The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-03
 IN MAJORITY Believed That Their Vic tory IS Sweeping. ELECTIONS IN syPErERs'uRs Every Preeaut a Taken Against
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 Under Arrest.

St. Petersburg. April 1.-The elec- tions of workmen within the limits or St. Petersburg proper were held yes- terday, preceding the elections to the municipal convention here. which in turn will elect six members to the lower house of parliament.
 The balloting of the workmen, how ever. was almost a complete farce. as were the elections of a fortnight ago in the bigger factories outside the city. The latter representatives will partici- pate in tn eprovincial convention and the former take part in the St. Peters burg municipal convention. Out of sixty-seven establishments the work men of twenty-nine boy cotted tn cleo tions, and of the remainder only the minority voted. and of those elected about half were constitutional Demo- crats and the other half conservatives. or members of the black hundred" as they are now populariy termed.
 One man elected Is now in prison and another declined to accept election for fear that it would subject him to perse- cution. NJ. Oushakoff. one of the dele gates chosen, is superintendent of the State printing ofice and chief of the independent workmen's party" which. like the famous Zabatoh organization. is considered to be a creature of the Minister of the Interior. The delegates of the workmeu outside of the city who had previously been elected simply went through the form of selecting cam didates for the provincial convention. A number of them had been arrested since the elections and only seventy two appeared at the meeting. They chose four Progressives and four Con- servatives.
 Voting began at g o'clock this morn ing. There. is an average of l5,O00 voters for each polling place The in- terest manifested in the election Is evidenced by l. fact that half the vote was cast before in the after noon. In some places crowds gathered at the polls before they were opened.
 2y000 Votes in Half Hour.
 In the University district 2,0e0 per- sons voted during the first half hour. Considertng the fact that four-fifths of the Voters exercised the right of citizenship for the first time in their lives, there was little confusion. The great majority appeared with their ballots already prepared at home. sim ply presented the certificates entitling them to vote and dropped their ballots into the sealed bo es.
 Great precautions were taken to prevent disorders and possible bomb throwing. cordon Of police sur rounded each polling place and 10 one
 
 enter. At several polling places pea sants attired in old Russian costumes accosted voters and pleaded with them to the accompaniment of many signs of the cross not to turn out the emperor Vote for God and the Emperor" was the burden of their appeal. The general impression was that they were stage peasants" picketed at the polls to influence the lower clesses in favor of the conservatives.
 The result of the election is not def initely known tonight, the electoral commissioners with characteristic Rus sian unconcern having sealed up the ballots and postponed the count until tomorrow. A sweeping victory for the constitutional Democrat is however. generally conceded.
 Many leading Octoberists. the strong est faction In the block" openly boast of bolting the ticket and voting for constitutional Democrats on account of their distrust of their conservative all lies. Professor Paul NJ. Milukoff. the leader of the constitutional Democrats, told the Associated Press tonight that his party had carried away every ward of the city with the possible exception of the admiralty quarter, the residence section of officials and members of high society.