The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-02-28

and we will leave him to take care of his
diocese" More recently another open
ing occurred upon the Office of Prodatsrio
becoming vacant by the death of Cardi-
nal Vannicell Casoni. Pecci relied on
his appointment, and leaving Perugia he
took up his quarters in Rome, in the
FRlconieri Palace, but he was again un-
successful, the palace being given to Car
dinal Sacconi, and it is only now, since
the removal of AntonelE by death, that
Pecci obtained free access to the Pope,
who chose him as Cardinal Carmerlingo.
Regarding the successor of Pope Plus
TX interesting questions now arise, such
as who may he be, who elect him, and
when and how does the election take
place?
To the first two of these it may be an
swered, the cardipals by two-thirds vote
elect one of their own number, though
this limitation is matter of custom, not
of law, votes having been given for men
vino were not members of the Sacred
College. The cardinals are seventy in
number, but there are now some vacan-
cias in their ranks, and not all will be
| able to reach Rome within the nine days
which must elapse before the assembling
of the conclave, but such is the prepon-
derance of Italians that three-quarters or
more of the whole may be expected to
be in attendance. There is nothing to
prevent the election of Cardinal Nc
Closkey, of New York, or Cardinal Man
ming, of London, but it is in every way
probable that an Italian will be the re-
cipient of the honor Among those who
have been prominently named are Cardi-
nal Billo, one of. the three who have had
the greatest influence with Plus TX, and
who has furnished much of the inspira-'
tion for the later part of the deceased
Pontitf's career, and Cardinal Monaco La
Talletta. Others have ambition, but it
ia as impossible to predict the result of a
Papal election now, as it was in 1916,
when Mastai Ferretti, now dead, was
chosen, to his own surprise and that of
the whole world. There is one limitation
on the power of the conclave-the veto
power possessed by France, Austria and
Spain. This power is supposed to be
absolute, and has actually been used to
defeat candidate, in this century. But
| it must be exercised before the election
takes place, and it is q curious fact that
only the suddenness vito which the late
Pope was agreed upon saved him from
being defeated by the interposition of
Austria. But it is noteworthy that, in
spite of the formality which surrounds
all the proceedings of the conclave, the
system contains vast amount of elastic
ity, as an English writer has observed,
and it is doubtful if the protest of the
Republican Government of France would
be regarded as weighty enoug to defeat
choice upon which the cardinals were
agreed.
This elasticity is illustrated in the time
of she election. 1t has often been hinted
that bull may have been provided, not
to be disclosed until the Pope's death,
which would absolye the cardinals from
all the preliminary observances and reg
ular forms. This he could have done, as
has been done before, and as is said to
have been done by Gregory XVI. But
when the ordinary routine is followed, q
general meeting of the cardinals is held
on the day following the Pope's death.
The funeral ceremonies occupy three
days, and the six which follow are devo-
ted to preparation for the conclave. The
whole Of the first floor of the Vatican, it
may be presumed, will be set apart for its
purposes. In the vast halls of this pal
ace will be erected wooden booths, tech
nically called cells, one for each cardinal,
and similar accommodations for their
confidential attendants, of wnom each
cardinal may have two. There are ply
sicians, BARRIERS, carpenters, sweepers, in
fact every preparation is made for meet
ing the wants of the cardinals during
their imprisonment, for from the time
they enter the conclave until they agree
upon Pope they are practically prison.
ers, being isolated from the world, and
| forbidden communication with it. In
the Pauline chapel are erected additional
altars, so that each may say his accus-
toned daily mass; in the Sistine the vot-
ing takes place, and one large hall has
always been used as sort of exchange
or place of general resort. 1t should be
noted that the elections since 1923 have
been held in the Quirinal, which affords
superior facilities, but since Plus TX
made the Vatican his dwelling place it
is generally supposed to have been his
wish that there, as of old, the choice of
his successor should be made. All these
efforts for secrecy, it may be noted, often
prove unavailing. Like cabinet coun-
Gil or an executive session of the Senate,
the conclave rarely succeeds in keeping
its doings to itself. On the ninth day
after the Pope's death, after attending
mass together and hearing sermon, the
cardinals enter the conclave, and by
evening strangers withdraw, and every
door but one is walled up and communal
cation with the world is supposed to cease
until the work in hand is accomplished.
The election is by ballot. The votes are
sealed, and the voters name written
within, only to be looked at under the
peculiar circumstance of an election by
a vote of exactly two-thirds, in which
case an examination is made TO render it
certain that the successful candidate did
not vote for himself. Notices are written
on the outside by which each vote may
be identified. Every morning a ballot
must take place, accompanied by the
greatest formalities. Every afternoon a
second ballot takes place, which is sort
of revision of the first, as no one votes
except to transfer his mornings ballot to
some other candidate than the one he
then named. As soon as the balloting
has furnished return with majority of
two-thirds the conclave is declared at an
end, the doors are thrown open to the
world, the new Pope receives the homage
of the cardinals, and his name is pro-
claimed to the waiting populace. These
are the outlines of the proceedings only,
but they will serve to give an idea oil
them.
THERE WAS A SPIDER ON YOUR HEAD.
Old Mr.. Collamore is very deaf. The
other Sunday, in the midst of the ser
| ,ybo u;tu I'M adi q fal 70