The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-06-18

the standing o. candidates. that might
prejudice the people aeAaust then IN case
OF esec<3on- Il vouId be interfe<eAee %
the worst sort. ana no good could come
out OF such practices, especially - the
passions q the franchise holders would
Be unnecessarily aroused and the c0ntro-
vessy deeDensaL
The name Of the ear ana member of
The Imperial family must nsvsf b men
toned szcept IN assseses and teens re-
printed from the imperial Ga1et1& Cn-
der ordinary circumstances there b and
there can Be no exception from this rule
which. also. In q measure. applies to tn
ancestors Of their maJestisa.
Editors muat particularly refrain from
printing or abiding 70 expressions as-
crfbed 10 either Of their matootiea- II IN
editor wants to print an item concerning
these august pefsonaSes that has not pre-
he shall submit II TO the minister Of the
imperial house. Who Will grant permits
ston or withhold II. ~ he sees flt-
typographical errors In the imperial
name or In names Of members OF tho TIM
periaI family viii make the editor. pub
Usher. foreman Of the composing room
and the typesettsr liable to severe pun
tshmenf
when-God forhid,-the esar or the
cxarine Il Ill. newspapers are allowed
only to print such bulletins and news that
appears In the Omcial Gazette They are
also forbidden 10 print articles concern
ing the nature OF the Illness from which
the imperial person may suffer. For In
stance. when her ma esty II with child.
articles concerning Collaborating must
not be admitted to the columns Of any
newspaper printed In Russia II the car
has cold. the newspapers must not
print articles concerning catarrh. pueu-
monia or similar diseases.
II public prayers are ordered for the
beneft Of . sick member Of the imperial
family, editors are not allowed to COM
ment on the fact. and X . member OF the
imperial family dies. the newspapers
must not indulge In boundiess grief. a.
otherwise the respect and the love due
to the successor may be lost sight Of.
Those artistic institutions which come
under the administration Of the minister
Of the imperial house are above criticism
By the press. a. such criticism would
necessarily reflect upon the high offlciai
mentioned. He alone has the right to
Judge the managers Of these institutions.
whom he appoints and directs- The d.
Petersburg press recently commented
upon . quarrel between the director Of
the imperial opera and . musician en-
gagged BY him. That was indecent inter-
wrongdoers have been punished. II In
Justice Is done 10 any employe OF an Inn
perial institution. the minister OF the i'm
perial house viii hear of Il and the mat
ter will b rectified In the ordinary course
Of business. The press has nothing TO do
with II.
PaAishments.
Al to the punishmsnts. there asu seven
kinds Of them.
An editor may be forbidden TO sail
copies OF hts paper TO any one save yearly
subscribers
He may be asked" to omit all adyer-
Using matter from his columns.
He may be fined from loo TO 5000
rubles. or sent to prison. or may be de-
ported.
His Newspaper may DO suppressed by .
stroke OF the pen.
He may be otherwise severely pun
ished according to the gravity OF the
charge" Otherwise means a living
grave In Schlusselsburg. or the gallows.
There u . general uncertainty about the
puntshments. They are not made TO At
certain crimes as outlined by the new
laws. but seem TO be thrown together In
. basket. from which the court extracts
one or another according to its pleasure
Was public opinion ever more e6ectu-
ally suppressed? Was lese majestic ever
AdItheIs 1cIuApS once. un0ef tho
Empress Anne, when Il was q capital Of
Tense to drop coin upon the floor. for
that coin was adorned by her majesty's
picture. But, generally speaking. more
draconic measures OF the kind were never
enacted.
The world At large II directly inter-
ested In these press laws. because they
will affect foreign affairs. The war lords
OF Austria, italy and Germany and the
governments OF France and England can
not add single man to their armies
without tho consent OF their parliaments:
Russia has no parliament. and the organs
OF publicity there are permitted to print
only things that the administration wants
to have published. while the telegraph
censorship and the black cabinet" keep
the foreign correspondents In check
Really. the car seems to have the ad-
vantage OF his constitutional bons frcres.
New York Press.
Use the fewest possible words when you
have anything 10 say.