The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-20
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- 1919"
You know 81 course, OF w ".vounans
Impression pfoduned ~ n s"..p'us
overwhelming electoral victory wv
CONSTITUTIONS. Det'ocfe''o pAry' ~ ~
other party nae had . chhnee' ihis W
unph they owed IN . graz nsasure sosns,'
compact organisation, tbeir tnoIoush tIain'
ing In party dlsoipiVne aha ths.r 1870
mastery land, let me Whisper, .Iequen'Iy
I M iunHInu ala nnAnElNDtlNDlAl MHImNlUHt ~
canvasslng 10 called IN hussse, D"' snaS
is only half the reason, OF even lees. inns
victory was hrst OF All an mmenss, uhIVers"
vote OF Indignation ana NATIONAL pro'ss'.
Among the candidates there was not one
prominent name, not one OF the men WHO
have made an honorable reputation ine
Cons,ttutionai Democratic ucke'a were
voted bindly On Impulse. uy tnousanas
who rc1lly inclined toward the more mou-
crate League OF October ~. amply
because the central committee OF sne mtter
made the mistake OF not suViciently %
phssizing In their platform their OPPOSE
ton TO the Government, tnelr detee'a''oh
OF all the horrors OF the itte-Durnovo
regime and In their meetings observed voc
correct a demeanor' TOO much sentiemanIy
and academic reserve giving excessive
importance 70 parliamentary oourtesles:
In the peoples present reohot mooo
meaning all ohsses, min u exoep. the
circles actually In power ana the oirect
victims OF the popular and revolutionary
riots this attitude has been repuoisteo
and most unjustly Interpreted as luke
warmness and backwardness. II the reac-
uonary cabinet had stopped repression IN
time and given at least parts OF what IL mao
promised the result would nave been
different.
BY successive manifestoes, circulars,
regulations n whatnot, the Government
has been persistently. systematically cur
failing the Duma Q rights and competence
until, If it submits, 1t must be what the
Government should like 1t to be-a make
believe, a blind to public opinion In other
countries. First, 1t Is not allowed 70 APP
proach or address the sovereign directly
but only through the Council OF the EMPIRE
or upper hoass, which naturally will refuse
to act where 1t does not approve; then, the
right OF questioning Ministers applies only
to cases when they are suspected OF illegal
action, not TO all questions whatever on
which the Duma may desire information,
and the Ministers have the right OF refusing
to answer for reasons Of State (porr
rdtson d'etdp' the ministers are not re-
sponsible to the Duma, /. e., to the nation;
questions OF nance are not subject to it;
it cannot receive petitions; no time is fixed
for opening or closing the sessions; in the
interval between the sessions (summer
months) the Government will be free to
act son its own hook'-and 80 on and so
on, limitations and exceptions at every
step, v to the personal inviolabihty OF
the members One more little detail, little
but characteristic the statute declares
that the sittlngs are open to the public.
But it has been announced that 1t will be
impossible to spare room for more than
forty-eight outsiders. Am l not right in
saying that the Duma II 1t submits will
be effectively fettered n muzzled? But
will 1t submitS
Not the least among the many surprises
OF these astonishing days is the attitude OF
the peasants, showing how great a mistake
1t Is to consider undeserved poverty and
ignorance as equivalents OF incapaoity and
stolidity. Ignorant they are because
they have been carefully kept 30 They
are painfully conscious OF their ignorance
n its disadvantages, and 1t Is one more
grievance added to the long list OF those