The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1914-08-31
PREPARATIONS ARE
VERY ELABORATE
Proceedings are Secret, Participants
Cut Off from the Outside
World Will Take Four
Ballots Daily
BY HENRY WOOD.

Omitted Press Staff Correspondent
Rome. Aug. 31.-The cardinals OF
the Sacred college today entered up
ON the solemn duty OF selecting sue
cessor to His Holiness Pope Plus X.
These princes of the church, walled
up within the confines of the vatican,
will ballot among themselves until one
of their number is elected to the papal
throne, which the simple peasant Car
dinal Sarto accepted only after plead.
ing with all his heart that he be pass
ed by. The cardinals are supposed
to be cut off from all outside influ-
ences and the most extensive prepare
tions are necessary before the con-
clave can be formally opened.
The new pope is certain to be chosen
from among the Following cardinals.
Maffi, Gasperi. Ferrati Lwaldi, Cas-
sette, Angeliardi, Serafina, Rompila.
Fifty-seven cardinals were present at
the preliminary conclave.
In accordance with the century old
regulations, the cardinals must meet
on the tenth day after the death OF
the pope. Today they met In the Pau
line chapel inside the vatican and then
marched in solemn procession to the
Sistine chapel and apartments of the
vatican. These apartments now in
clude the Pauline and Sistine chapels,
the ground floor and the next three
floors of the vatican buildings around
the Court of st. Damaso; the apart
ment of the maggiotomo of the vati-
can, the rooms under the pontifical
apartments along the famous Loggia OF
Raphael the apartments of the Pontif-
ical secretary of state and numerous
other rooms.
The extent of these may be judged
by the fact that each of the members
Of the Sacred college is provided with
a suite Of three rooms in which are
not only his personal belongings, but
also those of the priest and domestic
which each cardinal is allowed to take
into the conclave with him. At pres
ent the Sacred college is composed of
Sc members, but all had not reached
Rome today. There are also accom-
modations for the cooks, servants and
two physicians, BARRIERS and other EN-
ployes who are walled up with the
cardinals and whose presence is neces-
sary for the welfare of the latter In
addition there are vatican dignitaries,
other than cardinals, who have certain
Functions to perform in connection
with the ceremonies of the election of
the new pope.
The kitchen for preparing meals for
all those walled up in the conclaye is
established in the court of st. Damaso.
In the Pauline chapel is erected the
altar for the daily mass which the
cardinals will attend In the ducal
room other altars are installed at
which individual masses may be cele-
brated
The most extensive arrangements
have been made in the Sistipe chapel,
however The walls Of this chapel are
covered with the world famous fres
Goes of Michael Angelo and other mas
ters of the Renaissance. Here the
daily canvas Of votes will be taken. In
this chapel the new pope will be no.
titled OF his election and receive the
first alteration of the cardinals who
I. have elected him. Four ballots will
be cast daily until pope is elected.
Above the altar in the Sistine chapel
is a tapestry representing the descent
of the Holy Spirit and also magnifi-
cent baldachine of velvet The front
OF the altar is draped in red, embroid
cred in gold, and on the highest steps
of the altar, where. during each scrut
my Of votes six candles will burn, II
the temporary papal throne. It il
/ there that the new pontiff will receive
the first alteration Of the cardinals
Along the walls OF the chapel are rang
ed the seats CT the cardinals In tbs
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