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Show I TAFT AND PARTY : i (: BID POPE ADIEU ( His Holiness Presents All With I Handsome Gifts. J GIVEN CORDIAL WELCOME 4 " TOTE TO GIVE PHILIPPINE MA.T- (! TERS PERSONAL ATTENTION. jjoME, July 21. The pope receive J K Governor Taft and the members A of his party in farewell audience m noon today. Judge Taft and Judge Smith were in evening dress, as pre-M pre-M iibed by etiquette; Major Porter was in full uniform, and Bishop O'Gorman v Hie ecclesiastical robes. They were j-.Tt-ived at the great door of the vat- I jcm by Swiss guards, who vendered, military honors. At the foot of the state staircase the Americans were met by Mgr. Bisleti, master of the ceremonies, accompanied by several other dignitaries of the papal pa-pal court. At the door of the ponti-lical ponti-lical apartments the noble guards and ' pndarmes rendered the customary I honors, alter which Governor Taft anil I liis companions ware introduced into 1 the presence of the pope, who welcomed tli.'in Mith marked cordiality. To mark his satisfaction at the success suc-cess of the negotiations, the pope pre-j pre-j siui-d each member of (Governor Tafl's I party with a personal gift enclosed in I a magnificent morocco case, adorned vith the papal-arms. 'Goveriwi1' Taft l a gold goose ouill- of exquisite f workmanship with Pope Leo's coat of ' arms on the feather. ..- . . To Bishop O'Gorman was presented a pictorial cross set with rubies and - .. juntthysts, and having a cameo cen ter bearing the figure of the -Virgin surrounded v ith pearls. Judge Smith an. I Major Porter both received a gold jubilee medal. . The pope pave Mrs: Taft an enamel reproduction of the, ancient an-cient painting of Saint Urusula, 'sur-' rounded by virgins. I 5 The Americans were ushered- into a private room and So soon as the door was opened the pope went half-way to them and greeted Governor 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 the starting point of a complete and satisfactory solution of the ' question I under discussion. He added that the apostolic delegate soon to be appointed j would be instructed most strictly and precisely regarding carrying out the. I ideas, determined upon between the I United States and the Vatican, saying: ) "1 will see that orders be given him f as to his work, over which I will watch j' personally." Turning the conversation, the pope expressed the highest esteem for, Amcr-'.. Amcr-'.. lean methods of treating church mat- "l ters. In fact; he had more than once pointed toward the United States as setting an example well worth copying. Governor Taft thanked the pope for the promptness and courtesy- shown, him during his visit, and promised cooperation co-operation with the apostolic delegate in executing the business on the lines agreed upon at Home. lie expressed regret at the fact that the negotiations had been made the occasion of the circulation of false and even -calumnious reports in various papers pa-pers and by some telegraphic agencies, which bad given rise to "unfavorable comments upon the Vatican. The pope also protected against such false reports, re-ports, but. he also declared that by this time he was accustomed to that kind of misrepresentation. The pontiff then .rose with unusual W activity, walked with the Americans to the opposite side of the room, and showed them the mosaic which he is sending to President Roosevelt in re-t re-t . turn for the present of a box con taining his (Mr. Roosevelt's) literary v works. The mosaic is a copy of Cor- f ridi's well known picture of Pope Leo sitting on the terrace of the Vatican gardens surveying Rome. It was made in the Vatican works-hops. The pope then gave Bishop O'Gorman O'Gor-man an autograph of the letter to President Pres-ident Roosevelt. Members of Governor Taft's party asked the pope to bless several boxes of rosaries and other religious mementoes, memen-toes, which his holiness did most willingly, will-ingly, adding that his benediction was extended to all their relations and friends. After an audience of forty minutes, in which the conversation was carried on entirely in French, Bishop O'Gorman O'Gor-man and Major Porter translating, the pope saw the Americans to the door of ) the library. Governor Taft and his companions then called on 'the papal secretary of state, Cardinal Rampolla. with whom they exchanged somewhat similar courtesies. cour-tesies. , Later Governor Jaft. accompanied rby Judge Smith and Captain Strother, left Rome for Naples. |