The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-05-27

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Co.'S OF these only the Republicans
and the caflisia have a clear md def
Unite programme and 4 may even "
said that only the hitter have real
3Natchwora Indeed. 60 great L. ~
diversity of opinion between tie Be;
and the cafllsts that thsy
Fla able 70 eifect lIttie though thEt
control what Is lamefi caIIy sttone
minority tthitts III me corte rht
Conservative and BeFals are thl
EXPERIMENTAL parties 81 rday, and
thfy, thanks to d ysteti oE alletiS!
tlon. or turn about succeed each othst
|. Empower III accordance With the rcyal
viii. Bnt The curl1ps Trims. aboal
these political aggregations Is that
they do mot have cleef and definite
creed or political programme The
Conservatives Of to-day are the I-iber.
ais Of yesterday, for they, thanks Y
an evolutionary movement Of the Left
found themselves on the RiEht aud
were given the name Of reaction
aries However. the Liberals, who
now and then use "radicallsms and
anti-clericalismP as watch~ords Of
their party forget their promises when
once In power andln the majority Of
enses continue the bolicv of their pre.
decessors. Il
In spite of all. however. in the gen,
eral method Of ADMINISTRATION Spain
Is being. regenerated. Opposition OF
agreement. for example, has brought
about guarantees OF stability to the
public functionaries. thus doing away
with the multitude Of unemployed
persons which each change of govern.
ment used TO bring The type Of
''cesante' dismissed public oticer) is
becoming more rare every day, and Il
isto be hoped that this evolution,
having thus commenced. will end BY
completely destroying the type.
The life Of the provinces has gained
a great impetus In the last few years:
barcelona, Bilbao, Valencia. Zaragoza,
valladolid, &C., are establishing new
industries and opening markets within
and without the kingdom. However
the character distinctive Of each Of
these provinces and Ithe necessity Of
defending special interests cause
certain spirit Of dIscord or rivalry TO
exist between then, Barcelona, for
example, an industrial province par
excellence, needs to import The greater
part Of the raw material for its man.
ufacturing, and so high tariff system
would be the ruin Of the Catalan re-
gioa. valencians, on the other hand.
whose greatest resource is agriculture,
are comparatively Indifferent to tariff
questions, for their prosperity depends
in great part on rates OF exchange.
Owing to the depreciation OF Spanish
currency they are able to sell their
products in foreign markets at a pre-
MUM which offsets the cost Of pro-
duction and handling.
This especial nature OF the various
regions gives them also very marked
political tendencies In the centers Of
Industry the body Of laborers is Repub.
llcan or Socialist Barcelona and its
nelghborhood, Madrid, Valencia, zarn.
goya, Bilbao, &cals The country peo-
pie on the contrary are for the most
part reactionary, although private In
terests or the pressure OF proprietor
upon tenant may be determinatiye Of
the farmers vote.
Feared by the great and powerful,
frequently of but little education but
Of cunning sagactty, an entangler Of
the clearest questions and an inter-
prefer OF the most difficult the "ca-
Clique" manages and upsets the govern.
ment OF a province. Mayors, Govern
os, Deputies. high and low officials,
all owe to him their posts and are his
instruments, going from Ministry to
Ministry dancing attendance while at
home in his little corner the ''caciqueS
with q shrewd Imagination prepares
the strokes OF local politics. The
Province Of CastelIon. which elects
seven Deputies, was managed by a
Kind Of committee called the COST, d.
rected By a person otthe middle class,
The political education OF tho Still
zen Is coming more and more into evil
dence, and with Its advance The in.
luence of the "carluue" tpolitlcal
''Chiefn or "boss") Is growing less, 50
that at present the regions in which
the will OF the latter dominates are
very few. A new political mower has
been constituted since the loss Of the
colonies and has been greatly aug
lnented in the last elections: ia soil
aarldad," the principle OF solidarity,
This is the concentration OF diverse
political tendencies Of section for the
defence of its interests against policy
Of Capitalization, Nowhere has the
central power been 80 hated as in
Spain, an effect without doubt of tho
lleterogeneity Of the nations compo-
nent parts. A Catalan does not de-
sIre to be classed with a GallcianSar
IN Andalqslen; a Valencian or a
MurcIan is very different from Ma
yprrese or a Basqre and the diversity