The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-07-25
WHO WILL Be Pope?
THAT is NOW THE BURNING CUES
TION IN ROME.
GoTTI'S CHANCES ARE GOOD.
If RAMPOLLA FAILS HE WILL SUP
PORT CARDINAL GOTTI.

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Not BE Enough to Elect, and, If
He Can Get no More, He win
Throw All He Can TO Gottt-Re-
mains of Leo Not DecOmpOsing.
Remains VIII Continue in state
To-day In st. Peters.
Rome. July 24.-Again to-day the
body of Leo XIII. lay in state in the
Basilica of st. Peters, and about 3d.,
900 people passed before the catafalque
during the day.
With impressive ceremonies the body
will be inferred tomorrow evening in
sarcophagus at st. Peters, where it
win remain until taken to it's final rest
ing place in the church of St. John
Lateran.
Italian soldiers again to-day preserv-
ed order inside st. Peters, where there
was a repetition of the scene and crowd
| of yesterday.
Interest is now largely engrossed
with the coming conclave and its re-
suit. The gossip of the day may be
summed up briefly by saying that Car
dinal Gotti's chances of election seem
TO have improved in comparison with
those of other cardinals who have been
| mentioned as likely to succeed the dead
| Pontiff, although there still exists
| strong feeling that some one, hitherto
! scarcely talked of, may wear the tiara.
Oreglia Didn't Like Grounds.
| Much comment was excited at the
I nv ri W
| Oreglia took through the Vatican gar
! dens this morning. The workers in the
more quiet precincts of the gardens
were startled when they saw the well
known Papal carriage approaching,
| surrounded by Swiss and Noble Guards.
Their hearts jumped as they saw the
face of the cardinal looking out at
| them. The Camerlingo did not appear
to be satisfied with what he saw. He
shook his head, exclaiming dismally:
What decay; what neglect. l could
not remain shut up in this melancholy
place. / should die within a year"
The gossips of the Vatican now wish
to know if this means that the cardinal
would not accept the Papacy, which
seems practically impossible or ac-
cepting, would refuse to be the volun-
tary. traditional Vatican prisoner. 1t
seems that the more probable inter
probation of his remarks would be that,
if made Pope, he would institute great
| changes in the gardens.
ConcIave Opens Aug. 1.
The Congregation of Cardinals has
| nf rl,afI til.
the Sacred College intends to address
to the Powers concerning the situation
of the Papacy at Rome shall be pre-
| sented tomorrow when the reception
OF the diplomatic body occurs. At the
meeting of the congregation to-day
Cardinal Satolli asked when the con-
clave would be opened. Cardinal
Oreglia replied that he thought that
on the evening of Friday July 81, all
the cardinals might enter their cells
and be ready for the first meeting of
the conclave Aug /, a week from to-
morrow.
The congregation to-day also heard
the secret reports received from the
| nuncios at Vienna, Paris, Munich and
Madrid. 1t approved the charity be-
! queathed by Leo to the poor, dividing
it as follows: $4,000 for Rome; $4,000
for Perugia, where Leo was for many
years archbishop, and $4,000 for Car
/ petento, where the late Pontff was
born.
Inside the Vatican the work of ar
| ranging the apartments for the con-
| clave has been begun. The court
| yards are choked with carts, bricks
and building material for raising the
walls where doors exist, make parti-
lions, etc. The Palatine Guards and
| gendarmes will be transferred else
where as their barracks are needed
| by the conclave. This afternoon Car
dinal Oreglia, escorted by the Swiss
! Guards, inspected the work, observing
| everything infinitely.
Cardinal Oreglia is increasing in
! favor daily even in the government
| circles, where 1t is remembered that
! it was through his efforts that the
! propaganda OF the Vatican adhered to
! the request of the Italian government
| to establish an apostolic prefecture in
! Erithca.
No Great Decomposition.
! The report generally circulated
that the body of Pope Leo
l was beginning to shown signs of de-
| composition caused great excitement,
! but it is now contradicted by the doc
| tors.
| Many people who had decided to visit
! the chapel of the Sacrament in st.
/ Peters on the last day Of the lying in
/ state, and thus avoiding the crowd,
! hurried there to-day. fearing that it
would be buried tonight, while many
| persons in the provinces took the first
| trains to Rome, which resulted in a
gathering at st. Peters larger than
that of yesterday.
Unless the unexpected occurs the in
! terment will take place Saturday ev-
| ening. as originally arranged.
The nearer the conclave approaches,
the more two distinct tendencies are
shown in the Sacred College, especial
ly among the cardinals Of the Curia-
that is to say those living in Rome,
but in which the cardinals from the
provinces. as well as the foreign car
| dinals, cannot help participating.
Thes two tendencies spring from the
personality of Cardinal Rampolla, as
the great struggle continues to be in
his favor or against him.
If Rampolla finds that in the first
ballot he has a considerable number
of votes he will try again. If he has
few votes and one of his opponents has
many, he will renounce his chance,
and he and all his friends will sup
port. first Cardinal Gotti, with whom
he now has come to come such agree
ment, and attempt to raise Goti to
the supreme office, with Rampolla as
an ally.
Would Continue LeO's Policy.
This would mean the maintenance of
Pope Leos policy on exactly the same
lines and entrusted to the same men.
But Gotti inspires great distrust. be-
cause, as he belongs to the religious