The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-02-03

eminent and experts All bills pre-
pared by these committees We're to bt
cabinet measures, and could be intro
duced Ia the convention by imperial au
thority only. The appointive mem.
bers of the convention We're to be Sc.
lected from the membership of these
legislative committees. All other mem.
berS were also to be accorded seats III
the convention. each of them With a
vote upon all bills coming from his re-
spectiVe committee. All measures, aft
er passing the convention, We're to be
Introduced in the imperial council by
the cabinet ministers. with their rec
oinnmehdations.
me procedure In the imperial council
was not affected by this plan. The Inn
neriai council which is the now exist
ing national legislature, Is appointed by
the car. ana mas consultative voice
only. All bills adopted by the council
are submitted TO the car for approval,
nav H., il1a,i. "a ,nnp,' a ,'''n ,r, pil
may approve either the ma torjtv or he
minority bin which tbnn haro,,,as -
law. He NAV. however veto hoth
Ase,ee;,,t;. h,,,,
rhat a. a. ~ r,'e&"r'oe' H.
. 'aao was me nrst great step toward
=, I,, ,noLe popu,ar FORM or government for
n n1n ever taheii' IL was approved by
Az
s mas En 20. 10, dool' AleAahaer ~ was as
90 81 '. anu A'eHahuer Ill succeed
nv, Wy, ,'I,, ~. ','e
" ~, mss eree.ed A!ehahder III.
~ q 'pii IL VI ii'eIiuShip. IN thelr mani
lis tIa,' assuea on Niarch 20 they offered
t, tn p ut.e ~ ne Wou'd grant leslsla-
~, 90 nsae'iloiy ~ De eiected by universal
ssaaan ilee ptes9' Tree speech ana
Yum A,a " coiITcieice.
Ill, m i,,lnai -: hsGehued the throne
~. III, nSa, a., r.e"s. ne LOOK up General
-. ,. 10 t,noi, . eioii,i program win
IL o, M.ll,,e i.Hs 10 carry II out ana call
~, ~, ASSEMBLY. In Lact, Two
. anss 1eio,e me nihI,ist MANIFESTO mad
o,,,.a ieu a'eAal'ueI ~. peace ne mad
NJ Which tho Mo,i,,nfr ", ,.n iaiii,sters,
approved It received amrmativa
votes against s negative votes Grand
Duke vladimir was among those Who
voted I'm the ALTERNATIVES
ga struggle is Renewed.
The influence, OF the reactionary
party, however, led by NJ. Pobedonot-
SER. procurator Of the holy synod. was
strong enough to secure the final de-
feat or the Melikoff program.
The struggle between the bureaucracy
and the people was renewed. General
Loris Melikoff and other liberal n1am-
reactionary party had full control.
Alexander III. under the influence of
the reactlonary party, ,inaugurated a
reign of OPPRESSION more severe than any
yet felt in Russia General Ignatieff,
chief minister, Issued a proclamation on
May %, 1881. declaring for the suppress
sion of the rebellion" Year after year
the struggle continued. The nihilists
resorted to assassination, the govern
ment to executions, imprisonments and
General Strelnikoff. pub
lie prosecutor, was assassinated at
Odessa ON March 30. 1882. Lieutenant
Sudeikln. chief of the st. Petersburg
police, and his nephew We're assassin
ated December 2S 1884.
Plots on Life of the Gar
Tn March. 1887. a Mot against tho 1if.
of Alexander III. was frustrated Two
hundred arrests followed. of whom
seven were executed
In November of 1887 the stringent re-
strictions in the studies Of the uuiver
stiles led to INSTRUMENTATION among the
students Hundreds of the students
were arrested, and the universities Of
st. Petersburg, Moscow and Odessa
were closed. The students. however,
continued their agitation for n consti.
tuition and popular government.
On October 20, 1888. another attemnt
on the life of Alexander III. was made
The imperial train was derailed near
Borki station. in southern Russia. and
persons killed. The car
himself was slightly hurt.
This attempt on the life OF the car
was followed by still more renressive
measures. Count Tolstoi. who had s,,c-
ceeded General Ignalieff as chief min