The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-08-09

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premiership and uAs eEccset@1 1y cam
Ess,s. wns, as,uspsed as MS colleagues tie
r7rfrs<.IrsaI associates Of Senior G2aoyaS-
The. orpoxasfor raised ~ the policy OF
CarnpTss sSor forced him 20 retire Senor
canovas still fully resisted. delayed ana
finally defeated the free trade ard er-aarcs-
patton projects Of Canpos- on the re-
assembling ef sfsc c0rses ssl December, isGs
Cagspos gave up the aEEsrz2t so coa61et
the government ard Senb- Canvas FORM
ed a new ca SsueE OF Lsecesrhsr h wath
second Cuban tnsurreestoa 10 be dealt
with
He charged Gen. Blsnco sish iris task.
hgt fhs FeaeGi0uaTy tendency of his hnrse
policy became mare snd more marked.
undl ths financial g-n5ects IN wbich he
wished te exssbs * drew upon him the 1l--
Ter Attacks. not Only Of Castelar, aa5 the
Republicans but a.$a those OF campos and
s4gasfa and re was compelled 10 resign.
In lsss he returned zgatEl 20 power. oAt
his conservative cabsne. WAS speedily ever
thrown aad 4 coalition government. with
Ssgasta and Campus at its head. took the
reigns OF affairs
AZ the general election Of the anne year
he was returned 70 the cortes from
Madrid ard became the chief Spokesman 4
OF tbs Intermediate party. known as tie
party u Conserv rvstiye Liberals. On Jana-
ary as 1855 be was called upon 20 form
Conservative ministry. IN order 20 secure
a ma l0Fity devoted ike himself 20 ideas
OF order and !ibergy, In harmony with the
n.0narcas;ii principle, ne dissolved the
cortes and the new elections resulted Ia
vorab.y. But or November -. iss5. on
the question Of the occupation Of the caro-
line islands By Germany. me was again
compelled to resign. DefTg succeeded hy
Senor Sagasta The same day he was
elected president of the enainber by -
votes against li@ cast for Senior Romero
Robi@,lo. and he sfgnalizesi his entrance
upon nis nsw functions by 3 funeral
eulogy Of KING Alfonso Kill, who mad
diea the previous day.
Ia 1859 another reversal brought him
back 10 power. and on July 8 he took the
presidency OF the Conservative cabinet,
replacing the Liberal ministry OF Sagas~a.
Two years later the pendulum swung TO
the opposite extreme, and the Liberals.
under Senior Sagasta. Won the general
elections and retained power until lS2,
when 1isagres rnents in the Ssgasta cab
ines led the queen regent 10 summon
Ganoyas again TO the premiership. Cano-
vas came last into power on February I.
Ks5. A number OF officers had broken and
Iillaged the offices OF various new pa pegS
which had made insnna0ions against the
conduct Of officers engaged in suppresSing
the Cuban revolution. The war minister
the premier. Sagasta. ordered the journal
lists to be protected. Tnis led 10 the re-
tireuaent of the ministry.
Marshal campcs was temporarily made
captain general OF Madrid. and the great
est excitement prevailed. Finally Senor
Canoyas formed a ministry. although he
lacked the support of a section OF the
Conservative party.
The government was defeated on a vote
OF censure on June 8. 1876, but did not re-
sign. The general elections of April. 1896.
returned an overwhelming majority 10 the
cortes in favor Of the policy OF the Cano-
vas ministry. though the opposition
charged that the miaisterialists carried
many OF the districts by gross frauds.
On June last, Senior Canovas rendered
the resignation of the cabinet, owing to
the difficulty the ministry experienced III
carrying on the government. in View OF
the parliamentary situation. caused BY
the Liberals TO take pa<t in the delibera-
tions OF the cortes. The attitude of the
Liberals was due TO personal encounter
between the Duke of Tetuan, minister OF
foreign affairs. and Prof. comas. dis
tinguished Liberal senator. on May u.
when the duke slapped the face OF the
professor after a heated debate on the
Morgan resolution adopted by the United
States senate.
After four days conference with the
leaders of all political parties. the queen
regent requested him to withdraw the
resignation OF the cabinet and he did so.
being confirmed by the crown in bis min
isterial powers with the personnel and
policy of the cabinet unchanged.
Senior Canovas was the author of nu-
merous works on moral and political sci
ence. and of history of The house of
Austria" which is in high repute and q
history Of the decline OF Spain from the
accession of Phillip III. TO the death Of
Charles IL" which ranks fayorably
among the works OF its class from Span
ish writers.
Under the title of "El Solitario" he pub
lished a monograph dedicated To one OF
his uncles. Estebanes Calderon. OF his
literary studies the one Of most general
interes; is a volume on the contemporary
Spanish theater. which appeared In 1856.
He had received the Insignia of the Or
der Of the Red Eagle from the emperor Of
Germany. the grand cross of the Order of
the Tower and Sword from the King of
Portugal and the Golden Fleece from the
King OF Spain.
sherman on the AssasSinatior
WASHINGTON. Aug. s-This govern
ment has probably received the formal
notification of Premier Canovas' assasslna-
ton. but. II so. il is locked up with othe~
dispatches in the state department. and
Will not be known until Secretary Sher~
man reaches the department to morrow.
Secretary OF State Sherman received the
first news OF the AFFAIR through the Asso-
ciated Press bulletin. lie expressed deep
interest IN the details lie said: This
deplo-able event will have some effect. of
course. on the political affairs IN Spain
hGt 20 what extent / cannot say The
death of ole man IS not necessarily going
10 change the sentiment OF the whole
country Spain is a very tenacious coun-
try. Her money Is gone. Her resources
have been exhausted. But she means.
evidently 20 hold ol 10 Cuba Just how
she can do il under these circumstances
I cannot Ste. Yer she ls opposed 10
yielding point. Premier Canovas was
"a strons partisan. Ae VAS the chief ex-
mined 10 keep the island at all hazards.
Seemingly Spain Is almost a ua!t on this.
taacFas Was "a strong factCr in th,. move
ment Of Spain bUs II Is not Impossible
that another WIN be found 20 replace him
In ta8t important ofiicc. rsvlng similar
views and The sam pronounced ideas.
How &c may be In this case. am not able
20 say. out Jhe effects. politically. Of such
au event are NOT essentially far-reachlng.
and havr no, always produced radical de-
Nelapwen5s A. 10 the consequences of
tas coDtlrt IN Cuba / 90 not care 20 talk
havc ~ official Information Of the
a-sassifstjou. and must refrain from
Nc7iJring Eaessfs as tc wrar il may effect
tn the future.
Asked as IA how long ha now thought
the Cuban iuSurrection might last, he re-
plivd that that was probl~lua fical and he
Gld not cage 30 discuss .t. He added that
he n#d heard various names OF prominent
headers ln spain mentioned bat he was