Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1878-02-20

votes, The upper Iolded poflioli ol lhe
ballot papers Is opened with the view
Of ascertainlpg that this exact number
Is mol due to the candidates own vote,
il being not lawful tor q Pope to DO
the actual instrument Of his own cleo
ton, IN case no one has received
twOthirds Of the votes cast, second
ballot takes place IN tho evening, This
time the Cardinals can vote only for
those who were named ut the first
ballet, Those VINO persist IN their
mornings capicc Insert the word me
MIN, while the Cardinals Who wish
to change their vote write The words
"\Ccuo domino Cardiuali -
In practice this part Of the system cor
respond. with that 1T State aud coun'
! ty Conventions II this country, where
sometimes tho delegates change their
votes In favor Ol such candidates ~
they lnd have fair prospect ofrecely'
Ing the requisite majority, Should
beth ballots iail at the POpal election
N producing tho requisite majority,
then the papers me- burned It's as
u0l to hold ony two ballots each day,
bnt u larger number l. not unlawful
When the Cardinals reaSsemble next
day, they vote anew
Since 1878, that Is Ia say, SINCE tie
time Of Urban VI, the Pope has al
WAYS bcca chosen from among tho
Cardinals, And among the Cardinals
are always indicated IN advance those
who have the greatest chance Of sue
cecding TO the tira, They are desig-
mated by the title Of "CardinauX Pa
pablcs," which | will translate by the
pciphrasc "Elisible candidates tor the
tiara,
Speaking in a general way the Car
dinals whose names may issue victor
ious from the urn are five ia number,
The following are their names -
rECCi.
BiLiO
IA yALErrA.
SIMEON.
FRANCii,
None ofthesealc fanatics or "saints,
to use the expression in favor among
the Cardinals. Among the five, how
ever, three are more disposed than the
others to carry out the policy OF Plus
IN, They are;-
BlLl0.
SIMEON.
FRANCHi
FIN the tomb Plus IN. could con.
tlnue to preserve some Influence over
the Sacred College one OF these three
is sure to be bis successor. have,
nevertheless, indicated two other can.
didatcs as "eligible," for it is rarely
the case that the result of the vote is
not surprise, owing to tie conduct
: of the electors of the conclaye. 10
sum up. the foreign Cardinals are OF
bnt little account IN the election. The
foreign Governments do not exercise
the right fveto, and Italy pursues
lalssez faire policy, The election..will,
therefore, be entirely abandoned to the
Italian Cardinals, on whom alone its
character will depend,
The Courts of France, Austria anG
Spain claim the right to forbid the
election of some one Cardinal to the
Pontifcates. This privilege was re
Gently declared invalid. In any event
the privilege is not likely to be exer
cised. The origin Of the suppo sec
prerogative is involved in mystery, bu
i, was held to be in force as late az
the election Of Plus TX, whom Aus
tria intended TO veto. On the occur
, renee If conclave, the secret deter
. minatlon to protest against particular
Cardinals was confded by each cour
to some member of the Sacred Col
lege, who was trusted with the duty
5 of making this known at the prope
} moment. AT the conclave OF 1922
, Austria excluded Cardinal Severol
through the agency Of Cardinal AL
] banl. The veto was 50 unpopular tina
1t was soughtto beput aside, on the ple'
: that Cardinal Albani was not duly in
s vested with formal authority from the
f Court of Vienna. Severoli continued
e to receive votes until Count Apponyi
q then Austrian Ambassador, handed il
e note confirming Albani's authority
The Cardinals exclusion was convey
. ed in these words: "1n my capacit.
4 of Extraordinary Ambassador to thu
e Sacred College met in the Conclave,