Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-13
THE CENTENNIAL OF SARAG0SSA

the congpess. There are three classes OF
secondly, 100 life senators appointed
by the crown. the total of the first and
second class cannot exceed $50: thirdly.
$50 senators elected by the communal
universities and academies and by the
largest contributors OF taxes.
Senators in their own right are the
sons of the king and of the immediate
heir to the throne; grandees. who are so
In their own right and can prove an an
nual rental Of 10000 pesatos, captains
general of the army. admirals OF the
navy. the patriarch and archbishop the
presidents of the council OF state. OF
the supreme tribunal. the tribunal Of
cuentas del reina, the supreme council
of war and of the navy after two years
Of office.
The elective senators must he renewed
by one-half every five years and by total
ity every time the monarch dissolveS that
part OF the cortes.
The congress is composed of deputies,
one to every $1,000 inhabitants. Deputies
to the number of ninety
Congress eight are elected by ''seru-
Of sn.;n tin de liste" in twenty
eight large districts. There
are in all 400 deputies. Neither senators
nor deputies are paid. but are supplied
with railroad tickets on favorable terms.
Deputies, on election. receive ticket
good for 1000 kilometers or 2, $50 miles.
The monarch appoints the president and
vice presidents Of the senate from men,
bers of the senate only.
Each province of Spain has its own par
Lament. the diputacion provincial the
| members of which are elected every year.
t,affn NJ 70 thn
diputaciones provinciales of the ayunta-
mientos the government and administra-
ton of the respective provinces and COM
munes.
announces that a very serious movement
is on foot to remove the capital from
Madrid to Barcelona, once the capital OF
Catalogue. The journals of Spain are
now discussing the subject; those of
Madrid. 1t will be readily understood, are
opposing the project with energy.
The reasons presented by those who
favor the removal of the capital to the
Mediterranean are, principally, because OF
the better climate of Barcelona, that OF
Madrid being execrable, and because of
the geographical situation and the devel-
opment of Spanish interests in the Medt-
terranean and closer contact with her
north African colonies. Besides. both king
and queen favor the removal because Bar
celona could be made their permanent
winter residence. Barcelonians are en-
thusfastic over the proposed removal and
Barcelonian merchants promise to con-
struct a palace at their expense.
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Spain has been the theater within the
past months Of series of events OF much
importance. The first of
Important these Is the Inauguration
Tz.,+. of the monument to Emil
lilo CASTELAR,. 1t was cele-
brated without official form, and also
without popular manifestation, but sim
ply as the respectful homages OF notables
of nearly all Spanish parties and intel
lectuals, who appreciated and understood
this sincere and constant democrat, who
was. more than all else, patriot.
In the speeches Of the president Of the
council of ministers and chief Of the con-
sentative and Catholic party, NJ. Maura,
as we'll as the old marshal, Lopez Do
minguez, president of the monument COM
| mission, extolled the virtues of Castelar,
and eulogized him as a fanatic patriot.
The Epoca, the principal organ Of the
cabinet and of the conservative party. re-
produced on the occasion of the inaugu-
ration of the monument a declaration of
CASTELAR, which is sort of confession of
faith:
Our republic" said Castelar,, "our ma
ton. was about to be lost; the utopia of
socialism which some fondled, the utopia
Of federation which had contributed to
encourage, would destroy the country,
the work of SO many centuries, always
dear to our hearts and to our intelligence.
understand that it was necessary to
throw into the abyss in which the ma
ton was being engulfed name. reputa-
ton, life. honor, If our Spain demanded,
this supreme and last sacrifice. because
the country should not die by our hands.
There was no army. I recruited it, there
was no discipline, re-estab lished it; there
was no order, 1 founded it; there was no
country, and already we have 1t. AS for
the rest, that gives me no concern"
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The Epoca adds: ut Is that sentiment
which we honor and ceiebrate-the grand
patriotism of this re-
Eloquent markable republican. 1t
rr;hu+a Is for that the country
owes him this distinction,
and it is for that the king, first of all
Spaniards. has desired the transfer of
the remains of CASTELAR, to the national
pantheon"
The former president Of the Spanish re-
public of 1873 has been placed by the will
of the king and the people alongside of
those who worked with him to establish
the revolution of September Prim, Sa-
gasta, Serrano. and alongside of the pa
triots Of another regime, Concha, Marti-
nez-Campos. Castagnos, Canovas-del-Cas-
tillo, Palafox.
In the matter of finance the ministry
Maura has encountered many obstacles
reform and retrenchment in expenses
civil and military.
In the cortes there arose a question Of
the kings visit to Barcelona on the oc-