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

him, which veto was supposed to rep
resent the triple alliance. Then, need
ing a Compromise" pope, all eyes
turned to Cardinal Sarto, who at first
refused, but was afterward induced to
accept the high position, being elected
almost unanimously on Aug. 4, assum-
ing the title of:
Pope Plus X, Bishop of Rome
and Vicar of Jesus Christ, success
sor of ST. Peter, Prince of ehe
Apostles; Supreme Pontiff of the
Universal Church, Patriarch of
the West, Primate of Italy; Arch
bishop and Metropolitan of the
Roman Province and Sovereign of
tho Temporal Dominions of tho
Holy Roman Church.
The Pontlficate of Pope Plus X. was
characterized by that spirit of nodesty
which never abandoned him and by
that strong religious feeling which
made him choose as motto. ITO restore
everything to Christ" The day after
his coronation he was asked to 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, he him
self chose four small rooms in the low
ceilinged suite above the state apart
ment of the Pontiff, which under Leo
XIII had been occupied by his 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 re-
ceptions, celebrating masses, preach
ing, giving communion, reached such
a 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 report
which pursued him ever after-that he
was liable to fainting fits, which was
quite untrue, as that was the only
occasion on which he suffered in that
way and 1t was entirely due to the
heat and the vitiated air OF the chapel
American Pilgrimage Recalled.
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
isolate him from the world. However
they were not always successful. One
of the yearly American pilgrimages
hid left the United States at the be-
ginning of July, 1908. On their way
to Europe Leo XIII, who should have
received them, died, so that they were
in Rome during the conclave. and the
day on which Plus X. was elected and
descended into st. Peters to give his
first benediction they were in the
Basillica, with two American flags
waving above the immense crowd as
sembled there and joining hurrahs to
the cheering which greeted the veneer
able figure. Some days after the same
American 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
American 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 it
was a pilgrimage of his countrymen
who desired to pay homage to the
Holy Father. They had asked for an
audience and were waiting for the APP
pointed day. The Pontiff Immediately
said there was no necessity to wait
and he would receive the Americans
at once in the adjoining Museum Lapi-
darium. Thus Plus X. received the
first pilgrimage of his pontificate.