The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1878-02-19

neither IN election has occurred or
OF. Ifa Pope hes been elected. it u
ivided into three parts only. during /:
.hich, 6r.t. the ballots arc again
second. the votes arc recoe-
lied; and third, the ballots are burn
d II. on the contrary. the Pope has
,ot been elected. they proceed With
he acceding. and then the last phase
. divided into seven acts. a. follows;
|. acceding; 2. opening the seals; 3.
opening the ballot On the side con.
laiuing the number. the word. and
The signs adopted by the elector; 4. in
these conventional lines in .
special ballot (see Form F.; >. ex-
amining the votes: 6. recognizing the
ballots; Z. destroying the ballots BY
Gre.
Acceding consists in Offering to the
Cardinals the mesns of electing Pope
during the same ballot, without wait
ing for new electoral operations.
which would Of course. give the same
result. When the election has given
to no candidate . sufficient number Of
votes. scceding Is then commenced.
by which each voter may renounce
his favorise candidate and give his
vote to another candidate xh0 NAV ap-
pear to oder some chance of success.
With this view it is decreed that the
suflrages while acceding can only De
given to q Cardinal who has obtained
At least one vote in the balloting in
order to avoid the introduction Of new
candidates. The name acceding has
been given to this mode Of voting
because il signifies precisely to accede
to the will Of others. Nevertheless.
when. rs it often happens. . Cardinal
holds out for his own candidate, he
writes simply Nemini after these words
Aeoalo reerendiss. ID. pseo d. card.
After having finished the deposit.
ing Of the ballots when acceding. and
after emptying the ballot box. the
election IS continued by accomplishing
the last acts Of the post serutiniun..
which consists in opening the seals
and taking . note Of the particular
signs adopted BY the voters and in
scribiug them upon Form F. in order
to examine the authenticity Of the
SURFACES. Finally the votes are count
ed. II one Of the candidates has OBJ
tanned between balloting and acceding
q two-thirds vote. his election is pro
claimed, after opening his ballot to
see that be did not vote for himself.
For this purpose the corner If the
ballot il opened. in the fold Of which
is contaiued his hame.
After that the revising Cardinals
verify for the last time the legality Of
the votes, and finally they proceed
with the burning Of the ballots.
Our readers have seen with what
refinement ar precaution method U:
voting has been invented in high &C
clesiast,cal spheres. which permits
each one tn vote without revealing
himself, and also q method Of balloting
which renders it possible Tor each one
to recognize his vote without reveal
ing its personal origin. The manner
in which they proceed with the empty
ing Of the ballot box also renders any
fraud impossible. One single thing
Is impossible to day, and that il, that
one Of the Cardinal scrutators, seeing
that the candidate Of his adversarie'
is about to be elected; might possibly
create q confusion in order to render
the election null. and il that way gaiI
time to change the disposition Of thu
msjority. But that is almost impossi
bic, because not only would il b
necessary to have the other Cardi
nal scIutat0rs in accord with him bu
it must he remembered that those
} Cardinal scru,ators are placed il
such q position that the electors cal
} constantly follow their movements
: Il IS true that at one time it happenet
, that q Cardinal serutator concealed
. ballot in the sleeve Of his cassock: bu
] today, owing to the Precaution q
, which We have given . resume. ths
{ sort of fraud IS No longer possibly
3 As to the recognition Of the votes
] is plain that it can give place to NJ
= confusion. The ballots fall into th
z chalice folded in such . fashion tina
; the name Of the elected one alone
3 visible. On one side. under the fol
. which Is marked By the word Sigma
J. are hidden the distinctive signs adoP
b ed by each elecior: and under ii
D sealed fold which Is at the oppoeil
9 extremity. Is the name Of the electo'
ii When they proceed with the wor
. Of examining the votes and registe
= ing them upon sheet Of which u
D give the form (F.) it - easy for eac
G elector to see whether his vote hi
II been properly registered. The b
. lot is opened at the corner where Il
e conventional siens are. and after ha
ing described them in . loud voic
e whether they were deposited Viii
{ sccediug or while balloting. the nan
9 Of the Cardinal is repeated for who
q the elector has voted who adopte
. such and such signs. Owing to th
j method each one can perfectly contrO
e without revealing himself, his on
q ballot
81 In the acceding method the CO.
8 ventioual signs serve also to prov
. that the same Cardinal has not vot
Il ed for the same candidate when b'
d lotins or acceding. which would be
,. kind Of repeating and render the ele
. ton q fraud.
. IN fue the election over, the ne
e Poutiil indicates his ballot BY reves
= INK the signs that he adopted and IL
# exterior form Of the seals, 50 that
j. opening the side Of the ballot whis
e vas LETT intact il can Be formal
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