The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1903-07-17

when the gate OF tne cOnclaFe is clOSeQ
the dean Of the conclave keeps its keys
inside and the marshal Of the conclayc
whose office is hereditary in the prince.
ly house of Chigi, keeps the keys with
out.
At the gate of the conclave, how.
ever, there is wicket { (rota) which is
carefully watched by five papal mas
ters of ceremonies, by the foreign am
bassadors and formerly by delegates
of the city Of Rome.
All the meals of the cardinals are
passed through this wicket.
For the first time in the history oi
conclaves a kitchen was attached to
the conclave of Leo XIII, which was
also conspicuous for great disregard
of numerous restrictions, and for con
siderable attention to the comfort ot
the cardinals and their conclavists.
HIGH MASS AT ST PETERS.
On the tenth day after the pope's
death the cardinals hear hi gh mass al
St. Peters, and then 60 in procession
to enter into the conclave, singing the
Veni Creator Spiritus or hymn in
honor of the Holy Ghost. On the first
day they are at liberty to return home
to dine if they choose, but at o'clock
the bell of the conclave is rung by the
order of the dean for al! visitors to de-
part At o'clock the second signal
is given, and at 3 the great door is
shut, not to be opened again until the
conclave is over, except that cardinal
who has not entered it may do so al
any time.
There are three methods of election
election by compromise, by alteration
and by ballot.
In the election by compromise the
cardinals, if unable to agree, nominate
one or more members of their body to
designate the new pope.
Election by alteration or acclamation
takes place when number of cardinals,
amounting to two thirds at least, ac-
claim the pope without preliminary
ballot.
The ballot, however, is the method
now regularly adopted. Two-thirds
of the votes of the cardinals present
are, as already mentioned, necessary
for election, and the vote is secret.
The act of voting is performed in
the Capella Paolina, and the votes are
taken twice day.
METHOD OF VOTING.
Each cardinal writes on little table
in the corner of the chapel the name
of the candidate be would elect, in a
feigned hand, in the center of the vot-
ing ticket. This is of an oblong form,
prepared according to the directions of
the bull of Gregory XIV.
In the center are the printed words,
"Eligo in Summum, Pontiicen Rm.
DIN. meum, D. Card" q elect Sow
ereign Pontiff my Lord Cardinal y,
after which the voter inscribes the
name of the candidate he would elect.
The ticket is so made that the ends
above and below these words can be
folded down and sealed, leaving only
the center inscription visible. In the
upper fold the writer signs his name,
and then seals down the fold with a
small seal, which each voter has ex-
pressly made for this purpose, and
which he prevents others from seeing.
Within the lower fold he writes a
Latin motto from the Bible and q
number, sealing it up likewise.
The cardinal then folds the ticket !.
two without again sealing it and ap-
proaches the altar, on which is placed
a chalice, covered with paten.
At the foot of the altar the voter
lifts up his hand and exhibits the ticket
between his thumb and finger He
then kneels and prays for a moment,
after which he takes oath that he is
about to elect him whom, according to
God, he thinks ought to be elected.
He then puts the ticket on the paten
and slips it from thence into the chalice,
which he covers up again. Then he
makes anew a reverence before the
altar and returns to his place.
If the cardinal is infrm and cannot
walk, one of the scrutators goes to his
place to receive the ticket on the paten,
after the cardinal has taken the pre-
scribed OATH If he is sick in his cell
three cardinals, appointed for that pur-
pose, go to his bedside with a closed
box, like a money box, to receive his
vote and take it to the chapel.
CARDINALS SCORE VOTES.
They turn the voting tickets out on
the paten and count them and CON-