The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-03-07
CURB BIT FOR NEW
 RUSSIAN PARLIAMENT
AN IMPERIAL MANIFESTO EM- BRACING LAWS TO GOV-
 ERN ITS ACTS.

Government Will be Able to Keep q
 Firm Check on Legislative Body and
 to Exclude Certain Subjects from
 Consideration by the Peoples Repre-
 sentatives-AlsO Carefully Retains
 Power to PrOmuIgate Temporary
 Laws During Recesses--Feature
 Which ERectuaIly Bars Reds from
 Membership.
 St. Petersburg, March 6-The full text of an imperial manifesto and laws relative to the national assembly and the reorganized council of the empire, were published to-day and throw a flood of light on the purpose of the gov ernment to keep a firm check on the new Russian parliament and to exclude certain subjects from consideration by the peoples representatives The com position of the council of the empire, or upper house of the national assem- bly,, with one half appointed by the emperor and twenty-six elected from the nobility and clergy not counting scattering supporters from other classes seems to insure conservative, if not pliable majority in the council to block the national assembly should the ma jority of the latter be in opposition to the crown.
 The government carefully restraints the power to promulgate temporary laws during recesses of the parliament, and as the parliament is subject to dis solution by imperial ukase the govern ment is thus in 8 position in time of stress to rid itself of an obnoxious leg islature and preclaims such laws as it deems necessary to meet the emer- gency.
 A feature of the law which seems to effectually bar Reds" from member ship in the national assembly Is a pro vision exacting from persons elected an oath of fidelity to emperor autocrat and noly Russia" The most signifl cant article, however, is one retaining certain provisions of an existing law which is mentioned only by number. Tkis innocent looking provision is far reaching, placing beyond the jurisdic- tion of the parliament and consigning to existing commissions of the council of the empire composed solely of mem bers appointed by the crown, for con- sideration the following:
 Reports of the minister of finance upon the state of the treasury.
 2-Charges of malfeasance against members of the council of the empire, ministers, governors general and com nanders-in-chief of land or sea forces.
 3-The establishment of stock com panies with special privileges.
 4-Questions relating to entailed es- states, titles of nobility, etc.
 All the members of the council must be forty ears old and baccalaureates. The president and vice president will be appointed by the emperor. Elective members will receive $1250 daily dur ing the session.
 The sittings of both the national as- scmbly and the council of the empire will be public and the closure of de bate may be voted by majority.
 Ministers will be eligible to election to the national assemly.
 Laws voted by the two bodies will be submitted for imperial sanction by the president of the council of the empire
 The members of both bodies are im- rune from arrest during the session, except by permission of the bodies to which they belong, unless guilty of fla- grant offences,
 The ukases further point out that bills rejected by the emperor cannot be brought forward again, in the courts of the same session. Bills rejected by one of the legislative bodies shall require imperial consent before being re-intro- duced.