The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-07-12

Of solemn and inpelling grandeur. the
body Is deposited in a receiving vault.
where il rests until the next pope dies
when it Is given final internent in the
crypt OF 81. Peters. During the nine
days OF mourning the cardinals. their
members Constantly increasing by new
arrivals. having first renewed their oath
OF allegiance 20 the holy see hold daily
conferences. presided over by the Gamer
lingo. and the day after the funeral all Is
in readiness FOR the coming conciave.
As its sessions must be held II possible
where the late pope died. the next con-
clave Will 10 Doubt Be held in The Yati-
can in the conclave hall OF which viii
in due time be erected the customary cells
in which each cardinal. with two at
tendants. who must have besn members
OF this household for half a year pre-
vioUs. remains shut OF from sill inter
course with the outside world until the
choice OF the new pope has been made.
Each cardinal draws his cell by lot and
may not exchange IL According 70 the
code OF procedure drawn Up in lS7s by
Piux TX and Cardinal Pecci the present
pope. one-half plus one 81 the members
UNI. Thus. II there are no vacancies. the
presence OF IS cardinals is sufficient for
the legal election OF the pontin: but
what with its master of ceremonies. sec-
rotary, confeSsor. physician. BARRIERS and
serving men. the personnel OF q conclave
unusually numbers mere than 20 souls.
The celebration OF the mass OF the
Holy Ghost and the delivery by some emf
nent prelate OF a service fitted 20 the
occasion precede the formal opening OF
the conclave. At their conclusion the
procession forms in front OF the church
in which they are held for the march TO
the Vatican The master OF ceremonies.
hearing the papai cross. leads the way,
followed by the papal choir and the car
dinals. bishops. priests and deacons. in
the order Of their rank The latters at
tendants march Immediately behind the
master Of ceremonies. and q multitude Of
friends and sightseers bring up the rear
The Vatican reached. the long line pro-
ceeds 10 the chapel. where the dean Of
the sacred college kneels AZ the altar and
recites the prayer Deus Out corda hdel-
iurn." Then the cardinals. after piedging
obedience TO the ordinances governing the
election Of a pope and a brief rest in
the retirement OF their rooms. receive
their friends until the third hour after
sunset, when a bell rung thrice warns
all bur members Of the conclave and their
servitors 10 retire. A. soon as the last
laxgard has taken his leave the door Is
locked within and without and thereafter
until their task Is finished the cardinals
have no communication with the world,
their food being passed 10 them through
a dumbwaiter and cooked and eaten in
side
BalIoting begins on the morning OF the
second day In the Sistine chapel which
in the meantime has been arranged as a
voting place Ranged round the walls
are chairs or thrones suspended about
Il and fronted by table holding ink.
pens and papers and a list OF the sacred
college. In the center 81 the chapel Is
another table furnished with three stools
and bearing two vases. one for receiving
the votes before and the other after they
have been counted. Beside them are ink.
and writing tools. other lists. frame
and balls for checking the names OF the
voters and an ebony box with lock and
KEY for collecting the balls OF the car
dlna!s whom illness compels 10 remain in
their cells
The members OF the conclsve. after
having heard mass and taken comTnun-
ion. assemble about 10 O'Clock and proceed
10 8 ballot. first. however. choosing three
scrutators and an equal number Of In
fermieri. the one 10 count the ballots and
the other to collect the votes Of the sick
At the top OF a sheet OF paper about four
inches long and three broad each caTdi-
nal writes his name. in the middle that q
the candidate whom he favors and at the
bottom some motto from the Scriptures
after which. having folded and sealed
Il so that only the candidates name
can be seen. be advances 20 the table
and deposits II IN a vase When all
the ballots have been deposited or col
Iected. the arst scrutator taxes them
from the vase. one az time. and opens
INK 80 only so FAR as % expose the mot
10 passes II 20 the second. who. enter
ing the vote opposite the candidate
name on the list hands II % the third.
b. whom it T. read aloud. Aistakes
are impossible. for white the canvass -
IN progress the cardinals keep tally on
the duplicate list which each has before
him AZ the close 20 the Ballot All fh@
ballots are AZ once taken 70 a stove and
burned. and this process T. repeated a.
the end % each subsequent ballot
II 10 election results. The cardinals adj
Jour % their quarters for dinaer reaH-
senblinR late in the Afternoon Tor
SECOND ballot which ei1ers from ;he
first in that each preiate. instead q sup
porting his favorife. musf vote Or Ms
second choice THIS process called &C.
oediaE j. intended g. break any essd-
lex tia; nay exist. hut asideu serves
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rule cas-Ing rznlora votes fgr card dates
with little 70 no chance q sgccess Most
o. tha cardinals ars masters % poiifi-
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