Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 134, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 June 1911 — FAMOUS CATHOLIC PRELATE HONORED BY NATION LEADERS. [ARTICLE]

FAMOUS CATHOLIC PRELATE HONORED BY NATION LEADERS.

Cardinal Gibbous Eulogized in Speech By President Taft, Who Reviews His Great Work. James Cardinal Gibbons missed his afternoon walk today. For the first time in years, one of the very few in the that he has been the only prince of the Catholic churqh In the United States, he missed his afternoon stroll over the streets of Baltimore, where he listened to banker' and beggar and took to heart the troubles of “his people.” Instead of the walk, which has become a feature of that part of the city, in which he lives, the cardinal sat in the First Regiment Armory a monster nonsectarian celebration in honor of the twenty-fifth anniversary of his rise to the rank which he now holds and listended to the great men of the 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 except the chief justice spoke In praise of him. Among the 600 guests seated on the platform behind the President, the cardinal and the other speakers, were more than a score of senators and members of the House of Representatives. Probably a more distinguished gathering never was held In this country outside of Wash ngten, and the wheels of the government came pretty near to a stop while those who sit in charge over them paid honor to the cardinal. The armory holds 15,000, Its builders say, and was crowded to the doors. The cardinal sat in a plush chair in the center of the stage. To his right was President Taft, and then came former President Roosevelt, Chief Justice White and on the cardinal’s left were Governor Crothers of Maryland,. Ambassador Bryce, Speaker Clark, and Representative Cannon. The ovation which greeted the cardinal as he climbed the stai/s with President Taft was remarkable. The cardinal wore the red robe, the skull cap of red and the deep green ring of office. Through all of the speeches he sat smilling, every changing expression of his face and his bright eyes attesting to the 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 smile flickered over his face when Speaker Clark, mixing for a moment politics with religion, said that he had been a potent force for good “among both Catholics and Republicans.”