The sun., 1897-11-03
VARIED DIN IN THE TOWN.
BIG ORoWDs our IN THE STREETS TO
CELEBRATE JHE ELECTION.

brate fttingly tho close OF the election In the /
open air. with voice, and the bNrc OF horns, |
the click of rattles. and the shrek of whistles
people celebrated from the time the victory was |
first foreshadowed to the final certainty which !
took tho sting of excitement from 1t and left II |
fiat and stale. These whom the victory didn't |
please, II they wouldn't add to the noise at least |
couldn't diminish 1t. and to the celebrators bc-
lonRed the city, and the highways and byways |
thereof. |
After the comparative quiet Of the day, the |
,eople. keyed up to the highest pitch Of nervous
vibration wero ready TO get out and give vent to
their feelings Hardly had the polls clos ed when
the streets began to fll up. For time the crowd
wandered through the principal streets, with
out definite purpose; then, as darkness settled
down, there was q coagulation in the big squares
and In front of the various political headquRr-
ters. Tho preparations for carnival Of rack.
ct began. Small boys with tin horns did
a thriving trade, policemens rattles found .
ready sale, toy whistles went of like hot cakes.
megaphones wcro worth their weight in silver.
and anything that would hclp pentup emotion
to find louder or moro strident voice was
eagerly seized upon. Tho police had definite
orders in the matter Of bonfres and general dis
turbances, but there was nothing in their in
structions relative to noise. and where pande-
monium broke loose 1t was permitted to proceed
until 1t wore itself out by its own fervor.
Nowhere were the gatherings so strong nu-
mercally as the vast multitudes that chcered
the victory of honest money last year. but there
were enough people out to crowd all the main
gathering points. The greatest crowd was in
City Hall Park. where tho two yellow jour
nails were giving magic lantern show,
q brass band concert, an electric sky
panorama, coored light symposium,
and kinetoscope exhibition, with, once in q
great while, an untrustworthy report Of election
figures. To the crowd 1t was as much fun as
the now famous Cherry sisters. the only draw
| back being that there were no live performers
visible at whom to throw vegetables and other
| tokens of regard. The Cts Union yellow organ
| started out with some fancy shadow pictures.
"Ohl What's that 7" yelled the crowd. "Show
| us another picture"
Next came Home, Sweet Home" style of
| illuminated chrome, followed by whirligig In
| colors.
"Givo us rest,' shouted the crowd. I'VE
can see those in a picture book. What are you
| runnin', art galleryi'
| where's your returnsi I" piped a shrill voice.
"why doncher give US some aggersf'
They amt got no fggers,' answered another
] voice. You'll have to read q real newspaper
| to get the results"
| "Ah. chase dat comic supplement" implored
plaintive-voiced man. and there was howl
of glee.
| Presently there appeared upon the screen
| what was probably intended for a comic picture
| of the indefinite sort in which the yellow jour
| malls suppose that the public finds entertain
| ment This particular ono went rather wide Of
the mark. The huge nose, the high. narrow
forehead; and the bony neck Of the vividly
"Choey ~ shrieked voice. Oh Choey
untlx M. ywd tpNE nd tha al
"A1h. ders. c6oey IVY @ You didn't eeEt your
Chase Yourself; G9hoeyi" Cit of the screen;
decent haste. and after % a pause n a batch Of fig
| ures which subsequently proved to be not only
guesswork, but particularly bad guesswork,
SAY" remarked d; the ssornfuI srowe. Dye
o vent g The show eontnuinE s to be sand
81 e s
Appeared furthsr up the SuidnR an srranse
| ment OF IL illuminated letters which misspelled
words so slowly that nobody could tell 81, what the
mental puzzle it was a distinct success, but as a
method Of imparting political information it was
about on par with the columns of the journal
Further down Park row the other exponent of
yellowness, that one which has been bowling
for Tammany, and waving banners for George,
was having its troubles, largely arising from
the presence in the crowd Of two stentorian
hired band stopped playing, the two began.
picture or legend on the screen attracted their
attention they conferred about 1t in Socratic
dialogue after this manner:
THAT Why that's a dZzlejig.'
What does 1t meant
Don't mean anything. What dye expect
"Why don't they show some iguresF'
Used em all up in the bicycle contest. They
haven't got any fgures on this election"
What is this show. anyway; church festt'
Nah; it's an infant class in art. Guess
BY and by the Tammany George organ got
some figures and the two meg aphones combined
In broad expressions OF doubt and derision. The
crowd caught on. and when there appeared
extra" announcing the election OF tho Cits
candidate lsowebody hNving, turned ON the
sshf 5 T the
puny little sheet. which is sort Of pale yellow
and al d. select crowd by casting designs IN colored
nothing upon screen. In fact, the length OF
Newspaper Row was sort Of progressive g third, d
was made to cover a multitude Of sins; Even
crowd soon made out that Van Wyck was
elected. and interest began to wane. This state
.Chairman 9giss Of the Republicans CON
81, That's enough" shouted the crowd "1s''
BY this time City Hail Park at the east end
Tor nity yards IN was a compact mass or human
ity, with paths Of egress. Ten twelve
young men who wanted to get out started to;
gether to push for the east side of the City Hall
and along that walk to clear space beyond. As
they went they gathered two or three dozen
more. and soon there was a formidable body Of
men moving with great force straight through
the crowd. 1t proceeded without much trouble
until 1t met a wedge formed OF perhaps dozen
men coming In the opposite direction.
| Shoulders low!" shouted a man in tho front
Of the smaller wedge; and the dozen men. stoop
ing and throw ing their weight forward, met the
| OlcOminY rush with n tremendous shock In.
stantly shouts and cries arose on all Sides:
Push out. thersl" Give me rooml You're
my stomach. confound you!" Look out for the
yomenl" Mako way. there's lady fallen
down."
The crowd opened up, but It was false alarm
and the two wedges closed again. Reinforce
ments had como to the smaller crowd which
though 1t was being pushed back, was fighting
for every inch. No blows were struck. There
wasn't roomi for arm work. and, anyway. the
crowd was not In q vicious temper. No police
man was in sight.
wen fight 1t out right here" gasped one oi
the contestants as he struggled for u foothold.
| For perhaps two minutes the contest was al