The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-07-06
DEATH PENALTY IS
WORRYING RUSSIA
Strong Pressure from Parliament
to Do Away With This
Punishment.
DISCUSSION OF SUBJECT
Is NOT YET COMPLETED
Reactionary Wing Seeks to Cut
OF Right of Popular
Petitions.

ST PETERSBURG. July 0.-The
Council of the Empire spent the day
discussing rules of order. The relative
strength Of the reactionary and the
liberal wings was shown on the vote
to deprive members Of the right to pre-
sent popular petitions, which PROPOSE
ton was rejected after warm debate
The treatment of the bill for abro-
gation of the death penalty was the
subject of general discussion In the
lobbies OF the council The general inn
preston ls that tho bill Will require
some notifications, the exact nature
of which will be discussed at caucus
of the Constitutional Democratic MEM
bers tomorrow.
Substitute Is Favored.
There is much sentiment for the sub
stitution OF a measure restricting the
practically unlimited right of governor
generals to order offenders TO be tried
by military courts, allowing this to be
done only in tipne of actual armed up
rIslngS. This would tend TO effect the
same object as the civil code provides
| the death penalty only In case of at
| tempts on the life OF the Emperor or
| violation of the quarantine regulations.
Premier Goremykln and all the men,
bers of the ministry except NJ. Stolypin
were present at today's sitting of tho
council The tone of their remarks
| tended to confirm the surmlse that the
! fall OF the ministry has been postponed
on account OF the refusal of the con-
stitutional Democrats to participate in
q coalition cabinet, Premier Goemykin
today reiterated In private conversation
| that he was anxious to retire.
Council Is Confirmed.
The Council of the Empire today con-
flrmed the credentials OF all its mem"
bers, though there remains some ques-
ton as to the validity OF the election OF
NJ. Oushakoff on account of his hav-
ing been convicted and eNiled TO ST.
IBERIA forty years ago for participation
In the first plot to aSSaSSinate Alexan-
der II. NJ. Oushakon subsequently was
| pardoned and changed his views. being
now considered almost a reactionary.
The domicile method the government
Is adopting to counteract the revolu-
tionary spirit among the workmen is
Illustrated by proclamation Issued to-
day by the prefect of police Of Moscow.
While prohibiting under heavy penalty
open-air meetings, the carrying of arms
and the melting OF strikes, 1T orders
employers OF manual artisans, such as
bakers carpenters and shoemakers, to
Introduce the ten-hour day instead OF
the twelve-hour day not require
Sunday labor, and to improve the food
and lodging OF employees, under the
same penalties as are invoked against
the workmen.
Police Are More Careful.
Police activity against the patriots"
who are trying TO incite anu-Jewisn
uprisings Is reported from various sec
tions of the country. The local author
tiles evidently have taken warning from,
the change in sentiment In official cir
cles at St. Petersburg since publicity
was given TO the Bialystok events The
policeman of Bialystok who was caught
firing the revolver shots which were
ascribed TO Jewish revolutlonists, pre-
cipitatlng a renewal of the massacre
there. has been dismissed from the
service. He pleaded that he was drunk
at the time and had no intention OF
provoking a renewal of the excesses
The projected visit of deputation OF
the lower house to the interparliamen-
tary conference at London probably
Will be abandoned. Representative men
cannot be spared at present. and the
leaders are afraid of the irresponsible
utterances OF neither weights"