Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-11-03
Everybody is Talking About the
Great National Election.
ALL SEXES AND CLASSES ARE ALERT
A Glance at the Sentiment as
Shown by the Crowds.
RECEIVING THE RETURNS


day of the year it would have been GER
| tainty that their conversation would have
| been on subjects of winter :tyles in gowns
| and Dor nets. Today it was different.
| who's going to be elected (" asked the tall
! slim one earnestly.
MIR. Mckinley, of course" replied the
! short, pudgy one with decided assurance.
! That's the way 1t was all over town. In
| breakfas: rooms at the hotels; in counting
| rooms business houses, In saloons and
| lunch rooms and everywhere On the streets
| everybody Intercepted everybody else as
| to the result of the election. Most people
said it was Mckinley sure, but the aon-
| servative observers Of events declared the
| result was toss-up. and wouldn't be de-
| cided until there was an official count of
the votes.
| An old gambler stood In front of the Ma
| tional Theater ruminatively picking his
| teeth. An acquaintance came along E
| street and hailed him.
Hello, Billy" he exclaimed. How does
| it look to you?"
The gambler paused and regarded his in
| terlocutor sagely.
IT'S just like this" he responded Two
| fellows are playing a game of table stakes
| poker. Both are well fixed with stuff and
| both are game sports. The deal is made
| and each gets pair Of queens to go with
| and each tries to drive the other out 10y
| raising like he's sitting behind a full house
| They put all their money up before the
draw. and that's how Mckinley and Bryan
are situated today. Each has a pair of
| queens and each has chance to better
| his hand in the three-card draw. The deal
| is now on and only the show down can tell
| who's got the best hand"
Many others are holding similar views,
| and probably no national election day in
| the history of the country has ever been
marked by such universal interest in it's
| outcome or half as much real anxiety on
| the part of so many people.
Little Bryan Money in Sight.
There was some betting done, but Bryan
| men, no matter how sure they seemed to
| be Of their candidates victory, were not
| possessed of the wherewith in sufficient
| quantities to back their opinions to any
| great extent. The odds were three and
| four to one on Mckinley. and the hackers
| OF the latter apparently were limtless in
| their financial resources. A thousand dol
| lars of Mckinley money at Shoemaker
| and several times that amount at Drivers
| remained uncovered, although offered at
| three to one. and small bettors appeared to
| prefer taking state to national risks. Sew
| eral bets of money on Maryland were
| recorded. and three wagers of 81 each
| even money, were made at F street resort
that Mckinley would not have 10000 ma
| iority in Ohio.
A big bet was made at an uptown news
| paper Office, Georgian sending $500 to bet
. y
| which was put up at three to one on Nc
| kinley.
The Universal Card Fad.
| Everybody seemed armed today with
| card bearing the list of states and their re-
! spective allotment of electoral votes with
| columns in blank for tabulating the pro5a-
| bilities. and newspaper men were particu-
| tarly requested by the owners of the cards
| TO look them over and give opinion as
| TO the correctness of the figuring. A Star
| reporter was held up seventeen times by
| tfeSe prophets, no two of whom were alike
| in their findings. The seventeen cards and
| the order i'll which they We're presented
| showed up as follows: Mckinley. Dab: Nc
| Kinley, 2,S: Mckinley 257: BRYAN y,.
Bryan, 2o3: Mckinley, 295: Bryan, ri
| Bryan, $50; Mckinley. 213; Mckinley 275
| Mckinley, 24l; Mckinley, I;S; Mckinley
81; Mckinley, 2!S; Mckinley, Dag; Bryan
| 2I4; Mckinley, 23I.
Arrangements for the Returns
| The telegraph company managers were
| surprised at the number of demands made
| upon them for special service today and to-
| night and special arrangements have been
| made 10 meet necessities fourfold great er
| than ever known before in this city Oh d
similar occasion. Returns will be received
by the following: Columbia Athletic Club,
| Wallerstein Bros, 2l2 10th street north
| west: Petrola's drug store, G53 Pennsyi-
| vania avenue southeast: American Protec-
| tive Association, 1902 Pennsylvania ave-
nue.; Emrich's Hotel. PENNSYLVANIA avenue
| between AZ and 9TH streets; Emrich's Ho-
| tel, New Jersey avenue and c street; Cor
| son & Mccartney, 1I19 F street; Interstate
Republican Club. Globe building. Pennsyl-
| vania avenue: Metropolitan Club Wimo-
| daughsis Club, Young Mems Democratic
| Club, 1429 Pennsylvania avenue: Concordia
| Club, 9th and K streets; Owen House, Cen
| fury Club, % Lafayette square: Cosmos
Nl,,I, a ofpy- fa1
| drug store, 14th and Rhode Island avenue /;
| Down Town Club. Washington Loan and
| Trust bldg; Union Republican Club Willard
Hall; Grand Army headquarters, Mckinley
| Hobart-Mudd Club, Badensburg. Nd; T.
| l.. Jordan, o11 9th street northwest; Dem
| ocratic congressional headquarters, repub-
| lcan congressional headquarters, jackson
| Democratic Club, Lawrence Hotel: Hodgen
| trail committee Myers Hotel; Washington
| Post, Evening Star, Laurel Athletic Club.
Laurel, Md; Washing On Times, Union Vet
| eran Legion, sos Pennsylvania avenue
northwest: Ladies' Washington Club, I11o
| / street northwest: Mckinley and Hobart
| Uniformed Club, 800 Pennsylvania avenue;
Columbia Democratic Club. parlor 10, Met
| ropolitan Hotel; Thos. kinslow, I'D and
| Pennsylvania avenue; Willard Il Co, 1:43
| street northwest: Albaugh's Lafayette
| Square Theater, W. E. Jordan, Anacostia /:
| Geo. E. Lemon, Lemon building, and all
the executive departments.
The Executive Mansion, the Army and
| Navy Club, Bijou Theater, kernans Lyce-
UNI Theater. Grand Opera House, Washing
ton Brewery. 4th and E streets northeast:
| Louis Faber, 414-4-6 18th street northwest:
| EIkton Hotel, 9th street northwest, near
| Pennsylvania avenue; Silsby & Co, 1th and
| streets northwest and Glib 18th street:
| Tenleytown F. Carroll Mattingly, room "a,
| Fendall building; A. b. Atkins. Brooklyn
| Eagle bureau: hall of Confederate Fe;er-
ans Association.
| Those who desire to escape the crowds in
| the streets can hear the returns through
| graphophones at the Columbia Photograph
Companys parlors at SO Pennsylvania ave-
nue. The interimS between bulletins will
| be devoted to musical selections. The pub
| lie generally will be welcome.