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after I'VE or six minutes he declared a re-

ants they would have torn him to pieces
but he walked deliberately through the
long corridors apparently without the slight
est concern entered the room reserved for
the ministers. wrote a note to the presiding
officer. saying that he would return to the
douma any time the members were willing
to hear him, sealed the envelope. handed Ii
to a page for delivery. took his hat and
stick walked calmly through the midst of
the mob in the yestibuIe. beckoned to the
driver of his drosky and rode away. The
tumuit continued for some moments after
his departure.
/ begged to suggest that IL there could
possibly be a Pavloff in the United States,
and If he could possibly be guilty of such
atrocities as the Russian Pavloff Is accused
of, he would not have received any gentler
treatment from the American House of
Representatives than he met with at the
hands of the Russian douma.
Protesting Resolutions Adopted.
After the excitement had subsidized the
three parties In the douma went into caucus.
The conservative members. who are few In
number, resolved that it was their duty TO
demonstrate with the government for pro-
voking the douma to wrath by sending such
a representative to address 1t. The eonsti-
tutional dempcrats or moderate party pass
ed a resolution declaring that it was in
suit to the douma to send such a monster as
Pavloff to address them, and resolved that
If he appeared again in the chamber they
would leave their seats in a body and de-
cline to hear him. The labor group and
radical element, about eighty in number,
decided that they would not permit Pavloff
or any other hangman to appear IN the
douma
These resolutions have been commTni-
Gated to the government
Alladin, the Russian Tillman.
Occasionally Aladdin. the spokesman OF
the labor group, stirs up considerable ex-
element among his sympathizers by his
impassioned harargues He is the Tillman
of the douma. His speeches are very in
temperate He INDUCES in the most violent
language and works himself up into a hys-
terical state very similar to that of the SEN
ator from South Carolina when he is at his
best Aladdin has ringing voice, clear,
distinct utterance. and. while his language
is often coarse and vulgar like TilIman's.
and his assertions eXtravagant he COM
mands the attention of the house more
completely than any other member, ana
always fills the galleries. just as Tillman
does, when it is known that he is going 10
speak ALADDIN enjoys these performances
more than anybody else. He loves to hear
his own speeches, and the qualification OF
being able to express his opinion of the
ministers and other officials of the govern
ment without being sent to prison must be
very great. 1t is a luxury that none but
members of the douma can indulge in, and
Alladin is making the most of it. The Serl-
Gus members of the chamber are getting
little tired of him. He talks too much and
too often He feels 1t a duty or claims it as
a privilege to make speech on every topic
that comes before the house. He always De-
gins by expressing the attitude of the labor
group toward the proposition pending, but
soon drifts into his usual diatribe against
the government just as ex-senator Stewart
of Nevada used to get back to the crime
of 10" whenever he undertook to make
speech in the Senate
His torrents of gituperation are appreci-
ated blythe radical members. He expresses
their sentiments much more strongly
than they are able to do themselves that
their emotions sometimes get the better of
them, but they have never refused TO obey
the admonitions of the presiding officer ex-
cept when Pavloff appeared, and on one
other occasion when Mr.. Ghurko assistant
secretary of the interior. attempted to de-
fend the tactics of the police in arresting
everybody who expressed a liberal opinion.
They shouted him down and would not per-
nit him to finish his speech.
Early in the existence of the douma, at
the suggestion of Aladdin, the radical MEM
berS resolved to shout down every member
of the cabinet who attempted to speak
But when the serious members learned OF
this plan they convinced the labor group
that such a course would be inexcusab.e,
and the plan was abandoned.
Arrests of Public Speakers.
You must remember that this is the first
chance the leaders of the different political
factions in Russia have ever had to express
their ideas freely without fear of dun
geon. Even now the police often arrest
speakers at public meetings Very few pub
lie meetings allowed to be held The
fundamental law. or constitution, granted
by the emperor last April permits free
speech and public assemblies Hence the
police do not forbid" them any longer,
but they postpone" them Indefinitely in
nearly every case. You must also bear in
mind all the time when you are reading
about the douma that legislative body is
a thing in this empire: that it's AGO
members are entirely without experience
and that 1t Is unfair to compare them with
ancient assemblies composed of trained men
who have always possessed the right of free
speech.
The douma is safety valve for the pent-
up emotions of it's members, and 1t has en-
abled them to relieve themselves of the sup
pressed opinions of a thousand years. 1t
does everybody good to blow off steam.
There were l29 speeches on the bill to di-
vide the public lands among the peasants
and corresponding number on other sub
jects. Oratory is a new thing in Russia.
1t has never had chance to develop, and
a good many orators are being discovered
or. to speak more accurately-are discover
ing themselves in the first Russian parlia
ment, but the members are no more lodua-
cious than our own legislatures House
of Representatives. Indeed, taking every,
thing into consideration. the douma has
been remarkable for its orderly proceedings
and self-control
Aladin is described in the newspapers as
1.-THE peasant leader" This Is a mistake.
He is no more peasant than William Sal
ger of New York. He is the leader of the
labor party, to which only a small portion
of the peasants belong. A man named
Zhiikin is the actual leader, and the think
ing man of the peasant group, and he per-
nits Aliadin to be his spokesman so far as
the peasants and the labor element agree on
the same subjects. because Alladin is the
best talker they have, He would make an
excellent stump speaker and | have no
doubt will develop into a powerful political
factor unless he becomes dizzy and ia Is.
Alladin's Life and Career
Aladdin is not a farmer or peasant, but
ia a mechanical engineer. and the son of
mechanic in the town of Sinabirsk. on the
Volga river. He told me the story of his
iigc the other day. He speaks English very
we'll He attended the peasant schools,
learned the trade of a stationary engineer,
worked his way through a gymnasium. or
academy. we call 1t, and then entered
the University of Kazan in 1897. Two years
later he was accused of revolutionary ideas
and fed from Russia ito avoid imprison-
ment. He went first to Belgium and after
ward to England, working at his trade, and