The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-05
THE SUNS ELECTION NEWS.
EoR FIFTRBN YEARS THE MOST AC-
oURATE PRINTED ANYWHERE

80 bhiA Nothtiy AZ Nho dONuAdNy VI
its election returns. THE sUN's returns have
always been gathered with the greatest care
and with the greatest rapidity. and, no matter
how close the election has been, In fifteen years
TIE BUN has never failed to state tho result no
curately In its earliest edition the morning
after election. Until this year THE Sun has
always given to its contemporaries the benefit
Of ITS labors by displaying its returns on
its bulletin canvas. The contemporaries have
benefited thereby largely and have been able
20 announce almost as early as THE SUN who
was elected. But this year all tho papers except
THB Sun having dubbed together In a news
trust for the purpose Of aiding each other in the
collection Of their news, THE Sun withhold its
bulletins and they were unable to steal its re-
turns. Tho result In all instances was serious
10 them, and in many cases was ludicrous, A
comparison OF the carly editions of the World,
the Journal, tho Herald, the Times, the Press.
and Whitelaw Reid's journalistic derelict. tho
artbune, with tho first edition OF THE SUN,
which. by the way. was printed at the usual
hour. Is instructive, and will DO extremely in.
t~eresting TO everybody who 10 Interested In the
gathering Of election returns.
Take the World, for instance, because IL
boasts moro than any of the other papers. Tho
Worid's first edition, printed some time after
the nrst edition of THE SIM, but before they
this table: A'
City Vote on ststo T~iefet-Alson B. Parker. DEM,
joFity for Parker. IeA.seI. "' mo
Az q matter Of fact, Judge Parker's plurality
figures II SUN printed in its drst edition. Tho
World was about 4O,O 900 out Of the way. Tho
t WSrlS Showing sli1 printed e vote w fUI dRS airp0 5Ssss to q e sn q
totsl in thlks table placed judge ParRer's plus iSs
the State. OF course the table could not
have been made up from genuine des-
R Rshsas'i /. T nSith eeu ti%o mere nos s %sss gs o sDsTls
tsS s sSSl %. Sa wSo ia t Sst sus snsrs d II S SE,d S s
s SSo: thinEinsg probably that he Would l Bic i
judge wallace had carried Rensselaer, county
hy . small plurality. The guesser also guessed
ssos s s.. Soo. oS sad that To Sew s qoeit 5 soaGsy P nSaIa
l., tSr careful shov .sp tbst gna Of the 3. Elk Kings county r.,
Kings county was 40, 1000. The additional returns
received on Wednesdsy made Judge Parker'S
made BY. PulitSer's Journalistic fshmseiite in it's
printed in tnD ias i frss eV sditicn. showed show sH that ttsSs e Rs.
p prassSin , had carried Ohio; that they had
s SaSsS0is carried Saefi's South MSSri baeoia. 'n Penn sssE MAJ
doubt, and that the Republicans had surely
iWorid declared that the I RepaSlieans had
Let the Lsgisis ure II Ohio; that Mark
ate;, though. they thought it possible that
Bushnell might be elected Governor. 1t declared
hat South Dakota, which THE 2 fret edition
been captured By the Popuiists. It also declared
that Maryland had probably gone Democratic
Worid from beginning to end faiis to show ~ any.
L iHans e H.t Of Fe SsW Yofk .he complexion OF the
Tn syn in lie frat edition printed . complete
iSs,s g. w sas easbied to- te ana It's sn re astSn ss sumsth fns
hssd the fact that van WICK had been elected
assertion. The Sun printed the table Of the
%yek e Vote vote cam Came enG from a snd' iuss WHO'S fIa: I tho
yotes Of the. other candidates camo from. there
s sow II 9H is f hGs e eSition priat,sis a m table Showing
q se' tho s'eS @.mbe q. Of fa she % NJ Sae az Msy,e% 9t1Ser q
1hS q create. y ? H. Y %d;j sPa i. Of ne jadisIsryE:;
qnd out who had been elected outside Of the
Mayor and the principal county officers. In
Suncoed. and It wasn't tsrtI Until Il later ate in nt The m Msre
II a1E Hy Wh snt the sh W9 re n bad obtained 1sa5 led early COPIES PsS
would run the greater city.
The yo.rnal wasn't much better "a than the
"a A. V eeJ ptiAsSo ehio oihouhSC
MARX Hanna defeated in Ohio. Tho Foraker
cuted. Ohio is a Democratic State by 10000.
The administration Of Gov. Bushnell has been
nor by The above majority. Tho State goes with
him. The Legislature will be Democratic. by
fSSut s1 attSsn q pt sSs KXeS ON IIiCins G rsHoIt !, far
offence was the nomination Of Mark Hanna to
tiruo, the fact was that Gov. Bushnell was
elected and|the Legislature was Republican by a
majority OF seven on joint ballot. The Journal
"Msryiand for German. Tho regular Demoo-
r rss}.s certain S : Of IN having chosen oSam a lie, hhegi ,hs nsr to
the General Assembly. This result win b a dc.
Gfestsr New. York territory. Like the World,
printed no table, and the journal readers didn't
know how he had been elected or whether he had
S Ssa ssrr FL s sHS si st tSsm or T TaS!h sns Seth no,b hGw
beyond the fact that Mr.. Van WICK had been
elected BY a good big majority. BIT the Journal
elected to the Assembly, Though tho table the
s sSoasS e et shove that kat tho fSrpsfiii ca %As had s%'t car:
sisd the LegislatHre. When I. came to . the re-.
o oiarl m t tha st JasF tsf P sGss" bad Pr carried Z t iSe State sS,
By 10000; This was only 10000 out OF the way.
ThE SUNS table. printed In the first edition, By
NV - Row ~ Sou al tho SSsc 'NHAA
fifteen hundred Of the result shown by the com;
plete returns. which were not obtainable until
the day after election.
Not satisfied with laundering in Ohio and
Maryland and In New York State. tho Journal
golemnly declared the election of q majority Of
Democrats running for members OF Assembly in
New Jersey, and 1t gave the Legislature OF that
State to the pemecrats,, which was, Of course
and the readers Of THE Sun knew 1t the mo-
mSnt TIE sun was printed.
The Herald was almost as bad as the Journd!
and the World. Very few people know what
the Herald did In its first edition. They didn't
lot any of those papers get downtown. But In
its second edition the Herald printed all across
Gratis snatch Assembly from Plat" In an
other place it Plat has lost tho AZ A..
assnss as U %ss,Dnisy, q This twelve vel s., ana
s tho men It alleged had been elected.
There were 81 Democrats and 90 Re-
RnhliesnSi T. sUN's Assembly table showed
that the. Republicans had elected 80 and the
Democrats only 67: The sUN's table also
couldn't ind any Gifts elected. The Herald also