| Show THE u GENERAL l lf OF f THE J JESUITS II First Steps in the thc Election Electon of the Black Pope Are Ae Now Being Taken DELEGATES ARE IN SECLUSION I hg for lit ItI I 1 Aro ru ro strictly Scud Sept S SHome Home Kept Sel eIt The first steps slept In the election of the I he black p pp pope pt or gen general en oral eral of or the Jesuits Josul go so anxiously await awai e e 01 l by b over Jesuits all al over the world and of such BUth groat Importance by I all nil the adherents of ot the th Catholic church arc now iOs being taken After Aler time the the period of or four days of it I the Ihl strictest seclusion In itt II which the congregation of i the Com Company Cm pany pan of or Jesus for the time final election of or their belt general anti and nc which began helan yesterday tIme the flash meeting will wil occur for the counting of or the tho bit hii lots loin leading heeding to 10 the Iho election All th time delegates entitled to In time Ih meeting will wi rise Hse iR early tal that morn immons morning ing In Jept elt S for mass ma A none nono of them to the thc OI of title thU function 1 lii bo be al allowed allowed lowed tu it I exve t the thc vicar iu II Ir In the tIme chapel of ot the lie German college le He lie will vili wi also alpl administer communion to II all al the dele dale delegate gate Time The Tie scene acetic lene of or over three score ore black clad men inca I el with white hair amid earnest eanest faces aces for or their high mission will viiI wil be most 10 t impressive The delegates will wt then rise rie nod and Ild forming a n procession lol enter the th large lurge hall ball hul of or the he herman student stude II the time ent eni Creator The he hall hal will 1 be vet 1 severely n a large laige laHe hanging on the he main wall above the table tom for time the antI and Ont thc assistants In front of oC which wi be rows of desks for or tho the delegates II t I culT sufficiently Ilm far apart to 10 admit of each writing secretly Once assembled R s the they will wi all al fall fail on 01 their th h knees and a deep silence will wil ensue which will wi not he Interrupted for an hour They The will wi till isil 11 pray hiray to 10 be bc Inspired by b God In iii II the se cc selection 9 lection they are nrc about to make ns as they are re supposed not to 10 have hRC made up UTI their minds as al to the tue best person on to choose It u being strictly for forbidden Or bidden to show any al preference In the Information which they the to try tr to collect the before the day da of oC tIme thc tie election Most of the Jesuits JuIP especially the older ones ne will wi carry into Inlo tho th halt hall some Ile bread and a bottle of water vater an aa II they the will 1 not have MIen eaten since the night before and tImer they arc not nt allowed either to leave e the halt hall hallor hal or to touch anything hut but bread and wAter until the election Is II over oer After having appointed two ers era to the vicar In sorting anti Ind reading time the votes OtI each delegate will wi take lake a I solemn oath In time the tle name aetna IRIO of Christs Christa eternal wisdom to he be faithful In the accomplishment of o their atTIre o 1 rl Then each will wil bo he provided with wih printed sheets heel I on which inside on 01 tho time right they the will viii 1 write wro the name of ot the thc candidate and ald on the thc left If their own In II disguised ed handwriting to further tho the secrecy of the th vote ole Tho Th sheets will wi then bo h folded and ea I M so 0 that In iii II opening them for lor the tIme scrutiny iny II iti the tho name of or the tIme voter oler will 11 be con cashed and will wi not nl be looked at un no I le IEM Ices K an Irregularity IK Is tl suspected or that the voter has haJ voted Oll for rOI himself which Is II strictly forbidden This WHIP Mma operation will viii wi be repeated until one une ot or the lime candidates has ha attained more snore than hats half of or the votes Once Oe the majority la is II gained by b a R candidate he will wi be b pro proclaimed 11 r claimed elected and und all present I wil rise rice approach him reverently and Ind ren ten render render der tiet him homage by h hi hl his hand handA A decree will wi then l ie he e drafted record recording tord log ing Ilg the Ito meeting and the tte results of or th the vote ote Immediately after the general leading the time delegates del will wt go 10 In pro procession pl procession cession r to the thc chapel singing the and Ime arP myer they the will wi leave lene tIme the chapel Intoning the tho Te To Deum The block black pope will 1 then receive th the congratulations lon of his friends A A general of or the Jesuits Is II i appointed for lor life Ic and from the th ilay 1 of his hll elec eba election tion Is I the absolute ruler of or the order but the work of the congregation will wi continue for a few rv days after Sept Sept S I for or the ho election of the generals I as assistants r who 10 also are chosen for life le leor or to be bc b more mor exact their ther appoint appointments n ments which continue during durl the thc lift life Iff of tIme the general generl as a in II his hi death ceM th their functions cease II The congregation will wi also aiM appoint a secretary for the general and a mon monitor lor the he I of or time the latter consisting In itt the general who wo however Is entirely Independent of o him Gen Oen Generally orally emU both these there positions are re en entrusted ef entrusted trusted to two of the assistants Their election elfton as 11 wll well as RI that thI of or the thc assle 1 tattle tants I 5 carried out under exactly the same rules ruler ns as R that of o the th general I |
