The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-02-11
THE PAPACY.

uor n Successor 10 f1us IN Will
NV NV o,"ibospn...HnrIOuS Methods oil
T,seii0u.-SOme Historical Rem.
InIsrcnce.
According to dispatches from Rome q
.,,.l,ye Of Cardinals has been sum.
~,,,d to the Vatican to elect successor
/ !, Pin. *. In some quarters il ia pre-
4 5.,,j,Bat the choice will be delayed for
,Iosr time, owing to u lack Of unanimity
,-or, the electors and the performance
/ h me Italian nationality over others
ySo,e pre,ent representation is regarded
!, 5i,prOportionate to their Importance
!, n. great Church Catholic. II, how
Iv, he spirit Of Cancellation preyades
d. Concluve, it may be that the Pope
m be chO.en from among the Cardinals
,bo have reached very old age, in the
bops tha, lis death, which Is not likely
ia & long delayed, will find the Church
1 ia . tate more approaching unanimity,
Pi, H., who was born on the 18th OF
Ny, 1872, leaves behind him none Of the
highest dipni.aries Of an equal age. Those
vSo come nearest are Cardinals Regnier
o,Fr,Dce, born In 1904; Bonnet Of France.
born in 1895; Caterini Of Italy, born in
l;Oi and Antouucci Of Italy, born in
lbs.
The Cardinals College, with whom the
,ltetion Of the new Pope rests, is, when
| iull, composed OF 10 members. II lie,
however, never kept full, it being the
policy Of the Church, in ordinary times
/ no. to diminish the greatness OF the re-
ward BY making it too common, and 10
|kIye plenty Of vacancies which can,in ex.
|lnOrdinsry times, be filled for special
purposes. There are now in the neigh.
bnioOd Of fifty Cardinals in office, and
lhs vOIe Of twO.thirds Of these will elect
lie new Pope. Out Of the fifty at least
tkihy.eighi were born in Italy.
MODEOF ELECIlOn.
OF course, the process of electing q
nsE Pope is surrounded with all manner
| Of protective agencies, intended 10 dimin'
/ hh the possibility OF fraud or mistake
Three methods we're made lawful by a
ball Of Gregory Nv, namely, election by
Inspiration or reclamation, election by
compromise and election by ballot The
fret and second Of these methods have
fallen into practical disuse because OF the
channel opened by them for claptrap and
guile. For example, there is tradition
concerning the election Of St. Fabian 70
lhe effect that dove alighted on his head
during the oOnclaye, and the other cardi'
lils, seeing in this dove visible form o.
The Holy Ghost, with one accord declared
Fabian Pope. Again, when the con-
sllves succeeding the death Of Clement
v had failed TO agree, and the papa
choir had remained vacant two years
I've months and seventeen days, a com
promise was effected by whose terms
Cardinal Jacques D'Euse was requested
b name Pope. He promptly cried out
Ego sum PSpap (iI am Pope !p) ant
lApnded the throne under the name JohI
XIII.
The process Of ballotiug begins on I'll,
Ienth DAY alter the death OF Pope, ant
!, continued twice daily, not excepting
even the great feasts, till an election i
reached. The ballot used is divided int
three sections. In the top section tn
Cardinal writes his name, in the middle
section the name Of his candidate, and IL
tie bottom section Roman numeral ant
inOttO by which the ballot can be dis
|tiDgui.hed without disclosing his perso
nAlidenlily. When the blanks are tilleC
out IN disguised handwriting, the toI
nd bottom sections are folded over upor
themselves and sealed, so as to protect the
writing on each from view, aud the slamI
ussd for sealing must be such as to b
Recognized only by the Cardinal using II
Ths ballot ia then folded again, so as e
hide The name OF the candidate, but il
DOT sealed this time. Three officers
chosen by lot, and known as scrutatorA
iltin foil view Of their brother Cardinals
% count and record the votes when cast
Each Cardinal advances as his name i
called, aud casts his ballot into covered
shIliCt, first taking the following oath
"is'lCr Christum Dominum, qui me judi
SAiaru' eat, me eligere, quem secundun
tsuu iudice eligi debere, ct quod In &C
s Ss PrF.tabO." al call 10 witness
Ca'si our Lord, who shall be my judge
tait am eleCling him who before Coo
4lhihE ought to be elected.'l
Nhtn all the votes are cast, the chalict
vigorously shaken for the purpose o
Milling the ballots, and the latter are theI
Aksn out and counted. II the number
Corresponds With the number Of electors
ne! are opened, one by one, by the hrs
'Sialalor; the names Of the candidates ar,
announced 10 order, and the ballots ar,
Pa''tdlo the second scrutator, who make
.ne same announcement and passes then
70 ihs third. The third scrutator an
nouaes' the nance, records them, ant
nus p tae ballots carefully on file. II
toPe "a not elected at the first ballot,
hnllI' iCIu Ia gone through with, saw,
maj The li.t Of candidates l. limited Il
.nose named in the first instance. WheI
- t'eslion Is reached, by a two-third
m.lorlIy for one candidate, the ballot
afe opened at the lower section, and tn
motto, numetal and seal Of each Is an.
soa5cst 80 that every cardinal can sc,
Gay hi' ballot hRS been counted. Tn,
'alloI cast by the successful cardinal i
.4I picked out and examined, 10 see tina
sGla not vote for himself in violation o
law, All the ballots are then bnrne,
9e Presence Of the ConclAve, and tn
aIslI' unite in saying: "rhe will o
Ne hoIy Ghost be donep