Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1903-08-07
A WISE SELECTION.
General Opinion of Conclave's Action in
Making Sarto Pope.

Rome, Aug. 5.-Guiseppe Sarto, pat
riarch of Venice, now reigns at the
Vatican and over the Catholic world
as Piux Y His election and the as
sumption of his holy office were
markeG by striking demonstration
and impressive ceremonies at the Nat
lean, which only ended last evening.
Today the new pope, clad in his full
pontifical robes and with all the rit-
ualistic ceremony, received the mem
bers OF the diplomatic corps, the car
dinals and the bishops, who then oil
fereI their official homage, this not
withstandiug the fact that twice yes
terday the cardinals and many high
officials of the Vatican went through
similar ceremony. The date upon
which the coronation of PiuN y. Will
occur has not yet been officially decid-
ed, but the impression prevails that
it will occur Aug. 9.
Although the election was over at !
o'clock in the morning, and was an
by the appearance of the new pope At
the window of St. Peters, the con
alave was not formally dissolved until
$50 last evening. The cardinals then
returned to their various apartments
in Rome, with the exception of Car
dinals Oreglia and Rampona, who
temporarily retain their official suites
in the Vatican, and Cardinal Herrero
Espinoza, who is too i'll to be moved
1t was to the sick cardinal that the
new pope paid his first visit after be-
ing formally proclaimed pontitf
Should the coronation be fixed foI
next Sunday the cardinals are not
likely to return to their respective
homes until after that ceremony. With
the exception of the Spanish cardina
Rerrero all the others are now in fair
ly good health.
The election of the patriarch oi
Venice was unanimous. After Mon
DAYS ballots it was a foregone conclu
sion that he was the only candidate
sufficiently acceptable to all to secure
/ the necessary two-thirds which th'
laws of the church require.
One of the cardinals said last nigh
that he believed PiuX Y would follow
the broad lines of LeOs policy, al
though not likely to accentuate ii
This voices the general feeling here
which is one of satisfaction. The ney
pontiff is a man of simple origin, an
although not a prominent candidate
he had been frequently mentioned a
one of the many cardinals who Nigh
be taken up as a compromise In seV
eral respects he resembles his venel
able predecessor, notably in his repr
tation for culture and piety. Havin
been associated with no factions thi
fact alone won him much favor froI
foreign cardinals, who were withou
an especial candidate.
PiuX Y was humorously described a
"a country mouse, who could not po
sibly find his way about Rome" Vel
etians who know the new pope we
say that he will soon be as much b.
loved as pontiff as he was as the b
loved patriarch of the poor of th
Adriatic.
In appearance Piux X is a handson
man. He has a fine, erect figure, d
spite his 6S years, his face greatly I
sembling that of the late PHILLIP
Brooks, the eminent Boston divin
When he pronounced his first benedi
tion at St Peters his voice rang Of
with splendid resonance. In evel
way yesterday he showed beyond
doubt that he has dignity and perso
ality in keeping with the best traC
tions associated with the famous po
tiffs, who for centuries have ruled Il
Vatican.