The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1906-05-25
EXACT SCOPE OF POLITICAL AM
NEsTY TO BE PROCLAIMED
BY RUSSIAN CAR.
fERRORIsTs TO BE EXCLUDED
MEASURE, HOWEVER, WILL BE
ACCEPTED BY coNsTITU-
TIoNAL DEMOCRATS.

st. Petersburg, May 23.-The long
awaited political amnesty will, the
Associated Press learns from gov
ernment source, be proclaimed May
27, the anniversary Of the coronation
Of Emperor Nicholas IT. The exact
scope of the measure has not as yet
been determined. It will, as antici-
pated, be limited, but the Associated
Press is in q position to state that
the Constitutional Democratic party is
prepared, though grudgingly, to &C
cept the act Of grace from which ter
rorists are excluded, recognizing,
though not publicly, that the govern
ment is not altogether unjustified in
refusing to set at large men who will
be as ready in the future as they have
been in the past to shoot down or
blow to pieces hated representatives
Of authority.
Their demand for unlimited amnes-
ty was based on the expectation that
with the institution of full consti-
tutional era the terrorists, as was
promised in an open letter just be-
fore the assassination Of Alexander
III, would abandon active operations,
but they have been forced to admit
that the crimes Of the past few days
give the government no guarantee
that the promise will be kept.
Releasing Many Prisoners.
The administration is daily cutting
down the number of prisoners who
may be affected by the amnesty, re-
leasing convicts by hundreds in the
provinces, while among those re-
leased in st. Petersburg are twenty
seven members Of the council of work
mems delegates who drew up the
famous manifesto preaching a raid on
the governments gold reserve.
Premier Goremylin has been sum-
noned to Peterhoff for a conference
with Emperor Nicholas to put the
final touches to the speech which the
premier will deliver, unless unfore-
seen contingencies prevent, in the
lower house Of parliament on Friday,
setting forth the governments posi-
tion on the various points in the
houses address in reply to the speech
from the throne.
The premier Minister of the Inter-
ior Stolypin and Minister Of Agricul-
ture Stichinsky have been making
Inquiries with regard to the form of
procedure to be observed in the low
er house in the matter of the answer
ing of interpretations and also as to
the rights of ministers to participate
in general debates, M. Stolypin espe-
cially wishing to speak on the agrar-
ian question il permissible.
RESULT IN SOUTH DAKOTA.
Senator Gamble Certain to Be Again
Elected.
Sioux Falls, S. D., May 23.-Returns
from the Republican county conven-
tions held throughout the state leave
not the slightest question about the
reelection of Robert J. Gamble to the
United States senate. The insurgent
faction Of the Republican party of
the state, of which he is one of the
leaders, will have not less than 800
of the 1869 delegates who will be en-
titled to seats in the state convention,
which will be held in Sioux Falls on
June 5. .-& s
The fight has been an animated one.
The leaders of the stalwart faction
are Senator Kittredge and Congress
men Martin and Burke, the plan of
the stalwarts having been to have
Congressman Martin elected as the
successor of Senator Gamble.
The result of the county eonven-
tions also insures the nomination of
Coe I. Crawford, former attorney gen
eral of South Dakota, as Republican
candidate for governor, and, accord
ing to the insurgents, means the re-
tirement of Congressman Martin and
Burke, and the substitution Of men
allied with the insurgent faction. Mr..
Crawford has been the leader of the
insurgents for several years and was
defeated two years ago. The alliance
this year with Senator Gamble made
the success of the insurgents certain.
1t is no secret thai Coe l. Crawford
will two years hence be candidate
against Senator Kittredge for cleo
tion to the United States senate.
Negro Must Hang for Assault.
Jefferson City, No., May 2s.-The
state supreme court has upheld the