The Power of the Papacy in Rome.
The influence which the pope may exert either for or against the prosperity of the city of Rome is thus voiced by the Roman Catholic Western Watchman: "Pius X has been long enough on the papal chair to have convinced the world that he is a man of resolution. The threat just audible within the precincts of the Vatican to countermand all celebrations and pilgrimages in contemplation next year has thrown the trades-people of the metropolis into consternation. Their bread and butter are involved, and what is patriotism weighed against them? Were it not for the tourists drawn to the Eternal City by the presence of the Holy Father, the grass would grow in the streets of Rome and wolves would run at large in the Villa Burghese."