The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-01-03

Governments mentioned, though the
custom, by long usage, had come to be
looked upon as such. Cardinal Mastal1
Ferretti, the late Pope, himself attain
ed the crown only by a mishap. For
he was in bad odor with the Court OF
Austria, on account of his sympathy
with the national party in Italy, and
when the ballot that made him Pope
was being taken, the Austrian Pleni-
potentiary was on his way from Wen
ma with veto against the lucky can
didate in his pocket. The veto arrived
q few hours too late, and the tagging
Austrian entered the Holy City to find
the Romans shouting 05vas in honor Of
Pope whose name they could hardly
pronounce. The telegraph and rail
road would undoubtedly prevent any
thing Of the kind happening again, but
| it appears that the Catholic powers are
to be denied this privilege. Not long
ago some Governments made confiden-
tial inquiries Of the Holy See as to
whether any change had been made
relative to the right Of veto. The full
! text OF the replies made by the congre-
cations has not yet reached us, but we
were informed by a recent cable dis
patch that it had been decided the veto
has never been an absolute right, and
that it should be less so st present, not
that the church has become the point
of attack for political passion in almost
all States; that the Holy See in it's con-
cordats with the powers has never re-
cognized the veto, and that, besides,
| privileges are not admitted by the can
ons of the Church; and that no power
can veto the Conclaye's selection Of a
successor Of the Pope. This, in all
probability, settles the question, though
it is known that a few of the Cardi-
nails are still opposed to any alterati on
Of the traditional usage.
It is not unlikely that the plotting
few who surrounded the late Pope are
in possession of his views as to the sue
J censorship. But while Plus the TX
could make Cardinals, and thus nomi-
!. nate the electors of the future Pontiff
he could not bind their choice, and go
it is a Pope may be chosen whose pres
ent name is absolutely unknown to
{ ninety-nine per cent of the existing
i Catholics. The total number Of the
, Sacred College, when complete is sew
! enty; the Cardinals now living is sixty.
! two. OF these, thirty-siN are Italians
i while the foreigners number but TWEEN
/ ty-siX. These latter include eight
J Frenchmen. four Spaaiards, one Por.
; tuguese, three Germans, two Austrians
one Belgian, one Pole, two Englishmen
one Irishman, one American, and two
| South Americans. These Cardinals, il
} in session, may hold an election in pre-
Se72te cGdd0eqe within tWenty-foul
hours, BUTT is more probable that they
, will observe the old-time custom
whereby the Sacred College is bound tc
go into Conclave on the tenth day after
the event which has just taken place
, 1t may be mentioned, in conclusion
that it is not absolutely certain that
) the Conclaye will be held i'm Rome
The Cardinals may at given signal
adjourn to some other spot beyond the
} boundaries of Victor Emmanuel's
Kingdom, and there hold an election.
The inconvenience Of the removal and
the difficulty of finding anywhere a
resting place, are indeed great obstacles,
but on the other hand, what a contra
diction the fact that college could be
held and a new Pontifcate inaugural
ed in Rome would be to the threadbare
fiction Of the captivity of the Late Pope
at the Vatican.