Show ADOPT PART OF constitution moscow nov 22 by a scant majority oi twenty today the congress adopted the first sections of the program drafted by the executive committee declaring iho solidarity ot the congress with the principles plea of the imperial manifesto of october 30 and assuring the government of th support of the great majority of zem kavos and municipalities in carrying tato effect the liberties promised by the manifesto hut laying down as the sole means of guaranteeing the authority of the douma and restoring order in alia country the election of representatives by a general direct equal and bechet ballot and aba formal grant to the first douma of the power to elaborate a constitution for the empire the friends of count witte on the floor made a stout fight the provision or a direct ballot the ono concession which the premier con elders it is impossible to grant but this provision was darned over their heads by a two thirds majority the opposition in ite final form is eua substantially the sajda as cabled yesterday the committee to which it was referred for further consideration made numerous alterations la the phraseology but little change in the substance except the of a demand for the immediato Imme diaCo abolition faai alil law in poland 03 among deemed to be imperative bo fora the convocation of tho douma the committee rejected an amendment proposed by prot Kovalev forthe for the creation of a committee of to act in an advisory calaty with count amite until the meeting of the douma the prince count heydon anil M karauloff Kara made a final but vain effort to eliminate the section giving constituent functions to the first douma M karauloff a former who spent 24 years in prison or in exile and who in the congress represents siberia where he has been living banishment opposed universal suffrage and warned tho congress anax insistence on a assembly would a struggle with the forces of anarchy and plunge the country into a sea of blood the congress also inserted at the suggestion of the committee a provision subjecting all ministers except the court ministers to the responsibility of the cabinet M explaining that with the ministers of war navy and foreign affairs exempted from euch responsibility not only could war or peace be decided without consulting tho premier but the minister of war could declare martial law in any section of the country without hia colleagues |