The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-01
Il have to announce great Joy: we have
n Pope" is made.
REsULT ENTIRELY IN poUBT.


a Pope" is made.
RESULT ENTIRELY IN DOUBT
| Never in recent generations has Papal
| COnclave assembled with such a complete
absence Of any indication of the probable
! result. There are two rather ill-deiined
opposing policies represented in the Sacred
College. They do not represent any sharp
division Of opinion; in fact, the position
! OF nearly half the Cardinals is undecared
and unknown The questions involved
almost entirely relate to the expediency
OF the recent administrative policy toward
the Governments Of Italy. France and
| other countries.
The issue, after all, is chiefly personal
and l. clearly drawn in regard to no one
except Cardinal Rampolla. In his case II
liz probably sufficiently strong to destroy
his chances OF election, although at the
outset he probably will have more in
dividual followers than any candidate
The reason for this is tho entire confusion
within the college itself in regard to the
selection Of candidates. This is con-
trary to the general conception of the
situation, but 1t is illustrated by the fact
that many Of the Cardinals met each other
for the first time during the current week.
Hence the occupants of the Vatican
are in as much doubt tonight rs to who
the next Pope will he ~ is the world at
large 7 sica circumstances it is most
reasonable to expect the selection &C an
italian who Is not identified with any
faction; probably not Itoman, but such
q man, in fact, as Cardinal Bacilieri, Bishop
OF Verona, or Cardinal Sarto. Patriarch
of Venice.
TIL" vicinity of the Vatican is deserted
tonight save for the presence of 700
Italian troops, VINO will guard the premis. y
day and night until the election Of a Pope
Is announced.
FIRST BALLOT TO-DAY.
TIE first ballot will be taken at 10 O clock
tomorrow morning, and IL will undoubtedly
be futile. The result of this ballot proba-
bly, will he known at about noon.
The Tribune says that Cardinal Gibbons
| d.SapproVes of the present political ten
denotes of the Vatican. and is DESTROYS Of
having purely religion; Pontiff. lie
recommended to eome of his colleagues
the election of Cardinal Martinelli whose
| abilities were much appreciated while
he was dealing with the American move
Inent. The Tribund does not expect the
! election of Cardinal Martinelli. because
| he is a monk, and is young
LIFE OF LEO
Pope Leo, some time before his death,
| commissioned Count Soderini to write his
| life for publication one year subsequent
| to his death. The Count had FREQ access
| 10 the most secret archives Of the Vatican
| for the purpose OF his work. Leo requested
| that he wlits an impartial biography. and
not a panegyrc Count Soderin has
nearly completed the work. which will com
prise four volumes. The last volume will
| contain some ve.y important documents,
! now for tho first time published, includ-
| ing letters from King Victor Emmanuel.
| and Ms2zini to Pope Plus TX, giving
| novel view OF the history Of tho papacys
loss OF temporal power
Cardinal de Herrera de la IgIeaa,
Archbishop OF Santiago de Compostela,
Spain. was taken i'll almost as soon as he
entered the Vatican. 1t is said that his
condition il not serious, but Dr.. Iapponi
lae ordered that he keep TO his bed in his
cell. He will be allowed to vote therefIom
if he is unable 10 go to the Sstine Chapel.
PARIS, july 31-A despat ch from Rome to
the Md,in says That Cardinal Kopp. Bishop
OF Breslau, aud the Austrian Cardinals
have made representations To three French
Cardr ais TO the effect that Cardinal Ram
polla cannot count on more than thirty out
Of the forty-two votes necessary for the
election Of the next Pope, and therefore
il would be prudent to transfer their sup
port TO Cardinal Serahno Nannu'ell The
French Cardinals returned an unfavorable
reply to this proposal.
A despatch from Rome to the Gduiiis
contains an interview which the corre-
spondsnt had with Cardinal Seratino Van
nutelli, who declared that it was a libel to
accuse him or his brother, Cardinal Vim
cenzo VannutelIi. of hostility to France.
They had, he said, expressed views hostile
to the French Cover. ment, because it was
openly antagonistic to Catholicism, but he
believed these views were also held by a
great number of Frenchmen.
LONDON, Aug. THE Rome CORE
spondt,nt OF he Daily Mail says that some
of the Cardinals are NOT at all pleased with
the result Of the balloting for cells. Car
diral Gibbons. who loves fresh air, finds
himself shut up in a miserable little room
which during Leo's illness was regarded
as good enough to serve az a waiting room
for newspaper men. Cardinal Serafino
Vanrutelli drew the unlucky number 10.
Cardinal Rampolla's number was SO, which,
it is stated, in some secret cipher repre-
sents the word Pope
The Standards Rome correspondent says
that Cardinal Rampolla is well aware of
the opposition to himself and has aban-
ooned all hope of becoming Pontir. lie
is concentrating his energies to secure
the election Of one Of his own friends, who
is widely believed TO be Cardinal Gott.
It ia, indeed, believed that they have
arrived NJ an understanding by which
Cardinal Rampolla will divert all his own
votes to Cardinal Gotti, while the latter,
if elected, will make Cardinal Rampolla
President of the Congregation Of the Prop
uganda Eide and a Rampollaite, such
as Cardinal Ferrata Papal Secretary Of
State.
Cardinals Oreglia, Agliardi and Serafno
yannutelli are, according to the CORE :,
spondent, the leading champions outside
the Rampolla party.
The correspondent adds that Cardinal
Gibbons ia one of Cardinal Aglardi's most
Jealous partsa and that if he il elected
Americanisyn and Christ ian democracy will