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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 cor
dial Every time that their maJesties
or the princes visited Venice he paid
! them a visit and presented his hom.
age. He was one of Queen Margher1.
ta's confesSors, and only a few months
/ before the death of Leo XIII, he was
next the Count of Turin in public, when
he (the patriarch) blessed the founda.
ton stone of the new Campanile IN
Piazza San Marco. He was the candi.
I date 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 re-
turn ticket.
In the conclave the struggle was Tor
and against Cardinal Rampolla, Leo
kits secretary of state, whose
chances we're lost when Cardinal Puz-
yna pronounced the veto OF Austria
to represent the Triple Alliance. Theh'
needing compromise" pope, all eyes
turned to Cardinal Sarto, who at nrst
refused, but was afterward induced 10
accept the high position, being elected
almost unanimously on August 4, as
Stunning the title of:
Pope Plus X, Bishop of Rome and
Vicar of Jesus Christ, successor OF ST.
Peter. Prince of the Apostles; Supreme
Pontiff of the Universal church, rat
riarch of the West, Prmate of Italy;
Archbishop and Metropolitan of the
Roman province and Sovereign OF tne
Temporal dominions of the Holy no.
man church.
The pontifcate of Pope Plus X was
characterized by that spirit OF modesty
which never abandoned him and by
that strong religious feeling Whlch
made him choose as a motto, ITO re-
store everything to Christ The day
after his coronation he was asked 10
give orders for his private apartment
in the vatican, and while he urged the
then young Monsignore Merry del Val,
his pro-Secretary of State, to occupy
the gorgeous Borgia apartment, ne
himself chose four small rooms in the
low ceilinged suite above the state
apartment of the pontiff, which under
Leo XIII had been occupied by MS
private secretary Mgr. Angel.
Plus x. desired to give himself up
entirely to his work. In so doing he
did not spare any fatigue, and giving
audiences, admitting people to large
receptions. celebrating masses. preach
ing. giving communion, reached such
point of exhaustion that while In the
exercise of his priestly function In the
Pauline chapel, crowded with people,
he tainted. and thus started that re-
port which pursued him ever after
that he was liable to fainting fits,
which was quite untrue, as that was
the onlv occasion on which he suffered
in that way, and 1t was entirely due
to the heat and the vitiated air OF the
chapel.
That was the first opportunity for
the officials of the vatican to step IN,
and on the pretext of protecting the
pope's health. attempt gradually to iso'
late him from the world. However,
they were not always successful. One
| of the yearly American pilgrimages
| had left the United States at the pc
ginning of July, 1903. On their way to
Europe Leo XIII, who should have re-
ceived them, died, so that they were
in Rome during the conclave. and the
day on which Plus X. was elected ana
descended into st. Peters to give his
first benediction they were in the bas-
1lica, with two American flags waving
above the immense crowd assembled
there and joining hurrahs to the cheer
ing which greeted the venerable f1g-
ure. Some days after the same Amer
lean pilgrimage was in the Vatican
gardens when suddenly the work OF
the officials having already begun, they
were ordered away as the pope was
seen approaching. With true Ameri'
can determination they objected that
they did not want to leave. Plus X,
who understood something of what
| was going on, inquired and Cardinal
Gibbons, who was among those who
accompanied them, explained that II
was pilgrimage of his countrymen
| who desired to pay homage to the molly
| father. They had asked for an audi
ence and were waiting for the appoint.
ed day. The pontiff Immediately said
there was no necessity to wait, and ne
would receive the Americans at once IN
the adjoining museum Lapidarlum
Thus Plus X received the hrst Pill
srimage of his pontificate, held in MS
| hands and blessed the two American
! flags which are still preserved, one IN
! Rome and one in New York.
/ Plus X. did not intend to change the
substance of the policy which his two
predecessors had followed toward
Italy. His protests against the loss OF
the temporal power, however, lost the
yehemence and bitterness which form
erly characterized them.
| The strongest of his protests on this
subject was when President Loubet
disregarding the prohibition to all
Catholic rulers and heads OF states to
visit the king Of United Italy in his
capital, was the first, with the excep
zion Of Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria
since 1870, to go as guest to the quir
inal.
! This. however, was not only caused
by the feeling toward Italy but much
more by the state of religious war with
France, which was the most remark