The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-07-24

| and FIVE days later If the election was still
| undecided, only bread and water. No mat
ter save election could be discussed, and
any cardinal found guilty of bribing or
seeking to influence the election should
suffer accommodation, and the election
declared invalid. A cardinal may with
draw from the conclave at any time.
| though such an action Is censured, unless
it be for sickness. No votes by proxy or
| outside the room may be counted and even
cardinals under censure, unless they have
been expressly denied the privilege by the
pope before his death, cannot be denied
the right to vote.
Singularly enough, the code did not pro-
vide that a candidate must be a cardinal.
ANY one is eligible who is not a woman,
a manifest hereto or an infidel. one who
has not been baptized, and a number of
| pcpes have been elected who were not
cardinals.
Since the code of 1874 several changes
nave been made to modify some seventies.
Thus the cardinals are now no longer
| compelled to exist on the diet provided in
the original code, but are permitted to
make their own selections, though fru-
gality is always recommended. The mon
astic simplicity of the common sleeping
room has also been dispensed with. This
Is upholstered In purple If the cardinal
occupan was created by the late pope,
tiiio III Y l. ~
care Is taken to prevent suspicious COM
munication with the outside world, but a
cardinal or member Of his suite may hold
conversation with q visitor, but
never in SO low a voice that 1t cannot be,
heard by others present. Instead of the
loopholes eight windows are allowed,
1t is possible for a pope to declare that
the election shall be held in some other
place than the last place of his abode,
Rome being the favorite for six centuries.
Few popes have been elected in the vati-
can. The successor to Leo will be elected
in the vatican, however, as was the Ven
cradle pontitf, and doubtless in the Pauline
chapel.
The collect that God may provide a
worthy pastor for His church is said at
all masses throughout the world from the
beginning of the conClave until his sue
cessor is elected, and in Rome there Is a
daily procession Of the clergy from st.
Lawrence church to st. Peters basilica
chanting the litany Of the saints. On it's
arrival there a mass Is said by a papal
chaplain In a temporary chapel fitted up
near the entrance to the conclave.
During the sessions of the conclave the
cardinals sit around the hall at long Ia
bles and write the name of their choice
on a prepared ballot. These are collected
by attendants in suitable receptacles and
carried to the table in the center, where
tIieJ axe COulltSu ny Three pItidlSS Ut SSC-
The entire proceedings are con-
Quoted in strict silence, and the only voice ,
TO break the stiffness is that of the secre-
tary delegated for the purpose, who an
nounces the result. If a candidate has re-
ceived a two-thirds vote the election is
over, If not the balloting proceeds again
and again until a choice is made. The
ballots, i'll case no election results, are !
burned in a small fireplace, and it Is by |
the smoke from this that the populace
without the vatican walls is acquainted
with the fact that a pope has not yet been !
created by the college.
AS soon as a cardinal receives a two
thirds vote, the dean of the college turns |
to him, and in a low voice, asks in the |
formula. "Acceptasne electionem !
de to cononice factam in summun pontif-
Qf he consents to accept the cleo
tom, and, upon receiving his reply in the !
affirmative, the first master of ceremonies
turns to the cardinals nearest his seat and
calls upon them to bear witness to the
fact. The new pope then retires and is
dressed in the ordinary costume of the
.pontiff, three suits of different sizes hay
ing been kept in readiness, which con-
sists of the white cossack and sash with
gold tassels, white stockings, white collar
md skull cap, red mozzetta, stole and !
shoes. He is then conducted to a throne
chair, where he receives the first homage
.auoratla prlnla-trom the cardinals, each
Of whom kneels before him, kisses the
cross on his shoe, afterwards his hand
and then, standing, receives the kiss of
peace from the new pontiff on the cheek.
He is then invested with a new fisherman's
ring on the finger, which he at once re-
moves and hands to one Of the masters
Of ceremonies to have engraved upon 1t
the name he has assumed for the pom
tificate. AS soon as he utters the name,
information Of the election and the new
pope is given to the world, and the cere-
monies In the sealed conclave are at an
In such manner will Pope Leo's success
sor be decided upon, and the news of the
given to the world.