The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-21
How Pope LeO's Successor is Named.

No one Ia nermitted to vote for himself. When the requisite interval has passed, each cardinal, beginning with the one of the most ancient creation, leaves his staff and advances to the high altar. Amid a solemn hush the eector prays for while on the altar steps and then, de- claring aloud that his vote Is given ac- cording to his conscience, drops his voting paper in the chalco. When all have voted In like manner. the six scrutiners examine the papers and proclaim the result. If no cardinal has obtained the required num- Der of votes-two-thirdsf of the number of the cardinals present plus one-the result is declared void and the voting papers, collected together, are burned In a brazier with damp straw, the dense smoke from which issues through a particular chim- ney, visible from outside the proclaims to the outside world that no election has taken place
 Under these circumstances on the af- ternoon of the same day a second vote takes place. supplementary to the first, and is called the accessit vote. In this the procedure embodies the theory that the cardinal who has obtained the largest number Of votes in the morning 's the most acceptable to the conclave Conse- quently his name Is the only one consid- cred for the moment and each cardinal vettg for him by writing the word "ac- cedo" on his scheda, or voting paper. or signifies his dissent by the words "ac- cedo nemlni." If this new vote leads to no result. the papers are burned as be- fore, and the conclave 9dJourns until ale foil wing morning, when the alsc- tlon begins afresh, and quite irrespec- tive of the previous days proceedings. When. nt length, the determining vote is taken. and the cardinal deacon as tkt.. tt.,t .tr{.. didate has hecn elected pope, there Is a departure from the procedure adopted hitherto. Cardinal deacon opens each fold ed voting paper fully, and reading the Latin motto, which each cardinal has in- scribed on 1t for the purpose of ulti- mate Identification. makes known how each member of the cbncave has voted. Tn old days when much depended upon tae favor of the pontiff, the knowledge that the newly elected pope would learn the names of his opponents and was fre- quently a determining factor when the voting became close, induced waverers to rally to a candidate who appeared to have a good prospect of success.
 The election being over a summons is at once sent to the prefect of ceremonies. who speedily enters ihe chapel. bearing the fisherman's ring. An interval then oc- CUTS, in which the canopies are removed from the seals of all the cardinals, except that of the newly elected pope, and his holiness retires to robe himself in the pontificial vesements. On his return the fisbermans ring Is placed on his finger by the cardinal. Camerllngo. and the new vicar of Christ gives his first solemn ben ediction to the members of the Sacred col- lege from the steps of the altar. Then taking his seat on the sedia gestatoria. the pope receives the homage of their em- inences and communicates the name which il is his pleasure to assume as pom tiff. Next the first cardinal deacon takes the oath of obedience, and, hastening to