The Paducah sun., 1906-05-08
CONVENES ON \
NEXT THURSDAY
First Parliament in the History
of Russia.
Russians Awed by Fact the People
Are TO Sit With Power to
Make Laws. M:
CzAR TO GIVE BODY DIGNITY

st. Petersburg, May S.-The men,
bers of the national parliament and
of the council of the empire are ar
riving here on every train. Quite
number of distinguished foreign Wis.,
itors and journalists already have
reached st. Petersburg to witness
Thursdays great historic event-the
Inauguration Of the Russian parlla-
ment.
The fthGs that the government
might attempt to dissolve the parlia-
ment before it had the opportunity
Of accomplishing anything are van
ishing, and despite the bomb outrage
at Moscow Sunday and the continued
irreconcilable attitude of the extreme
revolutionists there is a more hope
full feeling that Russia may enter
smoothly into parliamentary life.
This is due not only to the moder-
ate attituds of the constitutional
democratic majority, whose leaders
are holding the extremists among
them in check, but to the manifest
desire of the government TO avoid a
conflict. The new cabinet has an
nounced policy OF hands off, prac-
tically saying that the parliament
shall have carte blanche. and that SO
long as it does not attempt to med
die with the fundamental laws of the
empire parliament wild be allowed to
offer its own solution for the crying
agrarlan problem.
The Democrats Content.
With this attitude Of the govern
ment, If 1t is sincerely carried out,
the constitutional democrats for tha
present are content. They believe
their final victory when the emperor
viii be forced to grant a constitution
is not far OLA few months at most
especially If in the meantime they
are permitted to accomplish some
thing tangible. which will strengthen
them with the country.
The Associated Press today talked
with NJ. Naboukoff, leader of the
democrats, who said
frankly that his party had no desire
at present to have a premier and cab
inst. even II It could. Such RESPONSE
bilgy would place it upon the defen-
sive, while by remaining in opposi-
tion with the country behind 1t the
chances OF forcing a complete sur
render were increased instead of be-
ing diminished.
The little group Of socialists of the
extreme left has not yet shown its
hand, but without the constitutional
democrats, who have a clear working
majority, IL will be powerless to
force a conflict. The Octoberists Ia
the center are a negligible quantity,
and with the present temper at Tsar.
skoe Selo the small group of Reac-
tionaries in the parliament sings low.
The Car TO BE Present.
The program of ceremonies at the
Winter Palace. where the emperor
viii deliver tina speech from the
throne, has been arranged with all
the glitter and pomp of solemn
state function, the idea of an informal
opening in order to diminish the i'm
portance of the position of the par
lament having been abandoned.
The entire imperial family with
their ladies and gentlemen of the
court. the former in ancient Russian
costumes and the latter In court
dress; ministers, generals. admirals
marshals of the nobility and sucn
governors general and MILITARY COM
manders as are in st. Petersburg. the
MAYORS and city councils of st. Pc
tersburg and Moscow and members
of the Holy Synod, are commanded
to attend. The ohiafs Of missions
were invited by an imperial order,
Wnlcn was ISSUED To-Day.
The members of the parliament
will assemble in the beautiful Nicho-
has Hall, the council of the empire ar
the Hermitage pavilion, and the oth-
ers at the "Armorial," "Field Mar
shals" and other halls. and march
in state to the great Hall of St
George. a magnificent pillared cham
Der fifty yards long and twenty-fivs
yards wide. where the emperor. from
the throne, will address the parlia-
ment and the council OF the empire
which win return respectively to the
rauride Palace an the Hall Of No
bles. where the smal openings Of