The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-11
House of Parliament is
 Convened. MOST BRILLIANT SCENE Mutual Distrust of Government and
 People Marked. Emperor And Empress Bow To wiIn Of The Popuiace--Mourmont-
 sen h Chosen As
 Leader.

ot. feterSDurs, May lO.--Wtthout c single hitch and with only minor in- cident to mar the memorable day, the Russian parliament was inaugurated today.
 The weather was superb and tho stage management of the impressive ceremony at tho winter palace where Emperor Nicholas. surrounded by cour- tiers and all the pomp and panopfy or power, delivered the speech from the throne to the members of the two houses. was perfect. Such spectacle I perhaps never before has been witt messed on the earth's stage The message in reality was less . | throne speech than a greeting and re. qhlred only three minutes for It's de- l livery. Emperor Nicholas read slow ly, The admirable and even cordial tone of the sovereign in renewing his pledges and asking the co-operatibn of parliament for the regeneration of the country was only negatively satisfac- tory.
 Courtiers and spectators other than members of the national parliament led the cheering but the members were ominously silent, expressing neither ap- proval nor disapprovai. What rankied most was the failure of the premier to mention amnesty and later whom the members assembled in the Tauride pal ace. away from tho spell of the throne room, many of them were with diffi- culty restrained from precipitating matters by offering resolutions on the subject.
 The constitutional democratic Iead- CTS. however. who dominated every thing wore anxious not to weaken the reply when the lower house will pre- pare an answer to the speech from the throne in which issues with the crown will be joined. and succeeded in staying of premature action.
 The scene around the Tauride palace was in striking contrast with that at the winter palace. Each indeed was typical and told an eloquent story. At the Tauride palace tens of thohsands of people were acclaiming their repre- sentatives; at the winter palace iaxions of military and courtiers by the hun dreds cheered for the emperor Never theless the proceedings Of the lower house were not spectacular: in fact they were almost tame in comparison with those at the winter palace.
 Invited Onicfais fo Leave.
 The only genuine flashes of fire which showed the real temper of the members of the house were when Prof. Mouromtseff who had been elected president of the house invited govern ment officials and clerks to leave the Udii anu WHCH ivan UT o few eloquent words from the rostrum told the auditors that the first thought of the parliament should be for those who had suffered In the cause of lib- erty who now filled the prisons and whose arms were stretched out In hope and confidence to the peoples repre- sentatives More enthusiastic cheer ing than that which greeted this ap- peal never was heard in political convention in the United States.
 By the irony of fate Ivan Petrunke citch, whose first mention of the word constitution twelve years ago was dis missed by Emperor Nicholas as a fooi- ish dream today stood in the front rank of the members of the represen- tative chamber while Emperor Nicholas put his final seal upon the Russian parliament and begged the representa- tives of the people to cooperate with him in working for the welfare Of the country.
 The house of parliament adjourned ovar until tomorrow in order not to interfere with the opening exercises Of the council of the empire and also to hermit the committee of the constitu- tionaI democrats to consider the reply to the speech from the throne.
 DespatLhes received here from all narta of hussia indicate that the open ing of the parliament was celebrated averVWhtTe.