New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-03
SIGHTS, LIGHTS AND NOI1x,
SCENES OF THE EVENING IN ~
STREETS AND SQUARES UPTOWN.

MANY BULLETINS AND DENSE cRowps-Fm
REAL INTEREST ENDED EARLY-HoRN-
BLOWING. SHOUTING AND BON.
| FIRES SOME OF THE
UNPLEASANT sIoNs
New Workers. know that the streets and
squares of the city on the night Of an Election
Day will be one Of the great sights OF the year.
They turn out to see 1t with the same regularity
that they do to see the parade OF Barnum's Cir.
GUS The crowds are sure to be big on any
Election Night and IL the issues Of the canvass
| have been important and the interest conse.
quently great. the crowds increase proper
tiorately.
Last night was no exception to the rule. and
the streets and squares began 10 fill early. BY
| the time that the first returns could be an
nourced there were dense mosses Of people
watching the bulletins in Madison. Greeley and
Herald squares. and the early corners had been
amused for some time with pictures. advertise
merts and campaign notices. The crowds were
probably thickest at about 8 o'clock or $780,
By that time the result pretty well fore
shadowed or the most of the people seemed to
| think that 1t was, and after that the interest
seemed to be much more in seeing the show that
the streets and squares presented than In
watching the returns.
1t is safe to sa, that there were not so many
| people visible az there were on Election night
year ago. and they did not remain packed into
close masses Tor 20 long. by some hours. but on
the ether hand, 1t is also safe to say that no
| municipal election ever drew so many to the
streets or interested them 80 much. Three
| N Tammany
deep and ovcrpowerng. but the result Of the
election then was foregone conclusion. Tam
many never had hope its enemies doubt.
and the result was known so early in the even.
ing that there was no time for curious crowds
to gather
From an aesthetic point Of view Madison
Square was probably the spot in New-York that
was best worth seeing last night while the
hourglass- ped space Of Greeley and Herald
squares the most thickly covered with peo-
pie In Madison Square there were the per-
vasive stereopticons. which announced returns
so the people could see them. Then. at the north
end Of the Square an attempt was made to show
words and figures by electric lights. 1t was
rather a failure, as far as conveying any In.
formation was concerned, for the letters got
rather mixed up. and only few letters or ng-
ures could be shown at a time, but 1t looked
brilliant.
Up over the square there were kites. on which
calciums were made to shine. and over across
stood the Madison Square Garden tower, always
the most beautiful object in the picture with it,
electric lamps and the searchlight from the top
streaming to the south. Broadway and Fifth
ave. from Twenty-third to Twenty fifth sts..
were crowded with people watching and enjoy
Ing all this and at times the streets were all but
impossible.
Up in Greeley Square and Herald Square there
we're more people still. and there were I'VE
s:ereopticons. trying their best to Indicate how
the election had gone, to afford innocent amuse-
ment by giving Illustrations when there was no
text to give and to advertise various wares In
fact. the advertising element was conspicuous
almost everywhere.
After they felt sure OF the result the CROWDS
became restless and began to move about tne
streets. especially up and down Broadway IN
stead Of staying to watch the bulletins, j"
which, indeed. thousands Of people seemed IL 20 .
have lost all interest after O'CLOCK ihe,e W.
no great cheering, even around the puhe'm.ss
and what there was occurred usually when the
pictures of the candidates were SHOWN L x
than when figures were presented. me S"1e nv,
what there were Of them, were oestoweu on . rSr
and Van Wyck without much partiail'y' HaS"
came in for a few groans as well. 80.
Although the crowd was good -humoreS' -. ss
| WY
vas little show of real disorder. the feeiihs was
obviously not so serious as 1t was year . Isl:
when the election OF Mckinley was recev , u ~s
| farvor "a the yindication Of the Nationai honot;
| There was q great deal Of blowing OF norns, a.sv
The crowd was largely giving itself up TO amuse-
! ment 10 seeing itself and to being seen. a pr
| caesion of a dozen women passed along Droau-
wav shouting: wen all have homes after jan
marv y, They were followed by four boys VINO
bore large pacard with the Ianin ns '''''~
| of the canvass, ITO hell with relorW .,
though impromptu professions. marching 10 tns
| sound of horns, were frequent. IL was noe'Se
! able too that uncommonly large huIiioe rSH
| horns we're carried and used by women. tne
hest cheering was done by a siren IN MADISON
SGuare. which lifted Its mechanical voice ana
poured forth its JOY with an the ierVv. u IL.
Hindoo praying machine. Nothing az the mo.
rent could make thoughtful person regret tne
result Of the election more than to observe the
classes Of people who were most LOUD IN ce'e'
Longacre Square was as quiet and empty az
its sweet rural name would suggest AS iate
as $50 o'clock poor. dim stereoptlcon Wy a.
the far north end OF 1t, was struggling 10 MAKE
some figures visible on a wonderfully dirty
screen With all It's effort II could 90 no mE.s
than display in shaky letters the WORDS Man
and the Bronx" Nothing else could De ia
duced to show. A dozen people. prooapiy on
their way home watched II for Few minute; ,,,.
with kindly interest to see II II wouio hnaty
| do anvthing but they passed on and LETT II alone
20 ira sorrow. without learning what II naa %
| saw procession. consisting or pano y.
twelve pieces. making a creditable NOISE; ten
,ren and two hundred small boys, wheeled INTO
the square. marched along It and passed .s away
again into side street. leaving tne squ The
! ,nnra peaceful than before by contrast Ino
score score Of persons who saw the procession pass
Suspected that the persons who composed I"
| we're in sympathy with Tammahy' ,. g..
paras hIazed here and there, knded ~
,,nn.nartisan boys. who knew Election Night
Tor for q night Of license In this respect, whoever f
r ,oay con1uer or fall Altogether the sights ana
may ',nds NJ the squares Of upper Broadway
e,r Of the adjacent streets were not pleasant
th,ngs to see and hear as compared WIN tne
manifestations Of deep earnestness ana sas''m.