Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-01-23
Cardinals 0'ConneII and
DOugherty to Attend the
ConCIave for the Election
of a New Pope,
GASPARRl is SPOKEN
OF FOR HIGH OFFICE
PapaI Secretary of State Is
Mentioned as a Possible
Successor to Benedict; Is
in Charge,
(By The Associated Prcss.l

Washington, Jan. 2 (by the AS
sociated Press) The two Ameri-
can members of the sacred college
of Rome, Cardinals O'Connell of
Boston and Dougherty of Phila-
delphia, will leave as early as pos
sible to attend the conclave for the
election Of a successor to Pope
Benedict, it was said here tonight.
Cardinal O'Connell will sail Tues
day while Cardinal Doughorty Is
expected to return from a vacation
trip Friday and probably will sail
Sunday.
Muy Not Meet February 1.
1t was said here that the con-
clave may meet February /. The
fear was eXprt tssed that If the con-
clave is as short as that which re-
suited in the election of Benedict,
both the American members may
arrive too late to participate.
After the death of Plus X, Au-
gust 20, 1914. the conclave began
August 81, and the new pope was
elected September 8.
Cardinal Gasparri. papal secre-
tary of state. is being spoken of
here as a possible successor to
Benedict. BY virtue of his posi-
tion he has been in charge OF the
papal household and of the church
since 6 o'clock this morning. His
presence at the helm insures the
continuity of the policy followed
by the vatican since the advent Of
Benedict XIV.
The pope was small and frail,
while Gasparri is about medium
height and rather stout. but they
were both indefatlgable workers.
In his responsible position Of
chamberlain during the obsequies
of the pope and during the con-
clave, Cardinal Gasparri will be as
sisted by the deans of the three
orders in which the cardinals are
grouped. namely. cardinal bishops,
cardinal priests and cardinal dea-
cons. The authorized maximum
membership OF the sacred college
cannot surpass seventy. but now
the cardinals existing are onlv six
ty-one, of whom thirty-one are
Italians and thirty foreigners.
Six Cardinal Bishops.
There are only six cardinal
bishops. to whom are entrusted
the six dioceses Immediately
around Rome. Their dean is Car
dinal Vincenzo Vanneutelli. Since
the death of Cardinal Gibbons he
also Is the dean of the sacred
college. Although 85 years old he
is so we'll preserved that with the
exception OF being somewhat deaf
in one ear, he does not show his
age and seems twenty years
younger.
The order of the cardinal priests
would comprise fifty members If
the sacred college had its full
number of 10 The dean of this
order is Cardinal Michael Logue,
archbishop of Armagh. Ireland,
who is 80.
The order of the cardinal dea-
cons in a full sacred college
would comprise 10 members. Their
dean is Cardinal Gaetano Bisleti,
for whom many thousands Of AM
orleans have feeling of graft
tude. He is small and gentle and
SIS years old.
Selection of a new pope will
have interest for Italy, it is de-
clared here, because in view OF
the decidedly conciliatory attitude
taken by Benedict, there will be
speculation as to whether his
policy will be continued.
If Cardinal Gasparri should be
chosen, continuation of the same
policy would be insured but an
other cardinal might have diff
ferent ideas. Cardinal Gasparri'
according to the general opinion,
has the greatest chances of sue
cess, but an old Roman proVerb
says that HE who enters the
conclave as Pope comes out OF 1t
as cardinal"