Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-08-05
The New Pope.

The New Pope.
The bells all over the world whlcn
lateiv tolled the mourning of Catholic
millions for the dead Pope Leo, rang
out. yesterday morning. the joyful
announcement of the election OF his
successor. The college Of cardinals on
fhe fourth day of their secret session
in the Vatican, and on the seventh
ballot, made choice Of Cardinal Sarto
as the new occupant of the throne of
Peter. He had not been among those
prominently mentioned in the papers
az one upon whom the choice was like
" to fall. but he is said to have been a
cardinal of great popularity In MS
diocese and one of whom Leo thought
very highly. Cardinal Sarto is 6S years
of age, and it is coincidence that that
was the age Of the late Pope when ne
was elected. He is considered mucn
more strong and robust man than his
PREDECESSOR was thought to be, but II
is not at all likely that he will continue
the head of his church for quarter OF
a century, as Leo did.
The sketches of the new Pope state
that he was born in Riesi. Italy, June
2. 1895, and he is from the common
people rather than from the aristocracy
AS was his predecessor. He was
created a cardinal by Leo in 1893, and
is also patriarch of Venice and bishop
of Mantua. His ideas are said TO De
liberal. He is modest and agreeable to
meet and very kindhearted. He has
given more time to study and good
works than to the political and pubic
life of the church. There is every evil
dence that he was what may be called
O. compromise candidate between the
factions in the body of cardinals, and
that he will follow closely the policy of
Leo.
The conclave whose important. duties
are now ended met under conditions of
order and peace which were usually
absent in the old days. There was no
particular candidate to the front. AT
the last election the choice of Cardinal
pecci was a foregone conclusion
though three ballots were necessary
Though long centuries previous to that
time the session Of the cardinals tt
elect Pope was, the scene of wild dis
order through Rome. BY an immemo-
rial practice the palace of the cardina
elected was at once plundered by the
mob. When Gregory XVI was chosen
in 1881, the conclave sat for Is days
and in it's session cardinals were start
led by the explosion of a revolutionary
bomb In the Quirinal, where they met
Half a century ago, when Plus TX was
elected, part of the territories of the
church were on the edge of insurrec
ton, a colonel Of the papal guard a.
Ancona was stabbed, the Austrian
ambassador, who was charged with the
duty of preventing the election o.
Mastai Feretti, brought marines from
the Austrian warships at Civita Vecch
to protect his palace. and Carolina
(fizzi had the ill-luck to be the subjec
of a false rumor of his election, and hi
palace was promptly plundered by thu
mob, which ran riot through thu
streets. Things are different now
The temporal power Of the Pope. a.
lnnUpr EXISTS
and times and men have changed fl
many ways. May the new Pope striv'
as Leo XIII did, to be a man of peace
and may his life in his new position o
power and responsibility be such tina
all men whatever their creed, will hon
or him and mourn his death.