Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1906-06-14

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council to the electoral assemblies OF
the district and despatched ID the
assembly Of the province varies con.
siderably. On the one hand, the
amount OF land owned by the peas.
ants or by landowners not belonging
to the Volost has been taken as a
basis; on the other hand the basis is
the amount of direct taxes paid by the
! country people, or by those OF
towns and cities.
In order TO establish the voting lists
the leading town of each district and
each province has an electoral COM
mission composed principally OF the
executive commission Of the zemstyo
or OF the municipality, with more or
less considerable admlxture of govern.
ment officers.
lnconaruities.
Such In the rough Is the electoral
system when Is to produce the first
douiha' It's extremely complicated
FORM, the diversity of principles ON
which 1t rests, the interest OF castles,
inc representation OF materia! inter.
esLs as figured on the basis of taxes.
ana iinally on The scale of numbers.
are quite suihciont to show tnat us life
VIII be short, Moreover the law of
Aug, 10, 1905, even In It's reclsed form
abonnds In queerness and in hereslos
or constitutional law which reflect
small credit on the commission that
framed It.
IT conforms so closely TO the prin
clplc OF the representation of interests
lhat the same voter has a recognized
Tlbht to vote In several different local.
l,les In several different capacities
and this Is made still easier by the
arrangement which allows the cleo.
IONS to last nearly month in tie
different parts of the empire.
hut what shall we say of the re.
stIictons-applied TO all classes
which recognize only the eligibility or
members OF the electoral college.
which Is more and more restricted
lhus In the urban council, the coun
try VIII be deprived of the services of
most meritorious md most ilmstrious
citizens If only some gossiping ianitor
spreads ugly stories about them In the
blocks of houses that are their prop.
'l|N ana SO prevents their election
Moreover when the deputy has been
elected ON the basis of his wife's prom
erlE, that lady may one day ny INTO a
temper ana rob him of his powers; N
winch case the husband ceases To be
a deputy. All in all there are too
many such shortcomings in this Law.
though 1t was the fruit of six months
deliberation.
The douma is elected for five wears
nut may be dissolved at any time. It's
members receive ten roubles CS525,
a day during the session and also their
travelling EXPENSES.
The last auitosto gave two perog.
atlNes withheld by the former ed;ct
winch had made It an advisorye com.
mission rather than a legislative body.
1t elects its president and two vice
presidents. Its members during the
session may be arrested only in virtue
OF an authorization by the chamber
itself except in case OF fragrant crime,
or of crime committed in the exer.
else of their duty This last provision
Is Immensely elastic for we have heard
ere this of the crime of lese.maieste.
improved by Later Ukases.
As instituted by the ukase of Aug. 70
the douma was only n consultative
| commission strictly watched over by
the council of the empire, which latter
gave 1t q ridiculous term of two weeks
to give it's advice on a proposed law.
after which the hill was To be sent
back to the council of the empire and
submitted to the car without further
concern for the opinions of the douma.
| Furthermore, the czar reserved the
right to side with either the douma or
the council of the empire (Which has
row been raised to the rank OF n
| high chamber The following list or
public questions defines the business
with which the douma may deal.
(a Questions demanding the pro.
mitigation Of laws and the approprla.
ton of funds-their modification, ox.
tension, ahrogation or suspenslo...
! OBJ Questions regarding the bud.
get Of receipts and expenses, with the
hudgetary condition of government