The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-10-31

- L. 4 Il A@ANAA9A OtL4 uUs o. D. hts
y Tonight the autocracy of the
ROmanoffs and the old order of
things cease 10 exist Ia Russia En-
peror Nicholas has surrendered aud
Count Witte comes into power as min
lster-president with an imperial man
date which will enable him TO convert
the farcical national assembly into a
real legislative body, elected by greatly
extended suffrage, and tc confer upon
the people fundamental civil liberties,
Including free speech. These welcome
Gudings reached 81. Petersburg shortly
before 6 o'clock this evening. Count
White had spent the day with the en-
peror at Peterhof, going over the final
draft OF the manifesto. TO which he
insisted that ceT(ain minor mOditica-
uOTs be made and. before taking the
train for st. Petersburg he teIephOned
TO a friend that the emperor had af-
liked his signature and that the inn
perial mandate comprising the condi-
lions upon which he had agreed to ac-
Cept Office was in his pocket These
Include freedom OF the press. the right
or assembly, and the immunity of the
person, including the right Of habeas
cor9us.
Official Announcement.
The official announcement issued this
evening says:
An imperial manifesto viii be is
sued this evening appointing Count
White prime minister, with special au-
thOrity to coordinate and unity the
powers OF the different branches of.
the army. Civic liberties are granted
10 the Russian people. and to the ma
tional assembly is given legislative
power. while the suffrage is enlarged
Count White insisted on a cabinet
ON the British model. with a selected
premier responsible to the imperial
douma, OF parliament, while the en-
peror chung 10 the appointment OF the
members OF the cabinet, on the Ameri-
can plan, by the emperor as chief
OF state.
Manifesto Issued.
Following is the text OF the imperial
manifesto.
We, Nicholas the second. by the
grace of God emperor ana autocrat of
all the Russlas grand duke OF Fin
land, etc, declare TO all our faithful
subjects that the troubles and agita-
ton Ia our capitals and in numerous
other places nil our heart with Excess
sive pain and sorrow.
The happiness of the Russian SOW
ereign is indissolubly bound up with
the happiness of our people, and the
sorrow OF our people is the sorrow of
The sovereign.
From the present disorders may
arise great national disruption. They
menace the integrity and unity of our
empire.
The supreme duty imposed upon us
by our sovereign Office requires US to
efface ourselves and to use all the
force and reason at our command 10
hasten III securing the unity and CO.
osrdlnation of the power of the central
government and to assure the success
OF measures for paciricatiOn iu all cir
cles of public life, which are essential
70 the well-being of our people.
Boon of Freedom.
we therefore direct our govern
ment TO carry our our inEexiole will in
the following manner:
First TO extend to the population
the immutable foundations of civic
liberty, based on the real inviolability
of person. freedom of conscience,
speech. union and association.
Second. without suspending the al
ready ordered elections TO the state
douma. To invite the participation i'm
luc uuuliltt ~ lar as TIE limited Time
before the cOnvoCatiOn of the douma
viii permit, OF those classes Of the
population now completely deprived of
electoral rights. leaving the ultimate
development of the principle of cleo
toral right IN general TO the newly
established legislative order OF things.
Third, to establish as am unchange-
able rule that no law shall be enfOrc-
able without the approval of the state
douma, and that IT, shall be possible
for the elected of the people TO eXer-
else real participation IN the super
vision of the legality of the acts OF
the authorities appointed by us.
Appeal to the People.
we appeal to all faithful sons of
Russia TO remember their duty to-
ward the fstherland, TO aid i'm termi-
mating these unprecedented troubles
and 10 apply their forces. in co-Opera-
JiOp with us, To the restoration OF calm /
and peace upOn our natal soil
"Given at Peterhof. October 3Oth, in !
the eleventh year of our reign.
tSign a. NICHOLAS"