Arizona republican., 1904-12-27

carried out locally conferences are now being held by commissioners specially selected from among the most exper- fenced of the highest administrative officials regarding the most important questions of peasant life, assisted in their investigation of the general needs of the agricultural industry by the knowledge and experience of local com lnittees We command those of labor to bring the laws regarding the pea sants into unity with general imperial Legislation. thereby facilitating the task of attaining the permanent security of this estate which, by the decree of the czar, the liberator, (Alexander) is re- cognized as consisting of free citizens possessing full rights.
 Surveying the wide domain of the peoples uttermost needs we regard as urgent in the interest of a legal strengthening of civic and public life;
 First, adoption of effective mea- sures for safeguarding the law in it's full force as the most important pillar of the throne of the autocratic empire III order that it's inviolable fulfillment for all alike shall be regarded as the first duty by all authorities and in all places subject to US: That it's non fullhlment shall Inevitably bring with it a legal responsibility for every arbi- trary act, and that persons who have suffered wrong by such acts shall be enabled to secure legal redress.
 ''Second-That the local and munich pal institutions should be given as wide scope as possible in the administra- tion of the various matters affecting the local welfare, and that they should have conferred upon them the neces- sary independence, within legal limita- tIoIis, and that the representatives Of all sections of the population interest ed in local matters should be called up- on, under equable conditions, to take part in those institutions, with a view to the complete satisfaction possible of their needs. Beside the governments hitherto existing there should be also established in close connection with them public institutions for the ad-
 ninistTation of local affairs in Iocali- ties of smaller extent.
 "Third-That, in order to secure equality of persons of all classes before the law, steps should be taken to bring ahout the necessary unification of judi cial procedure through the empire and to assure the independence of the courts.
 "r'ourth-That for the future de- velopmeEt of the measures introduced by us for the protection of workmen in factories, workshops and commer- 2ial establishments, attention is to be EIVen to the question Of the introduc- tiOn of state insurance for workmen.
 ''Fifth--That there should be a fevi- sion of the exceptional laws decreed at the time of an unparalleled outbreak of | enemies of public order and the appli- cation of which was attended with a grave extension of discretionary power "f the administrative authorities; and that at the same time sters should be taken for circumscribing their applica- tion within the narrowest possible limits and for assuring that the linita- ton of the rights of private persons in- volved in that application shall only be permitted in cases where actual safety or the state is threatened.
 ''Sixth-1hat in confirmation of my cndeviating hearts desire. as expressed in the imperial manifesto of March g, 1905, for the protection by the funda- mental laws of the empire of a toler- ance in matters of faith, laws dealing with the rights of communities and persons belonging to heterodox and lAOlA-N NliIiStldA COllIeSSiOnS SlOuiQ De submitted to revision. and that inde- nendently of this. measures should be taken for the removal of all limitations on the exercise of their religions not directly mentioned in the law.
 Seventh. That there should he such a revision of existing ordinances limiting the rights of foreigners and measures in certain territories of the empire that there shall remain only such of them as are required by the present interests of the empire and the manifest needs of our people
 Eighth. That all unnecessary re- strictions should be removed from the existing press laws, and that printed speeches should be placed clearly within clearly defined legal limits; that