| Show POPE RECEIVES TAFT Governor and Party in Farewell Fare-well Audience PRESENTS FROM PONTIFF Each Member of the Party Remembered Remem-bered With n Personal Gift In closed in Magnificent Morocco Case Adorned With Papal Arms Beautiful Beau-tiful Mosaic to Be Sent to President Roosevelt Pontiff Happy and Satisfied Sat-isfied Over Results Thus Par Obtained Ob-tained Expresses High Esteem Home July 21Thmc Pope received Gov Taft and the members of his party par-ty in farewell audience at noon today to-day Judge Taft and Judge Smith were In evening dress as prescribed by etiquette MaJ Porter was in full uniform uni-form and FUshop OGorman wore ecclesiastical eccle-siastical roben They wore icoelved nt the I great door of the t Vatican t by Ihe t Swiss guards who rendere dmliltary honors At the foot of the slate staircase stair-case the Americans were met by Monslgnctir Blslell master of the ccr omonlos accompanied by several other dignitaries of the papal court At the door otVthe pontifical apartments the noble guards and gensunrmcs rendered ren-dered lh ° customary honors after which Gor Taft nnd his companions were introduced into the presence of the Pope who welcomed them with marked cordiality PRESENT FROM POPE To mark his satlsfastlnn at the success suc-cess of the negotiations the Pope presented pre-sented each member of Coy Tans party with a personal gift enclosed in a magnificent morocco case adorned vlth the papal arms Gov Taft got a gold goose quill of exquisite workmanship workman-ship with the Popes coatofarm on the feather To DIshop OGorman was presented a pictorial cross net with ru bles and amethysts having a cameo center bearing the figure of the Virgin surrounded with pearls Judge Smith nnd MaJ Porter both received a gold Jubilee medal The Pope gave Mrs Taft an enamel reproduction of the ancient an-cient painting of Saint Ursula surrounded sur-rounded by virgins PONTIFF IFAPPY OVER RESULTS The Americans were ushered into a private room and as soon ns the door was opened the Pope went halfway to meet them and greeted Got Taft with the greatest cordiality The Pontiff commenced the Interview by saying he was most satisfied and happy at the results obtained and was confident that the negotiations would be tile starting point of a complete and sat isfactory solution of the quostlon un der discussion lie added that the upon tUlle delegate soon to be appointed would be instructed most strictly and precisely regarding carrying out the ideas determined upon between the United States and the Vatican saying J will see thai orders be given him as to his work over which I will watch personally Turning the conversation the Pope expressed the highest esteem for Amer ican methods of treating church mat tern In fact he had more than once pointed toward the United Stales as selling an example well worth copying TAFT THANKS THE POPE Gov Taft thanked the Pope for the promptness and courtesy shown him I during his visit and promised cooperation coop-eration with the apostolic delegate In executing the business on the lines agreed upon at Rome ITe expressed regret at the fact that the negotiations had been made the occasion of the circulation cir-culation of false and oven calumnious reports In various papers and by some Mographlc agencies which had given rise to unfavorable comments upon the Vatican The Pope also protested against such false reports hut he also declared that by this time he was accustomed ac-customed to that kind of misrepresentation misrepresen-tation MOSAIC FOR ROOSEVELT The Pontiff then rose with unusual activity walked with tile Americans to the opposite side of tile room and showed them the I mosaic which he is sending to President Roosevelt in re turn for the presentation of a box containing con-taining his Mr Roosevelts literary works The mosaic Is a copy of Jor ridis wellknown picture of Pope Leo pitting on the terrace of the Vatican gardens surveying Rome It was made In the Vatican worlcslinns The Pope then gave Bishop OGor ale 0 an autograph letter to President Roosevelt t BIJICSSES SEVERAL ROSARIES Members of Gov Tafts party asked tile Pope to hloss scvoral boxo3 of rosaries and other religious memenloos which hiw Holiness did most willingly adding that t his benediction was ox tonded to all their relations und friends After an audience of forty mlnutop In which the conversation was carried on onllroJy In French Bishop OGor alan and MaJ Porter translating the t Pope saw the Americans lo the door of the library Gov Taft and his companions then railed on the papal Sccrctarv of Slate Cardinal Rampolln wllh t whom they exchanged somewhat similar t cour u tonics Laior Got Tart accompanied by Judge Smith I and Capl S t tot lice left Rome for Naples |
