| Show i c c c Ei CC c c C E c c c cc tC i iC C ic i C Ci c c C i C i ECi C Cc j E C c cc C G c c Q E i i j jf f tte s 9 5 tf 94 t v 96 tt Df 4 D sr te i tF S o Q G ts G 6 a w sae a 0 9 w rd s w 9 wa 9 T a od O vt D KV sQ mn av r l r 19 sj IJ T HJ jl M i J TIIE CANDIDATES THRONE 1111 I H S J cs Jrr s aar 4 DG rs 6 Ee Dd a k a a pa Ea fl aa ur AAA A AAA A AAA A A tA l A AAA A A AAA AAA ti r y I I r C KL 2 j jI jI r r t A As Al t I e I If s 1 l iv iva 1 V t a a t r d ice j r I kir eJr r per ai y tt 1 1 i i 1 i Although It H t I really a to S1 say who will be Ie the successor or of of ot card Urn a ahas after the college Peter until Pope leo to hi the chair chillI of or St has hns met In solemn conclave and chosen the new lIew pope popo from rant one ono of or their number nt at the same time lime several of ot the cardinals have hl been Jeen picked out by Jy the general public as OM being stronger papal l than the thereat dottl Gottl who ls is sold said to be bo Leos Lees I own rest rent First I among those thane Ihu e U I Card inn choice It will bo be remembered that before the tho popes death 1 1 Gotti pontiff tift who is to believed to have given him OK Will was w aa with the tho dying lion A wv vv v Ii who 1 ho ft w I III II succeed Leo Lee Kill on the throne cf of St SI Peter jj question Is In now asked In every ver I cis corner ner of Jt the civilized world very im ber of the Catholic church fr the humblest laymen to prelates cardinal prince primes U le Interested In Inthe the tho an Answer and sovereigns ns ministers nn Lind cabinets of ot the earths great na nit nations Mane delve dohe into international politics In filming ng to shape the answer Six cardinals na as Bit 1111 en i In n the tho first I p named above stand out as ns the themE mE 1 prominent candidates for tiloi to the papal palmI throne and the fish fishermans s ring Since the Iho first suggestion aJ yearn ears earll ngo ago that l tADs Leos os life might be near Its Ita end their names have been forward In speculation as aa to 10 the thu succession sion Sion AS POSSIBILITIES There are aru eight candidates of lesser Imer ns na given gUon above In the tho sec line group secondary candi candidate date 11 da nt es uro nil all respectively friends friend and rill a of or one or another of the five live other lending leading leo candidates In the this event of ot a crisis or j t deadlock In III tho the choos choosing big ing ii g of u a to Leo Kill XIII which Vault preclude the selection of ot any anyone anyone one ono of the live 1 chief clue candidates the i would probably tall fall to 10 one Of p the Ibe eight secondary candid candidates ites l Cardinal bishop ot O Porto lorto Santa one olle of two brothers In the tho sacred college collego and a strong candidate for tor the ripple crown represents the extreme moderns Ho Hu is iii the diplomat the polished man of ot the world rather than the typical tic of or ascetic tendencies list lIlt gen gentleman gentleman gentleman of the Vatican court Political I I ly fy I he In at the tho head hent of oC the th l ts who favor acceptance says the Record Herald of or present condition and compromise of ot differences difference with the Italian government for the ultimate good fOod of nt the churchs cause He Ile JI Is II on Intimate terms t l with the king and queen k of ot Italy 1101 although although he line hal never neur gone krone to tor M r court and Is le to be in high fa Nor vor or with tho the triple alliance Cardinal conies come from Crom a n family that helped to make modern Italy Itol Ills Ilia III relatives relative ore are In the great grent business lines and the high political positions throughout the kingdom torn Horn nt lit in hr 1631 he Is II 59 89 years old oltI I and In his and mental prime r a After taking his collegiate and anI theological cal degree degrees he took up diplomacy al el although i though he taught theology In the tho t i nary hat tome fort about seminary at Home for tor a aScar 1 year Scar WENT TO His 1111 earliest service abroad was at ae au nu nuI I of or the tie apostolic delegation which accompanied on his hll lisas lias II trous expedition to If become emperor of ot Mexico After A similar service at nt Monace Mon BCD ace he Will sent au as apostolic delegate to Peru Promotion to 10 papal nuncio at the courts c url of russets Munich and Vienna followed rapidly m tn succession f r I r rODD r f ODD r FACTS s AND A INTERESTING I r INCIDENTS 1 CIDE TS IN POPE Ir LEOS LEO S CAREER I I I Po Pope Leo XIII Is II n a 1 profound 4 or mathematician math I raIle line u born one on year after atler the T Charley Darwin Irwin V 1 A t Ji nl a nephew of ot Let Leo XII n Andrea carafa the famous y r II h taught him math Y p j I 1 Il SWon l float first puss prize In ph hICO lea X d I II ch il tr mind and the tr flat a lt j I at t college i I I I 1 1 an i adept In German phil t f y on he the tauten laurea Iau In phil i fJ C f i rote Latin verse with j 1 1 t f lilly Ally p I ir lie nn an e aspen p rt In Italian Civil r 4 1st lath r rT I I T k the actual a degree of LL 11 A AD D I Plus IX trade mad him chamberlain Y Yi C i i In J d In iSel l 3 was a visited vL by uy I Ii of or h pilgrims headed ded by b the DUke lluke of Norfolk i In summoned a R conference Y I C Cof of the th arik Ork patriarchs patriarch X 1 In III IMA Ih sent Bent hi his to the r I rI I Christian llan socialists of ot Poland t tIn r Wu a In favor avor of or mitigating the tM T Tf j f i c of the Ile I V or t a uniting of ot alt all 1 the IIII Christian sect leel i 1 r April M 20 IMS Jati published 1 hi his l 7 t famous letter To Tu the Ih Angll y C cans upa II T TIlls r f 4 Ills I poem In Iral of ot Fru X t tt translated by Andrew Andre J 1 JIn I t Lang In to 37 1 I t f i if I H HI At he ho had thou with is l tit the tho I famous Frere j rere Orban of ot the king kings t cab cabinet ca cabnet inet net which made known knon In Euro Iuro European Penn Iloan polities politics and gave sae c him fame tame In hl his church lie He nt at Vienna during a ls In n the tha of the Austro Hun Iun empire alI anu while there he wn was routed and proclaimed cardinal by Leo XIII and assigned to the see ace of or tl ti He die Is grand penitentiary of or the holy church member of or mast of the pile congregations and amI protector of a large number r of societies lI chiefly In Italy Cardinal is s n 1 slant giant In physique standing about lout C Greet feet 2 He lie Is Ie aristocratic In taste and maintains a 1 splendid establishment There he lay lav la entertains the Homan nobility and gives HIe f special especial consideration con to Caries tarle of the church from abroad when they visit lilt Home He Ifs carries on a II prod prodigious glans correspondence e keeping In touch with Roman Catholic statesmen and representatives of at the tho church In all nil pints parts of ot the world He Is III on especially Intimate terms with most of oC the pre prelates bates lates of America who are ure often called to 10 Home B TIlE THU DIPLOMAT tAT del lIel has line for tor many years tilled the ollice of or Vatican seo leo lelary of and by his great gUlIt diplo diplomatic matte matic wit wll his hll ready read resources re of or Intel Intellect Intellect lect and his Is line fine tact In negotiation he has won the title of oC the grand Illene silencer er All the most glorious of or the reign of Leo XIII XUI are bly bl associated with Ith the name of at the youthful j prince of ot the church and it has hils long been a n matter of or world gossip gos II that he was wan the choice of or the supreme ruler for tor f or 8 succession t to 10 o the chair Cardinal Is III a Sicilian mar Mills He Is II quite lacking though In Inthe Inthe the volubility the and the lev levity le II h ity of ot the Sicilians Tall grave ascot ascetic ic It severe evore and silent client one olle fancies one tan Ian see nee In him the effect of or his long Ion association with the at the tile court of or Madrid Educated I at the Col Cal College lege Ige of ot Ecclesiastical I Nobles and nt at the lie In iii the Eternal City he was from the outset outlet of his curter devoted to 10 the diplomatic service of ar the tho papacy Ills first drat appointment after hi his grad graduation nation from college was that of tary and auditor of the embassy at Madrid and on the recoil recall of the tho nuncio Mgr MIO subsequently Cardinal C he became charge When on the Ihl death Math of Cardinal Antonelli Plus Ilu IX nominated to 10 the of et r stated state tat 1 was wall secretary of the Ih oriental department deportment of ot the propaganda fide and later In tel on to 10 that of ot secretary of extraordinary ec ecclesiastical affairs where here he hI obtained a II remarkable In ht Into the relations of the Vatican with Germany SERVICES WITH MADRID After the accession of Leo XIII to 10 the papal throne be lie vui wa warn sent Benl as papal patol MI 1111 I nuncio to 10 Madrid where the services service which he lie tender rendered to 10 the Ihl present dynasty dy dynasty nasty verb wert wel of simply value lIlu especially when the sudden chidden death of ot King Xing Kin Alfonso placed lil hi widow who could scarcely speak k the lan Ian language guage at It the time In tn a It situation of to so much butch cI It and danger It 11 WAS while acting as a nuncio In Ma 1111 Madrid Mil th lh he began the 1101 x alley that ul ultimately lima le led to a II reconciliation between the German perman government and one the pap IY cry cy and nd to th the termination of or that eon con conflict which Is he I known In contemporary history a at a the It t was wason wason on In the occasion eulon of or a R visit villi of or Frederick at nt that the crown prince to 10 the Ih late Alfonso Unsex Fritz hud made malle nip all his arrangements to re 11 return return turn directly II I eO II from Madrid to 10 Germany German liy by h way wy ws of ot lona Genoa and UHf the that theFt lit Ft t 1 nut Hilt nt III the result of 18 v era pral long and confidential conversations with the nuncio to 10 whom he lie i seemed e m d to tb ti take ake n a 1 great fancy he changed his hll J U it nt lilt he the la Jut tut t sad and to tok I IH toke k ke H n of ot sill all a Europe leu NIl pro redel straight to 10 Home otter after Spain I IRACK WITH IAN IANI I Although he took look up his hll at nt atthe the as the Ih gue peat guest t of hi his 1111 old oW friend thee the t late lale thing King mn Humbert II um tei tn to whom h he had hind as best man on the Ih occasion Ulon of o the Ule k litter latter marring marriage p to 10 Queen ho he was with the utmost i pomp mp and mony at nt th the Vatican and with the m must inUIt t mark marked marked ed 00 and amp cordiality b by J the hoi hol holy rather father who n never r tired l of plating on th tM the nobility no of mien of ot ehr cl r and aDd of manner Incomes of or his illustrious visitor It was WIll the Ih interview l ih ni par r or Frederick FI and the tM poj po pope that brought abut the end Md of ot the contest between bet n the Vatican and the German government which was wa on oneo of the principal wi a hl Insole of ot the reign 1111 of ot L Leo IAo o XIII and for which hi his hll hollows holiness w was all in a am amun mass meas measure massure ure un indebted to his hid hl secretary cr try of or spate mate The latter ever e r since he lie II assumed a hta hie Milt made midI a R special point of ot attach himself to no party of which there are arp several at t the He Ue was all stove above everything else lie the popes lopes man rather ruther than Ihan the man nun of at any particular faction lIon hs hl most mOlt re reo le qu quality being that of a s k r Gt TT it obedience And Mud while he ho would 01 m with n II tact laet that I belongs to 10 a 11 bygone ago bring betaH over rier thu Ihl holy father almost without the letters knowing It to 10 his own views jews In n the eyes ejea of hl his master a as of the tho outer world he appeared to be 11 obeying or orders ders without attempting to give any an color of ot his bus own on to the uc ur s i of Len 10 XIII Should cl he succeed him lam he may mil be relied rolled upon more than any an oth other othel i prince of ot the church to continue that thal policy pOlley which won for Leo 10 XIII X III the renown of oC being the most enlightened and above oil all success successful rill fill priest that t tins lias ever Iver occupied In modern times the chair at of t St Peter reier r Ur A SOW KNOW I SATOLLI SA Cardinal In is the only one of or the rOut four who ho U is t known to Alter Amer leant Icons generally the appoint appointment ment meat of n as 4 pat p papal pal t delegate to 10 America the clerical work worle connected with the Ihl administration of the church churchIn I In America was wae In charge of ot n Koman Homan congregation known ns as the congregation tion of the propaganda In whore whole hands i were werl the It II Catholic affairs of all missionary countries cOlin tries J 1 Whenever this bo holy ly l of at the church t In to toa Inn Ina a n missionary country Is of or a n size rite to 10 warrant the change e the P turns tuma over oer the time work of tho the country to that Hint bod body Itself lf If It the Hie pope has traly tr aty relations with the tho particular country a II nuncio from Homo Home resides at nt the cup cap capItal Ital ilah where no treat treaty relations exist as asIn asin In the united States Stales the pontiff Is rep represented re resented ente l by b a u delegation such AS 18 Car Cardinal or orUna dinal Una established e at Washing ton Ion The man thus honored by the first appointment of ot its kind In tn the United States Is physically a It plain individual Ills His o E s 8 are small email hut but set Bel so eo wide wille apart as lo o look urge large I His Ills mouth Is wide wIlle to th the nyo of u Ii his hll skin h U is dark anO do an sallow allo His Ile i ure Is la le ri t and ami ees the Italian Hallan to suppleness and a grace grate Th The one feature texture re which the man above his hi follows fellows Is III his splendid heed head with the vivacity Iva of or ills his hl explosion expression Pew Few pUblic men line hue linea huea a head so indicative of oC character and Intellectual power I Cardinal Is l n a ripe 1111 Ho Hohas Hohas has hall l the Hit Chair of the prof professor or with distinction and Anti Is 18 a 11 specialist t In Inh Ini Inthe i the h t theology HK success II In research first won fur for him the tho thord rd of his hili great reat friend Pope Leo f io was 11 a disciple of the th famous f O 1 Dam Do n I I I HI I I Ir j 1 1 ft YC tOR d f LEADING LEDING CANDIDATES VOR OR THE r T x 1 SUCCESSION T X t 1 Cardinal J I 4 I Cardinal fl F R f f J Cardinal J Y I Cardinal l y l 1 Cardinal Cn III 1 Goltl J T Cardinal X 11 p pi I i j f X i SECONDARY CANDIDATES FOR THE TIlE t i SUCCESSION I Cardinal Prisco I Cardinal Ca T i Cardinal CeU te sa 1 i C V of t Cardinal V y I r I r or 4 1 Cardinal arlu f Cardinal Ferrari i 1 t I IO O II H II i Instructions an as to the administration of at church churell affairs a Cardin Cardinal a tel al the papal secretary of ot state has always been bean J en regarded M aK Mone one of those very near the throne amid his hili chances of at succeeding LM LIe are considered very bright Although Alt hough these two are aro generally consid considered call ered the thu first possibilities at the same lamo time there Is a II large body of ot Catholics who think that the choice lien lies between Cardinal Cardinals o and Any Anyone one of or time the above named may be he cha chosen n for the great work and on Oil time the other hand tho the now popo may ilia bo be a u oar quite outside this group roul V mind was the tho restorer of his hla phi philosophy to time the schools chool OP ON GOTTI Cardinal Gottl was wag born In III o tO nOli the son lIOn of a II dock laborer and nt tit the time thea a liP age of 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