Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-02-20

Of the conclave There are three modes
by which the election may be conduct
eel, per crutididm or secret ballot; pe,
comprom1suna, or consultation and com
promise, and per quas-istspdrotionena
or acclamation. The first has been
most frequently adopted, and will, I'M
doubtedly be the mode in the present
instance. The method decided upon,
three cardinals will be chosen by lot to
act as scrutators. They will take their
places at an altar in one end of Consis-
tory hall. On this altar will be chalce.
Each cardinal will then write upon a
piece of paper the name Of his candi-
date; he will fold the paper, seal it, and
deposit it with his own hand in the
chalice. When all shall have voted,
the first scrutator will take one of the
votes out of the chalice; he will open
it, look at the name, and pass it in ST.
lence to the second. He in turn will
look at the name which, by the third
scrutator will be read aloud to the con-
clave. The scrutators will proceed in
this manner until all the ballots have
been read. If any Of the persons
voted for has received two thirds of the
votes of all the cardinals present, he is
elected. If no choice is reached, the
ballots will be placed in an urn, burnt,
and the smoke will be sent up a tiue.
Thus two purposes are accomplished
the names of the unsuccessful candi-
dates will not be known or the person
atty of those who voted for them; and
the people outside will be acquainted
with the fact that the conclave is
still in session and that there
is no choice. The second ballot
is called the access,ts. Each
cardinal writes on his ballot, "accedo
-" if he chooses to vote for can
didate other than his first choice; or
"accedo nenaini" if he prefers to vote
again for his first choice. But in the
dccese,s, no person can be voted for who
did not receive at least one vote on the
first ballot. If the accessus results in no
choice, the balloting goes on, day by
day, beginning at an agreed hour in the
morning and in the afternoon, until
some one is chosen. The cardinals are
at liberty at any stage Of the voting to
resort to either of the other modes, and
elect uiud voce.
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the pontificate by any large number of
his colleagues, it is anticipated that the
conclave will not be a brief one. Bal
lettings have been protracted for several
months when the conclave has been in
terrupted by external causes, and COM
PEELED to adjourn. Leo XII was elected
in twenty-five days, and Cardinal Wise.
man calls that a " short conclave." Plus
TX. however. was chosen on the third
day; and expectation may be disap-
pointed now by a speedy termination,
and the announcement that the triple
crown had been placed on the head Of
Manning or Ledochowski, and it
would not be very surprising, indeed, if
either of these notable men should be
the successor Of Plus TX. AS large
majority of the cardinals are Italians,
and, as for five hundred years, or since
the restoration Of the see from Avignon
to Rome, there have not been a half
dozen popes of other than Italian ma
tionality, it is highly improbable that
any but Italians will be chosen now.
The election of Cardinal Manning would
be hailed by English-speaking Catholics
with intense delight