New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-11-06
CROWDS IN PRINTING HOUSE SQUARE.

MANY THOUSANDS WATCH THE RETURNS SPREAD
OUT OK THE BULLETIN BOARDS.
With the fail OF darkness last night crowds Of
spectators began to assemble In and around Print
ing House Square and by the time the first bulletins
were shown on The Trbunes board the Franklin
statue was surrounded II the dumb bronze could
have been animated fer a few moments the old
gentleman would have been richly RECALLED VITA
current political gossip as 1t 1oated about on the
evening air. He would have wondered at the
remarkable impartialty Of this miscellaneous mass
OF New-York humanity. and at the readiness
with which it apphuded advances or retrements
in totals indicating majorties or puraites for
this or that candidate or set Of candidates.
He would also have opened his great eyes wide
the irreve.ence Of the American caricaurist for
the great personalities of the city ard the Nation
as well. For instance when THE Times threw
out a blazing, red-nosed object holding glass OF
beer In one hand and looking into space. Benjamin
would have marveled. The face that OF the
President clear and unmlstakable, but the carica-
turist had been getting in his fine work on the nose
and the neck. and the Inscription was very sug-
gestive: There's a lighthouse by the sea-.
The crowd, which By 7:20 o'clock had swelled
until II rolled back into City Hall Park and filled
Park Row so that the cable and horse cars had 10
pass very slowly In order to avoid accidents. let
out a cheer that reached the upper air. when from
The Tribunes lantern flashed out the figure Of old
Father Knickerbocker holding in his hand lantern.
He was walking paInstaklngy, like man CROP
ing in earnest search for something lost and say
Ing In soliloquy:
Where Is that Goo Coo"
A Tammany man alongside Tribune reporter fell
to laughing hard that he fell over the wire rope
and was almost arrested for getting the park
grass. THE Sum-" The Times" and The Tribune
divided the honors In pictorial way. and the Tiger.
DR.. Parkhurst and Mr.. Roosevelt Of course. played
many parts In some Of the pictures There were the
elephant and the tiger dancing Jig. with rooster
growing between them for very Joy with the In
scrpton: We're all In IT,"
The Ca. Came Back" was the subject OF another
on top OF the news that the Tammany ticket had
been elected In the city The German. American
likewise held to popular derision but II was
a trhe stale to infict upon the public that old
familiar Hamlet paraphrase TO beer or not TO
beer" The crowd which was OF that happy,
country on election nights. enjoyed immensely the
thought implied In one caricature inscribed The
tiger and the lamb shall lie down together Down
the throat Of the tiger had disappeared every
| yesttge of the luckless Goo Goo, except his No IL
shoes About o'clock. from one Of the bulletin
boa rds was flashed picture Of President Cleve
land II was received with silence Almost at the
same instant The Trlbune's artist ''sassed' back
with a portrait OF ex-President Harrison. and the
crowd gave vent to wild cheers. Ii had been pre-
colin which was received by general handclapping
| which is more subdued but more feeling express
sion OF sentiment than the widest shouting.
'The Suns" bulletin conceded the election OF the
State Republican ticket at I 80 o'clock. and then
| there were more cheers 1t was evident that the
| for Tammany The best Of order was BILE
on the part OF the people and they stood under the
stars until the lanterns had blinked their last or
news OF the memorable election.