Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-04-09
RESULTS Of THE
RUSSIAN ELECTIONS
BeIated Returns Only Increase
The Magnitude OF the OPP.
POSITIONS Victory.
HAVE BEEN REMARKABLE.
IT Government Doesn't Listen Ia Voice
or People, VIII be q Great
Calaclysm.

ST. Petersburg, April 9, dictated re-
turns today only increase the masnl'
tude OF the opposition's victory. kursk
returned solid progressive delegation
headed by Prince Peter Dolgoroukoff
Nj. Sherkofr, one OF the members elect
ed 10 the lower house OF parliament, Is
now In prison, vltebsk elected two
Poles. II Catholic priest, one Progress
sive, two Constitutional Democrats, and
two peasants. Vladimir, one Of the
old capitals Of Russia. where the or
thodox faith tx particularly strong,
chose Monarchis,. but the electoral
college elected five Constitutional DEM
ocrats. Tula Is the only province ex-
cept Moscow which elected majority
OF Conservatives. The result In Mos
cow province constitutes an anamoly
in the elections. All the Constitutions
al Democrats Wen, down but the re-
suit was engendered through deal
with the Reactionlsts and "A portion Of
the "Octoberlsts who bought the
support Of the peasants IN the electoral
college by allowing them TO name M
additional member. The bargain was
so distasteful TO NJ Shipoff, the prom
inent zemstvo leader, and NJ. ChetVeri-
koff that they declined to be parties TO
It, withdrew their candidatures and
also induced the Constitutional Demo-
Gratis to withdraw their ticket. whish
included Prince Paul Dologoroukoff ana
NJ, Golovin. As a net result the Prov
ince Of Moscow, the real heart OF Rus
sis, sends to parliament comparatively
unknown men-two peasants, a work
man. Prince Gagarin. NJ. Mashoff, NJ.
Krudner and Peter struve. The latter
Is the most prominent being the presi-
dent of the Moscow bourse. With the
single exception of Tuna in every prov
iuce where the peasant class was in
the ma iority, the electoral college cap-
tured the ma jority Of the members.
Most Of them, however although
belonging to the peasant class. are ac-
1ually peasants in name only and have
risen far above their station. For in
stance peasant of 81. Petersburg
province Is a principal OF a middle
school
The Rech. organ Of the Constitu-
tIonal Democrats, terms II splendid
victory and referring TO the election
Of men like NJ. Petrunkevitch and NJ.
Bodltcheff, who first demanded a con-
stitlition for Russia and Prince Sha-
koyski. who gave q fortune To aid the
liberation movement, the paper points
out that these arc 1.-THE very people
whose Ideas the emperor IL years ago
called foolish Oceans"
The Rcch. then issues a solemn
warning, as follows
III Count Witte last November had
been able to feel the beating of the
heart OF Russia. and had listened to
world would not have witnessed Tho
horrors Of the present counter-revolu-
ton. The voice of the people becomes
clearer and louder daily. II the gov
eminent does not listen 10 IT, the
country is destined TO pass through
cataclysm a hundred fold worse than
anything which has been Inspired"
The Twentieth Century, formerly
the Russ, which was recently suspend
ed declares that the election proves
the strength Of the opposition to the
government from Finland TO the Cau-
Gus addindg,
when we recall the police prepara-
tons M the first stage OF the elections,
how many Of the original electors or
nGment the prisons and that the cleo
lions were held virtually under the
regime OF martial law, the result is all
the more remarkable.
Tho Novoe Vremya last week said
that St. Petersburg was only dot on
the map OF Russia What will it say
now. can II doubt that the government
VIII not have an obedient parliament.