The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-11-01

the morning after that election. great
many people stu claim that Blaine was
elected and counted ont. just as many
Democrats will always believe that Til
den was swindled out of the presidency.
But usually there is Some decided indi-
cation of the drift of sentiment In the
election returns, and unless the contest Is
very close . good hazard at the result can
be made before midnight of election day.
II IL for this that the throngs remain in
front of the bulletin boards for hours.
yelling themselves hoarse
Another indication of the interest taken
In the contest Is the fact that the news
papers OF New York city. not content with
posting the news in one place. will have
bulletins all over the city Business Man
aver c. NJ. Palmer. of the Journal. set the
pace for then last summer when the NOM
mating conventions were held. He estab-
lished bulletin boards under the noses of
bis rivals. and in place of the well-worn
Efereopticon he had chalk talk" men.
who wrote the bulletins on big black
boards and sandwiched them between
political cartoons. Next Tuesday night
the Journal will have q dozen bulletin
boards In different parts OF the city. and
the other papers will spread out, too,
though possibly not so far.
In addition TO these public bulletins
there vii! he bulletins at the clubs and In
many other semi-pubIlc places. and this
year for the first time there will be bulie-
Tins In private houses Some men have
ordered private wires run into their resi-
denees. and they will have special opera
TORS 10 copy the news as the receiving in
strumenf ticks II Off. Altogether there
VIII be about 200 bulletin places In the
city OF New York. In other cities there
VIII be rroportionsteiy smaller numbers.
At Canton the special wire which runs
0vt. Ia T.. 1T
manned early Tuesday morning and the
operator will be kept busy all day. Major
Mckinley will want 10 know tina state of
the weather In places where the contest is
likely 10 he close. The weather is "a seri-
cus element in elections Republicans are
veckoned fair weather voters and rainy
Aav Is considered suspicious for the De-
riocracy. Beside tho weather news there
will he reports from the big cities OF the
way the voters are turning out. There
are always rumorS during the day Of the
way the tide Is running In this city or
thar, hut they are not very valuable. and
the iivefiest interest will be reserved for
the actual figures which come In after
nightfall. Major Mckinley will sir In his
Office. surrounded by a few of his friends
and watch and wait for the result
In Lincoln William j. Bryan will hear
the returns sitting In the nsrior Of HIS
modest dwelling. with his wife to read the
. bulletins to him as the telegraph operator
copies them. The telegraph companies
viii run . wtrss into Mr.. Bryan's residence
" he likes and give him all the news as
fast as II can he learned
Mr.. Sewnil AZ Bath and Mr. Watson at
his Georgia home will set the returns over
special wires IL they choose. and Mr. Uo-
hart n he does not remain at national
headquarters I'm New York will have a
wire to his home I'm Paterson Both the
telegraph companies will ofyer these facif-
st'eS 10 the candidates. and the two press
associations VIII keep them supplied with
bulletins
No ore will he better supplied with news
than the president OF the United States.
Vie win ger all the bulletins Of the ;eie-
graph companies and the press asSocss-
'iuns over special wires ard by messenger
- the White House In Washington CITY
THE telegraph room al the White HOUSE
vs. IN ire northwest corner or the building.
above the east psrle~ The pr,ewt.ssnf ca,
set tnso communication with any part 81
the United States from this terapraph
room on few minutes notice ne has
MS owa telegraph operator Mr. Mont
rnmerx. On sslcstton siav there will ~ a =.
extra operator in the telegraph room. ana
she bulletins will De received nn Two wires.
NhAt cannon Tet over the wires viii he
sent 20 the White House NY messenger
them can have private wires hut fiy-
ths cabinet fNecple who Ia not go home 10
vote set their news az the White aos1sa
Mr.. Lamont. II he likes eaw vote IN New
York sr the morning ana ts with the nre<.
ssenf tn the afternoon
That is what Mr.. Whitney used 20 A., rs,
election day when Re was n, sias cabinet
Whether the cabinet a.sgs,a-s vsg, so
home TO vote will aeaena In some in.
stances 90 tire ssswe they shs-k their
Votes VIII have. II they live &. states
where every vose counts shs., nav vo
horne. tssasisv shs-e are tu-N ar shr~a
cabinet Officers IN the city q, veas ,a,s "a
sssrsss With The president. Then tAer> -
sNs faithful Tasurter vito viii t~,s cay
ward ard forward between the tsRAz~av,s
-csFss ard the presidents library vssh 49,
ssfiteftrs aE they arw received
There hsvc hs~n wr@as4e-fx vvse swe-.
home 80 Ncse NJ. csewesauss hfs4sRegs 80.
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sske fh@ trouble "a register
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es-es~ ard ssEtvNtn bulletins received 49,
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rsse re es~ee~ % tse telegraph cor.na =scs