Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-12-23
DECIDE AGAINST
EQUAL SUFFRAGE.
Gar and Cabinet Make a Final
Decision Regarding the Elec.
toriaI Law.
CONFIDENT STRIKE WILL FAIL
Unless Better Results Are Obtained
Elsewhere than Ia st. Petersburg,
Leaders Must Beat Retreat

st. Petersburg, Dec, 23--The emperor
and his cabinet late last night reached
final decision regarding the electoral
law. deciding against universal and
equal suffrage and in favor OF the eX-
tension OF the law promulgated Aug -
last, TO include, In addition to the small
land owners OF the country, the work.
men and the educated classes. the small
rent payers In the cities. The details OF
this law were covered at the time in
these dispatches. The douma viii be
conyoked IA March.
In high government circles the great
est confidence Is expressed that the gem
eral strike Will tall, so TAR as 81
Petersburg is concerned, the battle cer-
tainly Is going against The revolution
lists. Unless better results are obtained
elsewhere or the light enters on dis
tinctly new phase the leaders will be
compelled to beat general retreat in
order to save their prestige.
In spite Of the herCulean efforts OF
the local chiefs to cheer on their follow
ers, the past As hours have not pro-
duced any extension of the strike. what
was gained yesterday by the strike OF
the printers, which was incomplete, was
offset by the return to work OF 10000
men in the Seminoysky mills and the
announcement that 1000 men of the
Poutilolf Iron WORKS would 80 back
Monday
The governments firm stand effect
lively prevented the strikers keeping up
the excitement In ST. Petersburg by
red flag" demonstrations and BY the
nj MI II
and forcing the men to strike. Nom
union men, such as freight carriers, be-
gaa an attack on the strikers.
Some of the leaders already confess
that the outlook Is discouraging and
they express the fear that the organi-
cations were guilty of a blunder in
striking without due preparation. New
| ertheless they declare that the Prov
| inces can still turn the tide.
The main hope of the strike leaders
| rests on Moscow, TO which all eyes are
turned and where the tle-up Is prac-
ticaly complete, A telephone message
| from Moscow tonight represents the SIT
| uation there as grave, on account of
/ the attitude of the troops, 1t being re-
| ported that the artillery was on the
verge Of mutiny and that there was II
! plot to ahduot Governor General Dou-
! bassoff which. however, was frustrated.
| The government has received no con-
/ firmation of these reports and processes
| absolute confidence in the loyalty OF the
/ army, which it says cannot be shaken
/ by the present demonstration. II Is
/ pointed out by the officials that the only
! place where the soldiers are known to
! have refused 10 obey the command 10
! fire Is kharkoff.
The proletarat the officials say, may
succeed In worsting the authorities in
some places and In disorganlzing traffic
| everywhere, but they insist that there
| Is not the slightest danger of any up
rising which could seriously threaten
the overthrow of the autocrdcy.
Ii IL reported that Father Gapon Is
returning to Russia to preach patience
and conservatism TO his old followers.