Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1922-02-15
Choice of ConcIave Receives 36
of the So Votes.
ASSUMES TITLE OF Plus xl
Was Archbishop Of Milan-Earned
Gratitude Of Vatican Officials for
His Work in Poland During
the War.

claimed elected pope IN succession 10
/ the late Benedict XIV. lie has taken
the name of Plus NJ. IL is said he re-
/ ceived IS Of the 50 votes.
Cardinal O'Connell. archbishop of
Boston, arrived ar%hour after the new
Y pope had been elected.
Cardinal Gasparri, who was papai
/ secretary of state under Pope Bene-
/ diet, 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
I college 10 reach a decision gave a
mighty shout at IL :33 o'clock, when a
7 thin wisp of smoke came from the
I chimney Of the Sistine chapel. IL was
4 then known that the Catholic church
u had once more n duly elected pontin.
/ As soon as the two-thirds vote for
Y Cardinal Ratti had been verified, Car
dinal Vannutelll, as dean of the sacred
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.
lie was asked In Latin by Cardinal
Nannutelli, I'm accordance with Gus
tom. II he accepted the election TO be
supreme pontiff, and the new pope an
swered with the formal: "Since IL is
the viii of God. must obey"
canopies 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 Nannutelli
thereupon asked the new incumbent
what name he chose 10 take during
his pontlhcate, and upon his reply
"Pius NJ" Mgr. Sincere. secretary of
the conclave, verified his election TO
the papal chair.
The new pope was then escorted 10
the anteroom within the Sistine chapel,
where he discarded his cardinals
robes assisted by the conclavists, and
the papal vestments, which had been
held I'm readiness since the opening of
the conclave, were placed upon him.
These included the white casSOck,
white sash. white stockings, red slip
pers. red and gold mozzetta, and
finally the stole of red worked with
gold.
4 The pOntiff, fully vested with the
papal garb. and accompanied by his
cardinals. thcreupOn returned 10 the
throne he had occupied I'm the Sistine
chapel.
There the cardinals, according TO
their rank. and headed by yennutelli.
made their first act of alteration 10 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 benedic-
ton.
! The "Fisherman's ring" was placed
! on his finger and he left the chapel.
the whole assembly vending its 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 NJ. after wait
ing for some moments I'm the Clemen-
tine hall, had left for ST. Peters. ac-
! companied by the members OF the
sacred college. Arriving NJ the out
side balcony Of the cathedral. he
raised his hand and bestowed upon
the multitude his first public benedic-
ton. lie 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
eonclave, issued the following:
when his holiness. Pope Plus XI.
while making every reservation In IA
vor uf the inviolable rights of the
Y church and the holy see, which rights
Y he has sworn TO defend. has given his
I first blessing from the exterior bal
cony overlooking the square Of ST. Pc
4 terS. II - tue Speeiai ihttnion lhat
I this blessing should be addressed not
only 70 those present In the square
4 and not only 10 those In Rome and
Italy. but 10 all nations and all peo-
pies. and should bring 10 the whole
I world the wish and announcement of
that universal pacifcation we so
ardently desire"
II was the first time since the reign
~ Pope Plus N that any pope had
looked out over the great piazza where
pontifcal sovereignty ends.
The coronation of the new pope win
take place February i. II was an
nounced.