The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-04-17
WHEN POPE LEO DIES.
FORMAL METHOD OF cHooS-
INC A POPE.
Win Great secrecy the Cardinals rre-
pare rheir Ballots aud Then. Holding
Them over the Chalice, Proclaim
Their Oath.

method by which his successor VII be
chosen. although Il Is hoped that that
event may be In the very DISSENT fu-
iure. will be found interesting. The
meetings OF the cardinals held Tor pur-
poses Of election are known ns 'cou-
claves. from the fact that they are
held behind locked doors-in fact. be-
hind quadruply locked iolrs for there
are two locks oa the outside wh.eh are
fastened ty the Prince marshal, who is
either a Colonna or a Chgi. and two
on the inside. which are Locked by the
camerlengo 81 the Roman church.
The camerlengo. on the death Of a
pope. becomes very important per-
sonage, fer on him deyolycs the duty
Of proving the death Of the pope,
which he does by tapping him three
times on the head with a silver maliet.
calling him hy name each time and
then, II the pope be really dead. he
must notify the college TO that effect.
and during 'he intcrrernum he as
sumes the more important functions OF
the pontiicli Office In this he Is as
sisted by the heads Of orders" the
senior cardinals Of the three Grades OF
bishop, priest and deacon.
For many years Il has been the Gus
tom 20 hold the election within ten
days after yhe doc,asc of the sovereign
I nor ln - on the death NJ Pic Mono
Leo's predecessor. Il was Thought best
TO provide that the election might De
held at any time. even outside ~ Rome
and withou irc'0sure This was
made necessary hy reason % the hos.
tile attitude % the Roman government.
and u was further provided that any
attempt at interference ON the part of
the royallsts should annul the proceed
inEs These provisions viii hold good
at tho next election. 70 r. believed ST.
Peter designated me FIRST three ~ bis
succcsCss. Afterwards the election
was held by the rresbytcrium. or coun
ell n the b.sh1ps of Rome. ONT %
which the College Of Cardinals has
/ grown while the clergy generally. and
even the laity. bad a voice lu the pro-
cecd.nrs. II was not even necessary
that The clerk 10 be elected pore be- ia
holy orders John KIN and Adrian
I V. were laymen Leo y. was only "a
deacon. and in the present century
Gregory XVI WIS only O priest Bu,
after his election the pope is given
various orders. and should it be- ueces.
sary % consecrltc him as bishop. the
bishop ~ Ostla. who is always dean
Of the College - Cardinals is ths
consccrltCr. From the time Of Nlcho-
las II lio59 the lalty have been OK.
cluded from participation in the elec
ton 81 pore. Fer the past 500 year.
the cardinals have elected one of theli
own number Invariably and there {.
no probability of deviation from tai,
established custom 90 the next election
As now constituted. the COLLEGE of
Cardinals consists OF six cardinal
bishops. who preside over The suburblc
an Roman sees. 80 cardinal priests
who are the heads Of Roman parishe.
and congregations. and ~ clrdlna
deacons. who are 10 charge OF the hos
pitfalls and their dependant oratorlcs.
The total Membership Of tho college
when completed. Is therefore 70. Thu
cardinals may also be- laymon. al
though az the present time an are h
priests orders al least Carolina
Henry Stuart. who called hlmsol
Henry *. by the grace a. God. N no
by the viii 81 mca. king Of Great Brit
ain and Ireland, was only q deacon
and he was invested with the hat "a
the age 81 % History records m,
creation of one cardinal at the age o
~ years The election Is held IN m,
Sistine chapel. when the cardinal
are unanimous In their choice and nj
ballots are taken the new pope q
said to have been chosen by "acclamr
, tion." Compromise and "scrutln,
are the other methods. aud u Is prob
ably by the last named that Loos sue
ceysor will he chosen. Al the cardI
nails who can possibly attend assembl,
: at the vatican. whore q wing is re-
served FOR their Use. bringing will
their single chaplain each. and tw,
attendants. In 1873. including cook
I and minor servants. 250 people wer,
! locked In az the couclavc. After
mass celebrated by the dean. ut which
& all the princes Of the church communi
. cate. the cardinals prepare their bal
lots folding them carefully. seal thom
! and then holding them over the challc
make oath in q loud voice that the
are voting &C., him they believe mes
, suitable Three "EcuunIzers" CA
anime the ballots md the individual
receiving twc-thIrds n The franchise
of She members present ls elected
Should The FIRST ballot fail, % recess {
, taken and the ballots. together with
wet straw. are burned The multi
tubes without know hv this sign tha
no election has taken place Ever
prccau;ion ls tafon % prevent clcc
pioneering from within or without
, Once q result has been reached. IN
dean of tho cardinals rnn0unces IN
fact TO the popc-clcct and inquiries
he Will accep; the ralce n be docl
the new pope riycs himself a nam,
and then the c1nonlcs arc an lowero
save his. for tho princes Of the churcl
who were ~ equals. now unite {
=, acknowledglng the supreme authorit
Of the now ruler %. the church Srali
France and Austria claim The right {
veto en- election and this power IN
been twice exercised In the nineteent
- century. and was attempted a thir
time. when Pho Mono was elected. bu
the notification re ch'd Rome too late
= The church lcu., thpi lt Is from an
> other motive than prudence that vet
. Is permitted The newly elected pop
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