Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-03
RESIGNATION Of
W|TTE ACCEPTED
N. eoREMYKlN BECOMES HIS
SUCCESSOR
Bitter Enemy Of Russls's Former
Premier Chosen by Emperor
to Take the High
Position
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
ST. PETERSBURG, May 2.--The res.
isnation Of Count witte as premier has
been accepted He will be succeeded
by M. Goremykin, former minister Of
the interior.
The official announcement Of the
change in the cabinet will be made
tomorrow
Privy Councillor Goremykln was min
lister Of the interior from 1895 to 1899
and has taken a prominent part in Rus
sian political life, especially during
the revolutionary period of the last few
years. His administration as min
lister of the Interior was not marked
by harshness and his name has never
been mentioned as one of the likely
victims of the terrorists who assass-
mated two Of his immediate predeces-
sors.
Election Creates Amusement
M. Goremykin's election to the pre-
miership created amazement. He is
not only regarded as a reactionary,
but the general opinion is that he IS
not equal to the task of facing the
coming crisis Count Whites retire
ment from public life is complete
NJ. Goremykin, the new premier,
was exposed by Witte in 1899, and since
that time has been the retiring pre-
1pter's unrelenttng enemy.
At that time the former minister Of
the interior made a report to the EN-
peror to the effect that the stories Of
famine and suffering which were said
to exist were untrue. Witte, who was
then minister of finance thereupon
produced documents to prove that the
conditions in the interior were as they
had been represented to be.
Reuued for Forgiveness
When the emperor confronted NJ.
Goremykin with this he is said to have
fallen on his knees before the emperor,
and wept and begged for forgiveness.
The minister was so overcome that the
emperor himself brought him glass Of
water.
Later NJ. GoremylSin took part in the
Won Plehve cabinet, which drove
Witte from the ministry of finance, in
1908.
NJ. Goremykin is considered a medi
ocre man of insignificant appearance
as well as capacity. He wears side
whiskers and looks like an English
butler. While for some time he has
been called a Liberal, it was only in
contrast with such men as Won Plehve
and NJ. Sipiaguine, the late interior
minister.
Was Protege Of Dowager Empress
He began his career in the ministry
of justice, becoming assistant minister,
from which position he was called in
1895 as a protege of the dowager en-
press to become minister of the in
terror. The student troubles, the fore
runners of the recent revolution, were
thenyjust beginning and NJ. Goremykn
lacked the energy necessary to end
them. He was supplanted in 1899 by M.
Sipiaguine,
Last year when Interior Minister
Durnovo legisated out of existence
the committee of which M. Witte was
president and had been investigating
the agrarian question several years, NJ.
Goremykin was appointed head of the
agricultural commission, which SUP
planted it,
When he became. premier, Witte re-
taliated on M. Goremykin by dissolying
the agricultural commission.
Comes From Noble Family
The new premier comes from a noble
but not prominent family of Novgorod
province, where his estates are stu
ated. They are especially noted for the
excellence of their cows and their
dairy products, which are sent to st.
Petersburg. In fact, NJ. Goremykin
practically supplies the capital with
milk.
Count Witte, unques tionably the big
gest man in public life here, goes out
unwept and unsung and amid the re-
joicings of the reactionaries, who hate
him and the liberals who distrust him
Yet even today it is predicted that
when the next great crisis comes the
emperor will be forced to summon
Witte from his retirement