The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-08-05
PAPAL COHCLAVE ORGANIZED.
si1ty.two Cardinals Now Shut
From the Outer World.
THE SUCCESSOR TO POPE Leo
To be Elected by the ConcIaye
Now in Session in the Sistine
Chapel
Little Doubt That the New Pope Will be
an italian.

Little Doubt That the New Pope Will be
an italian.
Rome, July 81, 9 p m.-The largest
Conclave in the history Of the Cath
olic church has now assembled in the
Sistine Chapel for the purpose Of
electing a successor to Leo XIII.
Sixty-two Cardinals, with over 200
clerical and lay attendants, are, to all
| intents and purposes, prisoners with
| in the Vatican. One of them, Cardi-
nal Herraro z Espinosa, Archbishop
of Valencia, was Frustrated immedi-
ately after entering the Conclave and
ing the Cardinals will enter upon the
solemn duty of choosing the new
Pope by ballot. The general impress
sion exists that within two or three
days possibly, though not tomorrow,
new Pope will have been chosen.
Representations as to who will
wear the tiara as Leo's successor,
have little value, as even the Cardi-
mails, who, this evening, entered their
cells, seem to be without definite
ideas as to the issue. Cardinals
Rarnpolla, Serafno Vennutelli. Dip
itri, Gotti and Oreglia continue to be
most frequently mentioned as the
likeliest candidates, but the moment
the name OF one of them is mention
ed, a hundred reasons are supplied to
show that he could not possibly be
elected.
The rival claims of the leading Ital-
ian Cardinals, SO freely ventilated in
the local press, are matters which are
all important in connection with the
decision of the Conclaye, beacuse it
is assumed as foregone conclusion.
that the next occupant of the Holy
See will be an Italian. The foreign
Cardinals have shown no indication of.
opposition to this assumption, but,
however, willing they may be to honor
an Italian, it is believed the serious
differences among the Italians them
selves on matters of political and re-
ligious opinion must be reconciled be-
fore one of them, suitable to all sec
tions, can be elected.
More interesting, perhaps, in cer-
tain way is the impression which pre-
walls in certain sections that, no mat
ter what the verdict Of the Conclave
may be, great changes are impending
in the policy of the Vatican. and that
within year or two, the new Pope
will no longer consider himself. a
prisoner in the Vatican, but will, un-
like Leo, leave its precincts whenever
necessary.
By 5 O'Clock this afternoon all the
Cardinals had arrived at the Vatican
and had gone to their cells. The Con-
clave has been duly formed and It's
members are now shut from the outer
world. Everything is prepared for to-
morrow's voting.
At the Vatican doors the Swiss
Guards kept back the curious crowd,
among whom were many priests.
Photogra raphers vigorously snapped the
occupants of the black carriages prior
to their entrance to what one Cardinal
called prison.
Previous to 1870 the ceremony of
the Cardinals entering the Conclave
was much more imposing than that Of
today, as it was held in the Quirinal
Palace. They met in the little Church
of San Silvestro al Quirinale and
from there walked in procession
through the streets to the palace or if
the Conclave was to be held in the
Vatican the Cardinals met in st.
Peters, procession was formed there
and, after some ceremonies wended its
way to the Apostolic Palace.
In pleasing confusion, tie Cardinals,
each escorted by the Noble Guard as
signed to him, went to their respective
"ceIls,'' or apartments. Some of the
venerable prelates, such as Cardinal
Mocenni, who was born in 1923,
Cretoni, {born ein 1893, and Laneg-
nieux, (born in 1912, were so exhaust
ed that they had to be supported by
the Noble Guard in attendance on
them.
Just before going into his cell today
prominent Cardinal threw an inter.
esting sidelight upon the chances OF
Rampolla. Leo's secretary of State
has been persistently abused recently
By the Government papers for the
temporal powers policy.
81 am not so sure,'' said the Cardi-
nal to the representative Of the Asso-
clated PreSS, JnaI Gne puDliC dtbaChs
upon Cardinal Rampolla by the
Government are not inspired with q
view to working up among Catholics
and Cardinals spirit of enthusiasm
for him, which might greatly increase
his chances of election. Indeed, I am
pretty certain that the italian Govern
ment would not be at all sorry to see
RampolIa wear the tiara, as, at heart,
I do not believe the Government has
any serious disposition to alter the ex-
listing relations between the Vatican
and the Quirinal, -
Thare ia NO donht that Cardinal