The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-08-01
CARDINALS IN THEIR CELLS
THE DOORS OF THE VATICAN
 OFFICIALLY CLOSED.

ptishedi-Great coaiusion Preeedes the
 Ketlremeat of she cardinals 10 Their
 Cells.
 Rome. July 81.-s p. m.-The largest eonclave in the history of the Roman Catholic church has now assembled in the s:stine chapel for the purpose of electing a successor to Leo XIII. Sixty two cardinals, with over 200 clerical and
 lay attendants. are, to all intents and purposes, prisoners within the vatican. One of them, Cardinal Herraro Espi- nosa, archbishop of Valencia. was pros
 trated immediately entering the con clave and lies ill in his cell. To-mor- row morning the cardinals will enter
 uaon the solemn duty of choosing the new pope by ballot.
 The general impression exists that within two or three days, possibly, though not probably tomorrow, a new
 DoDe will have been chosen. But no matter how long time be required, the absolute seclusion of the princes of the church From the outer world must, ac-
 cording to the church law, continue un-s til a choice is made.
 Prognostications as to who will wear
 the tiara as Leo,s successor have little value. as even the cardinals. who this evening entered their cells. seemed to.
 be without definite ideas as to the issue.
 Cardinals Rampolla, Serafino. Vannu-
 tellis al Pietro. Gotti and Oreglia con stinue to be most frequently mentioned as the likeliest candidates. but the mo- ment the name of one of them is mem
 toned hundred reasons are supplied
 to show that he could not possibly be
 elected So seldom have the majority of the cardinals now here met each oth-B CT and so widely do they differ in na-s tionality and personality that no organ
 ized movement in support of any one
 cardinal has thus far been practicable
 nor, in fact, seriously attempted. This
 does not apply to the Italian cardinals,
 who. naturally, are we'll acquainted
 with each other. With their numerical
 strength the Italians could. if united,
 practically insure the election of pon-
 tiff of their; own choosing. It is the dis
 union and r.valry among the Italian |
 Leo's successor an open one.
 The rival claims of the Italian cardin-
 als have shown no indication of opposi-
 ton to this assumption, but It is beliey-
 ed that She serious differences among tae Italians must be reconciled before one os them can he elected.
 More interesting, perhaps, in a cer-5
 tain way. is the impression which pre-
 walls in certain sections, that no matter what the verdict of the conclave may be great changes are impending in the poll icy os the vatican and that within a year4or two the new pope will no longer consider himself q prisoner in the vati- can, but will, unlike Leo, leave its pre- cincts whenever necessary.
 Just before going into his cell to-day a prominent cardinal threw an interesting side light upon the chances of Rampol- | la. Leos secretary of state, who has been consistently abused recently by the government papers for his temporal
 power policy. II am not sure.' said the cardinal to the representative of The Associated Press. that the public attacks upon Cardinal Rampolla by the government K are not inspired with a view of working | up among Catholics and cardinals g spirit Of enthusiasm for him which might greatly increase his chances of election Indeed. am pretty certain that the Italian government would not be at all sorry to see Cardinal Rampolla wear the tiara as, at heart, I do not be- l |lieve the government has any serious objection to him. "
 1t is almost impossible to describe the confusion at the vatican preceding the locking of the gates, each cardinal being attended, in addition to his conclavist and servants, by some friends, relatives and followers, to whom he gave his last I Instructions, besides minor prelates of 1 all grades. newspaper men and artists, l to say nothing of the people attracted l by the scene by curiosity. Such was the babel of voices that the vatican officials, unaccustomed to such scenes. showed l the utmost bewildermerlt. Cardinal Le- cot completely lost himself and was eventually found by his conelaVist who, having missed him, started in search of l the cardinal and discovered him Wan- dering in some unused room on the floor l above the apartments, set apart for the
 eoTielave. x F&i..>s@s I$s5@Es ss5 @ l When the cardinals had all assembled l the marshal Of the conclave, Prince 1 Chigi- Albani, who was an imposing ] agure in full court costume, knelt and 1 took the following oath:
 T, Mario, Prince Chigi-Albani, per | petual marshal of the conclave, deputed to direct the surveillance of the apos- tolic palace, promise and swear that i will be faithful to the sacred college of ! tl.e most eminent and most reverend cardinals of the holy church, that with I the greatest diligence and loyalty I will I watch said palace during the conclave l for the election of a new Dontiff, and that will not allow or suffer any car- dinal or any of the people with them to l Infringe in any way on the established constitution of the holy fathers for the election Of Roman pontiff. To this l God elected me, and these are the holy | gospels of God. ! As he uttered the last word Prince Chigi-Albani put his hand on the new l testament, D. & | After the prince had taken the oath | his Sour assistants. known as captains of the conclave, three of whom assisted him at the conclave of 1878. the princes l secretary, and the chaplain were simi- larly sworn, and then the same oath ! ,5J,, ;,,i iSt tarod +a +bo o{7Yoarc nf fta