Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-06-22
PRESENT DUMA ENDS
CAR NICHOLAS ISSUES UKASE
ABOLISHING IT.
The Dissolution of the Russian Duma
Followed the Refusal of That Body
to Permit Arrest of Its Members
on Charges of Conspiracy Against
the State.

st. Acknowledgements Nicholas
affixed his signature Sunday morning
to an imperial ukase abolishing the
present duma and ordering that the
elections of members to it's successor,
which is to meet November IA, to be
held under the new election law,
which provides against the "submer-
gence of the educated classes by the
uneducated Masses"
This act constitutes a virtual coup |
d'etat, and overrides the fundamental |
laws solemnly proclaimed by his mai
esty on the eve of the convocation OF
the first duma, which declare that the
electoral law can never be changed
without the consent of parliament IT.
self This breach of the constitution
is justified by the great law OF neces-
sity, the advisers of the emperor hold
ing it impossible, under present condi-
lions, to secure a parliament capable
of cooperating tremendously with the
\ crown and rescuing Russia from an
archy and revolution.
The ukae is accompanied by mani
festo setting forth the motives which
led the emperor to act. He adverts to
the dumas rejection of temporary
laws, it's refusal to condemn terrorism,
the delay in ratifying the budget, the
revolutionary spirit of large portion
of it's members, the abuse Of the right
of Interpolation, and the failure of the
duma to comply Immediately with the
demand for the exclusion of the So So
c;al democratic members charged with
conspiracy.
These various evils are ascribed to
defects in the electoral law, conse-
quently the emperor decided to change
the basis of suffrage so that every
part of the Russian population should
be represented in the lower house. The
representation of the non-Russian ma
tionalities, the manifesto continues
> should be decreased in order to pre-
! vent these delegates from becoming q
: decisive factor in purely Russian ques
tons and elections in the frontier re
, gions, where the standard of civic de
, velopment is low, should be temper
6 arily suspended.
o These necessary changes in the
q mode of elections cannot be submitted
to the duma, the composition of which
i is unsatisfactory on account of the de
) fects in the election law itself, but t.
4 the authority which granted the frs
A. election law belongs the right to sui
q stitute new basis of suffrage.
q God entrusted us with imperial al
thority over our people," his majest
! declares, land before his throne w
,r must answer for the fate of the Rus
sian state. Conscious of this, we hav
/ taken a firm resolution to bring to a
+ end the great task of the transform;
n ton of Russia begun by us and
% grant Russia a new electoral law, tn
% publication of which we entrust to tn
,s ruling senate.
ID From our loyal subjects we expet
70 a hearty and unanimous service to tn
70 fatherland whose sons ever have bee
the fortress of her power, glory an
prestige. NICHOLAS
Duma Resisted Arrests.
70 The dissolution of the Russian dun
20 followed the refusal of that body
n. permit the arrest of a number of i
al members on the charge of conspirac
I'd against the state. 1t has been free
or predicted ever since the lower hous
first met, March 5, that it's dissolutic
as was only question of time and tt
nt many official denials never carried CO
IN viction.
nd The history of this duma, like /
or predecessor, has been one of almo
so constant clashes with the governmer
err This, in spite of the fact that a CO
re sistent effort was made in some qua
err tiers to make the duma an effecti
hit legislative body and that the cover
Is. ment's program for legislation contai
lie ed a number of reforms. The cabin
decided it would give parliament eve
as chance to justify it's existence. T.
I'm deputies, however, are insistent on rs
as ical changes, and their persistence
les suited in what amounts to charge
ell the government that the duma was
he shelter for conspiracy and treason.
He The situation entered upon its fir
phase when revolutionary membe
nrt went to London and took part in
he congress which had for it's avow
op- purpose the upsetting of the throne
20 the czar.
ort n. E. Weige Suicides.
w. Petaluma, Cal, June 19.-"Now