St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-12-01
spain,s Precarious Position.

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WASHINGTON, Nov. 30.-A good deal of
interest is felt in diplomatic circles since
King Alfonso's death regarding the situa-
ton in Spain, which offers encouragement
to both Carlists and Republicans to unsettle
the government and overthrow the reigning
family. Some interesting matters are
CLEANED from European diplomatics. Don
Carlos. who insists that he is the rightful
heir to the throne of Spain, would be heir
to the throne if the Salic law, which form
erly governed the succession in Spain and
prohibited the succession of a female had
not been abolished by King Alfonso's grand
father, Ferdinand VII, in order to secure
the crown to his daughter, Isabella H.,
Alfonso's mother. Don Carlos claims that
Ferdinand had no right to abolish the Salic
law; it is, therefore, still in force in Spain,
and that he is king by right. The growth
of public sentiment however, in favor of
liberal government, and the possibility
of Don Carlos, who represents
ultramontane, bigotry and intolerance, be-
ing called into power is very remote. A
republic might be possibility if the Repub-
licans were united among themselves, but
they are not. Their leaders are divided.
There is no cohesion in the Republican
party. Besides,
THE CATHOLIC CHURCH
and the property interests, two powerful
factors in the politics of Spain, fear re-
public and are opposed to it, so that the
chances of revolution in the direction of a
republic are not very great at present. The
situation in Spain is somewhat complicated
by the return of Sogast to the prime minis
try. He is one of the ablest men and most
expert politicians in Spain. He was
prime minister three years ago and
had to resign because his party could
not agree with itself. Whether he will
have the ability to harmonize these differ
ences now remains to be seen. The ten
denotes Of the Sogasta government would
be in the direction of a reform and of a lib
eral kind, if the country would remain at
peace and permit him to carry them out
The monarch does not interfere much in the
politics of the country or in the practical
affairs of the government. He merely acts
as kind of an arbiter between parties,
making selections and deciding which party
lister is really ruler of Spain. If Sogasta
can hold the Liberal party together Spain
may get over the death of the king without
serious trouble. But when ministry fails
to get majority vote in the Cortez it fails.
The English Elections.
LONDON, Nov. 30.-Returns received up
to midnight show that 1S0 Liberals. 157
Tories and % Parnellites have been elected.
The counties are apparently going Liberal.
Thirty seven divisions voted to-day. The
results will be announced tomorrow. There
is still no sign Of Liberal majority.
The present nominal majority of the
Liberals is due to Scotland's temporary inn
pulse. There are in England and Wales
23O unpolled divisions, of which the Con-
servatives estimate that they will secure
$50. London divisions complete return
thirty-seven Conservatives and twenty
three Liberals. The Pail Mall Gazette in
an analysis of the voting up to the close of
Saturday makes the Conservative gains
SO, and the Liberal gains 43, and estimates
the total vote cast as follows: Liberal,
1,042. .203; Conservative, 990,210. Sir A.
Cross, home secretary, is returned from the
Newton Willows division Of Lancashire
over Col. McQuardIe the Liberal candi-
date, by vote of 4,401 to 4,031.
Mr.. Gladstone writes that the union of
Parnellites and Tories has already taken be-
tween twenty and thirty seats from the
Liberals, but he refrains from passing judg
ment. as there is only one day left for yot-
luS. hC says.
My best efforts have always been in behalf
of the Irish.
Speaking at Buckley, Flintshire, to-day,
he said that the Liberal reverses were due
to the tomfoolery of nominating duplicate
candidates, the miserable imposture called
fair trade, and, lastly and chiefly, the Irish
vote of Great Britain. He had nothing to
say against his Irish fellow citizens
He had spent the best part of
his life in humble endeavors to do them
Justice, and he hoped that his party would
continue its efforts to aid the election cause.
The power of the Irish in the present cleo
ton had been spent. He was much sur
prised if the new county celebrates should
vote against themen who had been
FIGHTING THEIR BATTLES
for forty years. The following are addi-
tional returns of the parliamentary elections:
In the North division of County Monaghan
MI. T. 81. Healy, Nationalist, is elected
over Sir John Leslie, Conservative; in Clare,
Eastern division. Mr.. j. Cox, Nationalist, is
elected over Hon. l.. O'Brien, Conservative;
in Wicklow, Eastern division, Mr.
W. J. Corbett, Nationalist, is elected over