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Show HOLDS POWER IN SPAIN. Strong Premier at Head of Affairs in That Country. j Senor Francisco Silvela, who has succeeded Senor Sagasta as premier s aho has jmrjuccetaeo mcmen Mcasta of Spain, and who has just formed a xew cabinet, occupies a peculiar place among Spanish statesmen... He is what has been called a dissident conserva tive. For many years he has been prominent in the public life of Bis country, notably during the agitation preceding the late war with the TJnit--ed States, to prevent -which he used all of his persuasiveness as journalist and statesman. He is noted . for: his personal integrity. : ' ' |