The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-02-10
THE pAPACy.
new THE NEW POPE Will mn
ELEUTED Ann INACCURACIES.
The Right Ut veto Possessed ny the Csth-
aiir Powers 4sssw ana when NJ Has
neeu n yavsJseL IL, the Past

meet. 1t will not necessarily be n
Rome III tTpp, on the death OF Pits
vi, Rome was 40 disturbed that frea
dom and Independence " action seemed
Improbable. and the Cardinals met III q
Dpnedictine convent at Venice, under
the protection Of Austria. They bal.
loted daily for several months before q
decision was reached. Cardinal Chia.
ratnonti. whom they at length agreed
upon, took the name Of Plus VII. lie
died In the tlulrinal palace In 1879. and
the conclave which elected his suel
essspr. Leo XII, was held there. Greg
CRY XVI succeeded Plus VIII, who fol.
lowed Leo XII. and he, too, was elected
In the Qbirnal. After his body had lain
IN state IN at. Peters for nine days II
was inferred. and on the following day
the Cardinals, to the number Of nifty
four. met IN the Qultlnal, and after one
days balloting Mastai Terretti WAS
elected. La 1871 the Italian govern
snent took possession Of all the Church
property In Rome. and turned the Out
,lnal into a residence for the family Of
Victor Emanuel.
II the next Pope be elected In Rome
abe conclave will therefore, be held In
the Vatican The ceremonial Of the
election is very simple, Az soon as
rius | X expires the Cardinal Gamer
aengo. chief officer Of the papal house.
hold. the apostolic notatiea and other
witnesses. will attest the event, and
break the seal Of the fisherman" used
by the deceased pontiff. Under ordin-
AIRY circumstances the body should lie
In state nine days. but IL is likely that,
IN view Of surrounding conditions, the
The bull regulating the election Of the
Pope will be read, and each Cardinal
will swear TO observe its terms. All ap-
proache to the apartment will then be
nloHed. except one, which can be open
ed to admit a tardy Cardinal. or TO per
init the retirement of alex one.
The windowa will be walled up, and the
food Of the Conelave will be passed In
through a small aperture nsllptipu
will continue Until the majority agree
upon one name, and I'LL this is accom-
plisbed. no cardinal In permitted to
have any communication. oral or writ
lon, with any person outside the CON
elavn. The ballots are deposited In n
paper folded, and ~ each cardinal steps
forward to deposit his vote. he will
make the following oath II call TO
witness God. who Will be my Judge. that
/ choose the person to whom. In the
presence Of God. / Judge should be
elected. and that will do the same In
accepting the choice Of
the majority should II be another per.
Hon, After the ballots are all deposited. |
y teller is appointed To read them aloud, |
The same form is continued until a
definite result Ia accomplished. o
A two-thirds vote is required for a
choice. and there are four modes OF
election scrutiny" ''acceas, "oom.
promise" and inspiration. No Vol.
Ing by proxy Ia permittedo Twice each
day, M long aa tHe conclave lasts. each
present writes hia own name.
and the name OF the. perHon for whom
he votes, on a clip Of paper then adj.
rancea 10 the altar. kneele and repeats
, prayer, and deposits the ballet In a
'pnseofated chalice repeating another
mayer az he, leaves the altar. When
vi have voted abort pauae intervenes.
md than the ballots are taken from the
balice by officers appointed for the
'urpoee. They are counted and com.
ared with the number Of cardinals
resent, II the requisite two.
hirde is obtained. the fortunate
d. If not. the slipa of paper are
/ once burned, and tho little cloud Of
molse escaping through small nne
'lls the anxious crowd waiting outside
hat no election has occurred, Then the
sma process is repeated. This Ia tho {
1T votes be added TO thoaa Z
lready given TO one candidate. 40 IA to
lake the entire two-thirtia, IL In called
aoceaa, II the friends Of two closely
atchcd candidates unite on n third. Il /
called "oompromiae. II by sudden i
ovoment In the college, whether i'm i
romptu or prearranged. name is pro. {
,sed and carried by reclamation It la /
.lled inspiration" Plus TX was +
ected In this way. i
1t is not positively known how or I
hen the right to exclude candidates
ON the Paracv came TO be vested In /
rtain of the European monarchies. d
1t the existence OF. the right has been /
finally recognized by the Court OF g
tme In the Crowns or France. Austria i
ID Spain. The veto which 1t carries Ia t
'solute and final. and whenever Pope a
about TO be elected the determination b
each Grown which has resolved to n
clude q particular candidate ia con- d
led TO some member of the Sacred d
'llege, whose duty 1t Ia, at the proper q,
ere is no Cardinal on whose fidelity f,
Q protesting court can rely. tho secret n
Its purpose IL given to the Cardinal Il
van Of the Sacred College. In order 81
make the veto operative. Il must 4,
interposed before canonical ma. h
rity for any candidate has been de- w
ared. Once declared elected. In con- d
cmity with the prescriptions OF the ii
sctions. n Pope is Pope. and the veto II
mot unmake him. In 1899 Cardinal d
veroli, who had been the Cardinal O,
cretary Of State under Plus VII, was Il
oluded by the veto OF Austria. Gar
nal Alhani interposed the veto. but {
! specific authority to this having
on questioned by tho Cardinals who
sired tho election Of Severoli. the
lstrian Ambassador, Count Apponyi, te
nae forward. and, as represent Q
! the Apostolic Crown OF Aus &c
a formally excluded Cardinal Sew. n
oil from the canvass. This led to W
Q election Of Cardinal Della Genga, W
10 took his seat as Leo XII, by vote 81
sudden and unexpected that no time ia
intercept it was given to the two p1
ench Cardinals, Lafare and Clermont, hi
10 had been charged by France to veto to
lila Genga himself. Eight years Of p
wards, In 1891, Cardinal Giustiniani IL
s excluded by the veto of Spain. He q
d come within eight votes OF an cleo le
u when Cardinal Marco. Y. Catal in Is