The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-01-26
THE REST GRAFTON OF THE SPAN
ISH BOURBONS.


THE REST GRAFTON OF THE SPAN
ISH BOURBONS
THE Bourbons have yet foothold in Spain,
and the chances that the family will Jhti-
mately regain possession of the throne are
much improved by the action of the Cortes
yesterday, when the proposition to exclude
them was defeated by the decisive vote of 161
to SO. This will materially advance the
prospects of the Duke of Montpensier, who is
now, however, figuring in the not very re-
spectacle role of a candidate for seat in the
Cortes who is likely to be defeated by Re-
publican opponent. In spite of this, how
ever, it is not more than probable that Mont
pensier and his wife-the sister of Isabella
1-may be seated on the throne
because anybody else can be found to fill it,
1t is not impossible, however, that the Em-
peror Napoleon will use all his influence to
prevent any such result as this, as he has
strong objections to the advancement of any
member of the Orleans family. On the occa-
sion of the recent Cabinet imbroglio caused
by the resignation of the Ministry when the
family of the Duke of Genoa refused to
allow him to become a candidate for the
throne of Spain, the Emperor Napoleon
spoke in very severe terms to Senior Olozaga,
the Spanish ambassador at Paris, on the
state of affairs in his country. He said that
Spain was disgraced in the eyes of
Europe, and that Portugal was COM
planning thnt socialist and communist
theories were being preached in Spain, adding
that France also had right to make the same
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cantly that up to the present time he had not
interfered in Spanish affairs, but that the
existing state of affairs must cease as soon as
possible. This was certainly very plain talk
and it is very likely that it was the imme-
diate cause of the action of the Cortes yester-
day. That they have mended matters, how
ever, it is not easy to see; and the election of
Montpensier may and very likely will afford
the Emperor a reason for interfering even
if it does not give him an excuse that
he will care to avow to the world.
Spain is certainly in very bad
way at present, but unsatisfactory as IS the
administration of the provisional govern
ment, the restoration of the Bourbon family
cannot be esteemed other than a calamity of
the first magnitude, but then if none of the
other European princes will take the throne
once gloriously filed by such monarchs as
Ferdinand and Isabella, what are they to do2
unless indeed they take the advice we have
frequently given them, and invite some smart
Yankee to come over and king it for them SO
as to give them fresh start in the world.
WHAT A CONGRESSMAN CosTs.-Mr. Dawes,
in presenting to the House Of Representa-
tives the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial
Appropriation bill, presented a recapitulation
of the amounts appropriated by it, showing
that the committee had Topped off So, ,692, Alb
from the estimates, leaving but $19, 203, ,097
to be taken from the Treasury. The figures,
even after this revision, will bear profitable
Investigation, and show that President Grant
and his 6abinet are not responsible for every
dollar of the peoples money that is recklessly
squandered. A full Senate consists of seventy
four members, and their united expenses,
including compensation, mileage, officers,
and Contingencies" amount to $G57, ,258,
or $8882 for each member The House,
when all the States are fully represented as
they soon will be, and including the dele
gates from the Territories, numbers 251 men,
bers, whose expenses similar to the above
foot up $1,9O3,613, which gives 1854 to
each. In both cases the amounts are exclu-
sive of the burdens entailed upon the country
by the franking abuse, the printing of worth
less documents, the interest on the cost of
the gorgeous edifce which was built for the
accommodation of congressman, and various
other items which are ''too numerous to men
ton, as we'll as some that do not expose
themselves to the vulgar gaze. If Con-
gressman's salary of $4,000 embraced all, or
even half, of the expense to which the coun-
try is subjected by his Congressional exist
ence, he would be almost a profitable insti-
tuition.
The PHILADELPHIA DELEGATION in the Ma
tional House of Representatives are working
earnestly to secure the prompt passage of the