The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-01-19
Political Parties Planning for
Elections.
DEMOCRATS 10 MEET
Moderates Are Also Preparing for
Fight Pacihcation Of the coun-
try Is Going on
Steadily.

st. Petersburg, Jan. 19.-The holiday
truce in Russian politics is over and the
new political parties are mastering their
strength for Rnssia's first ail-important
electoral campaign. The opening guns
vii be fred today when the delegates Of
the Constitutional Democrats wilIassem-
bic to discuss their elaborate platform.
The party represents the advanced lib
cral opinions oil the zemstvo majority
and the platform will closely follow the
resolutions Of the last zenatvo congress.
The allied moderate parties which are
standing on the basis of the manifesto
of Oct. 80, viii also be early in tie field.
There will be a conference Of the leaders
from various parts of the empire here
this week. This coalition which en-.
braces the party of law and order, the
0ctobrists and five lesser factions. has
chosen the name OF Constitutional Mon.
archists and win nominate candidates
in common, realizing that singly they
are too weak to meet the well-organized
Constitutional Democrats or even the
Social Democrats and Social Revolutions
lists. Though officially they are on re-
cord as being in favor Of boycotting the
national assembly and continuing the
armed revolt they have awakened 70
the necessity for securing d representa-
tion in the coming national assembly
and for concentrating their attention
on securing full registration from the
Labor, professional and socialistic organi.
cations. With the League Of Leagues
they have formed campaign committees
in each election district in cider to get
ont the vote. In consequence Of the
great rush to register, the period Of re-
gistration. which expired Tuesday, hus
been extended Tor two weeks Under
the new electoral plan, by which the
workmeB's representatives viii be mer-
qel into general electoral commissions,
in the provinces and cities. there is lit
Tie chance OF an absolute majority for
The Socialists but the leaders hope to
get enough electors to hold the balance
OF power and force an alliance and a
division Of seats with the Constitutional
Democrats.
During the holidays the paeifcation
Of the country has been steadily going
forward BY an unspafing use II the
military and wholesale arrests Of the
leaders Of the lighting organizations the
revolutioniSts hsve been driven under
ground and have been forced to raturn
to their ola methods ~ assassination.
Not dAv passes without reports OF
several cities. 50 far ST. egburg has
escaped owing To The decentralization
Of the teIrorists here and the activity
Of the police. nj spite 81 the closest
watch it is always possible that AN EN-.
issary OF the terrorist brotherhood may
arrive unnotieed from another locality
and attempt 70 execute sentences passed
on Interior Minister Dmrnovo and other
leaders Of the work Of repression.
ia addition IS the Caucasus and few
localities IN Sberia. tie open revolt j.
now Chiefly confined 20 SMALL island of
the Baltic coast, where the difficulty 81
landing troop hampers the suhiugation
OF tlic revolutionisis The iee-broaker
Hegnak, carrying attachments Of mar.
ines and infantry has been unable "a
reach the principal island, 0sei, at the
entrance Of tire 6nlf af Riga, and i
now awaiting light draft steamer 10
4 land ilc troops Following the cxam.
| re oi their brothers On the mainland
the pca,antry 81 even THE finest island.
ia tie Baltic have instituted independ-
cnt republics tins OF these on the isle;
lof iinrnsitt, probably the smallest
state IN The world, already boasts d
revolution and q second president, the
citizens having risen and oycithrowr
the frst president The present chioi
magistrate, Janeenson. is addressing
them ia proclomations as My faithful
{ subjects