The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1878-03-06
"HIs HOLINESS LEO Kill .
ter the Shortest COnclave
on Record.

Cardinal Pecci Chosen Pope AT
ter the Shortest COnclave
on Record.
ROME, Feb. 18.-After q special
service invoking the aid of the Holy
Spirit for the conclave, the Cardin
inals will tonight enter cells on the
third story of the Vatican. The
operations of the conclave begin to
norroT. All the Cardinals have ar,
rived except Di Traetto. St. Marie
and Apuhzo. who are not coming.
and McCloskey. Di Pietro, Bishop
of Porto. De Luca, Prefect of the
congregation. and Pane Bianco.
Grand Penitential, are acceptable
for election to the Italians. Cardia-
ais PSrocchi. Archbishop of Bolog.
na, and Moretti. Archbishop OF
Ravsnna. are favored by the foreign
Cardinals, while Cardinals Pscci.
Pontifcal Camerlango. and Di Ca
nassa, Bishop of Verena. are sup
porte6sin various quarters.
The second day of the ConclaYe
was as the first, save i'm it's results,
Three bells were rung ~ 8, at s 80
and 8. and with the last came the
cry of the Master of Ceremonies,
8 In Capellam, dominf'-" To the
chapel, my Lords" After hearing
q mass celebrated in the Pauline
Chapel by Cardinal Amat di San
Filippo and partaking of the Holy
/ Communion, the Cardinals break
/ tasted separately in their cells; then
reassembled in the Sixtine Chapel
to ballot. The Master of Ceremon-
les. Mgr. Ricci, Paracciani. read the
order of conplete isolation. the Veni
Creator and the Oremus were sung,
| thea all the servants of the Con-
clave and the Cardinals were turned
out of the chapel and the doors were
fastened with a paddock. Then fol-
lowed the secret preparation OF the
ballots aad the close scrutiny.
1t wGs known to the Cardinals
when they met in the morning that
the day would see the breaking down
of the wall and the proclamation OF
Cardinal Pecci as Pope. In accord.
ance with unvarying custom, so soon
as it had been ascertai ned after the
first ballot on Tuesday that this
Cardinal really commanded a canoni-
cal majority the fact was commani-
Gated to the Cardinals opposed TO
him, so that acquiescing i'll their de-
feat, its members might join in wait
ing on the future Pope the evening
before his actual elevation. The
one condition which can by canon
law can void the cleo ion of a Pope
! who has actually obtained the suf-
frages of the Sacred College is his
being forced by the electors TO &C
cept the dignity. His free accept
ance of it is absolutely necessary to
render his election legitimate; of
course. it had been previously as
certained that the Cardinal Gamer
lengo was ready to accept the posi-
| tion.
So soon &s the scrutators had de,
clared that he had received canon
ical majority of two thirds of the
full ballot, Cardinal Pecci, the Pope
elect, rose in his seat and repeated
aloud the number and motto upon
his ballot. It was found upon the
thread on which the ballots were
strung, aud the "Nomen" flap was
opened by the serutators that they
might satisfy themselves that he had
not voted fer himself. Proclamation
( ,,1,,la tho form a 4.
tiles had been complied with. and
the Cardinals cried. The will OF the
Holy Ghost be done T. The Com
claye was declared TO be at All end.
the doors were thrown open and the
two great ceremonial officers, Mac
chi and Ricci- -Pnracciani. summoned
10y the bell, entered the chapel, with
the Secretary and Sacristan of the
Holy College, where the sixty-two
Cardinals were seated. The Secre-
tary Of Briefs, Cardinal Asquini.
with Cardinal Amat di San F'iIippo.
| Cardinal voR Schwartzenberg and
Cardinal Caterini, seniors OF the
three orders of the Cardinalate, pro
ceeded towards Cardinal Pecci and
demanded. "De you accept the elec-
ton thus canouicaily made OF you
as Sovereign Pontiff?'
Il do" replied the Pope-elect,
and instantly all the canopies over
the chairs save that above his seat
were lowered. In ether cireumstan-
ces it would have been Cardinal
Pecei's duty as Cardinal Camerlongo
to form one of the delegation charg-
ed with putting the question to the
Pope.
by what name do yeu desire to
be called ?" asked Cardinal Amat di
San FiIippo.
LEO KILL" replied the Pope
elect.
The senior Master OF Ceremonies.
Martinueci, ss notary OF the Holy
See then proclaimed the Pope and
drew up the official act certifying to
the election and proclamation, which
was sighed by his colleague, by the
Sacristan and by the Secretary.
Meanwhile Leo XIII. had entered
The chapel and there put on the Pom
tificaI robes, clothed in which he
seated himself in the chair on the
Gospel side of the altar. while the
Cardinals approached in their due
s-der and kissed his foot and hand,
lac embracing them on both cheeks,
the Cardinal Dean, Mrg. Amat di
Sap Filippo. who had first performed
the act of alteration. meanwhile
chanting the Te Deum.