The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-08-01

- /" iAAAS VIC pAOG ZOE tuS uSAe pdpdl clCC-
ton Is maturing. It is canonical rule
that at least nine days must elopse after
the demise of the Pope before steps for
the election of his successor can be taken;
the reason is to give the absent cardinals
chance to reach Rome. An uncanonical
choice, like the one contemplated under
the alleged secret hnll Of 1870, would,
therefore, very likely be treated as illegal
and as one never having been made. But
there enters on the present occasion an
other still more important element into
the election. Heretofore all states, which
had any pretensions of self-respeet and
independence, have claimed that none but
pers01ade grdtCe should be appointed Dish
ops within their domains. Since the
| Vatican resolutions of 1870 the bishops
have, however, been reduced to mere in
struments OF the Roman hierarchy. By
the new constitution of the church the
pope assumes the right to interfere di
rectly with the government of every do
cese, He personally exercises the various
important rights and privileges which the
state has conceded To the bishops, and
plays the role Of bishop in the German
dioceses. The imperial government has
consequently resolved toapply to the next
papal election the same principle to
which the several German states have
always adhered, namely, to acknowledge
no person" n15nuS 9rdtG as the supreme
pontiff.
The course which Bismarck will proba-
bly, pursue in relation to the next papal
election is pretty clearly foreshadowcd
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cial German press The augsburg A1ge-
meme Zeltuny. in a highly significant arti-
cle--evjGentJy inspired by authority
boldly justifies the right of interference
OIL patriotic and historical grounds.
Though from t. e r)mulgation CT Gregory
the Fifteenth's bull, Nov. 26, 1921, down
to the present datc-ib says-the papal
elections have remained independent in
theory, there never yet has been time
when they were really free from temporal
Interference. No vestige, of course, sur.
wives now of the old participation Of the
Roman people in these acts but the quar-
rels of the PazzI3, tile Medicis and the
/ Borgias over the succession to the KEYS OF
ST. Peter are still remembered. Since the
time Of Gregory VII, the right exercised
withsuch tluctuating success by the Gothic
kings and the empeIors Of Byzantium and
Germany of sending representatives to
tho electoral assemblies TO confirm their
choice, has mover again been, asserted.
| The last trace of temporal influence was
the privilege Of Austria, France, Spain,
aud Naples, to present, by cardinal cho
sen by each Of them for that sole purpose,
one veto, when the election of q candidate
especially offensive appeared imminent.
But in all the elections of the last and the
current centuries-and entirely independ-
ent of that of Plus VII. under Austria
protection ia Venice conelave Of 1900
influences emanating from Vienna, Paris,
and the Roman mobility, have ever played
d prominent part. Under exiting circum-
| stance3-continue the Augsburg Journal
it is impossible to expect that the great
powers should impose upon themselves
| the same restraint at the next papal cleo
ton which they have observed toward the
Vatican council. The ignoring of the
admenitions Of Prince Hohenlohe and
Count DarU has been sufficiently felt.
The Italian government is in no respect
bound by the guarantee laws Of 1870, for
the Roman hierarchy rejected them. The
veto of Naples might easily be transferred
to whole ltaly only this will not be
enough. In the partisan attitude Of the
cardinals with reference to infalIibility
and the monarchy, which is apparent even
under the severe eye Of Plus TX, the col.
lege Of cardinals will hardly decline closer
relations with the national authority.