The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-11-09
.Elll OF RUSSlANAUTOCRACY
CAR YIELDS TO THE NEWT
ABLE AND GRANTS REFORMS.
Issues Manifesto Giving Country q
Constitution and the People
Civic Liberties.

Constitution and the People
Civic Liberties. -
st. Petersburg, Oct. 31.-The Russian
autocracy is at an end. Emperor Mich
elias H., under the unanimous advice
Of his ministers, under the pressure of
passive revolt in his whole empire, has
surrendered his autocratic power and
granted to Russia a constitutional gov
ernment Thus disappears the last alb
solute monarchy among civilized peo-
rles. Thus popular liberty wins Its
eliminating victory in the history of
mankind.
St. Petersburg, Oct. SIT am sure
the American people, who understand
what freedom is, and the American
press, which voices the wishes of the
people, will rejoice with the friendly
Russian nation at this moment, when
the Russian people have received from
his imperial majesty the promises and
the guarantees Of freedom, and will
join in the hope that the Russian PEG.
pie will wisely aid in the realization
of those liberties by cooperating with
the government for their peaceful in
PRODUCTION. Only thus will it be pos
sible to secure the full benefits of the
freedom conferred upon the people,"
Count Witte, Russia's first premier,
on Monday night sent the above mes
sage to the American people. He had
just arrived at his residence on KAN
meniovrov prospect from Peterhof,
where, in the Alexander palace, the
emperor two hours before had given
his final approval to manifesto and to
program which will forever end the
rule of absolutism exercised by him
end his Romanoff ancestors for 300
years.
The official announcement issued
Monday evening says: can imperial
manifesto was issued, appointing
Count Witte prime minister with spe-
cial authority to coordinate and unity
the powers of the different branches of
the army. Civic liberties are granted
to the Russian people and to the ma
tional assembly is given legislative
power, while the suffrage is enlarged %
The following is the text of the i'm
rerial manifesto:
I'VE, Nicholas the Second. by the
grace of God emperor and autocrat of
all the Russias, grand duke of Finland
ETC., declare to all our faithful subjects
that the troubles and agitation in our
capitals and in numerous other places
fill our heart with excessive pain and
sorrow. The happiness Of the Russian
sovereign 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 dis
orders may arise great national disrup.
ti.on. 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 to hasten
in securing the unity and coordination
of the power of the central government
and to assure the success of measures
for pacification in all circles of public
life, which are> essential to the we'll
being of our people.
I'VE, therefore, direct our govern
ment to carry out our inf1exible will
j 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
already ordered elections to the state
douma, to invite the participation in
the douma, SO far as the limited time
before the convocation Of the douma
will permit, those classes Of the pop
ulation now completely deprived of
electoral rights, leaving the ultimate
development of the principle of the
electoral right in general to the newly
established Legislative order of things.
"Third-To establish as an unchanSs-
able rule that no law shall b. enfofss-
J able without the approval Of the stk.e
douma and that it shall be possible
for the elected Of the people to exercise
real participation in the supervision of
(, the legality of the acts of the authori-
ties appointed by us.
I'VE appeal to all faithful sens of
Russia to remember their duty to-
wards the fatherland, to aid in termi-
hating these unprecedented troubles
and to apply their forces, in cooperation
with us, to the restoration of calm
and peace upon our natal soil.
'Given at Peterhof, October 30, IN
the eleventh year of our reign.
"NICHOLAS."
Reval,. Russia, Oct. 31.-The rtoops
fred two .yolleys on crowd in the
market place Monday, killing or
wounding over 100 persons. Crowds Of
people are parading the streets, sing
ing the "Marseillaise." A mob Sunday
night destroyed the Hotel de France.
Census Of New York State.