The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-05-18
ADDRESS IN REPLY
ADOPTED BY HOUSE
Parliament Completes First
Great Work
FEW CHANGES ARE MADE
Demand for Amnesty Is Modified to
Some Extent-RepIy May Be
Handed to Emperor e.
Nicholas Today.

St Petersburg. May B.-(S:15 a. nj
Before the lower house took a recess
President Mouromstef read from the
chair two interpretations addressed TO
the minister of the interior, and signed
by the requisite thirty deputies, which
probably will form the first order OF busl-
ness today, The first Interpolation re-
fers to participation by the police IN 'he
work of melting one portion OF the pop
ulation against the other, and TO the
discovery that inilammatory proelalna-
tions had been printed in the printing
office of the ministry of the interior, and
asks what steps have been taken Tor tne
punishment of the guilty parties.
The second is as follows:
.,Does the minister OF the interior know
that the prisons are still full OF polltlcai
Offenders. whose treatment is such as 10
force them to hunger strikes Tor reiei
The address Of the lower house, In reply
to the speech from the throne was adopt
ed. and the house adjourned, SUBJECT 10
the call of the President.
After the reading of the final draft
M. Petrajitsky appealed for an unanl-
NOUS vote. count f1dSueH std1cu th"e
no and his friends though approving
of the address In general. were unable to
vote for certain details. and would with
draw in order that no opposing voice
might be heard. He left the hall, FOL
lowed by Ave members and the address
was unanimously adopted.
President Mouromsteff was instructed to
reouest an immediate audience of the
Emperor today II possible
Reply Adopted.
Sitting until long after O'Clock this
morning the lower house of the national
parliament set its seal upon its first great
work, the adoption of the address In re-
ply 10 the speech from the throne, set
ting forth the aims and aspirations OF
Russia's millions,
Desnite attacks. both from the right and
from the left, the leaders OF the con-
stitutional democrats held their followers
toeether to the last and the address was
adopted substantially In the form in
which 1t was proposed by the commission,
and already telegraphed By the Associated
Press.
The amendments adopted wednesday
and Thursday affect important DETAILS
but do not change the general tenor OF
the document. which extreme as II may
be Ia the eyes of the autocracy, falls far
short of the expectations OF the radl-
calls. Time after time during the long
three days of debate the extremists with
their undying hatred Of the whole ancient
order, launched fiery attacks against the
.'mildnes5" Of the various paragraphs
only to break against the firm restraint
of the chiefs of the party. When the
discussion had been finished. the deputies
with the exhortations of the country to
speedy action ringing In their ears, VEN
tured no further delay, and though they
had been already in session fourteen
hours. took a recess until 2 O'Clock this
morning for the reading and adoption OF
the final draft of the address. Instead of
postponing this Formally until Friday AS
IL running a race to see which should be
the first TO present to Emperor Nicholas
n demand for amnesty, the council of the
empire also was In session well into the
early morning hours discussing its answer
in reply TO the speech from the throne.
This document, which is far simpler and
more conservative than that Of the lower
house. proposes an amnesty which does
not include those who coupled with poll
1ical offenses. murder or violation Of prop
erty rights, in other words political as
double dealing and could not do 80 now,
and escape his denunciation. Across the
brow of such a man." he. saiu. he would
nut the brand OF liar, so that all men
NAV know him and shun him.
/ No one else spoke on the subject Dur
ing the entire recital there was intense in
terest in the Senate and the galleries.
| Consideration Of the rate bill was then