Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-06-17
NEW ELECTION LAW REGARDED
Az BAHEFACED GERRY MANDER


The constitutional democratic deputies to-
day held a caucus and appointed a commit
tee 60 draft m address 20 their constituents
setting forth the work accomplished BY the
douma. emphasizinR their devotion C. their
parliamentary labors throughout the session
and critielslng tho radicals FOR their failure
10 rcciprocatc.
In this address they will attempt to throw
the entire blame Tor the dissolution ON the
government. but It VIII IA NO wise cor
respond IN tone with the ViborR Rddress-
IN error which the constitutional demo-
Gratis have no intention IT repeating.
There was much TAX OF declaring a boy
colt on the new election 10 the douma. but
no action was taken The new election law
is regarded as a masterpiece Of gcrryman-
dorilg %nvOwodly designed 10 reduce to 4
minimum the representation % those classes
u the population IN which hostility to the
government has been chiefly evident Il
reduces the deputations from the four east
crn provinces. VyntkAI Perm, Ufn ana Oden
burg, and the Siberian provinces " Tobolat
TofuBky, UuruRutsk ana Yernisoisk, which
returned radical deputies 10 the preceding
douma from IS to 40 n decreases the
Polish contingent from 80 to "a the Caucal
SLAMS from 20 to 10. Of which only sevei
represent indigenous races. W the other
hand, II selects pHkov. Kiev city ana 9TH"
Constituencies returning conservatives in
the last election. for an Increase aud pro-
woes tnt hprCihl representation OF the con
sentative population Of wilma and Kpynu
provinces on the Polish frontier. AZ "a re-
suit OF these various changes the new doumn
number az instead Of 52t
To incrcaHe IN" representation of the CON
rervative iand owners, the election NJ one
lHnd owner ~ made arbitrary u IL proVid5 4
that peasant deputies must be house own
efs, personally engaged ia agriculture. The
extension " the suffrage to the Wnrkmeu
fpf which Witte was reaponH'bic is practi
cally nuliined direct representative " tho
wurhmon being retained In only sfK pro-
Vlnecs
Tho ofhcial version states that tho now
electoral law leaves the general haHia NJ tho
previous law UNCHANGED that no single eiuss
~ persons possessing tho franchise under the
o%xhHting tnA loses r. the main difference Do
ina that under the new law all the different
clashes of the population are assured of "a
minimum number Of memhtra among toe
popular representative Tho new law also
gives the Intelligent classes an advantage
10 the anal elections. lnnamuch as % In
crtasos the number ~ their electoral assem
blics aH compared with tho representative OF
the non Intelligent classes
While the effect of the present propun-
dcrance ~ non intelllRchcias" was to fI
tho douma viii deputies devoid of am tram
tina FOR the comprehension 81 matters col
state ndminirtrEtiou The new duumR pro-
iHeH 60 be composed ~ a class OF members
with experience In local government aud
accustomed TO quiet and peaceful work.
Troops Mnssed In Polish Capital,
Warsaw. June lG-Tho new spnpera issusd
extfsH today spreading the news OF the
dpuma's dissolution, which has created a
impression The emperor action
ia the subject of eager discussion. the pco-
pie fearing That the new election law VIII
exclude the Poles The city, however re-
mains quiet TROOPS TO the number OF 500
900 are massed around the city
Russian Colonel Assassinatcd.
Sehastupol juno l6 Colonel Guneckonaks
harhot commandment. was killed bN
q revolver shot I'm the vicinity OF the docks
today The ASSASSIN was arrested.