The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1905-07-26
MEETS At MOSCOW DESPITE
PROHIBITION.
The Boullesn plon Is DenouMced Is
Totaisv lNsdequste 10 Garry Out
Necessary Refoems-NameS OF
An the Delegates Taken BY the
Police Force.

8x0oO Op0u0u ~ m1OOoy N t00 xou000Oo
Of Prince Dolgoruko6. Tho congress
was attended BY S25 delegates. Count
Heyden, leader Of the deputation repre.
senting the congress recently received
BY the emperor, presided.
NJ. 0olovine, president Of the organ.
ization committee. had barely started
. statement dealing with the obstacles
placed In the way Of the congress, An.
nouncing that Governor General KOS.
lo6 had promised that there would be
no recourse TO extreme measures when
tho chief Of police with numerous com.
missartes and onlcials, entered the
room.
The chief announced that the pro-
fect had prohibited the meeting OF the
congress and ordered the seisure Of the
documents.
Count Heyden protested against the
proceedings, but the chief Of police b.
gan taking down the names Of the dol.
egates. Then cries were raised Of
"Write down the whole Of Russia. /"
Many pezsoDs present who were not
delegates 70 the congress requested that
their names also DO taken.
The police then departed in order
to draw mp summons, and tho siening
was resumed.
The scheme Of . national assembly
on the basis outlined BY tho commit
tee presided over BY M. Bouligan.
minister Of the interior, was infinitely
and critically discussed and denounced
a. totally inadequate TO remove Rus.
sia's internal grievances, because in
Guiding q property qualification and an
electoral system BY GLASS prevented
the assembly from truly interpreting
the will Of the nation, while the ex-
clusion Of numerous categories Of citi.
zens from the franchise was q CONTRA.
diotion Of the principles Of equity and
reasonable state policy.
At the same time IL was recognized
that the proposed assembly would com.
prise q considerable portion of the 70.
oial forces Of the empire and serve a.
the center Of social movement which
would tend to secure political liberty
and regular national representation
Therefore it was considered desirable
that in the event OF the carrying out Of
the Bouligan or similar project, the
delegates Of the zemstvos and munici-
palities should participate in the as
sembly to the greatest possible extent,
with the object Of forming q compact
group and to obtain guarantee Of in
dividual and public liberties.
Numerous resolutions embodying the
criticisms were adopted
unanimously, 90 were also resolutions
Of excessive administra.
tive and police control OF elections and
insisting that publioity DO given to the
Of the proposed assembly.
which should be in direct relations
with the emperor without interfering
with the council Of the empire.
Police Interested listeners.
After the police had drawn up re-
port Of their visit and had taken the
names of those present they took NO
further action, but returned and listen.
cd to the debates 40 interested specta.
tors. When the afternoon session ad.
journed till evening each delegate 20
he passed out handed bis visiting card
to the chief Of police, who had already
seized the copies in the possession Of
the delegates Of the Russian Gazette,
in which was printed details Of CON-
stitutton for Russia based ON the exist.
ing two chamber plan of Western Eu-
rope elaborated by the committee on
organization Of tho congress 10 vots
upon. It 10 expected that the oongresa
will sit for three days.