Show THE TH Some S ome Points Collated From the His History History History tory of f Dormant Congress Cong ess Pittsburg Dispatch The sobol which Is to all al in tents t and ad purposes purse a Russian Russia national as assembly embly s representing all al classes of the people has ha never been abolished by law te though hough t it i has ha remained in I a state of ot Innocuous desuetude for tor more than two centuries One of or them In fact elected the he t first Romanoff emperor and more moreover moreover moreOver over made him promise that no laws sl should hould s be made or changed no taxes lev Jev led ed ie l sf no war declared and no estates con oon confiscated f without the te consent of ot the rep representatives r of the r eople The Te Russian Rusian national assembly dates from f rom the time of or Ivan the te Terrible Terrible who whon In i n 1566 16 and for merely selfish purposes called c an a assembly of or the local nobility clergy landholders rf merchants and oth others others othera ers era o u luu tee tae tat power or Ot tao te council counch of boyars boya e threatened his bl own wn ic 1 uvo the question ot or con continuing c t tue war with olao Again Agin in Jk b t tf t whon when hen the line of ex extinct unet tue tb elected th te tho first frt Romanoff emperor under whom and his hs immediate to t successors success rs it i dealt delt with the tIe questions of a war or peace commercial policy and the putting down down of o rebel rebellions rebellions lions lons The last sobol was called cale in 1698 1693 to try tr the Princess Sophia who had ar an arrived a rived at the throne during the absence of Peter the Great in western Europe In this assembly aU all casses classes of the people were represented |