The organ of this party is _El Pais_, which, although its sale is very much smaller, has the largest circulation among the working classes after _El Liberal_. The paper, as might be expected from the literary renown of the leaders who direct it, is extremely well written, the staff including some of the most highly educated Progressives in Spain. It is possible, however, that the standard of intellectuality maintained in its leading articles militates against its success with the people. The numerical strength of the Republicans is small. Thus, the circulation of _El Pais_ being comparatively limited, the Reactionists are not nearly so much afraid of its influence on the country as of that of _El Liberal_, and indeed seem to treat it almost with indifference. It is sold at the same price as the papers of the _Sociedad Editorial_. THE SOCIALIST PARTY =Lerroux, Pablo Iglesias, Nakens.=--The Socialists in Spain have a very small following, and that confined to a few of the industrial cities, chiefly in the north. They formed a coalition with the Republicans to secure the rout of the Clericalists at the Municipal Elections of 1909, but the party is disunited, Iglesias and Lerroux seldom coming into line with each other, while neither of them goes so far as Nakens, editor of the Socialist organ _El Motin_ and a violent revolutionary. _El Motin_ has a very small circulation, and the programme of the Socialists has no serious influence in Spanish politics. The Separatist, Regionalist, and other groups of Catalans exist solely for the political purposes of that province, and play no part in the programme of either of the national parties. The so-called Anarchist party, of which so much has been heard abroad, is practically non-existent. Their sporadic publications have no genuine circulation and seldom live for over a month.[30] THE REACTIONARY, CLERICALIST, OR ULTRAMONTANE PARTY The leader of this party, =Maura=--for many years a Liberal and the intimate friend of Moret--adopted Conservative principles under Silvela, and on his death was chosen to be leader of the Conservative party. His Liberal proclivities at first influenced him in the direction of reform, and gave him a strong and united following among the true Conservatives. But as time passed he developed so much religious fervour that he has now become recognised as the protagonist of the Religious Orders and the hope of the Church in the rapidly approaching final struggle with the State. Down to July, 1909, Maura was able to hold the Conservative party together, notwithstanding the marked development of reaction in his policy. But after the events at Barcelona the Conservatives proper withdrew their support on his programme of repression, and since his Cabinet fell in October of that year, he has been universally regarded more as the tool of the Ultramontanes than the leader of the Conservative party.