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Show BALTIMORE, Juno 6 Cardinal Gibbous missed his aftornoon walk to- j day. For the flrat time in, years Ho missed that afternoon stroll over the streets of Baltimore, whore he listened to banker and beggar and took to heart the troubles of "his people." Instead of the walk that had become ' a feature of that part of the city in i which he lived, the cardinal sat this ) afternoon on the temporary stage In the Fifth Regiment armory and listened lis-tened to the great men of tho nation speak in eulogy of his life President Taft, Vice President Sherman, Chief Justice White, former President Roosevelt, Ambassador Bryce of Great Britain, Speaker Clark, Senator Root of New York, Governor Crothers of Maryland, former Speaker Cannon and Mayor Presly of Baltimore, sat with the cardinal, and all of them except the chief Justlco spoke in his praise. Among the six hundred guests seated seat-ed on the platform behind those mentioned men-tioned were more than a score of senators sen-ators and members of the house of representatives Fifteen Thousand Preont. The armory holds 15,000 people, its builders say, and it was crowded to the doors today The cardinal sat In a red plush chair In the center of tho stage. To his right was President Taft, then came former President Roosevelt and Chief Justice White. On tho cardinal's left were Governor Crothers of Maryland, Ambassador Bryce, Speaker Clark and ox Speaker j Cannon. The ovation that greeted Mr ' Roosevelt as he came up was remarkable, remark-able, but that which greeted the cardinal car-dinal as he climbed the stair with President Taft was far more remarkable. remark-able. The cardinal wore the red robe, the skull cap of red and the deep grcon ring of ofllce. Through all tne speeches ho sat smiling, every changing expression of his wrinkled and kindly face and his bright eyes attesting to tho pleasure that this tribute afforded him. He smiled like a boy when President Taft introduced him to Mr. Roosevelt, he laughed with glee when the chief justice shook his hand, and the ghost of a grin flickered over his face when Speaker Clark, mixing politics poli-tics with religion, said he had been a potent force for good "among both Catholics and Republicans," President Taft Talks. Following Governor Crothers, who presided, Presldont Taft made the flm speech. lie wld in part: "This assembly, I venture to say, can find few counterparts in history We are met as American citizens to congratulate the American primate oC one of the greatest churches of the world on the twenty-fifth anniversary of his accession to the highest ofllce in his church but one, and upon the fiftieth anniversary of his entering the church as one of Its priests. Wo are not here as members of any denomination. denomina-tion. We are not here in "any official , capacity. But we are here to recognize recog-nize and honor in him his high virtues as a patriotic member of our political community, and one whom, through his long and useful life, has spared no efforts in tho cause of citizenship and tho uplifting of his fellow men. "As American citizens wo are proud that his prominence in the church brought him twenty-five years ago the rank of cardinal. The rarity With which this rank is conferred in his church on bishops and priests so far from Rome Is an indication of tho position po-sition which "he has won amoas his fellow churchmen. "May he long continue active In his present high position, that he may long continue In secular movements to take the high place he has always hau in workB of usefulness. This is the forvent prayer of Catholic and Protestant, Protest-ant, of Jew and Christian." "I am here." said the vice-president, "to speak for the greatest executive body in the world, and speaking for them, to felicitate you upon this day and occasion, and. to offer you our loyal respeot and heartfolt good will." Colonel Roosevelt Speaks. WTion Mr. Roosevelt arose to speak l the crowd cheered for half a minute, j "While tho American people may differ among themselves on questions of dogma," he said, "they unite on ' what counts more than dogma conduct. con-duct. We road now and then about people complaining that tne churchos are growing smaller and that they are losing their influence. "But thoro will be no complaints in tho futuro If that churoh mnkcBfas Ub f cardinal principle the rendering of service ser-vice to the people No church will have to defend Itself so long as those who are high in that church devote themselves to the people, as you, Cardinal Car-dinal Gibbons, have devoted yourself to them "We will sec presidents who are Catholics as well as presidents who are Proestants, and we will see presidents presi-dents who arc Jews as well as Gentiles. Gen-tiles. It should be the aim of every man who is president to carry himself toward his fellow Americans who are not of his religion, that some day when there is another president who is not of his religion, that man may treat him In the same fashion " Senator Root and Spoaker Clark. "Words," said Senator Root, 'how ever eloquent, are but feeble In expressing ex-pressing tho meanine; of such an assemblage as-semblage as this. .The fact that not only the friends and neighbors of Baltimore, Bal-timore, but that those representatives of all parts of our country, many of them of widelv different religious bo lief, are here, shows more than words the deep significance of this occasion. "It means that America can do what was Impossible to do In lands less free and ages less trained In humanity; human-ity; It means that the doctrine of separation sep-aration of church and state docs not mean a seperatlon of the people from ! all religious belief. Cardinal Gibbons Illustrates the union of service to the state and service to God. Ho is a bulwark bul-wark against atheism and anarchy, a bulwark against the tearing down of morality and government, the foundation founda-tion on which our government stands." "The affection for Cardinal Gibbons," Gib-bons," said Speaker Clark, "is Just as strong west of the great river as it is east. He has been a potent force for good among both Catholics and Republicans Re-publicans " |