Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-02-16

When all the Cardinals present have
deposited their votes, and the Cardinals
for the sick have brought In those OF the
electors confined TO their cloisters or In
their seats by illness. they pass on to
the fourth act in the voting. which con.
sists in covering the chalics with the
patsn and shaking II vigorously. In
order to thoroughly mix up the ballots.
II 10 the first Cardinal s~crutator who ID
charged with this duty. The third Car.
dinal scrutator finally takes the chalice
from the hands Of his colleague and
brings out the ballots, counting than TO
see II their number corresponds with
the number OF voting Cardinals. In
case the two numbers do not agree, the
vote IL null and void. The sixth
act Of the b~alloting Ia the publication oil
the votes. which IL done In the following
manner /: The three Cardinal scrutators
are seated around q table prepared for
the purpose. They must keep their
backs 10 the altar, 30 that the Cardinals
seated around the table In their chairs
can observe their movements. and see
that no fraud Is committed, not even for
the purpose Of multiplying tho vote.
CeustisE. stringisE. and Buruisg
she Ballots.
The first scrutator reads the name
voted for in the ballot and passes It to
his colleague. whs, after having read II,
hands It finally to the third scrutator.
The last proclaims In q loud voice the
name OF the Cardinal voted for In the
ballot. Each Of tho Cardinals present
takes q note Of the vote upon q printed
slip containing the names OF all the liv.
ing Cardinals. Al the end OF this slip
there are five little columns, whore tho
Cardinals mark the names Of the Car
dinal scrutatos, the names OF the Car.
dinals for the sick. the number Of Cardi.
nails present, the number Of sick Cardi-
mails. the number Of absentees. and finally
all the Cardinals alive. The fifth and
last space contains. under the word
Nunini, two little lines where the Gar
dinals make n sign each time that the
sc~rutaiors. in the acceding method, say
Nemini.
The votes are marked by means Of
little perpendicular bars. by which they
cut the horizontal line which Is alongside
the name Of the Cardinal voted for In
each ballot. At the right Of the same
are the lines showing the votes obtained
In the ballotipg; al the loft, on the con.
trary, are the lines showing the votes
obtained when acceding.
Then they pass on To the seventh act
In the voting. which consists in tying
each ballot on q string. taking care u
pass the needle through the word Eiigo.
The eighth and last act consists 10 plac.
ing the ballots on the table, strung o.
they are In such q way rs TO be CON-
plstely separated one from the other.
The third phase In the election. that
10 to say, that which comes after the
balloting. varies according 10 whether all
election has occurred or not. II Pope
has been elected. II IL divided into three
parts only. during which. first, the bal
lots are again counted; second the votes
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as oa'"'"'
The Election By AecedinE.
II nm The contrary. the Pope bas moi
.-, m..-,., Ia. :. =.
ossn e'ec'eu, 'hoy p'o.seu WIN a0 ~
ceding, INT then the last phase ID div'
ided into seven acts, as follows /: !, &C.
ealing. Q -openiuu the seals: 3. openipO
I. an. ..,,.i,,n. Az
u oa'''' 'n' "ao s W,
number, the word, and the signs adopted
by the slsctor ; 4, inscribing these con.
ventiopal lines In n special ballot 9, OK.
AIMING the votes /: q. recognizing the
ballots Y. DESTROYING the ballots by FIRE,
Accediuc consists In Offering 10 the
Cardinals the means Of electing a Pope
during the same ballot, without waiting
for new electoral operations, which
would, Of course, give the same result.
When the election has given to no can
didats n sufficient number Of votes, nc.
cedipp Ia then commenced, by which,
each voter NAV renounce his fayoritc
candidate and give his vote 10 another
candidate who may appear to offer some
chance Of success. With this view Il
is dscreed that tho suffragcs while nc
csding can only be given TO n Cardinal
who has obtained at least one vote In
the ballo,ing. In order TO avoid the intro.
duction Of new candidates. The name
accsding has been given to this mode Of
voting because IL signifies precisely 10
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