Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-08-20

| Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto, known
to the world as Pope Plus X, was
elected to the Pontificate on Aug. 4,
1903, and during his occupancy of his
exalted office as head of the Roman
Catholic church, he was confronted
with some of the most momentous
problems, religious and governmental,
with which the Holy See has had to
deal in modern times.
| Pope Plus was born on June 2, 1895,
at REESE. in the Venetian province, the
first child of Clan Battista Sarto, a
postman, and his wife Margherita.
Giuseppes early career was influenc ed
by the village priest who took a liking
for the boy, taught him to read and
write and drummed into the youthful
head the rudiments of Latin. AT the
age of IL years he entered the semi
nary at Castelfranco, not far from his
| birthplace and for four years every
! day he tramped to school, usually
| barefooted, until he reached the out
skirts of the village, where he would
slip on his shoes to keep up appear
| ances.
From Castelfranco he passed in 1850
| to the seminary at Padua, and in 1858,
at the age of %, was ordained priest
and took up his studies at Tombolo.
In 1867 he had His first parish of i'm
portance, that of Salzano. where he re-
NAMED for IL years. In addition to his
| ecclesiastical duties Father Sarto con-
| tributed largely to the support of his
mother and sisters, who found life a
! hard struggle, especially in the winter.
His eloquence led to his being called
at the age of 40 to Treyiso as chan
celor of the diocese, and shortly after
he was appointed professor of theology
in the seminary. Nine years of siren
uous work followed, crowned, in 1884,
| by his assuming the mitre as bishop of
Mantua.
Created a Cardinal.
| Leo XIII. conferred upon Bishop
Sarto the title of Roman Count" and
in the consistory Of June. 1893, created
him cardinal. giving him the Roman
church of San Bernardo from which to
take his title. He was so poor that he
was unable to pay the fees connected
with the acceptance of the new dignity,
but some of his admirers came forward
and provided him with the necessary
funds.
| 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 ap-
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 ap-
pointing Cardinal Sarto as Patriarch
of Venice.
The Patriarch's relations with the
house of Savoy were always most
cordial Every time that their majes-
ties or the princes visited Venice he
paid them a visit and presented his
homage. He was one of Queen Mar
gherita's confessors. and only 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 Cam
ponile in Piazzo San Marco. He was
the candidate of Leo Kill as his sue
cessor, but he so little realized the flu
ture that when he left Venice. in July,
1903, for the conclave In Rome, he
bought a return ticket.
| In the conclave the struggle was for
and against Cardinal Rampoh. Leo
Kills secretary of state. whose
chances were lost when Cardinal Puzyn
pronounced the veto OF Austria against