The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1903-07-24
ELECTION OF NEW POPE.
conclave of Cardinals May Begin at
Vatican AUG. I.

Rcme, July 2l.-According to a state
ncnt coming from q high ecclesiastic
arrangements at the vatican are being
pressed forward which will enable the
corclave ot cardinals to begin sitting
Aug. |. However. il is now thought
the session may last considerably
longer thGn at first expected. even long
enough to Permit Car3inaI Moran, of
sydney. n. S. w. to arrive in time to
take Fart in the prCt eedings.
An amhas aador accredited to the
vatican says the question Of Pope Leos
successor is n peculiarly open one at
fhs pi@cect moment. The personally
II the candidates plays much more
important rart than In any preceding
cccti2vc S.nce the conditions prevail.
ms il TIE p2St alc now entirely chang.
81. Formerly the sacred college was
divide. into several distinct parties.
There was first that composed OF the
a:2'nai members Of Pie great Roman
families, nearly every one OF which
was represented in the colleges. These
always cXertod very powerful influence
IN the election of popo. At the
present time there is only one scion
c. q great Roman house among the
cardinals, namely, Cardinal Battista
Casio del Dcra2o. who from the stand.
point of the election of a new pcntiff.
is relatively unimpCrtant. Then there
we're parties composed Of cardinals ap
pointed by tho same popo. who usually
ranged themselves into separate bodies
In addition to the members of the sa,
cred college appointed by the popu
who had then just passed away, there
we're usually considerable numbers
chosen by his predecessor, and even a
few nominated by the pope preceding
him. In consequence Of Leo XIIIs
long reign these parties have entirely
disappeared. In the present conclave
there will be only one carIinal-Car.
dlnal Oreglia-who was not appointed
by Pope Il.
AS a result of these changes the
approaching conclave will he muc'
more under the influence Of individual
candidates than the past, rendering it
impossible to forecast the election with
any degree Of certainty, 1t Is consid.
cred highly probable that the new pope
will be a man at present not though
of and not talked about.
The Tribuna today published an in.
terview with Cardinal Svampa, Arch.
bishop Of Bologna, who the paper says
has quite recovered from his stroke
r ha
as saying:
II believe that the conclave will be
very short, as were the last two. At
the utmost, think it may take week,
as now there does not exist in the
sacred college the marked political diff.
ferences of other times. Therefore,
I will be possible to arrive at an un.
derstanding more easily and quicker. i"
The interviewer asked the cardinal
what he thought the policy of the fu.
ture pope would be in regard to the
so-called Roman question.
"Will it remain rightly unchanged
or will the new popo inaugurate a mo.
Gus vivendl. which many persons in
both camps wish for?"
Cardinal Svampa replied:
mo one today can say with certain.
ty anything about it. But it must
not be forgotten that whoever Is elect.
ed will bring something personal into
the attitude Of the holy see regarding
that question, something which more
or less must differentiate from the at.
titude of the former pope. Besides,
every theoretical fact of Importance
brings with it changes which amelior.
ate or aggravate prs-eXisting condi.
tious. Every sunrise of each day
throws fresh light on men and things