Although there was seemingly no end to the variety of novel incidents that occurred under the election banners, the underlying principle was always the same. Tricks might be tossed about and turned, but they always remain sleight of hand. Moreover, the polishing that candidates had undergone during their mutual conflicts in previous elections produced some very curious phenomena of the same kind.
在選戰的旗幟下，儘管新鮮事不斷，然而萬變不離其宗，變戲法的，翻來覆去還是在變戲法；而經由過去選戰中候選人「相互切磋」的結果，使這次選戰出現了一些有趣的雷同現象。