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Show Monsignor Sebastian Martinelli, apostolic delegate to this country, arrived ar-rived in Denver last evening at 9:15 o'clock, accompanied by the secretary of the apostolic delegation. Rev. Father -Frederick Z. Rocker, escorted by Right I lev. X. C. Matz, who met Mgr. Martinelli at Pueblo, says the News ot June 1. Mgr. .Martinelli being- inaccesible, it , remained for Father Hooker to announce an-nounce that the visit of his superior to Denver had no ecclesiastical political poli-tical significance whatever. When ijuestioned regarding the diocesan imbroglio im-broglio the secretary naively remarked ihat the matter had never come be-l-re the delegation in aoy form whatever, what-ever, and their knowledge was simply Kleaned from the newspaper reports. "I am t- blame for the delegate's visit to Denver," said the secretary afiahly last owning. "He wished to be hack in Washington x May 31, but I persuaded him to give me until June 4, ar.d so enable him to see the bis western west-ern -i tie's. As a consequence he has seen Portland, Seattle, San Francisco, Salt Lake and will see Denver, Omaha j and Chicago before we return to Washington. Mgr. Martinelli was greatly impressed by the 1 loyal Gorge, Eagle canyon and the other wonders ot Colorado scenery," continued Father Hooker, "and after coming through the j Royal Gorge told me that it 'was the grandest and most impressive sight i that he had ever seen." " Mgr. Martinelli went west in order I to .nfer the pallium on Archbishop j Christie of Portland, Ore. OF A DISTIXGU1SHED FAMILY. Sebastian Martinelli was born 52 years ago at Lucca, in Tuscany, Italy, i His two elder brothers having long since entered the Augustinian brother- j h'-nd, he followed their example at the age of 14, and has been with that or- ! tier ever since. After taking orders he taught theology, in the brotherhood ani was. later appointed procurator. jie as eiecieu general vl tne oraer about 18SS, and continued in that posl- tion until ISitG, when he was appointed to his present position. Father Hooker, the secretary of the fit-legation ,is always deputed .to interview in-terview the newspaper men, being practically one of that fraternity him-, him-, self. Hos father was the owner of the Express. Knickerbocker and Press, all Albany dailies, and Father Hooker is now the president of the company vhich controls these journals. ir. Hooker, the archbishop's secretary, secre-tary, Mas born in Albany, X. Y., about Sn years ago.. He graduated from the high school there and was then sent to Home to finish his education and1 was ordained there. His mother was a Catholic, but his father, who died two ars ago, was always a Protestant. ANNIVERSARY OF THE BISHOP. The dinner riven by the Bishop to Monsignor Martinelli in order that the pastors of the city may meet him, u as in the nature of a declaration declar-ation of his ordination. Twenty-six ears ago. May 31. 1S74. the suffragan was ordained to the priesthood in the t-ld cathedral by Bishop Machebeuf. The Bishop celebrated 6 o'clock mass at the chapel of the House of the Good Shepherd and Monsignor Martinelli Martin-elli celebrated 8 o'clock mass. SOMETHING ABOUT VISITOR. Mgr. Martinelli. the papal delegate. Is a thorough man of affairs. Although Al-though an Italian, his fifteen years of professional work as teacher in the science sci-ence of theology to Irish novices has given him what he calls his Irish brogue, which is an added (harm to j a man naturally possessed of many. He is said to make excellent speeches in English, and is a lluent conversationalist, conversa-tionalist, of a genial disposition and in every way -exceptionally equipped for Lis work in this country as a representative repre-sentative of the Pope. He has given general pleasure and satisfaction all '--r the country. He has had the settlement set-tlement of many difficult and trying i-iis-s affecting large interests, and has r.ever failed in his judgments to please :':;d received submission with unexpected unex-pected readiness and satisfaction. His stay in Denver will be for one day, but his coming here will b" a very important im-portant one to the Catholics. SECOND IX AMERICA. Mgr. Martinelli is the second papal j . gate sent to America. A writer, -'; - liking of the touch which Rome has ays kept with the world, says: "For e.any a century her heralds fared out : the Latin gate to the Latin tribes 1-mf Itie ita v cuine when from 'ery gate of Home went out her rep- , : '- ntatives to every nation of the I .n th. The Roman legates traversed I ill-- great Roman roads, and before tii'-m went the majesty of the Roman rame and with them the benefactions ot the Roman peace. But Rome's go atest glory was not gained in civil affairs. Caesar gave way to Christ, ;nl w hat Caesar in his might was un-iili!" un-iili!" to do. Christ in His weakness was able to aceomnlish. Home began a lit v career of conquest. Patrick went "'.t Rome's legate and the sacred isle oi Druidism became the island of saints and scholars. Boniface went in the Mime of Rome to Germany, and un-conquered un-conquered Germany bowed the knee to Christ. Augustine went with his monks and Canterbury is even in our lay a glorious though mutilated witness wit-ness to his success. What Rome began, be-gan, she fostered. Year by year, now 1u this nation, now to that, the apostles send from the apostolic see those who may speak in their name and act by their authority. "Today, as in the days of old, the Roman legates go forth into the world, speaking with the voice of the apostles and repeating, as it were, the presence of Peter's successor in every land. REPRESENTATIVE OF ROME. "This is the significance of the papal delegate's visit in America. Archbishop Archbish-op Martinelli stands 'for Home. He comes to the Catholics of this country as the personal representative of the Pope, lie is the Pope's ambassador and is therefore called the apostolic delegate. The delegate stands for all this, and all this means much to the Catholic church in America. "In the United States the church had to fight her way against hostility and j the disadvantages of a new country. Home, ever watchful, saw that the lime was come to inaugurate the reign of regular church law, and established here the apostolic delegation. ' "There have been but two delegates as yet Cardinal Satolli and Mgr. Martinelli. Mar-tinelli. Satolli had to deal with many a long-standing grievance and many a deep-rooted controversy, and the clergy of America would be more than ungrateful un-grateful if it did not acknowledge the wonderful amount of real good his coining accomplished. "Archbishop Martinelli succeeded to the regular work of the delegation. His training eminently fitted him for his task. Since the age of 14 he has been an Augustinian and has held the highest high-est offices in his order. These offices mean that he has dealt with men and dealt with them successfully. He is not a recluse, who judges the world from books. He likes to. meet men to speak with them, to hear their experiences experi-ences and- opinions. As general of his order he has visited many countries and has therefore those broad views that come from intelligent travel. He has been through Ireland some five times and knows not only the geography geog-raphy of the country, but is familiar with the little known, though glorious hstory of its religious establishments." Monsignor Martinelli's visit to Denver Den-ver was prompted by a desire to see Colorado on his way home to Washing-; Washing-; ton from Portland. Ore., where he went to impose the pallium on Archbishop Christie of the Orerron diocese. His stay in Denver will be limited to one day. and it is not likely that he will take part in any public ceremonial service of the church while here. Monsignor Martincl'i is not a cardinal, cardi-nal, as has been stated, nor is he a diplomatic dip-lomatic representative of the Vatican. His functions are chielly those of a judge for the settlement .of differences that may arise in matters of church administration ad-ministration where it is not desired to take the more cumbrous canonical procedure pro-cedure of the ecclesiastical courts, which -begin with the diocesan and proceed pro-ceed by regular steps to the final appeal ap-peal to Rome. - , OBJECT OF THE VISIT. His secretary. Dr. Hooker, explains the nature of the-papal delegate's office, and his reason iVir ' visilins the west. . "The correct tit'e of the ecclesiasti-tal ecclesiasti-tal office held by Monsignor Martinelli," says Dr. Hooker, "is that of papal dele-1 dele-1 gate to the United States.. I "No. that is not the same thing as papal leeate. In fact, it is a very different dif-ferent office. In Vatican diplomacy the papal legate is in the first place al-I al-I ways a cardinal. He is not a general ambassador of plenipotentiary, but is charged with some specific mission, and his functions are limited to that special purpose. He. is described in the Latin phrase as legatus, a latere: that is. sent from the side of the pope. The ambassadors of the pope accredited to the Catholic powers of Europe are called nuncios. They represent the holy see in a general and not merely a specific spe-cific character. "No. there is no papal nuncio or other diplomatic representative of the holy see in the United States. Monsijrnor Martinelli is not accredited to the government gov-ernment at Washington, and is not recognized rec-ognized by the American zovernment as a representative of the Vatican. Of course, there is social recognition, and especially among the diplomatic representatives repre-sentatives of the Catholic powers in Washington. FUXCTIOXS OF DELEGATES. "The functions of the delegates are similar 1o those of a court. Where differences arise in the church, in any part of the United States, and the parties do not desire to follow the canonical can-onical process the delegate takes the testimony and decides the issue. Where differences are submitted to him in that way his decision is final. There is no anpeal. "The nature of the hearing? Well, all our proceedings and testimony are put in writing. We take no oral evidence. evi-dence. The delegate could not, of course, travel about the country hearing hear-ing cases, and therefore everything is put in writing and sent to Washington. Washing-ton. We frame interrogatories and the answers are sent to us. "Yes, it is more speedy than the canonical can-onical process where the appeal is prosecuted to the final court in Home, but there are some times delays in th'e delegate's procedure owing to the fact that instructions or ouestions in writing writ-ing sent by mail are sometimes misunderstood misun-derstood and the process has to be repeated. re-peated. "Under the canonical practice the matter in dispute is first of all heard by the bishop of the diocese exercising all the functions of an ecclesiastical court. The testimonv is oral: witnesses are examined and cross-examined and everything is put in writing. Then the witness has the testimony read to him and he assents to its correctness or makes such changes as may be necessary neces-sary to make it accurate according to his knowledge of the facts. ' "The jurisdiction of Monsignor Martinelli Mar-tinelli covers the whole United States. Xo. it does not include Cuba. Archbishop Arch-bishop Chapoelle has been appointed extraordinary delegate for Cuba. Porto Rico and the Philippines. He is now at Manila. What the ultimate-relations of the church on the island will be to the American hierarchy I do not know. It will probably depend in some measure meas-ure on their political relations to this country. There is also a papal delegate for Canada. POWERS OF THE DELEGATE. "The powers of a papal delegate are very extensive in matters of discipline. In a large organization there must be some friction and the delegate is constituted con-stituted a sort of supreme tribunal for the settlement of such matters without involving a procedure that may consume con-sume a long time. The delegate's office of-fice for this country has been in ex-isipnpp ex-isipnpp sinr- 1S03. Although we have but a small staff, consisting of the delegate, del-egate, the auditor and secretary, we j keep full records of all proceedings at our headquarters in Washington." Although not a cardinal, Archbishop Martinelli is sometimes spoken of as a possible successor to the chair of St. Peter. -He has the confidence of the holy father in a high degree and his administration of his present important and difficult office has been most sue- j cessful. I Zhi Papal Delegate Receives an Ovation on )s Jl nival at I the Colorado Capital Trom Sait Eakeecewed bp i Bishop fflatz at Pueblos-Bishop of Jluck- land Jfoyalfy Entertained Jjeve. RECEPTION SS TENDERED BISHOP OF AUCKLAND : Tlx x ' " . BISHOP LEINHAN OF AUCKLAND, N. Z. A representative audience gathered in the study hall at All Hallows college col-lege Saturday on the occasion of a complimentary entertainment tendered to the Right Rev. George M. Lenihan, D. D., Bishop of Auckland, New Zealand, Zeal-and, who is passing through this city en route to the Antipodes, from an audience au-dience with Pope Leo XIII at the Vatican. Vati-can. In addition to the special feature of the entertainment there was considerable consid-erable interest manifested in the occasion occa-sion from the fact that the students at the institution were down on the programme pro-gramme for a contest in elocution. A pleasing entertainment was the result which comprised recitations, orchestral selections and instrumental solos rendered ren-dered by the pupils in a manner worthy wor-thy of adults. The oratorical contest was productive of work that bore earmarks of careful study and attention to gesture and detail de-tail "to a degree that J. D. SpefTcer, S. A. Mann and H. G. Whitney who acted in the capacity of judges, were at times sorely tried to award the palm. The competitions were divided into three . classes; tne juniors, minims ana ine seniors, which produced thirteen aspirants aspir-ants for the three medals offered to the successful orators. Among the six competitors in the junior ju-nior class. John Mjulvey was accorded I the prize for his rendition of "Bernardo del Carpio" while "The Old Professor" of Reid Lawlor received honorable mention. men-tion. The minims produced a juvenile comedian com-edian in the person of little Jake Siegel, whose "Elf Child" brought down the house. Ed Bonner taking second place. In the senior class the struggle for ! supremacy was productive of four good recitations from which James Cloonan emerged triumphant by his conception of "Nolan's Ride." After considerable discussion on the part of the judges, Richard Luxen secured honorable mention men-tion for his character work in "The Opera Encore." Among the : musical features of the evening was a violin solo on the part of the well known prodigy pro-digy Arthur Pedersen, whose effort was vociferously encored. j The entertainment concluded with a short humorous address on the part of the distinguished guest of the evening. Bishop George M. Lenihan was born in London in the year 1858 and finished his classical education adjacent to' the haunts of Charles Dickens at Ramsgate and Old Hall, England. He read his divinity studies in the famous theological theolog-ical college of Valodoled, Spain. Upon being ordained he went to Auckland, New Zealand, as assistant priest in the cathedral in that city. Later he was designated as permanent pastor at Parnell, New Zealand, to be elected Dignissimus in 1895 by the priests of the Auckland diocese to fill the place of the deceased bishop. The choice was confirmed at the Vatican and he was consecrated bishop in November, .1896. In March, 1899, he went to Rome, where he gave to Pope Leo an account of the diocese and carried with him the resolutions reso-lutions of the First Catholic synod of Australia. During his present trip he has visited various parts of England. Ireland. Spain, France and Italy and returns to Salt Lake City to enjoy the hospitality of Father Larkin and the Marist fathers at All Hallows college, where he will be their guest for the next few days. He sails for New Zealand Zeal-and July 4 from San Francisco to return re-turn to his diocese. |