The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-07-19
TALK OF HIS SUCCESSOR
Ferrara's Name Dropped from
 List of Possibilities.
This Prince of the Church Uses an E. Automobile-one Now Un- mentioned May Be Elected.
 to the Pontihcate.

Rome, July 1S.-Deprived of rest, the Pope spent the day which has just ended with a serious depression. The doctors reported a feeble, but rapid pulse, which was generally taken to indicate the wear ing out of the patients force. The Ia vorable symptom recorded in the morning of the lowering of the pleuratic liquid was sufficiently maintained to relieve the Pontiff of his painful struggles for breath, which lately have been so frequent. The doctors fear that the gradual sinking is due to general conditions rather than to the necessity for another operation, which seemed so imminent Thursday.
 The sleepless night was succeeded by day during which the Pope seemed to lack any desire to vary the medical rou- tine by receiving visits from cardinals or otrers. The nourishment which the Pont- Kt took at first somewhat encouraged his but the condition of the pa- tient this evening pointed to the fact that 1t had not had any beneficial effects.
 Test of the Feeling.
 A number of cardinals and especially their friends, utilized the prolonged ill- ness of the Pope to test the feeling which will prevail at the next conclave.
 The task is a difficult one, as 1t is as- serted that the cardinals never had a chance to show their mettle under Pope Leo important questions being deputed to committees composed of a few cardi- nals, after having practically been set tied by the papal secretary of State The Philippine affairs, which were inquired in- to by only i've cardinals, are frequently quoted as an instance of the foregoing complaint. -.--
 Much diversity of opinion and much uncertainty regarding the candidates still exists However. the most probable can didates remain those whose names have been mentioned since the Pope first be- came i'll. To Cardinal Gotti, Prefect of the Propaganda, the objection Is made that, as he belongs to religious organ ixation his election might, in view of re- cent eveptas-be taken ss a challenge t0 France. Against the chances of Cardinal Rampolla. the papal Secretary of State. 1t Is urged that Austria will try to exer- else her right of veto, as France would in the case of Cardinal Serafino Vannu- telli, who Is thought to be the candidate of the Triple Alliance.
 Ferara Impossible.
 Cardinal Svampa, Archbishop of Be- logna, has been dropped because, since his last stroke of paralysis. he speaks with difficulty. Cardinal Ferrara, arch bishop of Milan, is not favored for the apparently trivial reason that he uses a motor car, which is not looked on as dig nified in a Prince of the Church. Cardi- nal Agliardi, Bishop of Albano, is regard ed as too democratic. Therefore, unless Cardinal Gotti, who has always been the most favored candidate, succeeds in over coming the objection to him, it is likely that some one now unmentioned, will be elected to succeed Pope Leo The Cardi- nals themselves, naturally maintain the greatest reserve though they all repeat, as though in the nature of pass word that the next Pope must be one com bining the p!ety of Plus TX, with the in- teIligence of Leo XIII