The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-01-22
wye SPANISH THRONE.
An Account OF the Disputed Successio
and the lain OF Carlos,

in Account OF the Disputed Succession
and the Chains OF Carlos.
Philadelphia Times.
The dispute owe the Spanish sue
cession, to which the death of Alfonso
Gives fresh in .esest, has it's origin in
the abolition by Ferdinand VII, by
TIE prasmatic sanction of March %,
1880, OF the Salic law OF the Bourbon
family. This was done at the instiga-
ton OF his wife, Maria Christina, a
Neapolltan princess, and the result
was to make their daughter, who was
born III that year, the heir to the throne
in place OF his brother, Don Carlos.
Thelatter entered It protest against his
exclusion from the throne, which was
sustained by the Bourbonic courts OF
Italy. and on the death OF Ferdinand
VII. i'll 1888 he was proclaimed Charles
", being supported by n majority
OF the clergy and the country people
throughout the kingdom.
The Salic law, it may be explained
was the code established by the Sail,
or Salic Franks who, under Clovis
founded the French Under
the Sale laws females were prohibited
from inhertipg landed property and
this feature OF their law continued to
prevail in France with respect to the
inheritance OF the crown, and also in
Spain, under the Borbon line, until
the date referred to. The transfer of,
the crown therefore, to the Infanta
Isabella, with the Queen Mother Maria
Christina as regent, was q departure
from tradition that was opposed by a
very large part OF the nation. The
Carllsts We're at first so successfuIthat
Christina was compelled to obtain
foreign recuits for her army, but after
the death ofZumalacarreguy, theCarl-
ist leader, the royal troops, under
command o. Espartero, gradually
gained the ascendancy. 1t was not,
however, until 1889 that the CarlTsts
We're finally overpowered and Don
Carlos fled to France, though the war
was not fully ended till a year later.
This was not accomplished until the
government had made many concess,
ions to the progressive party or exal-
tades and radicals, and had been com
PEELED to adopt Ina modified constitu-
ton OF 1912. Soon after this other
agitations arose, and in the autumn
OF 1910 Marie Christina resigned and
left Spain with a nurnbcr of conserva-
tive leaders, leaving the government in
the hands Of the progressive
party. The Cortes appointed
Espartero regent durrag the minority
OF the Queen, and under his admins
tration great advances were made in
the internal economy OF Spain, until
an attempt was made to seize upon
eh0rch property provoked general in
%surrection, and in 1S43 Espartero in
his urn embarked for England. The
queen was in this y~earderiared of age,
% moderate ministry was formed,
Christina was recalled, and soon after
the, constitution of 1S45 was adopted.
The ups and downs OF the reign OF
Isabella ii, have nothing to do with
the present subject. There We're sew
erali Carlist outbreaks, during this
period in favor of Don Carlos, Count
de Montemolin, known M, Charles VI,
the O OF the brother of Ferdinand
VIE, already spoken of as Charles V.
On his death, in 1861, his right de-
volved. on his brother, Don Juan, who,
in October, 1868, abdicated in favor
OF his, son, the present Don Carlos,
the titular Charles VII. This was i'm
mediately after the success OF the in
aurrectien in 1865 and the flight OF
Isabella from Spain. Don Carlos did
not make his entry into, Spain in as
sertion eli his claim to until
1873, the country having in themean-
while been passing through q period
OF stornh and stress with various
experimental governments. After
the fallgire OF the attempt to
establish Amadeus, son Of the King
OF Ltaiyr upon the throne, Marshal
Serrano, whose death is Just announc-
ed, and who was elected President OF
the ReFa,hlic, becameth the VIRTUAL ruler,
and devoted himself to the suppression
OF tho Csrlists. In this he succeeded,
but seei.g a Republic to,be impractic-
ably he nade no opposition to the re
stoYatidn OF the other branch of the
royal family in the person. OF Alfonso.
In 1916 after u long andgallant strug.
Gle, the Carlists received % final defeat
and Don Carlos withdrew from Spain.
In q manifesto issued. from Paris he
said: Being desirous1 al putting &
stopsp bloodshed, | foiisear continu.
ing II glorious but at present Ruthless
struggle. will never sign aconvenio.
My iiag remains furledl until the mo.
mant when God shall fix as the SUI,
preme hour OF redemption.
1t will be seen that tine situation to,
day is almost identicnLwith that wher
the grandfather of ths, present Dor
Carlos asserted his clayIm to the throne
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