The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-26
HE DESIRES TO BETTE POPE
CARDINAL TANUTELLI SAID TO BE
oANTkEsIN9 FOE Votes.

Zee XIII. Hs Reported 20 ne Dispicased with
This Premature Attempt TO Capture the
Sacred CoiisEe-MGr. o'Counel Is said to
No Assisting the Candidacy or vnnutoili.
ST.. LOUIS, Nov. 25.-A special cable despatch
from Rome. dated to-day. says: Cardinal
eeraino vanutolli II at present tho subject of
discussion here. The particularly fragrant man
ner In which he 10 canvassing votes for the
next c~onolave. with tho object Of securing tho
succession to Pope Leo XIII, has made him tho
most talked Of parsonage in Rome. 1t is related
that the Holy Father has manifested impstience
with the unblushing manner in which the
canvass 10 being prosecuted. Aware that q ma
5ority Of the Italian Cardinals are opposed to
him. Vanutelh 10 endeavoring by every means
In his power to win tho SURFACES of those Of the
foreign members Of the sacred college who may
happen to visit tho Eternal City.
"Not ono Of them 10 permitted TO leave the
city without having been entertained on O most
lavish scale at banquets given, not by himself,
for he is somewhat close In money matters, but
by ecclesiastic friends who, 1t need scarcely DO
said. are aliens, one of them being an Ameri-
can. He is Mgr. O'Connell, and he was for.
merly rector of tho American College in
Rome. In spite Of his having been
brought up at the expense of tho Church,
no is now apparently very wealthy,
and his elaborate entertainments consti-
tuto a very important feature in tho
vanutelli canvass. The Cardinal and the
American prelate arc on tho most intimate
terms, and were recently photographed to-
gether, with the Cardinal seated on q sort of
throne and his American friend standing beside,
leaning over him, as IL whispering words of
counsel in his ear.
"A story is current of an incident which
took place at a banquet given the other
day by Mgr. O'Connell in honor Of
Cardinal Vanutelli for tho purpose of on.
abling tho latter to meet some foreign
Cardinal. After the latter had left the other
guests set aside some of their formality and re-
straint, and the American prelate suddenly put
out his hand, removed the scarlet cap from the
head of Cardinal Vanutelli. who was seated on
his left hand and then replaced It, having
turned it inside out. 30 that one saw nothing
but the white satin lining and none of tho red.
THE meaning Of this will be readily under
stood when 1t is remembered that the Pope
alone, of all the members OF the Roman Catholic
Church, wears q white skull cap. The Cardinal
smiled in a pleased sort Of way and
then without saying q word dotted his cup,
turned it back. with the scarlet outside. and
then placed it on tho head OF Mgr. O'Con.
nell, thus practically promising by gesture
and without making any utterance that il he
ever became Pope he would make Mgr. O'Con-
nell a Cardinal.
"There Is however, but little likelihood of
Vanutclli ever being elected to the chair of st.
Peter. for. in tho first place. he has the disad-
vantage OF having q brother In tho Sacred
College. namely. Cardinal Vincent. and. Sec
ondly. lie Is burdened with such u per-
feet army OF moro or less reputable rela.
tives, some Of them employed by the Papacy.
and others looking for employment, that
the opinion is expressed that II he ever were to
become Pope the very worst and most unsavory
features of Papnl nepotism would DO revived.
The best known OF all the Cardinals relatives
and probably one OF the most influential is
Gen. Kgusler, a Swiss by birth, whu is COM
manderin.chief of the Papsl army. His wife Ii
the sister OF the two Cardinals.
1t Is reliably reported hero that Mgr. O'Con.
nell has secured the promise of Cardinal Glib
bons' vote for the election Of Cardinal vanu-
tell at the next conclave. Vanuteli 10 likely to
enjoy the support OF the Triple Alliance, as the
champion of which he poses in the Sacred Col
lego. He was formerly nuncio at Vienna. and
has spent some time in America.
This is tho first time that American prelates
have taken a prominent part in Q campaign
which has as its object the election of q Pope.