The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-05-17
AMNESTY
ON MAY l9
|'
Gar to Make Partial Grant To
Demands Of Parliament
ION HIS BIRTHDAY
Leaders Begin Speeches The Enthusi-
asm Of Factions Indicated in
Great Number of Requests
for Hearings.

st. Petersburg, May 1T.-I'he ppin-
ion is quite general that paliiameDt's
adoption OF the reply TO the speech from
the throne will make conflict with the
crown inevitable, A. II contains i NUM-
Der u points upon which The supporters
IF the government say il Il impossible
for the emperor to yield.
The Noyoe Nremya regards the reply
as a purely revolutionary document. On
the other hand, the Constitutional De-
mocratie leaders, while asserting that
the reply II intended To make clear that
the country viii bc satisfied with moth
ing less than constitutional monarchy,
insist that ii i not an ultimatum.
There ii every Indication that the EN-
peror and t,orcyygiu's cabinet desire to
avoid a conflict and that by eomprom-
ise on the question OF amnesty they
vail seek to gain time. 1t can be assert
I'LL on high authority that partial ann
Incsty will be proclaimed May 10, the
einperor's birthday.
When parliament reassembled at III
O'Clock the impression prevailed that the
day would witness stirring scenes. Pre-
mier Goremykin and the entire cabinet
we're seated on the ministerial benches
and IL was understood that the premier
intended 10 outline the views of the
government in regard 10 the reply to the
speech from the thfonf-
Tile Upper House Of Parliament also
. ~
met yesterday Two ministers and Count
Witte we're scheduled to speak. II was
decided to appoint committee Of eight
cen to draft an address in reply to Tie
speech from tie throne. The committee
WAS given entire freedom Of action ana
no instructions III any Kind.
The excited frame Of mind of the
members OF parliament was evidenced
by tile long list Of speakers submitted
even before President Mouromtsetf had
called the house 10 order. This was not
so much due to Russian love Of talk
as TO the fact that every memher seem.
ei 90 feel himself to be charged with
i message from his constituents which
he must deliver.
From the very outset yesterday words
in favor Of moleration were few and far
between. Seminoff, Social Revolution.
ist from SaFatoif. was the first speaker
Amid wild applause he declared that tils
reply to the speech from the throne was
TOO weak. Parliament he addict, was
Ieyidently content with less than the peo-
Eplc. a
10 cries Of ~Scmlia | Irolia.~ gI.and
and fredoin) Scminod announced that
ment did not want land without liberty
The peasants were 50 revolutionary that
"only spark was required to kindIe q
Ieonflagration, and anarchy and destruc-
ton we're certain il the demands Of the
peasants we're not satisfied iinmedi-
aicly."
President Mouromtscif during the day
Iccehel a telegram from the political
3dael al Yekaterinoslav
South Russia, saying that on May Day
they were beaten with the flats Of
ssosas ~ tne gendarmie and that some
Of them were seriously wounded The
Iprisoners asked parliament 70 demand
the punishment 81 the guilty persons
anil ~ hasten the granting Of amnesty
Prof. kiismin- knravieF referred tc
the horror OF the continuance OF the
conditions which within few days had
caused the murder Of Father Gapoa
Fiec,.sdmiral klsmicI, commander Of
The port Of 81. Petersburg. and Governor
Dcleahovskv OF Ekatefinoslas. G
THE most sensational speech delivered
before the recess was that Of Mkhaile
Ichenko, il workman Of Ekaterinaslas
who said be spoke for the prolstariai
cIoss. (which has nothing to lose ex-
ccpt its chains, and which proposed e
fight TO the bitter end for freedom and
against the system (wavinp his hand
toward the right which seeks % pro:
tcct those who fattcn upon the pcoPlal
money