Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-12-02
ELECTIONS IN Nj n
Lessons in courtss, 1as,s,,, I
Be FOLLOWED a. s'|
LOOKED UPON I,
0'.ssly ssaa. NJ u a II !. '..s,
a. lie Dss,. /, !. =

a., Al civilized eyes at l..,, :.
v ,nis time on the puxnssI .s y ~. ~
ments with their tuoae,r , ,'.si1 4
To- ,o- "a cannon. Rides ssa ' ,'.''
unwieldy jellyasA. Chm , ,s.e
luvian prejudlcas AGAIN.. IA, W.
are ~ about to cost her delrl,' '', ,
u, ma az that pertains to wa II "a. =.
rom the one-slded uper, ~ NJ. - y
res' now, now waslng in the IL 81.
. lessons OF peace a, v.,l,
taies o. travellers in the l,sa 70
s..'',a selsha girl and In NIL y r
s rli be not Utoplau dream, a.', Y.
people may well teach 4, ~..' Y.
Soaa,.. ways , Forty years a., ,J a..
ueepiy buried under he su n, s,s''
ages as ia China to-day. M, Y
elme her progressive psoDIs nj ~. ! I
STat was not done in AneIo.s. ~ |,
the MIkada 30. sinee even the d.re
possibly. than the autOcrscs :, n'n
o sne Mikado forced his reluc \, ~. y.
accept an elective parlIamsn,' "
magma charter. that Dulrs,s I, y
cry ,hs was wrung from tricEy x (
a., ,le sword'a point. But IN sa,, na'
10y with what is called The ,ln.,s' ~,
~ INN 'nlnss IN anio-pedal rssioii ~.
s s,i,,',, 10 compel the japanese 4 u
s'llutional freedom. and 4, -
yollsIaerable force to malp,aIS II y
,lshment. Right here come, 49, !. v
lessons these orlentals ar. w.
nanklnd--the lesson Of pol,s.".
trying circumstances. such !.
surround an election day "a, ~. -A
Their There have been times n, wl, l1,a :,
twenty years or SO. loo, When ri ~. u
IN the United States MA. 49,. ~
spectacle people. Even to.d.,'
ana drunken license are alwas. i, i. Y, Y,
more or less violence and dI,er,'.,
are never absent In JapAu. u ~
VI t freedom Is still in It's pla INV,
election is an occasion Of .sls~. ~,
1ne good of American ways b, u. y Il
me bad avoided. Around a. s,l ,,-
usually the town hall, stsnd es-
4ieemen, queer reproductlons
ana general make-un al NJ M. ~ i,
Parolmen. They carry club, "a \
yapanese sword, but these thlnss i II
~ ornament than for uss n 4 II
Skulls or carving citizens, IA, ~
ago swords were more CONN.,
Snfysanthemum Kingdom than r
sticks In the Occldent Bpt ~ "
part Oh the makeup Of soldls., ~ =
ohly' There are inspectors Of sll,.- n
as with us, and they ST In he ", y. Il
the voting goes On silent, Min ! "A
ueep responsibility on their iatss
ohly the soft sound OF isln,ls 4 u
shoes IS heard as the electors III !
out. Sometimes there are whir,.1
situations and greetings Of formal 3, }
between friends and acquslAt,ia,
nothing that sayors Of irlydiib
yellow-ylsaged electors OF The ~ 1,
embryo republic, perhaps, wsrs b.
perform the most mysterious fls Z |
shinto religion there could nc. b. Z
timed leyity.
One traveller there who was Il \
election day says; The conduct 4
pie reminded me OF the gathering
In the church-yards between he
and the afternoon services. Then
laughter, less loud talking and Z
disputes"
AS by far most OF the Japanss,, ~
In the interior provinces, silll -
dress of their country, how stfiif T.
scene must be to one iamllllf ~
American clty's election dIslfls-.
men in silken robes, shaytn efssa
short queues balloting away ieF ar
but behaving as II attending sal1
ton.
A gentleman under all elrcllInsiiiN
Jap bows to those present as d !.
the polling place. There be WITS =
lot, folds il with the dellbarail11 "a i
lonaire about to part With a tattk I
his seal and signature a. ards
though It were a deed, and Enlllg 2
his work In an oblong o.lcin ~.
especially prepared for the psiy'n
the long-sieeyed voter wallis ols' Y "
the inspectors are sitting. The iNs
the inspectors bow. The woe, "
name. number and address, and y \ !
ed of the register Just "a 10 thn ~
But the similitude ceases there ia 4
another courteous gesture, he iafl.
ballot box near by, bows q % 2.
there and receives a bow u is.N-