The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-06-10

douma would he unhampered in it's
functions; and third, guarantee that
freedom of elections and the right of
public meetings would be protected.
The position of the Mobiles on the land
question is liberal, and they admit the
necessity of autonomy for the prov
inces.
The Social Democrats and Social
Revolutionists may be classed together.
inasmuch as they came into promin-
ence about the same time and for the
same reason. Both gained many ad-
herents as the result of the immodera-
ton display ed by the majority at the
Inflated Zemstvo convention. The
similarity between the Social Demo-
Gratis and Social Revolutionists is that
both are in favor of the application of
any Find of force to secure the over
throw of tae government. but since the
suppression of the Moscow rebellion
they have been effectuany silenced. At
that time the government confscated
their press organs, and arrested their
leaders wherever found. While there
are many who still believe in the prin-
ciples OF these organizations both have
lost the bulk of their followers because
the workmen We're glad to get back to
their old places or any terms.
UNITED ON MAIN ISSUES.
The Progressive EconOm SITS and the
Merchants and Manufacturers Asso-
citation may also be classed together be-
cause each have joined hands with the
Party of October Seventeenth on the
main issues but find it convenient
to deal with economic questions
under separate organizations. Noble,
the oil man, is one of the leaders of
the Progressive Economists, and Count
Tolstoi. Junior, is one of their workers.
They have organized series of pub
lie lectures with view of acquainting
the public with the future reconstruc-
ton work OF the douma. The Mer-
chants and Manufacturers Associa-
ton is the business mans party,
organized a year ago by Morozoff, the
grea' Moscow cotton manufacturer
Being composed of men intimatel IA
miliar with the productive resources of
Russia they will have a powerful in
fiuence in legislation on all questions
dealing with finance, labor, transporta-
ton, and the like. To them rill fol
the duty of securing the labor vote
now that the Social Democrats and the
Social Revolutionists are discredited
THE REACTIONARY PARTIES.
The Russian Club, the Peoples |
League, and the Russian MonarchicaI
party, can be grouped together because |
they are all reactionary parties who |
want a zemsky sabor called. They |
claim that the oath taken by the En-
peror on coronation day cannot per-
nit him to surrender his power by a /
simple manifesto. He must surrender l.
his power in the same way that the
Romanoffs received it-with proper re-
igious ceremonies before the people as
;embled at Moscow. They do not rec
,gnize that the manifest introduces the
principle of constitutional government.
According to them the douma is merely
n advisory body made temporarily
necessary in order to acquaint the En-
'eror with the needs of his people The
Peoples League promises to compete ]
With the Constitutional Democrats in !
idding for the favor of the peasants. {
Aside from the foregoing there are {
many other minor groupings. such as {
he party of Legal Order, which came {
ITO prominence as being the first and S
My party to oppose by propaganda the I
movement. and the In c