The farmer and mechanic., 1914-08-25

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right or rulers by virtue Of the will |
of the people may have had in the not |
remote past those no longer clog |
the mind or the free action Of any |
Of the Cardinals who will take part |
as electors in the conclave of 1911.
The privilege of veto died IN the |
year 1903, with the election of Glusep- |
pc Sarto to the throne of Christen-
dom. If there were any doubts left
in the minds of Catholic potentates
of the old world Immediately after
the public announcement of the Sc
lection OF Giuseppe SartO, Plus x
dispersed them with a Papal Bull
dated Jan. 20. 1904. by which he not
only abolished the absurd veto of
kings but imposed penalty of ma
jor ex-communication on any Prince
of the Church who should have the
hardihood to act as a messenger III
this respect to the ruler of the nation
| in which he lives
Austrian Action Led to Reform.
| The immediate cause for this Pom
tifical action was the veto power
used by Austria in 1903, which
| astounded the Sacred College and
made such lovers Of freedom as Car
| dinal Gibbons resent it as an insult.
! The Protestant Emperor of Germany
was the real power that balked the
| election of Cardinal Rampolla Aus
! tria acted. in this instance at least,
( as a messenger for the Kaiser The
| Kaiser thought he had reason to feel
| that Rampolla, who had been Secre-
| tary of State to Leo XIII, was over
friendly to France because he had
managed to keep the Catholic Church
and the French Republic on friendly
terms.
Who VIII Be the Choice
Which OF the si1ty-six Cardinals
| will take the place made vacant by
Plus?
Americans delight in thinking that
the honor may fall to one of their
countrymen, and it is natural Prob
aoiy the Tune was never more oppor-
tune than now. The Conc1ave, with
the best interests of the church at
| heart, might summon the venerable
Gibbons to the Pontifical throne.
But the choice of a Cardinal from
an English-speaking country would
seem to be almost a complete upset
ting of standards Of thinking where
the Papal succession is concerned.
There are many reasons why Rome
shall continue to be the seat of Cath
olicity for all the world, and only
a complete smashing OF precedent
will bring about the election of any
| but an Italian.
Six Men Are Possibles.
It may, therefore, be set down as
a fact that the next Pope will he an
/ | Italian. The two Vanutellis may be
| omitted from the list Of possibilities
4 Those who stand apart just now are
: Cardinal Cajetan de Lai, secretary OF
| the COnsiStorial congregations; Cardi
nal Dominica Ferrata, secretary of the
n congregation of the Holy Office
Y Cardinal Pietro Mafi, Archbishop O.
S Pisa; Cardinal di Belmonte, the
: NeapOlitan who was raised to the
: Sacred College two years ago; Car
; dinal Alessandro Lualdi, Archbishop
n of Palermo, and Cardinal Pietro Gas
: parri.
s All Of these six are men Of NOR,
: than ordinary ability. Any one @
# | them would make a wise Pope Tw,
n or three have shown themselve
churchmen combining practica
It thought with special attainment il
n | several branches Of learning Fer
n rata is in high favor with the theo
rt lOgians. He will be the choice o
d many Of those who looked upon tn
dead Pontiff as the ideal to which tn
If church should aspire in selecting it
n supreme guide. He is in his sixt
-e sixth year. He is native of Monte
he fiascone, and is one Of the few sur
Is viving members of the college raise
D. to the Cardinalate by Leo XIII.
ID One Former Journalist
n Cardinal Maffi was at one time
eS newspape man. He is noted as
tronomer and has written many vo1
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