The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-05


no notice of his companions. went to the
tatar, fell on his knees and buried his face
in his hands
Then the Camerlengo, Cardinal 0reglia,
approached and asked him IL he accepted
the office. There was long pause, and a
dead silence fell upon the Conclave At
last the kneeling man lifted his head. raised
his eyes, full Of tears, to heaven. and re-
piled In firm voice Il do
The Camerlengo then asked the formal
question, What title will you adopt?'
The new Pope replied. "Pius the Tenth"
- Instantly tho Cardinals lowered the cano-
pies above their respective seats and the
Pope retired to assume the pontifical robes
Of white. There were three suits of vary
ing sizes in readiness. The new Pope
found that the medium size best suited him.
He returned in less than Ave minutes and
took the empty throne in front of the altar,
and ffty-eight OF his former colleagues,
led by Cardinal Oreglia. came in turn,
swore fealty and allegiance, and kissed his
hand A few moments later the news was
proclaimed to the world
The Pope visited the dying Cardinal
Herrera and the papal blessing was pro-
hounced upon him Cardinal Herrera.
whose condition is very grave, did not
participate in the final baoting.
Nearly all the Cardinals remained at
the Vatican and partook Of luncheon with
the Pope.
sARTo HAD RETURN TICKET TO VENICE.
Throughout Che illness Of Leo and in
the first few days following the latter's
death Cardinal Sarto remained in Venice.
He only entered Rome am ong the very
last arrivals, four days before the Conclave
opened. He declared that he did not be-
lieve he would be elected. saying that he
had purchased a return railway ticket to
Venice.
DATE OF CORONATION NOT FIXED.
The coronation of new Pope ordinarily
takes place few days after his election
Il was the first decision Of Plus X. to be
drowned next Sunday, but it was found
impossible to prepare St Peters by that
day. The following Sunday seemed to be
TOO long to detain the Cardinals and diplo-
n1atists in the terrific heat prevailing here,
and IL was virtually decided TO have the
coronation in November.
A positive decision will be reached to-
morrow and the announcement will be
made in the afternoon.
The report that Mgr Merry del Val had
been raised TO a Cardinalate is denied or
strongly questioned. A prominent Car
dinal said to the correspondent Of The
Sun that he had not heard of it. The
Cardinal says that Sarto first thought of
assuming the title of Benedict Kill The
last Benedict came from Treviso. the same
ala oil ha
day, Aug 4, six centuries ago The new
Pope's mother died few weeks ago. He
has one brother and five sisters.
No appointments have been made yet.
and none has even been considered.
CHOICE SEEMED POPULAR IN ROME
The greeting of the popuace when the
Pope had bestowed his blessing was like
the reclamation OF a sovereign instead OF
the recognition Of a religious rotentate. |
great shout was raised Of Long live The
Pore and Kingi" It was noticed that the
Pope smiled rather sadly as he recognized
the cry the people of Rome gave when
the Pope was indeed King. and he raised
his hand once more in blessing before with
drawing
The shouting continued for some time,
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could show it the choice of the Sacred
College was popular This. OF course.
was not based on personal knowledge OF
Sarto, for the new Pope was almost I'm
known in Rome. but his great reputation
in Venice and tho fact that he was free OF |
all political entanglements are a sufficient !
recommendation in his favor among the !
Romans,
VENICE REJoICEs.
About noon news by telephone came |
from Venice that the city was already |
en- fsts and that rejoicing was universal. |
Sarto is held in affection amounting to |
veneration by all Venetans regardless of |
their religious predictions. His selection.
also. il matter Of profound satisfaction
to that great class Of Italians who desire |
better relations between the State and the |
Church.
The Italian Government itself regards |
the election as possessing happy augury |
for the future. 1t is not expected that there |
will be any immediate change in the status |
quo. Indeed. il is scarcely desired on either !
side that any technical change shall take |
place at present, but il ia believed that a |
friendly mutual attitude is now possible
THE NEW POPE AND THE KING.
There liz remarkable parallel between the |
present election and that Of Plus TX. Then, |
as now, political candidates were withdrawn |
and the compromise choice fell upon an
eminent prelate of northern Italy who
was independent of all Roman factions.
The new Pope's character and policy were
we'll represented on the occasion OF the late
King Humbert's last visit to Venice. The |
King gave a gala court function. Pope
Leo requested the Patriarch not to attend. |
Sarto disobeyed his Instructions and when
he was presented to the King he frankly |
explained that his presence was in opposi-
tion 10 the wishes Of the Pope.
The last time that the present King visited |
Venice he gave orders that if Patriarch
Sarto called he should be admitted to the
presence before all others. Cardinal Sarto
arrived when the King was giving an a,l-
dience to the Governor of Venice. At
PENDANTS informed the Cardinal of their
instructions, but he would not permit them
to interrupt the audience. He entered
the presence later and held a long conference
with Victor Emmanuel
II is expected, therefore. that the atti-
fude of the Vatican toward the State will |
be modified considerably by the new Pope.
The King to-day telegraphed to Premier
Zanardelli, expressing satisfaction over
the choice IF EartO aa Pone