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Show MOST "POP ABLE" OF CARDINALS. jffll The personality of the erstwhile ser- rotary of stato at Ihe Vatican, his cnii- Bffjffj nencc. Mariano Cardinal Uampollu. Mar- K(U f I tils del Tlndaro. emerges so eonsph u- B If I ft ously in all recent gossip liansmitt'.id Mia from the eternal city to the newspapers Ji of Kuropc as to give piquancy to the a- bIIIe scrtlon of the Independance Beige I Bi ns- lullt sols) that he is now tho most "popabio" nu member of the, whole sacred college. In Ilf the strict sense of the word, as wo are II Hill reminded by the London Times, all vai- iii m dlnals arc papabill, as tho Italians sa. nam for there is no office nor age which pre- llfjit eludes their election to the papaoV. There 9 & exists a vaguo idea, that neither tho IBM camcrlengo uor Ihe poiititk-al secretary Bfl In of state Is eligible, though both have been I DttJil elected in the past. The term "popable," I BjljBj howovcr, is used in Rome somewhat in 1 fliflflU the way wc Americans speak of a presi- C Miffl dcntlal possibility as "available." Tho fiMtH Italians distinguish certain members of ! Si the sacred collego as "papabill" . when iftiffli they mean that one among them will HIB probably be the next pope. In this sense BRuti only does the Independance Beige refer , Dftjlj lo Cardinal Rampolla as a "popable of Imffl the Ilrst order," an impression of his cmi- IlilfiS nonce widely disseminated just now In filfllll newspaper columns abroad RIghllv or illllf wrongly, the view that Plus X. Is a con- MlHlf firmed Invalid gains credence In Europe. H SlrM together with a belief that the radical 1 2Hjfj departure from the policy of Leo XIII. r sif 1 1 that characterizes the present pontiilcato l' fljlfj bus proved a mistake. The consequence Is asserted to be a decided, harmony be- 8 0 tweon Cardinal UainpoIIa and his oppo- 3 Jwllw neuls in the last conclave. Current Lit- I Ww crattire (May). 1 1 hh |