Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-04-11

pnign. vcritabie stamping tour In the
East. In which he asealls the mormon
people In general. and II. III. Roberts.
consressman-eiect in particular.
The serious illness Of the pontiff.
his great age and fecbleness. portends
his carly demise and Il seems proba.
BILE that In few weeks the cardinals
VIII be- called 10 tho vetlcan In conciave
TO elect his successor.
Your correspondent visited his omin-
cnce. Cardinal Gibbons In baltimore
Yesterday. The pope Is very OLD
man." said he, and while we all hope
and pray for the best, II H. greatly TO
long"
II was suggested TO his cmlncnce In
as delicate terms as possible That ne
had been mentioned. especially IN Paris.
as n most worthy successor OF Pope
Leo Kill
He shook his head In depreciation
Of this suggestion. smiled sadly. and
said. No. I would rather stay at
home"
Though he did not say 30 In as many
words. II II evidently the belief OF Car
dinnl Gibbons that an Italian cardinal
VIII succeed the pontln. for out % to-
tai OF iifty-Ecvcn cardinals In the ga
cred college. thirty.onc arc Italians.
Nv hFANNiNk nNl'iH NV
by one. two or three cardinals In the
college; France. Spain. Germany. Aus.
trin. switzerland. Poland. England. Ire
land and the United states OF America.
Within ten days after the rope'A de-
. mise II attertcd. the conclavc Of car
dinals II called. The ceremony OF at
testing the dissolution ~ the pontin
has been In vogue for nearly two thous-
md years. according 20 Cardinal Glib.
bons. The pontiff's forehead Il tapped
with n silver mniici three times, and
thereafter the fact Of his dissolution "
promulgated throughout the world. and
the cardinals are assembled.
within ten days after the pontin'n
death they meet In n colt In the vnti-
can, where they must remain isolntcd.
without any communication with the
outside world whatever until success
scr II chosen by ballot. each cardinal
having n vote. and two-thlrda OF the
whole number present In conclavo being
necessary to n choice
When the new pope has been chosen.
he selects an ecclesiastical or spiritual
namc for himself. He IL then conduct
ID to the hIgh altar. clothed In his
roniincai vcatmcnts lie receives the
Hniutntionn % all the cardinals. who
each kiss his foot. his hand and his
mouth. The cardinai-camcricngo places
on his finger tho rlnR " the fisherman.
Inc ufNt cuftiunl-uehtuns ntfttu'u Wy
mualclnnr, and the choir singing Eccc
Saccrdos MaRnur. goes TO the balcony
over the entrance 10 the palace 10 de-
clare 10 the people the election OF the
pontif. II announce TO you u great
JOY. We have NJ pope the most eminent
and most reverend mentioning the
Christian name and tltle' cardinal OF
the holy Roman church uhen he men,
lions his nurnamc). who has takcn the
name ~ -"
AZ this announcement the crowds
utter shouts OF JOY. the castle ~ San
Angelo fires It's guns and the bells OF
the city are rung. Ordinarily the
pontlff " brought To 81. Peters. where.
seated before the hlEh altar. he again
receives the homage ~ the cardinals.
After this the Tc Deum IL rolcmnly
HrnE. and while It's echoes arr ntill re-
sounding In the glorious cunoln and
ascending to the throne ~ God, the pope
IL carried back to the Vatican palace
and the memorable ceremonies Of Tho
phnnl election arr ended,