The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-12-07
AMERICAN NEWS IN RUSSIA.
Laushabie Blunders About tho Presidentlnl
Election and Life In New YorR.


ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 15.-The news
papers OF this city and OF Moscow have
devoted good deal OF spnce to the late Pres
idential canvass In the United States. Those
who have carefully pcrused all the dispatches
and letters sent here from New York. Wash
ington. and San Francisco have been kept
very well posted on all tho political issues of the
great American republic. The .Noroe Ire,nia.
the Vedomosti. and the Norosti OF this capital,
faithfully followed the campaign. beginning
with the nomination of the candidates for
President. They gave in full the platforms Of
all the parties. and Biographies Of all the can
didates. including Beva Lockwood. and st.
John. Regularly. every week. they publish
long American letters. reporting In detail tho
progress OF the campaign. THE sun and some
other American papers arc largely quoted
hero. And yet within a few days have been
led to suspect that. with n few exceptions. the
Russians actually know nothing about America.
Recently the Noroe I'renia. the newsiest Of
Russian papers. which has been printing cor
rect kilograms on the election returns. said:
According the latest news from New York concern.
ing the coming election Of Presdrn of the United
states nlie Is t. be ne!d on March 1850 victory will
land who had received 2e electoral votes against l-2
dent OF the Union provided however. that during the
shall no, happen some event which Nigh! force he
S.d"e MRo Ind S"sn Elected by ts ,e
j.ry OF three votes WA. counted ont In America
1xa ad sSs Of sygryhs is p3s.ss aId IN VIEW ."
must observe caution until the fourth dry Of March
When l called attention to the glazing errors
OF this. reporter for the NOrOe ITe,nd said.
The proprietor OF our journal finds It neces-
sary to employ an American CORES pc ldent who
performs his duty conscientiously and ably /;
but the members OF tho editorial stan are not
bound to study those letters, and SO they mix
things mp
worse biSndsrs The E'"HpeGn M rssesgsr S't OF
this city on Now 13 said. editorialy:
The chancesof Gen Cleveland are nearly all gone as
his partisans have gone over 10 Mr. Blaine who is max
greeted every where only AS iavors candidate hui
also as = savior OF his country.
The Moscow Veo,omosH spoke Of Blnine,
Cleveland. Butler. and Belva Lockwood as dan
words OF st; John. as the candidate OF the
party upholdinG the protective tariiI."
aas ,he.1I,gs1 ~ also N Informs us that tho PEG.
trembling for their lives and property, ior
somewhere In First street there is a revolu-
tlonary- cosmopolitan beer saloon, In which
red-hot communistic speeches are delivered as
frequently as glasses OF beer are empted; and
that but for the well-dried and armed IN llitia
which keeps an eye on that terrible place, the
body, and the beautiful, Manhattan Island
would LOOK as des9late and barren as 1t did in
settle, for according to the Vetlonostl guerilla
T MATS y s continuously going ON all over the
foes and now capitalists, aided by soldiers. are
drowning the rioters in their own blood.
:, tussian tea merchant who is interested In
have heard something about the elections
dethrons the Emperor Dom Pedro"