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Pavia had done away with the Cortes and the Federal Republic. He vainly attempted to crush the Carlists in 1874, and to check the Alphonsist military See also:

CONSPIRACY (from Lat. conspirare, literally to breathe together, to agree, combine, and especially to form a secret plot)

conspiracy that overthrew the See also:

government bf Marshal Serrano at the end of See also:

DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1894. Barely eight months after the restoration of the Bourbons in the autumn of 1875, Sagasta accepted the new See also:

state of things, and organized the Liberal dynastic party that confronted Canovas and the Conservatives for five years in the Cortes, until the Liberal See also:

LEADER, BENJAMIN WILLIAMS (1831– )

leader used the See also:

INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence of his military See also:

ALLIES, THOMAS WILLIAM (1813-1903)

allies, Jovellar, See also:

Campos and others, to induce the See also:

king to ask him to See also:

FORM (Lat. forma)

form a See also:

CABINET

Cabinet in x88r. The Liberals only retained the confidence of the king by postponing the realization of almost all their democratic and reforming See also:

PROGRAMME, or PROGRAM

programme, and limiting their efforts to See also:

FINANCIAL

financial reorganization and See also:

TREATIES

treaties of See also:

commerce. A military and republican rising hastened Sagasta's fall, and he was not readmitted into the See also:

COUNCILS

councils of See also:

ALPHONSO

Alphonso XII.

On the See also:

DEATH

death of that king in 1885, Sagasta became premier with the assent of Canovas, who suspended party hostility in the See also:

early days of the regency of Queen See also:

Christina. Sagasta remained in office until 189o, See also:

long enough to carry out all his reform programme, including universal See also:

SUFFRAGE (Lat. suffragium)

suffrage and the See also:

ESTABLISHMENT (0. Fr. establissement, Fr. etablissement, late Norm. Fr. establishement, from O. Fr. establir, Fr. etablir, Lat. stabilire, to make stable)

establishment of trial by See also:

JURY

jury. A See also:

COALITION (Lat. coalitio, the verbal substantive of coalescere, to grow together)

coalition of generals and Conservatives turned Sagasta out in July 1890, and he only returned to the councils of the regency in December 1892, when the Conservative party split into two groups under Canovas and Silvela. He was still in office when the final rising of the Cubans began in February1895, and he had to resign in See also:

March because he could not find See also:

SUPERIOR

superior See also:

OFFICERS

officers in the See also:

army willing to help him to put down the turbulent and disgraceful demonstrations of the subalterns of See also:

MADRID

Madrid See also:

garrison against See also:

NEWSPAPERS

newspapers which had given offence to the military. Sagasta kept quiet until nearly the end of the struggle with the colonies, when the queen-See also:

REGENT (from Lat. regere, to rule)

regent had to dismiss the Conservative party, much shorn of its See also:

PRESTIGE

prestige by the failure of its efforts to pacify the colonies, and by the assassination of its See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief, Canovas delCastillo. Sagasta's See also:

ATTEMPT (Lat. adtemptare, attentare, to try)

attempt to conciliate both the Cubans and the See also:

UNITED

United States by a tardy offer of colonial See also:

home See also:

RULE

rule, the recall of General Weyler, and other concessions, did not avert the disastrous See also:

war with the United States and its See also:

CATASTROPHE (Gr. Karaurpoch, from KaraQrp4ecv, to over-turn)

catastrophe. The Liberal party and Sagasta paid the See also:

PENALTY (Lat. poena, punishment)

penalty of their lack of success, and directly the Cortes met in March 1899, after the See also:

peace treaty of the loth of December 1898 with the United States, they were defeated in the See also:

SENATE (Lat. senatus, from root sen-, as in senex, old; the root is the Sanskrit sana, cf. Gr. 'vos; the same element appears in senor, seigneur, seneschal)

senate. He pursued his policy of playing into the hands of the See also:

SOVEREIGN

sovereign whilst keeping up the appearances of a Liberal, almost democratic, leader, skilful in debate, a See also:

TRIMMER, JOSHUA (1795-1857)

trimmer See also:

PAR (Lat. par, equal)

par excellence, and abler in opposition than in office. He returned with the Liberals to See also:

POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power in March 1901. His task, however, was beyond his years. The economic situation was of the gravest. Strikes and discontent were rife.

Still, Sagasta held on long enough to See also:

witness the surrender of the regency by Queen Christina into the hands of her son, Alfonso XIII., in May 1902. In the following December Sagasta was defeated on a See also:

VOTE

vote of censure and resigned office. Shortly afterwards he See also:

fell into See also:

ill-See also:

HEALTH

health, and died at Madrid on the 15th of See also:

JANUARY

January 1903.

End of Article: SAGASTA, PRAXEDES MATEO (1827—1903)

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