New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-04
THE NEXT POPE.
pry sKETCuES OF THE VARIOUS PAPA
BILE CARDINALS, AND REVIEW
OF THEIR RESPECTIVE PROS
pII('TS OF ELECTlON
Poets OF ELECTION.


ever since the year 400. forbiddins the frihces
=, 49, Ch,,rcb from discussing during the life
,ioo ~ = MONTH"; the question OF the SUCCESSION
o.. hi, tiora the matter forms at the present Hio-
r, an absorbing topic Of interest ana deoate
,,robout the civilized world, Protestant az we"
os Catbolic Rome being, OF course the pia'e
,o-o this nroblem excites the most Keen anu
,,,ossing attention. Who Is TO be the iu,uie
,,o9 cardinal Rampolla, Cardinal Gottl' Gar
alma, vannutclli Cardinal Parocchi. Caruhia'
c..ui or Cardinal Jacobni? To these names
,,o add that OF Cardinal Oregha, VINO "e
Cancrlingo fills the same office as Leo Nil oc-
crnicd at the time OF his election just t"e"''
ware ago Each has his own "papess'ah'' VI
constituents who are carrying on ca'"p"h"
for their respective candidates IL Is VI 'o"''''
,npossiile TO foretell the result OF thcSe va"
v,,ses But inasmuch as the pTeia'es apo''
mentioned are those WHO are alone rcsa'Ue' 90
"rap.bile." or possible Of election o''e' -
yic,v Of their respective chances. as wen DIS d
fovy notes con -crning their appearance cha' ''-
,,r and antoccdcnts. may be timely al the pres
en-; juncture.
n tho names Of TO foreign cardinals have beeh
,ncIu]ed I'm the foregoing list 1t Is because ~
s,,,yn in the letter on the Conclave winch ap-
100, f., those columns on Sunday last. inc
,,,;o, ~ n non-Itallan as Pope Is less thah
ever before either probable or even ""'e'
ont circumstances practicable, inc or''' u -
,.rre.crcc on the part Of either the ltailan 'o'
eminent or OF the foreign Powers oeihb "N''
On ,cs,,l in the Conclave being hello lmHcu'"'''
ON the demise of Leo XIII. and before amp W.
the foreign cardinals members OF the ""'''
COLLEGE, can have time ~ reach NUM- ~
abroad. D.,
A remarkable feature about the oAhnid"'es 'o
tho tiara at the forthcoming ConcaVe " "i"''
with the exception OF Cardinal oregHa' VINO - z"
laron Of ancient lineage. and OF Carulh"' NAM
,olla. who is a marquis OF equally i'us''Io"' ~
scent they are all men OF lovly bir'h. h'c" ~
thc time Of the elevation OF Leo Mn W W.
chair OF St Peter patrici1n names prcuO'''''"''
in the Sacred College. But To-Day th'9 - w
,ouc,r tho case. The pebeian element is far In
The majority, and perhaps no stronger ~ 'u''''
than this can be furnished OF the fact that inc
Catholic Church an institution Is P'oe'''
sjve body. since 1t shows by the present coinpo-
siiion Of It's Senate that II ls fuily awe " wv
democratic trend Of the march OF modern ms
tory.
RAMpOLLAs CHANCES SMALL
or All candidates for the tiara the one "hoS'
name is most frequently mentioned as inc PRIV
able successor OF Leo ALL anu J'' W.
the least chance OF ascending inc Tapa' '"i'"''
"a the Sicilian Cardinal Rampoiia dei iih'"'o'
Very rarely has II happened mat "ec'
~ state has been chosen TO follow the ioP'
with whose policy ne was idcnthed III 'he {"
pacity OF Prime Minister. In fact many ceh'"
r,es have elapsed since anything OF the kihd
has taken place. Toward the emo OF ever ,
reign especially when II is a. long as mat OF
leo XIII a sentiment OF reaction arises In the
Sacred College against the policy Of the Holy
Father The reaction against the polIcy OF No
XIII has been particularly marked CURING the
last year or two, and 1t is no secret mat MS
policy foreign as well as domestic. eccIcsas-
teal as well az secular. is condemned by
large majority OF the Italian members or the
Sacred College by none more than by those
prclates whom he himself promoted to the rank
OF Cardinal in the expectation and on the uh-
Outstanding that they would indorsc and cham
nion bis vicws That so shrcwd "A man as Leo
XIII should have ever entertained any eXpccta-
tions OF this Kind Is surprising. For the most
elementary study OF the history OF the Church
should have taught him that II Is just as
difficult TO predict what the pontical attitude
OF a prcIate Will be after his elevation to the
Sacred College II Is TO forcteIl the course
which a Cardinal is likely TO adopt In the event
81 his being elected Pope. This, however can
b. said OF Cardinal Rampolla, that tenacious
Diplomatic and clever as he has been in in
fucncing Leo XIII while inducing the HOLY
Father to believe that he was merely blndly
obcying his orders, his elevation to the Papacy
would result in a continuation Of the present
Vatican policy, for which he is justly regarded
as responsible and which is so bitterly opposed