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Show i . T.-Jf FKTBRSBURG, May 18. Sitting j tmta long after, 2 o'clock this morning,. ; .... th twer houo of th National ParUa- j ' montXsot IU seal 'upon Its first great . work,- thV adoption bf th address In reply re-ply to Emperor Nicholas's speech' front th thron at te Winter palace, and et- : ting forth the alms and aspirations of Buaata's mlUlona. . : ' : Docplt attack both from th right and from th left, the .leader of the Constitutional Consti-tutional Democratic party held their followers fol-lowers together to tho last, and th address ad-dress waa adopted substantially In tho . form in which It was proposed by tho - eommUstoo. aad ' as already telegraphed by tho Associated Press. ' After' th addrajs- of the-lower house-In reply to the speech of the throne was adopted, the - Mouse- adjourned subject to the call of the President. After tho reading read-ing of th final draft M. Petrajetsky took the rostrum and applied for a unanimous vote. Count Hayden stated that he and his friends, ' although approving of th address In general, were unable to vote for certain - details, and would withdraw In order that no opposing voice might bo heard. - Ho then left th hall, followed by live members. The address was thereupon unanimously adopted. President Meurotntsea was instructed in-structed to request an Immediate audience audi-ence with the Emperor today if possible. On his visit, to tho Emperor President Mouromtseff will be accompanied by several sev-eral members of tho commission which drafted tho address. t Th amendments adopted Wednesday and Thusday affect important details. but do not change the general tenor of th document.' which, extreme as It may be In the eyes of th autocracy, falls' far short of the expectation of the Radicals. Tim after time during th long three days of debate the extremists, with their undying hatred of the whole ancient order, or-der, launched their fiery attacks against the "mildness of the various paragraphs, only to break against the Armneas of the restraint of the chiefs of the party. When the discussion had been finished the deputies'.' with the exhortations of the country to speedy action ringing In their ears, ventured no further delay, and, .though they had been already In session fourteen hour took a races - until o'clock this morning for the reading and adoption of the final draft of tbo address, instead of postponing this formality until the opening of Friday's session. . As if running a race to see which should be th first to present to Emperor Nicholas Nich-olas a. demand for amnesty,' the Council of -the Empire -also was. in session' well Into th early morning hours, discussing Its address In reply to the speech from th throne. "This document, which Is far simpler and mora conservative than that of the lower house, proposes an amnesty which doe not include those who are coupled with political offenses, murder -or violation of property rigts In other words political assassins or participants la agrarian excesses. - Th lower house's demand for amnesty, the. kernel and most pressing point In Its address, was altered at th but moment by the commission itself, which In response re-sponse to criticisms of Indeflnlteneas in the expression "full political amnesty" substituted -"amnesty for all crimes committed com-mitted - from religious or political motives mo-tives as' well as agrarian offenses." The commission also accepted a new claus to meet the wishes of the discontented la tbo army and navy, asking the -Emperor to revise the conditions of service on tho basis of tight and Justice. ' . |
