2
Democratic Conference
When the Democratic Conference was first proposed to Kerensky, he suggested an assembly of all the elements in the nation—“the live forces,” as he called them—including bankers, manufacturers, landowners, and representatives of the Cadet party. The Soviet refused, and drew up the following table of representation, which Kerensky agreed to:
100
delegates
All-Russian Soviets Workers’ and Soldiers’ Deputies
100
”
All-Russian Soviets Peasants’ Deputies
50
”
Provincial Soviets Workers’ and Soldiers’ Deputies
50
”
Peasants’ District Land Committees
100
”
Trade Unions
84
”
Army Committees at the Front
150
”
Workers’ and Peasants’ Cooperative Societies
20
”
Railway Workers’ Union
10
”
Post and Telegraph Workers’ Union
20
”
Commercial Clerks
15
”
Liberal Professions—Doctors, Lawyers, Journalists, etc.
50
”
Provincial Zemstvos
59
”
Nationalist Organisations—Poles, Ukrainians, etc.
This proportion was altered twice or three times. The final disposition of delegates was:
300
delegates
All-Russian Soviets Workers’, Soldiers’ & Peasants’ Deputies
300
”
Cooperative Societies
300
”
Municipalities
150
”
Army Committees at the Front
150
”
Provincial Zemstvos
200
”
Trade Unions
100
”
Nationalist Organisations
200
”
Several small groups