The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-05-27

another congress whose membership in
SludeS such .. variety OF races. or Who's,
1dcllohs are SO numerous &c to cause
such an extraordinary sHsnn,eut of
parties, The MULTIPLICITY CT divisions
mat exist IS due to the bloody strife
and agitation which was necessary ro
secure the privilege Of reD~eser7tstJ,,7
10 the inexperience Of the people in ex-
erclslng the right Of government, and
10 the well-founded susDfc on that the
Gar intends to make the new 1aofs19-
i've body IS ineffective IS possible. An
enumeration Of the PRINCIPLES Of the
numerous groups IN the new assembly
will serve to help the reader in follow
ing the published accounts Of its DELHI
erations
InasmuCh as so-caIIed zernsfvos
are found in most all parties fre0uenr
reference must be made TO them. 90 #
VIII be well TO state that these workers
We're those who took active part in
Jnlrty-tWO local zemstvO governments
ana who have always been zeaIousIv in
lerested IN the Liberation of Russia In
NoVembe 1904. d group Of them sarraf
1y met in St Petersb1Ire- IN consider ~,
reform situation, and their deIiberation
were partly responsible for the reform
ukase Of December 18th. 1904. In No
VembeT, 1905, a much larger number
publicly convened in Moscow. but the
result OF this gathering was an unfor-
1ty OF the members proved to be revO- /
Iulon1sts who favored a continue ton of
revolutionary tactics Since that time
the zemstvO workers have been absorb
ed by other parties and will proba bIv
not De heard from again as an Orsanf- /
zation.
The Radical Cadets.
The Constitutional Democrats are the
I r party or the moment. Their
organization was formed lust prior 10
the Cars reform manifest. and &
really the academic expression Of The
revolution The members Of this party
nave been nlcknamed Cadets, and are
frequently spoken Of in the disDatcbes
by that name only. Among the prom
lnent zemStvOs now associated with the
constitutional Democrats are such men !
as strive, former editor of well
known underground revolutionary 1r-
gan; MelyOUkOff the historian. ana {
Gessen, the editor of the leading law 7
journal IN St Petersburg. The funda- 7
mental plank of this party Is universal s
Suffrage, including that Of women 7
With direct and secret ballot Its lead s
ers consider the administration ballot T
law OF December 18th wholly made a
quate. u
While its members were really IN a
favor Of a constitutional convention. il / f
was decided after considerable debate \
among the leaders, to go into the cam
palgn Tor the douma in the hope Of
realizing their ideals 1t is known thai
they hope to gain the SUPPORT of the -
peasant members Of the dOrrna nv their .
agrarian plank This part of their pro- ,
gram stands for a condemnation If ali -
unused land for the benefit of the meas
ints- If they can accomplish LEGISLATION =
which viii provide farms for the land =
eSs people, It viii be one Of the most -
II on 7-frre- ar -
-Ory OF the world. This en- only re =
Zone by securing the lauI belonging 10 =
ne Crown and the Church. end dis "
1t among he people. -
Land for the People. d
The necessity for some such measure Z,
s shown by the fact that the % 600 GG6 =
PEASANTS of Russia have only 81 800 GOO T
icrCs san average Of eight acres nor -
aplta-while the Crown holds 4O6 QA0 =
90 acres, the Imperial family ii bouf =
O,COO-000 the Church about $4,000 Ou5 "
md tie big land owners 25O. 600 000 %
cres. II the constitutional Democrats =
an succeed in their plan To get more n
and Tor the people they VIII win eve .,
7sting fame ana popularity It thof~ !,
asst convention they settled the cue:f- RI
ION OF tactics ~ adopting a resolution n
ndCrSlnS the boycott methods Of the II
.olitical ctrikers.- From the outset Tho - -
'adet party has been the most popular .,
nd best organized, having strong Il
ress of its oau. ~
The United Unionjsts are an assOci7- -
lon OF political clubs which was form 7.
q after the massacre of January 9th .!.'
900 The membership is made ID of =.
ludents, civil engineers. doctors. at -
1Tneys clerks. and men of other pro -
ass1Ons- The Unionists succeeded IN g
)rcing the manifest Of October 18th ~
'ithOut resOTting to other than boycott III
lethods. After the manifest il re- ",
lained true TO the principles OF the va
0ycOtt, and was OF course treated by
le government as revolutionary
3rty. Its members held a convention
Finland sometime ago. and like the NJ
institutional Democrats. expressed a cI'
reference Cor a constitutional conve1- he
on instead of the dOuma IN
Party of October II. 70 r.,
A strong faction has been known as SCI
e Party Of October Seventeenth. It m'
as organized by the minority members 81
the November zemstvO convention SIC
no have done very little talking and ma
We accomplished a great deal Of work lul
lis party stands sqUareIy on the man pG
st. It has publicly announced that &C
will fight both revolution and reac- an
n. As an instance Of its sincerity In bu
Is respect a recent incident NAV he ag'
ed: Shortly before Count W5tte was tor
posed an anonymous interview was me
zen out quoting him as saving thar du'
: EmperOr's power was IN no way ha'
lifted: that he remained on autocrat on
q could at any time cancel his mani lab
TO II he so desired. the
he Partv of October Seventeenth AT lab
,e came out with a most able and era
nffied statement of the emperor's dis
" legal status as head Of a limited
narchy, under which no measure
ID. become a law unless approved by T
dounaa. At the same time the his and
lcaI meaning Of the title "autocrat" be
s explained, and timely argument Of all