The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-24
WHY EMPEROR
DISSOLVED DUMA
Member of Russian Cabinet Says
1t Did Nothing at ALI,
Except Talk.
CAR WANTS BODY
THAT HE CAN USE
New Election Law viii Give Con
troll to Property Owning
Class.

ST. PETERSBURG, June 22.-Tr an
swer to various objections levaled al the
Government FOR it's recent course of ac
ton, the Associated Press has secured
the following declaration Of the posi-
tion and policy Of the Cabinet from one
who is considered one Of its most liberal
members:
''The viii Of the people is the SUI
rreme law, higher thau the written con
stitution. and both the decree of disso-
lutiou and the new electoral law are the
fruit Of this conviction.
''The Emperor summoned the uation
to choose representatives under the cleo
toral law for Il distinct and twofold pur-
pose-to amend and ratify the budget
and 70 draft and enact laws. The sec
oud Duma had shown itself incapable
OF either task. My department intro
duced a large number of bills, both large
and small, during it's sessions that re-
. lated to needs that could moi be prop
erly deferred. Other ministries intro
duced a corresponding mass of pressing
legislation, but during three months all
/ Of these bills remained untouched, In
stead. the Duma sbamefuily wasted time
discussing the rights or men.
Nothing but Talk
''For example. it devoted a whole
session 10 denouncing the use of hand
cuffs. which are used in Great Britain
and America and throughout the whole
world. We were convinced that all
dumas elected under the old electoral
1 law would be equally ready to talk and
unwilling 10 work
"Owing to the impossibility Of OBJ
tanning the dumo 5 consent to changes
I in the electoral law which would give
business-like third duma, the govern
ment itself was obliged to decree the
! change.
"The new law fsvors genuine Rus
sian stock AT the expense of aliens and
favors taxpayers at the expense OF non
taxpayers The critics say that the law
will promote aristocracy and ohgarchy,
but the West which boasts an advanced
institution has not vet worked out a
/ perfect system of representation.
"We issued the law as did the Prus-
slams in lS4s. Most of its features are
modelled on various German preccdcnts
These classes viii possess a majority IN
the new duma which actually have the
upper hand as in the British Parlia
ment, and the American Congress and
other successful Legislatures.
1t is the distinct purpose Of the
Emperor TO obtain A parliament which
will respect property. If his calcula-
tions are at fault, he viii not hesitate
to dissolve a third duma or a fourth,
until the result Is accomplished.
People Never Satisfied.
CAS- though their apetites grew by
eating, the Russian people have had the
habit always of clamoring loudest for
additional rights Just after the govern
ment has made substantial concessions.
| Thus The uprising in Moscow in 1905
followed upon the heels of the gener-
Gus October manifesto; thus occurred
the assassination of Alexander H.,
called The Liberator,' but the Rus
sian monarchy has showed an unfail-
ing ability 10 recuperate after eclipses.
! "a Five years ago a consultative as-
sembly would have been deemed suff-
cient by public opinion, but the En-
peror actually granted legislative as
sembly, But the people were not APP
! peased and clamored for n parlia-
mentary ministry. The duma and min
! istry gradually will learn 70 cooperate,
but the ministers will remain his Maj
esty's ministers. There is no likeli-
hood that this ever will be a stable
majority in the duma because the di-
vcrsity of the races and the economic
| INTERESTS dTt Sutn IUdI IDDudItON Is
the only bulwark against anarchy
breaking up the empire,
'This is SO patent that the Con-
stitutional Democrats, which is SEN
sible party, will ultimately rally TO
the State. The Constitutional Demo
Gratis cater to the Jews and other races
III order to get votes and subscriptions,
but three ,fourths Of that party are pa
triotic Russians and recently rejected
I l,rL ,S
members of the Group of Toll are of
! similar mind, Even among the Social
! Revolutionists there are few genuine
Republicans.
"The disfrauchiscment of aliens
means the enfranchsemen OF Russians
/ The records of quorums sent III the
! duma day by day show that the aliens
| almost always were in the majority
| and were always able to dictate the
! duma S action. Thus the Poles and Mo
hammedans cast a deciding vote The
! Poles even bargained for concessions
! leading TO autonomy and threatened
otherwise to reject the. budget
Is Really Race Struggle.
"Such state Of affairs is intoler.
able in the Russian empire. The Polish
pretensions revive the old question of
mastery between the two Slavic races
! W men tHuuOi tAlSt sue hN sluc. 20
land is. dead forever. The Russian
Poles should say good bye to their po-
! ltical dreams.
/ The Minister further stated that the
T Cabinet had no intention of promul-
} eating any important legislation until
! the assembling of the new duma The
! Cabinet, he said. wilI submit the new
! electoral law to the duma for amend
ments and ratification.
Spasmodic agrarian disorders. he said,
undoubtedly will occur during the sum
mer, but they viii be suppressed ruth
| lessly. The Cabinet, he continued, aims
| 10 enlarge private ownership indef-
1 nitely by encouraging the breaking up
of communes and the purchase of land
! through the peasant bank. With the
| growth of individual ownership the
chimerical hopes Of compulsory appro-
( priation viii subside,
The Minister closed by saying;