Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-11-21

r vi more tnan one out OF q nun
M dred of the great number Of
L Y American citizens, who, on the
nerning following a national election,
permit their breakfast TO grow cold while
they read the complete story Of the bat.
Do Of the ballots. has even the vagucst
knowledge of the tremendous task i'm
ppsed upon the great newspapers OF the |
country when presidential election
comes around. Quite in line with the
pregreee of the day are the interesting |
methods by which the printing press
produces perfect mirror of events politi.
eal within few hours after the last bal
1et has been cast. giving kilograms from
every State In the Union. the vote for
Yresident by counties In tabular form,
the vote on the various State tickets, the
political complexion Of the different Leg.
Natures. the standing Of the next United
States Senate. returns from every Con-
Gressionsl district. q list Of the new
members TO the House Of Representa-
dives, the legislative returns for each
State. and. finally. complete report OF
the election In the city and county where
he newspaper is published.
How the News IL Obtained.
The methods adopted for rapidly and
effectively accomplishing all this have
BEEN reduced to an accurate system By
al the great dailies. but those employed
~ the Chicago Times. Herald are partic-
ularly efficient. To carry them out ~
0uires weeks OF preparation, the most
Neral expenditure of money, the en-
Dloyment of the most skillful labor, the
exercise Of the kecnest intelligence, and
tns utmost economy OK time IN every
Slrection. Inc detaiis are almost IN
numeraoie. yet all OK them nave 70 %
executed 10 the ietter, SO closely are tney
sonnected win eaen otner ~ tns vstem
wnicn mas Deen devised tor nandhns tne
ssturns. first IN ns importance ID tne
YORK OF the Associated fress. Inrouen
MS great agency the paper receives teie.
graphic reports OK the election from al
parts OF the Union AT ieast week pc
Sore election the correspondents are Tor
warded printed Instructions giving tnem
che form In which they snail prepare tne!t
dispatches, ana other rules Tor tneir guio.
ence IN handling the news from theF
localities. These instructions are de-
ASned chiefly to insure promptness' &C
euracy and brevity. In addition to this
Sorcs the special correspondents OK tne
nswspaper itself form an army when
any general would be proud to command
" assembled In body. The Times-her-
aid has more than 2,oOO OF these visiiant
news gatherers scattered from the AZ.
lantic to the Pacific. and from the Gulf
- the frontier line on the north. THESE
watch the polls. ready to record the ng'
ures OF the election rs soon NJ they are
announced. They supply the news from
chose towns and cities In which the AS.
Isolated Press has no representatives, ana
vssform other special duties devolvins
vpon them should the election De marked
any unusual incidents IN the'r respect
I've localities.
An avalanche OF te'eErams begins to
ct In motion very shortly after the polls
are closed on the night OF election. Each
special correspondent. Impressed with
the necessity OF getting his dispatches on
the wires as early as possible. PUSHES ia
the telegraph office. Each correspondent
Of the Associated Press, animated by the
same desire. enlists the aid OF electricity
at the earliest moment. Thousands and
thousands OF Telegraph operators clicl