Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1922-02-09
Choice of ConcIave Receives 38
of the So Votes.
ASSUMES TITLE OF Plus xI
Was Archbishop of Milan-Earned
Gratitude of Vatican Officials for
His Work in Poland During
the War.

the late Benedict XIV. He has taken
the name of Plus XI. 1t is said he re-
ceived SO of the 50 votes.
Cardinal O'Connell, archbishop of
Boston, arrived an hour after the new
pope had been elected.
Cardinal Gasparri, who was papal
secretary of state under Pope Bene-
dict, was reappointed to that office by
Pope Plus.
The thousands waiting in front Of
st. Peters for the wisp of smoke
which would tell OF the election Of a
new pope or the failure of the sacred
college to reach a decision gave a
mighty shout at IL :33 o'clock, when a
thin wisp of smoke came from the
chimney Of the Sistine chapel. 1t was
then known that the Catholic church
had once more Il duly elected pontiff.
AS soon as the two-thirds vote for
Cardinal Ratti had been verified, Car
college, arose and proceeded to the
throne of the chosen one, accompanied
on either side by Cardinals Logue and
Bisleti, respectively deans of the car
dinal priests and the cardinal deacons
He was asked in Latin by Cardinal
Vannutelli, in accordance with GUS
tom, if he accepted the election to be
supreme pontiff, and the new pope an
swered with the formal: "Since it is
the will of God, / must obey"
Canopes Let Down.
Then the purple canOpies over the
thrones Of the cardinals were let
down, one by one until only that over
the new pontiff remained This was
done to show that the whole sacred
college rendered obeisance to the new
head of the church. Dean Vannutelli
thereupOn asked the new incumbent
what name he chose to take during
his pontificate, and upon his reply
'Pius XII" Mgr. Sincere, secretary of
the conclave, verified his election to
the papal chair.
The new pope was then escorted to
the anterOOm within the Sistine chapel,
where he discarded his cardinals
robes, assisted by the conclavists, and
the papal vestments, which had been
held in readiness since the opening of
the cOnclaye, were placed upon him.
These included the white. cassOck,
white sash, white stockings, red slip
pers, a red and gold mozZetta, and
finally the stole of red worked with
gold.
The pontiff, fully vested with the
papal garb, and accompanied by his
cardinals, thereupon returned to the
throne he had occupied in the. Sistine
chapel.
There the cardinals, according to
their rank, and headed by Vennutelli,
made their first act of alteration to his
holiness, kissing first his feet and then
his hands, after which the pope re-
ceived them in embrace and bestowed
upon them his first apostolic i>enedic-
ton.
The "Fisherman's ring" wa1 placed
on his finger and he left the chapel,
the whole assembly vending it's way
through the Sala Ducale and the Sala
Regis, along the loggias to the Sala
Clementina. the pope's official resi-
dence All along the way he received
the homage Of the attaches who served
during the conclave.
Bestows Public Blessing
Meanwhile Pope Plus XI after wait
ing for some moments in the C1emen-
tine hall, had left for ST. Peters, &C
companied by the members Of the
sacred college. Arriving at the out
side balcony of the cathedral, he
raised his hand and bestowed upon
the multitude his first public benedic-
ton. He then returned to the Vati-
can where, although reigning, the
popes have remained virtual prison
ers until their deaths.
Shortly afterward Prince Chigi-Al-
bani, the marshal of the conclave. by
order of the secretary of state of the
issued the following:
"When his holiness, Pope Plus XI,
while making every reservation in ia
vor Of the inviolable rights of the
church and the holy see, which rights
he has sworn to defend, has given his
first blessing from the exterior bal
cony overlooking the square of ST. Pc
ter's. it is the special intention that
this blessing should be addressed not
only to those present in the square
and not only to those in Rome and
Italy. but to all nations and all peo-
plies, and should bring to the whole
world the wish and announcement of
that universal pacification we so
ardently desire"
1t was the first time since the reign
of Pope Plus TX that any pope had
looked out over the great piazza where
pontifical sovereignty ends
The coronation of the new pope will
take place February II, it was an
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