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Pacific Press Publishing Company · New York · February 2, 1893

It is by no means certain that Mr. Cleveland would receive a papal representative; but on the other hand it is by no means certain that he would not. Indeed it is asserted that there is at least a tacit understanding that Satolli is to receive some sort of recognition as a political representative. The Sun, of this city, in its issue of the 22d inst., has this to say upon this subject:—

While the fact that the Pope is no longer a temporal sovereign deprives the papal delegate of any recognized diplomatic rank, there appears to be a tacit purpose to accord to Mgr. Satolli in Washington an unofficial recognition as an added member of the diplomatic body. This has been already made manifest by the interchange of visits with the Secretary of State, and the marked courtesies extended to the distinguished Italian by the French Minister and other members of the diplomatic corps.

But it is not impossible that the papal delegate will be received on an equal footing with other members of the diplomatic corps. It is almost certain that the incoming President will find on his own party; and he might think it “wise statesmanship” to secure at the outset the hearty support of the great body of the Catholic Church in the United States; and in no way could he do this more effectively than by receiving at Washington a papal nuncio, thus acknowledging the Pope as a temporal as well as a spiritual sovereign.