Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-06

prominent place as leader in the progress
ist party and editor Of a paper called the
Iberia" On account of the outbreak of
1866 he had to flee for his life and was con-
demned to death for treason. He was still
in exile at the time of the overthrow of
Isabella II. and. on the formation of the
provisional government was appointed
minister of public works. He subsequently
became minister of the interior, and then
of foreign affairs, acting in the latter ca
pacity throughout the year 1870.
On the accession of Amadeus, in January,
1871, he became minister of the interior
and later in the year gained notoriety as
the principal antagonist of Gorilla, the rad
ical leader. After a bitter struggle he was
elected president of the cortes in October,
1871. In December of the same year he
again became minister of the interior, and
also president of the ministry, but resigned
on January "a. 1872, in consequence of
the election of Gorilla as president of the
cortes. This resignation the king refused
to accept, and the corteS was dissolved.
Driven From Power by Gorilla.
At the elections held in April 1872, the
ministry obtained large majority, but
when the new cortes assembled the proofs
of Sagastas corrupt practices in securing
his majority were SO evident that he was
driven from power on June Is, 1872 by
Gorilla. In October following the cortes
went so far as to resolve, by a vote of 124
to 104, to consider articles Of impea chment
against Sagasta and his ministry, but moth
Ing further was done in the matter. Sa-
gasta, however, remained in private life
thereafter until the overthrow of CASTELAR,.
In January, 1874. he again appeared in
Office minister of foreign affairs, under
the presidency of Serrano. but was trans
ferred to the interior department in May,
and became president of the council in Au-
gust. He again retired from office on the
accession of Alfonso XII, and for a long
time was, practicaaly leader without
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offered to him by the king, but he declined
and did not give in his formal adhesion to
the new regime until Alfonso had been six
months on the throne. He continued to fig
ure in the cortes meanwhile as a deter
mined antagonist of anybody and every
body that might be in power In Nav,
1881. he joined Martinez Campos in organic
ing the new liberal party. The cabinet of
CanOVas del Castillo was oVerthroWn and
Sagasta and Campos by a coalition came
into power.
In and Out of Office.
Sasasta's ministry remained in office until
October, 1883, but he was again in power
i'll 1855, in 1883, and in 1885 his ministry re-
signed and was succeeded by that of Can
ovas del Castillo, who, in turn, after his
death at the hands of the assassin An
giollo, was succeeded by General Azcar-s
raga.
On October Q, 1897. Sagasta was again
called to power. He was at once confronted
with the troubles in Cuba and the Philip
pines. One of the first steps taken by him
was to recall General Weyler, then captain
general of Cuba, who was succeeded by
General Banco. The elections in Spain
shortly before the breaking out of the Span
ish-American war resulted in the return of
a large liberal majority to the cortes in sup
port of the premier.
After Dewey's brilliant victory at Manila
on May the ministers of marine and war
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