New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-02
BALLOTS END IN SMOKE.
NEW POPE NOT CHOSEN.
Tbrongs Outside Vatican-rSecrecy
We'll Maintained.
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'sr -s,.,. 1903: By The Tribune Association)
aug. Remarkable spectacles have
,r;tnessed both morning and evening at the
..,,, n,azza Of San Pietro where from 1000
200 neople have stood for two hours watch
the puff of smoke from the stack above
-, cfstir,e Chapel. When the smoke appeared
snectators with the keenest eyes could see
!. .or If was a gray mist against murly sky,
- .ts expectation of witnessing this outward
,.is;ble sign that the conclave had voted
.s.to,t eIecting a Pope attracted a large con-
- the approaches of the grandest church
i7 Christendom-
4,a~,,iri's huge colonnades were lined with
,.a,,.r soldiers. and one side of the inner ellipse
-. eua5 at evening with carriages in which
..cr Of fashion were seated. Around the
.,,.r+ains and the o5elisk and swarming up the
.s,,e Of the basilica was a motley assenolase'
dawn together by curiosity or profound re-
,.,.,..s interest. There were many priests, some
sse..;7e % read books Of devotion, but the ma
.o-+,- chatting pleasantly with their COM
-o7.or9. there were students in black, purple or
s-.-Iet. and here and there was group OF nuns.
= --,s q holiday crowd Of men, women and boys
and so great was the entertainment that II
5.e,ersad slowly and reluctantly when the smoke
had been definitely announced by the priests ana
hystanders with opera glasses.
.s -,anv ballots. the public is not wiser than it
was before. Some journalists have however
salient for invention, and, since they have al
-esdy described in detail the method of voting
and the general procedure of the conclave, they
are forced 10 supply their readers with trans
Yareut fiction respecting the details OF the bal
loting and the prospects of the candidates
There are fresh rumors respecting Cardinal
c,bbons,s choice as compromise candidate, and
Cardinal Oreglia's confidence that Cardinal ID
P3etro will be elected. and Cardinal Rampolla's
or5 Cardinal VannuteHis press agents strive to
helm them with sanguine forecasts All this gos-
sin Is jnane as any leakage has been absolutely
shut off from the conclave. The menus OF the
luncheon and dinner served in the vatican are
--i,-sd and the cardinals are evidently not fast
Inc but living well. Two among the siXty-tWo
nresent at the conclave are far from well. and
srscia1 meals have been served for them by
friends outside the Vatican. The cardinals have
comfortable rooms. and as the weather has
moderated. are not suffering from the heat
Interest in the result OF the conclave is hourly
increasing with the adventitious aid of the
smoke portent and the dense secrecy of the pro
ceedings. The conclave at present embodies the
traditions and mysteries Of Catholic faith and
nractice. and appeals TO the imagination Of pious
catholics by separation from the world and
conservation to the supreme purpose of electing
a visible head of the Church. When the car
dinals emerge from their retirement after the
chimney has emitted its last puff of smoke from
the burning ballots and straw, the result viii
he received by faithful Catholics as Inspired-
The sacrosanct cardinals must at least he cred
tied with regarding their solemn vows and act
ing with supreme sense of their religious obli-
cation.
r.-Ee4 her a gP
flexible diplomat or a safe administrator. must
inevitably be liberated from narrowness Of mind
by the responsibility of governing worldwide
church / n. F.