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

virtually no cost at all. OF course the
telegraph company does rot do this for
nothing II sells the bulletin service to
the people who receive special returns
For the purpose of collecting the news
the Western Union will keep about 1sooo
OF its % go Offices open election night
". B. Somerville. the head OF the press
bureau. has sent out to the managers OF
the company all over the country explicit
instructions what to do on election day
The returns are to be gathered by coun-
ties and transmitted by each Office TO the
nearest distributing point. The manager
may get the returns from local news
paper or he may send to the Office OF the
county committee where the returns are
received. As fast the news Is sent In
to the distributing point IL Will be COM
bined with other news from the same
state and sent out to the country Most
OF this work of combining and summar
izing news Is done by the two press asso-
Citations at their Offices They work with
the telegraph companies and exchange
news with them.
The news gathering in New York city
is more complicated than IL is anywhere
else But the system is more perfect AMI
the results are obtained more quickly than
in any other part of the country. In all
large cities the judges Of election keep up
with the votes as well as possible. so that
done by the time the polls are to close.
In come instances. where the voting just
before the close OF the polls is light, the
Judges are ready 70 announce the results
In less than minute. These results are
taken by the police 10 the police stations.
where the reporters of the newspapers are
waiting TO receive them and 10 make up
tables showing the results.
In New York the work of collecting the
general results will fall to the lot of the
two local news bureaus of the press asso-
Citations. These bureaus will have their
reporters in all the voting precincts. and
there will be ten points of rendezvous
where the telegraph company will have
wires at their disposal. As fast as the
returns are made UP they will be tele-
graphed In TO the press association Offices
Here Will be corps OF experts. with ia bies
showing the vote of 1894 and preceding
years in detail. These are used for COM
parsons When the result, at any polling
place is reported, the experts will COM
pare IL with the result of four years ago
and the result of two years ago and send
II out in that form. Returns from so
many voting places give so many votes
for Bryan. so many for Mckinley The
same places in 1892 gave Cleveland so
many. Harrison so many" This is the
general form used. AS soon as the diff
farent wards i'm New York city are all in
the vote TOT me entire city VIII be given.
Similarly the vote In Brooklyn and all
other parts of the Greater New York dis
triet will be gathered. The Brooklyn
Eagle will have charge of the Brooklyn
news and will have the use OF the tele-
graph companies wires for that purpose
OF course a close watch will be kept on
every source OF news The newspaper
bulletins. the national headquarters the
big politicians will all he under surveiI-
lance. II Is always possible that some
agent will blunder. and that the returns
from an important place will be received
In a private telegram before they are sent
In through the regular channels.
With all these precautions To prevent
| the escape Of any piece OF important in
| formation, the greatest care must he ex-
| ercissa 70 prevent misinfermation getting
| OH the wire and 10 guard against parti-
Sanship
Some years ago" said Mr. Somervilie.