The Monticellonian., 1898-05-06
SPANISH HISTORY.
Who the CarIists Are and Their Po- sition in spain-The Present Pre-
 tender to the Throne.

and particularly the rumor that the person known as Don Jaime de Bourbon proposes to put himself at the head of the Carlist party, may incite curiosity in some to know who the Carlists are and what they stand for in Spain. | Ferdinand N.. who came to the throne | of Spain after the earth had settled from the Napoleonic earthquake, mar ried, fer his fourth wife, Maria Chris tina, daughter of the king of Naples,
 sister of the duchess de Berri and niece
 of Queen Marie Amelie, wife of King
 Louis Philippe of France. Ferdinand, 1always miserable creature, like most 1 Spanish monarchs, became more miser- able after his fourth marriage. He fell
 completely under the domination of his
 handsome, energetic, ambitious and
 thoroughly unprincipled wife,
 Queen Maria Christina was determined
 that the crown of Spain should descend
 10 her family. But governing the de- scent was the decree of Philip N., which had been law in Spain for 120 years and which declared that no woman could reign in Spain where there lived a male descendant of Philip ". In default of male heirs from the marriage of Ferdi- nand Y. and Maria Christina, the law ful successor under the decree of Philip V. was Don Carlos, Ferdinand's brother As it turned out, the first child born 10 this couplesvas a girl, Isabella, who, II months fdfef, was followed by q sis ter. Even before the birth of Isa bella, Queen Maria Christina began a movement for the setting aside of the law of Phillip Y. Ferdinand, for con siderable period, resisted, but yielded at last, and on April 6, 1910, ordered that an incomplete decree by Charles N, in 17s9, which appeared to repeal the Salic law, should be published and made per petual, All the Bourbons protested, and the king endeavored 10 undo his action by what was called decree of deroga- tion," but on his dcathbed he declared that his act was the result of misrepre- sentation, and was, therefore, null and void. This restored his act intended to make his daughter Isabella his heir. When Ferdinand died Marie Christina was reigning as queen regent, and the little girl Isabella was the heir appar- ent, just as the present Marie Chris tina reigns in the name of the little boy known as Alphonse XIII.
 The brother of Ferdinand, usually known as Don Carlos, but who iHdulged in the name and title at home of Car los Maria Isidor de Borbon-y-Borbon, infant of Spain, entered his protest be- fore the death of Ferdinand against all the proceedings setting aside the Salic law admitting the female line, and de- clared himself the lawful heir-apparent to the throne of Spain. Immediately on the death ef Ferdinand the northern provinces of Spain rose and declared for King Charles, as he was styled, and these people were called Carlists, name which continues to exist. Those who adhered to the existing government, the government of the queen regent were popularly called Chrlstinos.
 The cause of Don Carlos, dear to the Spanish heart as standing for bigotry and despotism, seemed at one tine like ly to triumph, but was betrayed by one ofits generals, Morotto. Don Carlos fled from Spain, and i'll 1874 abdieated in ia vor of his son, the second Don Carlos. Cabrera invaded Spain in 1s49, but he neglected his former practice of mar- dering and mutilating his prisoners, and his efforts were not supported with the former enthusiasm. The second Don Carlos attempted to enter Spain i'll ISIS and again in 1860, when he was arrested and signed remuneration of his claims to the Spanish throne. The present pre-. tender is q third Don Carlos, grandson of the first, son of Don Juan He has made several attempts to overthrow he government of Spain; the most formid. able beginning in 1873 and lasting until 1876. The Don Jaime, who is deseriped as desirous of mixing in Spanish affairs as the head of the Carlists, is the son of the third Don Carlos.
 It is a noticeable fact in Spanish his tory that no real curse ever permanent ly departs from Spain. One of the per manent attlietions of Spain is what may be termed Garlsm. In no other country IS such party as the Carlists possible. T. is party wiling to shed its blood for government of the worst type of the fourteenth century. There have been many Garlist risings, and they are perpetuaiiy expected. Bad as the worst Spanish government may be, there is always worse one threatening.-ka sas City Star.