Omaha daily bee., 1906-09-09
Merry Del Val ALLEGED to Havs Brushed
Aside Old Advisers.
s.spotLA RtTIRtS TO HIS PALACE
Bismarck Of the Vatican" Spends His
Time in Reading.
v ,LUABLE PAINTINGS ARE UNCOVERED
Workmen Restoring a stairway Find
walls Covered with Decorations
by Famous Artists OF Fiji
teenth Century.

ROME. Sept. s.--(Speclai CableSram to
The Bee e)-Interestlng complications
have arisen at the Vatican. The chief
symptom is that the cardinals are no
longer consulted. and that the cardinal
secretary of state governs not only their
heads, but over the head of the good and
pious old pope Leo XIII never failed 10
consult the cardinals on all important
questions, and always listened TO their
Views with close attention. Under the
Merry del Val regime, the claim Is made
that the cardinals, even those who con-
tributed mos. to tho election OF Plus X
have been pushed aside.
The opposition consists of three cate
gories of cardinals. The extreme left,
the "Montagne" of this new movement,
Is recruited from the best, the cleverest,
and the most modern members Of the
Sacred college. To this group belongs
Cardinal Satolli. who has learnt much
during his long sojourn in the United
States; Cardinal Agliardi. famous for
his wit; Cardinal Ferranta, formerly
nuncio to Paris; the aged but learned
Cardinal Capeceiatra, the impulsive Car
dinal vincenzo vanutelli (the chief friend
of Germany in the Sacred college), and
the French Cardinal Matthew. In the
group of the "Moderates'' are the Cardi-
nails Cassetta, Cavagnis, Cavichioni Gem
mari, Mintinelli, and Nocella, all ardent
partisans and electors OF Plus X The
third and last militant group, which con-
lines itself to observation and mute criti-
cism, is made up OF men like Cardinal
Oreglia, Macchi. Gotti, Serahno and
Tripepi.
RampolIa II Waiting.
And Cardinal Rampolla? Since the
advent of Plus X the secretary Of state
Of Leo JII, has withdrawn to his palace.
reads the words Of fthe fathers of the
church-and waits. :! a since his retire.
ment Cardinal Rampolla's influence with
the Sacred college has been steadily. grow
ing Even those who were formerly his
enemies now see how skilfully the "Bis-
marck of the Vatican" conducted the af-
fairs of the church. The veto against
his election given by Austria at the last
conclsve IL regarded as one of the greatest
mistakes ssSer nada. .hx tha- Goyernment.
OF Franz Josef. The c1aim is now made
that his supposed friendship for France
would never have induced so clever a
man as Cardinal Hampolia TO enter into
a conflict with the triple alliance. es.s1
II is announced that signor Schneider.
the architect of the Vatican. while tapping
an nichitrave Of the stair leading to the
museums of the Vatican for the purpose
of restoration. ordered workman to
scrape 1t cautiously. considering that per-
haps under the surface there might be some
painting. In fact. whilst the workman was
scraping away the whitewash there
gradually came to light colors. on their
nrst appearance faint blue and afterwards
more vivid.
vafaabie Paintings Found.
As the work of discovery proceeded
Y,ta anti al ar
ratiye paintings OF the fifteenth century
revealed 20 the worknien. These were Of
the Raphael school OF painting. Among
the ornaments was a magnificent shield
Of Pope Leo X Some of those who have
had an opportunity of seeing these works
have come. at first glance. to the opinion
that they may have been painted by
Raphael himself. or at least by Giulio
Romano his most prominent and prob
ably his ablest disciple. Tho fact that
these works of great art have been COW
cred over suggests that this was done
either to conceal them Or they were white
washed during the prevalence of infectious
disease.
Christian Democrats Active.
The conflict between the Vatican and
the most advanced section of the Catholics,
known under the name of Christian demo-
Gratis, is becoming more acute. As the pope
has issued an encyeiicai especially directed
against them. eondemning their movement.
tactics and aspirations, ana forbiddins un-
der the gravest penalties. all members OF
the clergy from participating In that ss-
sociatien The Vatican evidently believed
this 10 be a master stroke, capable OF
snnihiistins the young movement. but. on
the contrary, II has found new strength
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the clergy left the ranks. but the laymen
gathered everywhere voting orders OF the
day from all parts OF Italy. stating that
whila ready 60 bow to ecclesiastical au-
tkorties In all questions relating to religion,
they consider themselves entirely inde-
pendent In political and social affairs.