Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-08-01
Cardinals Cast
Theiz Ballots.
Seyesal Taken BIT JVjo Pope Eected-Some I)d SNof
Knouc How 10 Fold Papers Osegla Demonstrated 10
Them SManner of Dong H-.4ffer Counting All Ballots
Cast They Were Burned RampoAa in HE Lead

dlnal In turn, holding his ballot between
his first finger and thumb 80 That every
one present could see II, advanced slow
ly to the altar, where long challce was
standing. knelt and prayed briefly for
guidance and then, rising, took the fol-
lowing oath.
II call God to witness, He who shall
Judge me, that ! elect him who J think
should be elected according TO Goa,
This promise to do also In the accesslt
vote"
SO saying. the cardinal dropped his
ballot In the chalice, bowed before the
altar and returned to his place.
The balloting took a very long time,
as many Of the cardinals, owing TO their
advanced age and illness, moved Slowly
ana were obliged to have the assistance
Of their colleagues.
After the balloting was finished, the
chalice was covered and well shaken
and the ballots were publicly counted.
Then, passing them into a receptacle
placed ON the table in the center OF the
chapel the two cardinals scrutlnlzefs
opened the first ballot and passed II to
third cardinal, who read II out IN
loud voice and the other cardinals noted
the votes on a printed list OF names
with which each was provided
As no cardinal received the prescribed
two-thlrds of the votes a supplementary
ballot was taken, with no better result
Consequently, at ll:20 a. M, all the bal
lots were burned, The smoke being seen
from the left side OF the piazza Of ST
Peters, where few curious people,
mostly newspapermen, had gathered to
record this mute message
IL was said on good authority that
Cardinals Herrero and LangenieuX were
unable to leave their cells this morn
ing. so that when the time came Tor
voting. Immediately after having taken
TO the altar his own vote, Cardinal
Oreglla showed the members Of the sa-
cred college a small empty box having
n tiny slid in the cover. This box was
locked in the presence Of all the car
dinals and the key was placed on the
altar, after which the three cardinals
scrutini2ers carried the box to the
apartments Of the invalids who after
taking the prescribed OATH dropped
their ballots through the slit into the
box, which was taken back to the Sis
tine chapel. locked and the ballots de-
posted with those Of the other cardinals
In the challce on the altar.
The ballotng this afternoon did not
differ In form from that Of this MORN
ing. From what leaked out from the
conclave 1t does not appear that much
progress has been made toward a re-
suit although II Is stated that the Ram
polla party remains compact with a
tendency to increase rs strength.
The two invalid cardinals are report
ed to be somewhat better. The cardinals
who like Gibbons. have rooms with full
southern exposure, found the heat at
midday almost unbearable. The after
noon ballot ended AT 6 o'clock, when the
crowd saw the smoke Of the burning
ballots ascending from the chapel Ow-
ing To the lateness az the hour at which
the burning OF the ballots took place
many rumors became current and hope
was even entertained that new pope
had been elected,
Another Of the cardinals, Archbishop
OF Lyons. Coulle has also fallen Ill.,
Cardinal Herrero Espinoza, II Is
learned is suffering from heart disease,
Cardinal Cretoni In a moment Of pros
tration from heat, insisted that he
wanted 10 leave the conclave, saying he
should not remain confined any longer,
but he was prevented from doing so by
his colleagues, who. In turn. keep him
company. Cardinal lhngieneux Is still
III.