The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-02-19

| 0OOfG dnu DElOW tuGSB WOTuS CAV DGt
folded down and sealed, leaving o1ly
the center inscription visible. In tEe-
upper fold the writer signs his narns,
and then SEALS down the fold with y
small seal whish each voter has ex~
pressly made Tor this purpose and /
which he prevents others from seeing.
Within the lower fold Itc' writes a !
Latin motto from the Bible and a
number, sealing il ZIP likewise.
The cardinals then folds the ticket
in two without again sealing 1t and
| approaches 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 al mo-
ment, after which he takes oatl' that;
he is about to elect him whom, accord.
| ing to God, he thinks ought to- bes
elected. He then puts tile ticket on
the paten and slips it from thence intoi
the chalice, which he covers up again.
| Then he makes anew reverence be..A
/ fore the altar and returns to his place.. i
4 They turn the voting tickets out ofrS
| the paten and count them and coms-S
/ nence the scrutiny.
I The first scrutator takes ticket.
AMI opens it and reads in a low voice.
che name of the cardinal written
thereon, passing the ticket ON to the
second scrutator, who reads it in the q
same way, passing it on to the third.
The third scrutator proclaims in az
LOAD voice the name inscribed ON each
ticket and as he does this the Car
dinals, who are all seated in their
places with a printed list OF all the
members of the Sacred College before
them, OH paper ruled with red lines,
score one BY one the votes obtained
i by each cardinal, and the third scru-
tat0r' files the votes as he receives
Them On string.
II any cardinal has received two
tnlrus OF the votes of those present
in cOnclaFe he is Pope. If no one OBJ
tafTs' this number they passnimme
d1ate1y to the ballot per accesSum. In
the ballot per accessum each cardinal
has the right of voting anew fora diff
terent candidate from the one for
whom lig first voted, and for this pur-
pose, by the aid of the number and
hiss motto from the Bible, the scruta-
toy examines his first ticket in~order $,
TO- see tfiRt he does not vota0twice
for the' same cardinal.
! II In tile second round of tile ballot
any cardinal gets a number of votes A
which are sufficient when added to the
number he obtained in the first round
toN make rp two-thirds he is Pope;
and generally the Popes are elected in
heNsecU1Td round.
After each Intellectual scrutiny the
voting papers are burned, and The peo-'
PACE of Rome have sometimes OWNED
THAR tfee election Of the Pope has not
been completed by the non-appearance
or thee sfuaneta, Or smoke from the *
tsfimney' OF the conclave, which they
watch every day at the appointed hour
of voting in the morning.
Buzz at last the Sacred J9llege has
decided. The Pope has bapn chosen.
THERE he sits still among the cardin-
ais, pale with emotion; thCnse who are
near him retire to distance; all fall
upon tf1eiF knees. The dean and the
senior cardinal priestt approach him
and ask if he accepts thee dignity and
what name he will take, The Pope
elect consents and gives cut the name
under whfch he will beskrn0wn as Pope,
HeNis~ lef behind the altar, where Pom
tif1cai robes of white ARE in readiness
andi slippers embroidered with the.
cross OF gold. He is placed in the
CHAIR OF St Peter. Tine cardinal and
fean k1reel and kiss his foot and his,
right iand; the Pope>lifts them up and
Kisses them on both cheeks (osculum
pacisp. The other cardinals follow,
and chant "Ecceo Sacerdos Magnus."
This rs the ceremony of the nrst ador..
ationL after which the dean, preceded
by the sacristans and the Papal cross,
proceeds to the loggia of st: Peters
and announces. to the assembled peo-
pie the name of their new Pope. The :
befls of the, Roman church ring
throughout the CITY, and formerly a.
salute of 100 guns was fired froms the-s
castle of ST. Angelo.
The Pope, is then placed anew on
che altar and the cardinals proceed
to a second alteration, after which he
is carried from the Pauline Chapel to-
st. Peters; where he receives the
homage of the cardinals for third
time before the altar OF the confession.
and with the mitre on his head gives \
benediction to the people, afterward
retiring to the Papal apartments in tho