The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-02-14
THE NEXT POPE,s ELECTION.
No Veto OF tho Powers VIII work-Th,
Coneiavs VIII 10 Independent.

f'N"N sN eefF
A London daily paper recently printed q
paragraph In which It was stated that the Nun
clos TO the powers In possession or the right OF
tive governmental of It's abolition. The para.
and . denial appeared in due SEASON.
NAL must have been tho statement With
which the intelligence was prefaced. which
repudia ion on the Dart OF the Holy See in View
of the nearness OF a ConclAye. II Ia unlikely
that any Cardinal Secretary OF state would
ever send such a document TO The SuncIo The
report aud Its confutation gave rise TO a
good deal Of cCaversation In ecclesiastical
circles about the veto and tho situation.
tions as follows: The report was the most
unlikely, OF all possible reports. The repudla.
as was alleged, since there are no d!squIetIng
feelings with regard to the health Of the Holy
Father. Neither had II any general cause or
reason. The veto does not exist. II there fore
cannot call for regulations. 1t wns the result
81 an accord which no longer exists. IL was
made possible and maintained hy. a set OF cir
cumBtancss. encb and all OF which have disao-
peareh. IL. subsisted by VII, ne OF q pact Accord
Ing to which certain Catholic States bound
the Papacy, and received In return conpensat-
Ing privileges and indulgonces. Among these
was the privilege OF veto. which may he con-
that could be granted 10 friendly and pro,cct-
Ing potentates. The States no longer defend
the Church or the ~Tapacy. and the cessation
- $50 49, VIVA W. 'bF W III u
Justified 80 great \ cone -ssiOn Is patent to every
one: Thus the veto would In We to bc consid-
ered Informally done away with.
But 10 has been even formally abolished. At
tho last Conclave the representatives Of the
,'atholic powers were given to understand. and
J.. a a. J.. unmistaka able way. that tho Cardi-
mails could not 30 much as consider tho poss,-
billy OF allowing an effort to DO made toward
%suasign, persuasion, or Influence on the part OF
any state. IL 10 consequently clear that the
formal regulation which. 10 Is stated, has been
communicated 10 the Suncios. would he need.
Cardinals are, most Determined trisgtuttssimD
To allow of no Interference whatever In tho fu-
turo. Tho privilege was n very ,inconvenicnt
and the electors In former tOAclnvrs have been
made To realize tho fact worry acut sly, md this
e ,Hs s% wSiHS sls eyeS e Pam mop Pr. III wO, La ns sSni
and annoyed, frustrated and prolonged. by
Austria, The same power resolved to exclude
election In the ConClny. following upon tho
death OF Pope Gregory xvi. but when .'nrdl-
nnl Gaysruck the Archbishop OF Milan arrived
with tho express Injunction Of tho Austrian
Government to use the veto against HIM. hs
had already boon elected and had taken his titlo
as Plus *. Among tho clrr INSTANCES whi,h
have rither undergone alteration, or which
have altogether disappeared. besides that Of
the cessation, or protection over the Church In
times OF Difficulty, arc two others, both ~
them notable. VIZ. that the power Of States In
not A. II was and that their interest In tho
issue o. a CohSiase IL no longer tho same. 10
governed states, the pnpRcy had to deal With
thN all potent political personality Of monarrhs
VINO represented inability both Uf tenure aud OF
policy, and who afforded guarantees nr stnhil.
ity dincOverahle In tho very conditions of their
states Thu. the support which The Church
NIL hit receive Is less valuable, while for thu
cause tie Interest OK States In u paual
election has greatly diminished. There can
scarcely be any uch thing now as the canll-
daturs OF n Cardinal supported ny n sovereign.
The Emperor or Germany manifested his pref.
erence for Cardinal Sanfelice, Archhi hon OF
Naples, hut IL was, pre- sumRhly, only n personal
preference. In any case the influence Df tho
could count for little or nothing,
. EN- did the privilege Of veto exist, since Ger
many never pussessod II. 30 determined arc
the Cardinals 10 suffer no pressure in my
futurN tonclavo that they will tnkN every
means 10 exempt themselves from II, were
such nm lmprObRbIlitv Rs tho attempt To uso
pressure % come Ia paSN. II they cannot hold
tho ConclaNe at Rome, they will RETRO from
Rome to ome place which Will prove moro
favorable 20 such absolute immunity and In
dependenca as they Il ,sire. such IA choice
would not DO dinlcult 20 make, though IL IL not
true that Leo MIL. secured the lRlA2z0 Al
TEMPS for the use of the Spanish College in ex.
change or a castle a. Spain. What lie did for
the, Spanish COLLEGE WAS only u display OF hIa
zeal for raising educational estaLlisl ments
In Rome, such AS he has shown Ia respect 10
-. Ansrlm's BenedictInc school, thoItuthc.
Man College, the Marc lite College. Sr. Tho
nearest power. OF all, Italy, would be the last
u, think OF Interfering, Under Crlspi there
might have been come fear. ur a. least some
uncertainty, because no ono could ever make a
certain calculation about his conduct. ri
hudini - a gentleman, both by birth and Gull
ture, and he does not exhibit uuirks and wild
Sallies after the fashion Of his predecessor"