Las Vegas optic., 1914-08-27

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searched, lest they should contain
correspondence from friends outside.
If, by the greatest exercise of lenien-
cy, a visitor is admitted, he must
speak to the immurei cardinal
through a grating of iron and in
tone loud enough to be heard by the
Watchers After a night of this seclu-
sion the eenelave is formally assem-
bled early next afternoon, and all re-
rair to the Sistine Chapel, where a
desk has been provided for each car
dinal. In the middle of the hall are
six tables and behind these an altar.
. Immediately in front of the altar is
table on which are two chalices for
holding the ballots. Before proceed
ing further, a search is made in the
chapel to assure the conclave Of the
fact that none but those entitled to
vote are present. Three inspectors
of the election are then chosen by
ballot Should any cardinal be SO i'll
that he Is unable to leave his dor
mitory, committee is appointed to
visit him and take his vote, which is
| brought to the conclave sealed and
deposited in one of the chalices.
Each cardinal writes on a little
table in the corner of the chapel the
name of the candidate he would elect,
in the center of the voting ticket.
This is of an oblong form, prepared
according to the directions of the bull
of Gregory XIV.
In the center are the words, "Eligo
in Summum Pontificem RIM. Dmmeum
D. Card" q elect Sovereign Pontiff
my Lord CARDINAL after which
the voter inscribes the name of the
candidates he would elect.
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 a mo-
ment, after which he takes oath that
he is about to elect him whom, ac-
/ cording to God, he thinks ought to be
elected. HE then puts the ticket on
the paten and slips it from thence
into the chalice, which he covers up
again. Then Je makes new rever-
erce before the altar and returns to
his place.
When all have voted in like manner
the six tellers examine the papers and
proclaim the result If nocardinal
has obtained the required number OF
votes. two thirds of the number of car
dinals present-the result is declared
void, and the voting papers, collected
together, are burned in a brazier with
damp straw, the dense smoke from
which issues through a particular
chimney, visible from outside and
proclaims to the outer world that no
, election has taken place.
First to cast his ballot is the dean
of the college, who writes the name
of his candidate on a slip of paper
eight inches in length and four in
width, which he folds, and, sealing it
at both ends, folds It once more in
the middle, and then drops it in the
bowl nearest his desk All follow in
the order of their rank as members
of the college.
The burning of the second ballots
in the coming conclave will close the
session of the day, and adjournment
will be taken until evening. Here.
again, the coming conclave is to diff
fer materially from its predecessors.
At the first evening session in former
conclaves it was the rule to afford
an opportunity to those cardinals rep
resenting foreign powers to state
whatever serious objections might
exist to any of the candidates and
which, in the event of that candidates
e's zion as pope might operate to
the disadvantage of the vatican board.
These objections were always duly
considered. Several times in the last
century did the vatican board sue
ccssfully oo)pse the election of lsai-
ing candidates. The right of veto was
claimed at one time or another by
France, Germany. Austria and Italy.
But Pope Plus x, soon after he came