Omaha daily bee., 1906-05-16
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the land with suffering. with executions
without judicial sentence, with violent out
breaks with shooting and Imprisonment.
Asks Responsible Ministry.
The scars of this government on the part
of the administration of the last few
months have sunk so deep into the souls
of the people that no pacifcation is pos
sible so long as the people are not clearly
satisfied that in the future acts of violence,
which in your maJestys name are now
employed as a cover, are forbidden to the
authorities, so long as the ministers are
not responsible to the representatives of
the people and long as the whole sys-
TEN OF administration Is not reconstructed.
Only when the ministers are made respon-
sible TO the people can the idea of the alb
solute responsibility of the monarch take
root In the hearts OF his subjects. Only
a ministry enjoying the confidence Of Par
lament can strengthen confidence in the
government and the existence Of such con-
fdence alone can make tranquil and reg
ular labors of Parliament possible.
Above all il is first necessary in Russia
to repeal the exceptional laws, the laws of
increased protection and the state of siege,
under cover of which the arbitrariness and
responsibility of officials appear and de
velOp.
At the same time the principles of the
responsibility of the administration to the
representatives Of the nation must be
adopted.
Further. for fruitful labor on the part Of
the Parliament, there must be introduced
the principle OF true popular representa-
ton which consists in the recognition that
the union of the monarch and the people
is the only source of legislative power.
Every barrier between the emperor and
the people must be removed. Further, there
must be no domain Of legislation which
would always be closed 10 free revision by
representations Of the people In conjunc-
tiCn with the monarch.
Parliament holds that il Is its duty to
declare to your majesty in the name Of
the people that the whole nation will carry
out the creative work of renewing its life
with all its power and energy, with a firm
belief in the imminent elevation of the
fatheTland II between II and the throne
composed OF appointed dignitGries and per-
sons elected by the highest classes of
! the population and II the legislative powers
! OF the peoples representatives are not
/ limited by special laws.
Absolute Civil Liberty.
In the domain Of the legislative work be-
| fore ii Parliament regards as absolute
/ necessity for the country a precise law
assuring invOliabiiity Of the person, liberty
/ of conscience, speech and the press, assO-
citation, gatherings and strikes. Without
/ these fundamental principles, which were
/ laid down by the imperial manifesto Of Oc-
/ tober SO, no reform OF the social condition
| is ina ginabIe.
Parliament is actuated by the unsuitable
| conviction that neither liberty nor order
| can he assured without the equality Of al
| citizens being established before the law
| Therefore. Parliament ia preparing a bill
! establishing the equality Of all citizens and
| simultaneously by removing all class or
national religious privileges an effort will
/ be made TO free the country from admins
tratiVe tutelage,
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