Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-08-25
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led to the Issuance or DlllS WHICH
fixed Pope Gregory's legislation firm
" in the laws of the church.
Like " Locksd.ln Jury.
Briefly, this Is the substance of the
Ubi periculum: At the death Of the
Pope the cardinals present in Rome
were required to wait ten days until
their colleagues in other countries
could arrive; then they We're to meet
in closed COnclave-the original and
obsolete meaning Of the word Con-
clave is locked in with q key
each attended by only n servant,
and, IL Ill, by two, at the most; in
the Conclave they we're to lead a life
in common, not even having separate
sells, and to hold no communication.
with the outer world on peril Of ex-
communication, and were to receive
their food through a wicket which
was under constant guard.
After the cardinals had been in Sc
clusion three days their meals con-
sisted of only one dish, and after they
had been in Conclave five days, they
received only bread and water, with
a little wine. AS a further means CT
accelerating their labors as electors,
they received no ecclesiastical reven
|ues while they were In COnclave-
every provision was devised to make
their sole business that of electing a
Pope.
Plus w, in his efforts to check the
intriguing and plotting for the cleo
Etion Of a new Pope while his pre-
'decessor was still living, in 1862,
made the legislation Of the Conclave
a model Of precautionary precision
and wisdom. He 1t was who prescribe
ed the daily scrutiny and the solemn
voting, by specially prepared ballots
in which the name of the voter was
concealed, also the ~"accessit,' the
second voting BY which the cardinals
might transfer their suffrage to those
who received the greatest number Ct
votes on the first ballot. Plus like.
wise provided for the drawing for
sells by lot.
Modification and minor changes
continued as the years passed. In
1921 Gregory XIV. compelled each car
dinal to take q solemn oath before
each vote that he purposed to elect
him whom he judged to be the most
worthy. On March -, 1922, this Pope
issued the bull, Dscet Romanum Pom
fifteen, and excep. for Qualification,
the ceremony Of the Conclave has not
been changed since.
h. 800 Within the Walls.
Under the procedure that was OBJ
served at the elections OF Leo XIII
and Plus X, and that will undoubtedly
prevail in tho present instance, each
cardinal. when he enters the Con,
lave is accompanied by a clerk o.
secretary, known as a %conclavist. and
ono servant. Counting the officials
OF. the Conclave. this makes some
thing under 800 persons who enter
tina temporary prison within the wails
Of the saticah,, and who have no fur
thar. communication with the outer
world. save b. means Of the "rota,'
the turnihg-box. .s4 VII
The elaborate and impressive pub
liz ceremonials and -rocessions have
been discontinued since 1870. 5One
picturesque feature that is no more
seen was the daily procession in thu
''rota. and the formal inquiry. "Ha
bemusne. Pontificem? But the greaI
crowds collect as In Old times in thu
square before st. Peters, to watch
for the "sfumata." thu smokawisI
which rises from the Sistine Chape
after the voting, as q signal to thu
waiting faithful that they are still
without q Pope. This smoke comes
from the burning Of the balloting pa
pers and generally a little straw il
burned with II to give 1t suficien,
volume to be seen by the amultitudeI
without.
Within the Sistine Chapel the car
dinals proceed morning and evening
to the double vote, the direct vot,
and the a~ccessit.' Each vote is i'm
mediately. counted by three scrut
arors and throughout the most min
ute precautions r taken to insure
secret and sincere voting. When tn,
balloting has reached a stage wher,
one cardinal has two-thirds Of tn
vo.e, the dean Of the cardinals form
ally asks him II he accepts the cleo
ton and what name he will assume
immediately upon the acceptance
Of the honor Of the successful candi
date, the other cardinals perform thu
first act of alteration, the first Job
edience" to the new Pontitf. AT tn,
election of Pfus x there was consid
cradle confusion. owing to the fac
that the venerable Cardinal Oreglt,
was the only prelate present who hat
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