The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-10-21

1TT1HE long pontifcate of Leo XIII.
has been so fertile in rumors as
IL to who would probably be the next
pope that all surveys of the sacred
college with the object OF selecting the
cardinals who may be possible candidates
for st. Peters chair have fallen into dis
credit. The advanced age and delicate
health OF the present pontin at the time
OF HIS election as the successor of Plus
TX. made II likely that the conclaye
would be called together again soon, so
that plans for the future were formed
almost as soon as the new pope was en-
throned. But Of the individuals who met
to elect him IN ISIS only three are alive.
and more than full college Of those he
himself created cardinals have died. The
disappointed ambitions and intrigues that
came to naught have become a grim joke.
Pope Leo lives on and consistories are
called instead OF the expected conclave.
Nevertheless the pope IL well advanced In
his Dist year. and is so frail that he seems
10 be kept alive almost by n miracle. The
question OF selecting his successor must
come up in a few years at most, and may
have TO be decided at any moment.
A careful sitting of the college of car
dinais made by the Rome correspondent.
OF the Independence Beige with view
to discovering which OF the present car
dinals are likely TO be considered in the
coming election, Is, therefore, Of interest.
The Belgian newspaper 1t may be wei
20 state, is aDti-clerical in it's policy, but
inasmuch as the Catholic party plays a
conspicuous part in the politics OF Bel
gium II finds II necessary TO be well in
formed as TO what goes on at Rome. II
t{rx< mol fxF
OF the pope, for which Il holds Cardinal
Rampclla responsible. dating the change
from the death OF his predecessor. Car
dlnal Jacobini, and that of the pope's
brother, Cardinal Pecci.
In spite Of the strong differences OF
opinion on many points among the car
dinals, most Of them are agreed that
change Is necessary ana that pore
must be elected who will busy himself
less with politics and more with the spir-
itual affairs of the church. OF the three
surviving cardinals created by Pope Plus
TX none can he considered; Cardinal
Ledochowski Ia not an Italian; Cardinal
Parocchi, a brilliant man and for many
years the candidate most frequently
named for the succession. has been all
things 20 all men and is now looked upon
a. a weathercock.
Cardinal Oregiia di Santo Stefano for
MANY years had good chances. but he Is
too old and IL, moreover, disliked by the
men about Leo XIII. He is dean OF the
sacred college. however. and cameriengo,
which puts into his hands the machinery
of the conclave. and he IL sure to have
great influence even II he cannot be
elected himself. OF the Italians made
cardinals by leo XIII. some are ex-
ciuded because OF their age and infirmi-
ties. some because OF their insigniiicance-
some because they would be objected TO
~ powers that they. have offended. some.
finally, because they do not care for the
office. Seven italian candidates. how
ever, are weighed by tho Independence.
The brothers Serafino and vincenzo
yannuteln have made up their minds
that the triple crown must 20 to their
family, and their numerous relatives have
already partitioned among themselves the
officAs at the pope's disposal Their
chances have been diminished. however,
by disreputable transactions on the part
OF several OF these same relatives which
have created public scandal In Rome In
the last few years. Cardinal Respighi.
the new vicar of Rome, has hardly had
time 10 make himself known; his office
is such that collisions with the cardinals