut short by king Humbert also
appointing cardinal SartO as patriarch
of Venice
As cardinal and patriarch he con-
tinued his modest, frugal life, carry
ing TO such a point that he did not
even have a cook, but had his meals
prepared by his sisters, who lived with
him In Venice he continued TO influ-
ence the local parties, as he had done
In Mantua, with the result that eight
months after his arrival the antf-Cler-
cals were defeated, and the COnserv-
ltives assumed power, which they re-
tanned until the cardinal was elected
pope.
The patriarch's relations with the
house Of Savoy were always most cor
iial- Every time that their majesties
lr the princes visited Venice he paid
them a visit and presented his hon.
age He was one Of queen Margher-
ita's cOnfessors, and only few
months before the death OF Leo Kill
be was next the count Of Turin in
public. when he (the patriarch) blessed
the foundation stone Of the new Cam
pauile in piazza san Marco. He was the
,andidate Of Leo XIII as his successor.
but he so little realized the future that
when he left Venice, in July, 1903, for
the conclave in Rome, he bought
return ticket
In the conclave the struggle was pro
and against cardinal Rampolla, Leo
chances were lost when cardinal Puz-
7na pronounced the veto Of Austria
.gainst him, which veto was supposed
TO represent the triple alliance. Then,
needing a compromise" pope, all eyes
urned to cardinal Sarto, who at first
'efused, but was after induced TO ac-
,ept the high position, being elected
almost unanimously on August 4th,
ssuming the title Of:
Assumes Title of Pope.
Pope Plus Y. bishop OF Rome and
-icar Of Jesus Christ, successor OF St /
Peter, prince OF the Apostles; supreme
lontiff Of the Universal church. patri-
lrch OF the west, primate Of Italy;
archbishop and metropolitan OF the
Roman province and sovereign Of the
emporal dominions Of the holy Roman
church.
The new pope was the most sur
,rised person Of all at the result He
lad said to a friend at Venice before
eaving for the conclave;
Il think the election will be a short
lne. We will put Peter in chains per
laps on the very first day, crown him