Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 August 1903 — FIRST AMERICAN CARDINAL TO VOTE FOR POPE [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

FIRST AMERICAN CARDINAL TO VOTE FOR POPE

Cardinal Gibbons is the first American cardinal to take part in the election of a Pope, and but for the delicate position he had to occupy daring the Span-ish-American, war, which incurred the hostility of Spanish cardinals, he would probably have been a favorite for the papal crown, in apits of the fact that two-thirds of the cardinals are Italians. He is a man of such learning, broad Christian spirit and conservative judgment that he is as highly respected on the continent as he is in the United States, where hia popularity ia great among men of all classes. The cardinal took a leading part in the conclave held to choose Leo’s successor, as he was the representative of the new order of things.

CARDINAL GIBBONS.