The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-11-07
turns from the city AMI returns from
the above mentioned towns is as follows:
THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
Great Excitement on the Streets
Around the Bulletin Boards.

great UACILpl1euG vi CHO OH COIS
Around the Bulletin Boards.
The interest in the Presidential cleo
ton ran high all day long. There was
a good deal of excitement during the
day and it increased during the even.
ing, and as midnight approached and
the news began to be more definite, the
crowds about the bulletin boards began
to thin out, and Cleveland men looked
gloomy while Harrison's hackers were
ubiiant and full.
Dozens of private kilograms were re-
ceiyed Tor claimed to have b9en re-
ceived) of every imaginable shade and
color and as many different men were
happy, dubious or hopelessly blue as
the respective dispatches happened to
just fly or force.
All the newspapers. the hotel bars
and many of the saloons gave their
bulletins as fast as they came, and there
was not a nom Mt during the day or
night that these harbingers of Joy
or despair were not read by
Groves of anxious cillzens. In the
evening there was eonhre
burning on Second South Street, though
it wa not sign of rejoicing on either
side, but on the other hand was simply
a means of keeping he bodies OF Demo
Gratis warm, and thawlng out the spirits
of Republicans. The saloons had not
been opened three hours before every
man that was drunk enough was yelling
"Rah for Harrison" but long before
morning free whisky proved too much
| for their spirits and they sank into IN
nocuous desuetude.
At midnight things looked little
blue tor the Democrats, but they all
console themselves with the historical
fact that tia early dispatches are
always Republican and with the TACT
that he who laughs last laughs best.
NOTES LOCAL AND GENERAL.
ALL who visited the Tribune office
came to THE HERALD Office To verify
what they saw or head there.
TIE Federal officials were all on the
anxious seat last night, and none were
more hungry than they for news from
the east.
A MINIsTERING angel in the person of
Doc Faust remem bered the weary staff
OF The HERALD last night with a big
platter of hot oysters.
THOSE who bet that Thurman, the
Sagebiush nominee for Delegate,
would poll as heavy vote as Baskin
felt very weary last evening.
THE HERALD showed up all the re-
turns on a big canvas and large crowds
gathered around and cheered Whe, ever
the bulletins showed Democratic gains.
THE HERALD's lantern man filled in
the intervals between the coming OF the
returns with reflections of President
and Mrs. Cleveland. These brought
out loud applause,
If il turns out that Cleveland is
again to occupy the Presidential chair,
the streets Of Salt Lake will tonight
flash and glare with the light of bon
fires and boom with the roar of cannon
as they did four years ago.
AN INDIVIDUAL who had absorbed too
much election juice fell through one OF
bindery, next to the Tribune Office, last
evening. He escaped unhurt, and
had not been apprehended up till late
to1r.
ALL the prominent citizens either tele'
phoned or called at TIE HERALD office
for correct returns. Among others
j u.
tsry Hail, NJ. B. Sowies, Mr.lCasady, +.
W. Jennings, Judge Pyper. Lieutenant
Young and other officers. n. M. Wells
S. A. Kenner. T. J. Mcintosh, Col.
John R. Winder.
THE SENSATION of the day, after tie
election has been de6nately settled
will be the tulillment OF contract
entered into by Ben Whittemore and
Dan Rench. The agreement is to this
effect: Rench bets on Cleveland,
w h1ttemore on Harrison. The loser
will pull the winner from the Deseret
, NeuS corner to the Cliff House in a
handsomely decorated cart, on some
dav to be hereafter agreed upon, be-
tween the hours of II and o'clock.
Two bands will accompany the pro-
cession, one on either side of the street.
Armed with locked tin boxes, two men
will canvass both sides of Main Street
soliciting subscriptions for charitable
J purposes.
I NOT TO be entirely outdone, the in
hates of the Penitentiary held an cleo
: ton yesterday, for President OF the
United States. Early in the morning
} two banners were prepared, one bear
ing the legend Harrison and PrOtec'
ton" the other cleveland and Free
Trade" These were carried arount
for some time, and at about 2 p. m. th'
polls were opened. The toughs en-
: tered loud protest against any of tn
Mormons voting. but finally decid ed Il
q .opt the policy that has heretofor
b en- so cc2ssful-"ceunting out
A forwards, however tn y rel n luishe
tnat idea, and when the votes wer
counted, they showed q majority OF