The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-26
CHICAGO TEAM LEADS.
Prizes at Louisville Are to Be Award
 ed Tonight.

Louisville, March 25-With only seven more hve-men teams to bowl in the na- tional bowling tournament 1t begins to look as though the grip of the century number one team of Chicago on first place will not be shaken, and that that organ ization will receive first money when the prizes are awarded tomorrow night.
 There still remain days of bowling for two men teams and individuals, and in these classes the results are apparently still uncertain, the leadership In the ln- dividual having been especially elusive during the past week. The tournament comes to an end Wednesday. There being no bowling today the time was mainly employed in discussion of the impending split In the American bowling congress. Several leading eastern bowlers were re- ported industrially proselltng in favor of A new organization to embrace the east ern cities.
 gress, which Is presided over by the mar shaI of nobility is similar to that In the city congress except that before proceed ing to election of a number of represen- tatives to the douma, to which the pro- vince Is entitled it is encumbent upon the congress to choose first representa- tive of the peasant class After that Is accomplished, the congress proceeds, bal lotting by balls, to select the other rep resentatives Perhaps 1t should be speci- fcally stated so far as the land owners are concerned that although 1t may be necessary for a half dozen small farmers to pool their issues to secure a vote on the land basis, the possession of an amount of land greatly in excess Of the requirement. does not entitled the large land owners to more than one vote.
 Special Provision for Poland.
 Special regulations apply to Poland, the Caucasus and other outlying regions. in that a certain number of representatives are allotted but the general system and qualifications of the purely Russian prov inces are applicable. Poland elects thir- ty-six representatives to the douma and Siberia. divided into four provinces for elective purposes. choose fourteen.
 The whole system Is imperfect in many particulars. but this Is largely attribut- able to the haste with which 1t was pre- pared and put into operation and will un- doubtedly be greatly changed, as time goes on. even if the whole basis of suf- frage should not be altered 10 meet the demands of the raical parties.
 Upper Chamber on Another Basis.
 The elected members of the council Of the empire or upper chamber (half the number) are chosen by classes on quite another basis. Neither the Proletariat of the cities nor the peasants in the coun- trv have any voice. Of the nlnety-eight elected members. eighteen are chosen by the nobility six by the clergy six by the universities, thlrty-four by the provin- cial zemstvos, sixteen by land owners special congresses in provinces where there are no zemstvo organizations. twelve by the commercial bodies of large cities representing trade and industry and six from Poland
 tho representation of Finland. either in inc imperial douma or the council of the empire. this question which Involves the delicate political relationship of the grand duchy and the empire, having been post noned according to the imperial manifesto