The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-01
CARDINALS ENTER CELLS
 a TO BALLOT FOR A POPE

Guard as choir of male soprano voices said to be the only ones in Europe sans
 the Veni Creator Spirit. The cortegs passed through the stately sala Biga, the sound of the magnificent voices reaching those outside the open windows, and ent. cred the Sistine Chapel.
 Previous to 1870 the ceremony of cardi. nals entering into conclave was much
 more imposing than that of today, as il
 was held at the Quirinal Palace. They | met at the church of San Silvetro al Quirinal and from there walked in pro. cession through the streets to the palace | or if the conclave was to be held in the l Vatican. the cardinals met in St. Peters l a procession was formed and after some ceremonies wended its way to the ,apos- tolic palace. When the cardinals had all assembled the marshal of the conciave, Prince Chigi- Aibani, who was an imposing figure in Full court costuma. knelt and took the following oath:
 Prince Chigi's oath. T Marc, Prince Chigi-Albani, perpetual marshal of the conclave, deputed to d. rect the surveillance of the apostoli: pal , ace, promise and swear that I will be faithful to the sacred college of the most the holy church. that with the greatest diligence and loyalty | will watch said palace durink the c6nUiAve for the cleo tion of a nsw pontik And that I will not allow or suKef eny cakqinai or any of the people with Ahem to ihfrinEe in any way on the estapllshed constitution of the Ssas psai Te s ss ssss sgss.s Gf s soass ass these are the hdly spspels of God As he utterF8 tali last word PfinceChigi. ment. After bs lad faiksn the oath his four assistants knlown zae captains of the conclave. three Of wls9fn assisted Prince Princes Secretary and the Chaplain were similarly kwofn and then the same oath was adininiNf6fsd to the officers of the Palatine Gn1fd4 and the Swiss guards. By the tinn& this ceremony was ended, many of the older cardinals were quite worn out with fatigue although the ritual to be followed In the opening of the con- clave had by no means been carried out. Then in pleasing confusion the cardinals each escorted by the noble guard, as- signed to him, went to their respective cells, or apartments. Cardinals Moceni (who was born in 1S2s, Cretoni (born JsSs). and Langdenieux (born in l824), were so exhausted that they had to be supported by the noble guard in attendance on them,
 Just before going into his cell to-day a prominent cardinal threw an interesting side light on the chances of Rampolla. Leos Secretary of State has persistent ly been abused recently by the government papers for his temporal power policy.
 "I am not so sure,'' said the cardinal to the representative of the Associated Press. that the public attacks on Cardi- nal Rampolla by the government are not inspired with a view to working up among Catholics and cardinals a spirit of en- thusiasm for him which might greatly increase his chances of election.
 Would Maintain Present Status.
 Indeed, 1t is perfectly certain that the Italian government would not be at all sorry to see Cardinal Rampolla wear the tiara as, at heart, I do not believe the government has any serious disposition to alter the existing relations between the Vatican and the Quirinal"
 There is no doubt that Cardinal Ram polla who is so well known to all the cardinals because of the position he held under the late Pope, has a strong fol- lowing, but whether it is approximately strong enough to bring him within meas urable distance of the papal throne will only be revealed when the first ballot is taken tomorrow.
 Cardinal Serafino Vannuttelli was cer- tain. according to a statement of one of those who entered the conclave to- night, to secure ten votes at the first ballot. He is regarded as particularly friendly to Ireland. and 1t is understood has the support of Cardinal Logue. Arch bishop of Armagh. and 1t is said, also of Cardinal Gibbons.
 One of the features of to-days prep arations was the comparative ignorance displayed by some of the cardinals con- corning the conclaves method of pro- ceedure. One of them who looks old enough to have participated in any num- Der of conclaves, although Cardinal Ore glia is the only member of the sacred college with previous experience ingen- uously admitted that he had not read the rules governing the technicalities of the voting since he was a boy at a semi nary.
 Three Days Clean Linen.
 All the members of the sacred college, by mutual agreement. took with them when they entered the conclave. suffi- cient clean linen to last three days. If at the expiration of that time the conclave is still in session, arrangements have been made to pass out the soiled linen on the dumb walters and have the laun- dry work done by employees of the Vati- can.
 Before entering the conclave Cardinal Gibbons requested the Associated Press to deny all interviews alleged to have been given out by him while in Rome and also all published accounts of con- versations he is alleged to have had with private individuals referring especially to the statements of the Italia yesterday to the effect that he had criticisd the policy of Rampolla.
 Until the conclave is ended. 700 Italian troopers will remain in the piazza of St. Peters, 400 to the right and 300 to the left, while 15O more soldiers will be stationed in the piazza at St. Mark.
 Mounted Carbineers and policemen will patrol the walls of the Vatican. The gar dens and streets adjacent to the Vati- can will he watched day and night with four attachments of guards while an ex- tra force of police will do duty in the streets of the Borgo district, and the bridges leading into it. In the barracks will remain 600 troops subject to emer- gency call. Judging by the small crowds and the perfect order of to-day, there appears to be little necessity of these precautions.