The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-08-25
a Straw Ballot.

see IL It will not operate well in Virginia.
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"A Straw Ballot.
The Chicago Tribune has Just COM
Y,,eted its second straw vote for the Pres
idenc,l 1T showed that j IN, chicago
Roosevelt had relatively increased over
the last straw vote taken by the same
paper. out of dGtass votes 5000 were'
noninally Republican and 400 were
no mfnally pemdcratic, the rest being'
scattered From the answers received
c.5o4 will votes the Republican ticket .thls
time and s,7s9 the Democratic ticke t.sI g
answers given are from all classes lass q
citizens. Agents, brewers par ten
workmen musicians. physicians. u llle r, \
chants and street railway empE Dyes were
among the classes interviewed. y polt
reading over a long list Of replies pup
Lshed in the Tribune, It is apparent tha nat
the issue is at the bottom q personal
che. Many irrelevant and foolish q f ea
sons are given for Importing TINS rs 3ca III
didate or the other. For example f., n
brennan says he will vote for Parker 4a1FlSe
he cause Parker loves the water; while a
l. borer says he will vote for Roosevelt
because the Republican par Vas Us ~ nn AZ
Cd the day that he was born i l3ut ~ on y
tho whole, those who object 70 i R ttssoi'e
yelt are clear In their opinion that nat ms
personality is too overmastering TO allow.
the average citizen asonable chance
to be heard In the governlm ent B of ouf
country. ,.Imperialis +, enlp eror, a.
Tor. hot-headed head IS iron 6, 6! rcus al
yertiser. monarch are some Of the
terms that were applied to Rooos eye cit.
On the other hand, the dissersions OF
the Democratic party and comparative pm
ignorance OF Judge Parker's erson ~ 'ai1l
| we're strong reasons In determining many.
VI vote the Republican ticket. There Their
vas no distinct issue brought out II; on
either side as a. conclusive and finati
question between the two parties. On On
| the whole the Republicans seemed to p. feel
that Roosevelt gave g better chance for
continued prosperity and many wo rk ls1
men gave this as the reason for their
Vol es. on the other hand G number Of
l#labprers expressed them selves as Pc
l!eving that the Republican full dinner ne,
pail was a fake, and that The working
man nad e better chance with The trusts
under Parker than under Roosevelt
A general review Of the Tribu mes can an
Evass shoRs that the people In Chicago ltca
al least are thinking very closely on o., the
questions OF trusts and labor unions.
1 though tho expressions OF opinion We're
| about equally divided asSto which OF the
| two candidates would most successfully
curb these forces in, our nat ional life
We note the Chicago ri bunc's & straw str
ballot as "a matter OF pnssing interest
hut 1t has little signl ticance and IS mo
e. be taken erlously. The secret ballot %
box on election al Is the only mean, n! a
OF fairly testing opuiart5se ntlme emf
The Gar.
Every one wants to know what tn
d enal# outcome of the Russian situation
. Will be, not, only in Manchuria, but ~
terwards, and the Quarterly Review con
!, tributes a striking view on the question
!, 1T has been the common belief that III
"A Car was, as Tolstoi said, an unfortunat
: and tangled young man, who was SO cor
trolled by his counsellors Fl and official Ia
( as to DO unable to extricnte his countr
1 from the fearful conditions OF chaos J
which ii now finds itself. a powerfl
and convincing article in the Quarter lrtesr
Review for July gives n totally diherer
view Of the question and attributes 'l}!fs
> great portion OF Russia s present troy
I bles To the personality OF tho Car hin
I self. The writer Of the article Is az
!, scribed as a high Russian official, an
: the fact9that the article appears in q
) Quarterly Review is a sufficient guaral
$ tee thnt the writer has had the oppo
= tunity for making the deductions whie
i he gives, even though he may pc oiase
: In his conclusions. The article says;
q s.The emperor Nicholas ny, thong
he has reigned for ten years. is as !
III ely unknown To the world at large
g Numa Pompilius. IT was believed tn
5. when the Empcror's father died the Y
n ter moral exhaustion, the blasting :
. hopes, the. Killing OF enthusiasm aHu !.
= blackness of despair, in which his rel
II ended, could not be repeated, on :!
s, theory that the worst had happene
4 but Russia aWoke under Nicholas
y that worse could happen and was ha
st peping daily. The first appearan
O. the Emperor before the Council
n State was on a raw November day
!. 1894 and the Council chamber was I'LL
ae with bearded and hoary officials, "
or had served the Cars great-grandfath
~ These mighty men stood expecting i
p. perial Majesty when an understood, ri,
=, less lad. with stumbling gait, lurtl
IN g.ances and spasmodic movements sid
a. Into the room. With downcast eyes q
h> shrill falsetto voice. he said; .Gentlem,
!, in The name OF my late father thu
ms YOU for your services hesitated a n
ye ment turned on his heel and was go
ed Two weeks afterwards, at his coronati
ali Russia gathered In the persons
Representatives Of the Zemstyos. or
,er cal boards 10 do him honor, Lyal
lat dresses without number drawn IN
e, language OF Oriental serpility, We're p
scented, hut one appeared othe P1ocu
NJ toI-General, NJ. Pobledonostse