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Show thi: iiiciion ui i run- A luat aiui from llrussels says that adecre of I'lus the Mnth haa lieu found which confirms the exclusive right of Ihe lardlnsla to elect Ihe l'l'I. II says that with the cardinals also rest tho authority of determining where thu elbt tlon ahall 1st held. There Is nothing new In this. The cardinal have for agea la en the sole i letters of lhul'uo. When tbo mini-tier mini-tier U comi lete, tbe college, aa It a called, consists of seventy. Uf these, six are cardinal bishops, fifty rardlnal 1 rlests, an 1 fourteen cardinal deacons. They form the Tope's high council, and are divided Into commltttts or tongregatloua for thetjuUktr dispatih of I uslneas. Home of thi ni make art of the foil's household. Immediately on tho demise of a roc, the cardinal chamltrlaln U-comta U-comta virtually at ling l'oe. He la uolste 1 hy the first cardinal rirst mid tlrst cardinal deacon. Catholic kings are notified of Ihe IVipe'a death, hurelgu cardinals are summoned to Rome Thu laxly of the dead l'oj Is taVen to Ht. I'eters, where Itllrslij statu for nine days, and the cardinals attend Ihe ceremonies every morning. 1'reparaUone are being made, meanwhile, mean-while, torthoeltctlon. Thu jlace In the Vatlcnti selected la called the Cull-clave. Cull-clave. A serlea of numbered colli lead, lugtualirgo hall male up the con clave, llltauf paters containing mini-bvra mini-bvra corrisK)uiitng to the telle are I laud In an urn, and , adf uuiIIujI tlrawaoue. Then hertpalratu thu tell the ajer calls for. After the ballullug cumniemea, tho tinllunlsaro tut awat from all Inter-courvuwltli Inter-courvuwltli the outside. Tlielr meals ure brought ty edtendauts, ami they must not Itaiu the Cunilavoou any a cou nt until thu diction la titer, riijsklaus, drugglstsaii I surgtons arc aNn In attinlanie, s that teii slik-ness slik-ness tunnot furnish an txcusu for I. ..lag. r no. thirds of the curjluala preseut must vole for the same peraon twfoic he can t eoonio rof. All tletlloli oflin lasts lur months. I tit-ru aru four in nits ol rot, dure In the elrtllon. flity aroknuwii as"acrutlni," '-ottveslou," "c mpromhe" aud"liispiratiou," ricru liny means nslnile formtif Utllotlng, nndifonuiieisoii i,iUtwo thirds of the bill .Is i is lie la slritid At ia-1 u mtans (hat If n ai litutigit ulu in uioortwiof thur tplltet tu in, ts, en I wfie theaiiuouiicement U n alt, ' I one nr two present signify a desire lo chan( their votes lohlin, Hie election j Is c implete. Compromise means that If there are two distinct parties In the field, anl loth agree ou n candllile, then tho election Is finished, liilm tlon t'mply miaus acclamation, A canllnal openly nominates a can lldate and the wit do body Immediately ratify It. I'lus I was circled In thla way. r.lecllou by taldlnall waa first aloted In IO.V). I'revlou lothls, the I'oss and even the bishops were elected by the prlrata and people, tail great disorder dis-order attended the elections. |