Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-07-24
POLITICS Of
ne PONDF|CAI[
Sacred College Likely to Di-
vide on Rampolla and Anti
Rampolla Lines
RAMPoLLA MAY TURN TO eoTTI
Election of the Latter Would Mean
the Maintenance Of Leo's Policy and
Retention Of RampoIla as the Power
Behind the Throne-Prussia Favors
vannuteIli. /.

Rome, July 24.-The report generally
circulated that the body of Pope Leo Is
beginning to show signs of decomposi-
ton caused great excitement, but it is
row contradicted by the doctors. DR.
Lapponi, in the face of doubts cast on
the efficacy of his process of embalm-
ing, went with the other doctors today
to examine the body of the pope and
found it to be in perfect state of pres
ervation. A large quantity of ice was
put under the bier Unless the unex-
pected occurs the interment will take
place Saturday evening, as originally
arranged.
Rome, July "a. - The nearer the
conclave approaches the more two dis
tinct tendencies are shown in the sac
red college, especially among the car
dfnals of the Cl,ia, that is to say those
living in Rome, but in which cardinals
from the provinces as well as foreign
cardinals cannot help participating.
These two tendencies spring from the
personality of Cardinal Rampolla, as
the great struggle continues to be in
finds in the first ballot that he has a
considerable number of votes he will
try again. II he has few votes and one
of his opponents has many, he will re-
10 rha No ,,;S
friends will support, first, Cardinal
Gotu, with whom he has now come TO
some such an agreement, and attempt
to raise Gotti TO the supreme offics,
with Rampolia rs ally. This would
mean the maintenance of Pope Leo's
policy on exactly the same line and
entrusted to the same men. But Gotti
inspires great distrust, because, as he
belongs to- religious orders, he would
render the situation for the papacy eN-
tremely difficult at the present moment.
considering conditions prevailing in
France, Spain and the Philippines. 1t
seems, therefore, almost sure that if
at the first ballot Gotti can be success
full this section of the sacred college
will decide on Cardinal Di Pietro, one
OF Rampolla's most faithful followers,
Rampolla being a Sicilian. can count
on two Sicilian cardinals. One of them
however, Cardinal Celesia, archbishop
of Palermo, is so old, Che Is almost 9S)
that his relatives strongly oppose his
going to Rome to attend the conclaYe
For political reasons all the Spanish
cardinals are favorable to Rampolla.
besides dozen Italians, thus making a
total of twenty-five. But to be elected
pope 1t is necessary to get altogether
over forty votes. as of the present
sixty-four cardinals, not more than TWO
or three will be absent from the COM
conclave. The anti-Rampolla tendency
has the more prominent candidates,
such as Cardinals Oreglia, Serafino.
yannutelli, Satolli, and Agliardi. which
will cause difficulty in arriving at an
agreement on any one of them. 1t is
already torshadowed that should the
success of their opponents be probable
this group will center all their votes
on Cardinal Capecelatro, archbishop of
Capau. A cardinal who seemed to have
considerable chance of success WAS
Cardinal Sarto, patriarch of Venice,
but now he is scarcely thought of, be-
cause he does not know French and
is not likely to learn 1t at 70 years of
age. 1t is understood the Prussran
minister accredited to the vatican, has
received instructions to favor the else
ton of Cardinal Serafino Uvannutelll. !
or Cardinal Agliardi. Cardinal knopp
bishop of Breilau, who arrived here
yesterday, has been approached on the
same effect