The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-06-01
NICKANDDUUMA
Do not AGREE
Russian Autocrat Turns Down All
Demands Of Congress.
CIVIL WAR IS PROBABLE
Cars Second Address to Peoples Rep
resentative Brings Forth Storm Of
Wrathy Protest.

A st. Petersburg special says: Be
fore house more crowded than on
the opening day, with every member
in his seat and the press and public
galleries crowded to su1ocation, Pre-
mier Goremyldn Saturday afternoon
read to the lower house Of parlia-
ment the expected declaration of the
governments policy, pronouncing the
imperial negative on the most cher
lshed hopes and plans Of the peoples
representatives. The scene before the
opening was enc Of great but sup
pressed excitement All present were
aware that the response would utter
ly fail to meet the wishes Of the
lower house.
Gauntlet Thrown Down.
At the end OF a memorable seven
hour session the lower house OF par
lament Saturday evening Indignantly
rejected the governments policy as
presented by Premier Goremykin and
with only seven dissenting voices vot-
ed lack OF confidence in the minis
try practically throwing down the
gauntlet to the bureaucracy with a
demand for the retirement OF the
present cabinet and its suppression
by ministry approved by the ma
jority in the house
The spirit OF absolute revolution is
in the air and a conflict between the
crown and nation now appears to be
inevitable While the house avoided
the appearance Of delivering an ulti-
matum, the government seems to have
no alternative except surrender or
war. The gloomiest forebodings are
everywhere expressed, and the gene
raj impression is that the country is
on the verge of a gigantic struggle
which may be delayed but not avert
ed. Dispatches received from the in
terror indicate that the struggle pos
sibly may be inaugurated at once
with a general strike when the peg
pie learn that all amnesty has been
refused them.
While the premier's statement
promised cooperation with the lower
house lin so far as the latter does
not transgress the limits Of the fun
damental laws" it recognized the
agrarian question as paramount, pro-
posing to remedy the deficiency in
land through the operation OF an agra
RAN bank and migration of Siberia.
It proposed the introduction Of uni
versal and compulsory education, the
reform Of the administration and the
realization of the four liberties.
Premier G'oremykin's statement,
however, returned a non-pOssumus on
the burning question raised by the
house in its reply to the speech from
the throne, 1t declared that the gov
ernment's fat and exceptional laws
cannot be withdrawn until murder
and terrorism cease. The eXprOprl-
alton OF appanages of the crown and
church and private lands was declar-
ed to he inadmissible. The right Of
investigation OF administrative acts,
| the statement declared, belonged to
the crown, the house having only
tie power OF Interpolation. Amnes-
ty, Premier Goremykin said, was sole
Iy the prerogatiye OF the emperor.
Sucn briefly was the governments
rcply to tho address Of the house, and
the premier's words seemed to arouse
all the latent resentment in the hearts
Of the members OF the house. The
! constitutional democratic leaders, for
the first time, gave free range to their
! passions and with flaming words ora
I tor after orator declared the govern
ments program inadmissible and said
that the ministry must give way TO
cabinet, in which the people had con-
ndence, NJ. RoditcheH announced
that the governments reply had dash
cd to the ground all his hope of work
ing in harmony with the administra-
ton. NJ. Kovalesky enacted the role
Of 1Iirabeau, practically parphrasing
the Frenchmans words: 1--WE are
here by the will Of the people and
nothing out bayonets can dispense
us," while half a dozen peasant MEM
bers hurled defiance at the minis
Try.
Even Count Hayden, the leader Of
the right, deserted the governments
side. saying that inasmuch as the
government had refused to redeem
It's promise to repeal the exceptional
law his vote also was for censure.