Cardinal Gibbons’s Reception
JUNE 4, Cardinal Gibbons arrived in Baltimore from Rome, whither he went to receive the red hat from the Pope. His return was in such state as befitted "a prince of the church." It is true that the Government did not send a revenue cutter to meet him, as was done for the Papal ablegate last fall, but the railroad company provided a special car for him, and all the officials of the city of Baltimore headed the immense procession which turned out to do him honor. After parading the streets to the music of no less than eleven bands, the procession halted at the cathedral; "his eminence" entered, and sat down upon his throne, when the clergy were graciously allowed to approach him and kiss his great ring. And all this was an "informal reception" tendered to a "prince" who "reigns" in Republican America.