The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-11-04

" IN fussoo campaign Ike the present.
may prove exeeedlnzIy us@fu; on e,ecfsor,
fs1sht- The Popocrasic- Popnlis.:c electors
~ At least most Of the Bryan states are
Tor Bryan The Popui.st.c elements in the
partnership. however have q warm hear
for watson and dagger for Sesau. An
accurate ssst OF these gentlemen. wssh
their vice presidential predictions. vii,
enaDie one 10 place them correctly in sum-
E1-nS up resuiss- The electoral table 81 a
simple affair. containing the names OF the
states in alphabetical order with side coli
umns Tor the vcse OF each state. which IS
put IN the Republican or Popocrat.c coli
unn. as the case may be. the sosa-s Of the
TWO columns showing which party has a
majority in the electoral co.lege.
The sasss OF nominees for stase Offices are
valuable in making up the winning state
tickets. The list OF our state noninees-or
al least those for governor. the head OF
the tickets used also in making up the
state table, slowing the vote o. each
county Ia the state for each candidate on
the list
How she Returns Come.
The earlies. returns on election night
come la the shape of bulletins from scat
tered sections of the country. ard when
snte!lissntIy compared with the vote OF the
previous election. show the general drift
OF things In those sections. The telegraph
can be consulted instantly. A steady per-
ceniage OF gain for one SIDE or the other
IN the precincts heard from viii be % the
greatest Significance TO MIN. enabling h4M
10 forecast with reasonable accuracy the
result In q gwen state His assistants
expert accountants who have figured cleo
ton returns. most of them ever since they
could vote--eacll has his blank TO MI UP.
the bulletins. Ii containing several items.
beng passed from one 10 the other. each
selecting the necessary Information for his
own table. then pass them on 10 the teie-
graph editor TO Use in his news columns
that explain the tables
Then there are the county tickets, the IN
teresf IN which is probably second to that
which eensers around stie presidential
tsckets. at least among certain Classes OF
politicians. The task OF covering the
election in King county naturally fails
upon the local department OF the paper
aud includes the vote in King county for
president state officers. congressman.
members of the legislature. and the county
officials. Two or three weeks before cleo
ton a reporter was detailed to prepare
series OF ward. precinct and county tables
These are on different coIored sheets. SO
that there ~ less liability OF their getting
mixed with headings for the various Offices
TO be filled. and candidates TO be voted for.
and columns in which 10 place the votes
az counted. - t'ta-t sat'she "tNs $50
presidential, state and county tickets, Out
The counter has to keep both eyes VIDE
open when dealing with the congressional
and legislative Districts. where ward Ines
do not Gus the slightest figure, or ne might
plst John Smiths constituents IN the
wrong place and have them voting for
Tom Brown. who resided in another d.s-
grics In this city these returns are col
lested by the usual staff. with extra men.
but in the country the accredited corre-
spondenf has received his SPECIAL tnsfEue-
tons as TO the manner in which the work
shall be done and the most expeditions
mode of dispatch.ng IL to tbs ONCE, In
this cay and county. horses. h.cycies,
street cars, telephones and every expe-
dent for the utmost Dispatch are resorted
to. but all these details have had 10 be
gone over wtta care and definitely ar
ranged beyond a possibility of delay. Ana
the huge crowd will he Interested Until
long after Midnight. and possibly until the
rumble of the printing presses leads them
10 rush for early copies or the morning
paper.
Tho composing room Is a fairly lively
place any night. but election night sees IL
at fits Mvelsest. cspec ally after or 10
O'Clock When elect ION copy" begins to
come up. Il comes IN almost an un1ntef-
Tupted rash until the finish. Never - the
composing room system OF classification
and expedition pat 70 severer test, and
never arc the makeup men more
thankful COR tho invention OF niachine-set
instead of hana-sc' type. especially when
X comes 20 putting tabular matter Into the
forms The press ard mailing roons-al-
Was busy pigces-are buster shan usual
election algnt fer she demand for extra
narers "a always enormous and reccssl-
aates an Increased force in both depart
merits 20 meet II.
The Pozt-lntcingencer began Issuing edi-
,iors at o clock last night, there was an
o,he- al 10. another at midnight, the rege-
lar edition al a. IN. today. ara sditohs
Win continue 20 be issued until neon to-