Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1906-06-14

"conseil" to deliberative assembly.
The municipal councils OF the cities
are called doumas.
The basis OF the electoral system
adopted for the formation OF the
douma by the ukase OF Aug, 10, 1905,
was that OF orders or classes, and IN
every class the system rested on prop
erty qualiflcations-th amount OF
land owned by rustic voters and the
amount of taxes paid by city voters.
The apportionment Of seats among
provinces and cities was carried out
on the basis OF 100000 inhabitants TO
each delegate or fraction above l1J,'
600 There are two types OF electoral
districts; o. The governments, or
provinces, Each province Of the en-
pIre-with the exception OF Finland,
which has It's own parliament-forms
a district. 90 The cities, numbering
70, which have a population Of 10000
each, form distinct district OF the
province in which they are located.
st. Petersburg appoints six deputies;
Moscow, four; Warsaw, two; and
twentythree other cities, one each
In these 26 cities there Is no recog-
milton Of classes or castes Instead
there are voters Of the first degree, az
cording TO the ukase Of Aug. 10, 1905,
the owner of real estate valued at 5000
roubles In the capital OF 30 roubles in
the other cities, 'patentees' paying
500 roubles rent in the capitals, or DO
IoubleB In the other cities; and ten
ants taxed upon rent OF 800 francs
The entire laborng portion is OK.
Cluded
This rating was found to be too high
and was considerably reduced by the
supplementary ukase OF Dec "a, 1906.
Henceforth all citizens who own any
real estate at all. pay a direct tax, or
hold leases OF years standing, will
be allowed to vote.
All these city voters Of the first de.
gree elect delegates to a superior cleo.
torll assembly and its members elect
deputies TO the douma from their own
number There were 100 OF these del
ogales in the capitals and 80 in all
the other cities.
System In the Provinces.
Quito different is the electoral sys,
TEN in the provinces, Here also the
representation of each province is cleo
ted by very restricted assembly
Qrom 90 TO 225 members) which gets
together in the leading town of the
province hut this assembly Is com
posed of delegates OF three orders or
classes, whose absolute or proportional
number varies greatly as you go from
one province to another, according 10
the rating OF this or that class, and
It's delegates are elected in one, or
two, or even three classes.
These classes are, O. The peasapta
regarded as n caste CORNER serfs or
the crown or of great lordsl, CD The
landed proprlotors not connected with
the Volost, or peasant commune, and
divided on the basis Of rating. CD
The inhabitants of towns or cities that
do not compose distinct districts. The
graded suffrage of the peasant coun.
ell Ia exercised in the following way.
The Volost, or peasant commune has
long had It's elective assembly, on the
basis Of one voter for ten families, and
elects municipal officers, This Assem-.
bly, sends two delegates for every Vo-
lost The delegates meet in the lead.
ing town of the district and elect from
their own number delegates to the
electoral assembly of the province
which finally elects delegates 70 the
douma.
The councIl of such landowners IA
are not peasants Is divided into two
categories; (al The proprietors Of
land taxed on the valuation of $4,000
loubles (though its real value Is
double that sum- specially provided
for in each district of the empire
These proprletors vote in the district
assembly. OBJ Noble proprletors and
ecclesiastical proprietors ton the basis
of their ownership of real estate con,
tributary to the presbyteries) not be.
longing to the peasant Nolost who
possess lower rating than the above
come together in groups representing
their rating and elect a delegate for
every group to the assembly OF the
district,
The ukase of Dec "a also enlargcd
this council based upon land owner.
ship by recognizing the right OF far,
mers or managers OF estates to vote
If their lease or their authority was of
a years standing. Thus the same do
main might be represented by three
voters; that OF the proprietor that of
the manager and that of the farmer.
Gathered together in assembly in the
leading town all these electors unite to
name their delegates TO the electoral
assembly of the province, In the same
way the inhabitants of smaller cities
and towns who pay any taxes at all
elect their representatives TO the dis
trict assembly In two classes and