The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-11-11
THE TOWN ON TUESDAY.
Chronicle Election Night Illuminated Bulletin the
Magnet that Drew and Held a Multitude.

gratifying fact everywhere this country to be felt and
where be denied that the election contests with their turmoil
excitemen labor their noise and dis
fractions have been peacefully and definitely concluded and that
the public contemplation and the public ambition hand in
hand the suspended OF business Ihat these penna
popular combas covering three and half million miles and
involving surage millions voters quietly deter
mined within the day. generally accepted
the whole matter removed from the popular interest aests the
simplicity security and the nte
gence citizenship No will gansay, however that
preparatory during the immediate pendeny popular cleo
very interruption normal pursuits compelled and
that of ph and suffer through abandonment
lect instant however political situation has
candidates evera announced the
try its stature releases itself from party thought and
again the myriad wheels Of industry and thrift
that are now whirling and singing all over the land
-HE election Tuesday mpor-
well somewhat complex The array of parties each
itself and against all Others the feature of the
States while others there combination of several organiz
against Generally however, the great parties stood
up square before each otheand the Republicans In this
vicinity the concentrated first State
upon neghbor New York The voting all the field
was for what called o year. the fullest national his
tory average results the closest years. maores be-
ing abnormay moderate rule In other words not
landslide figures for either party though proved faeng
triumph Republican principles and still further establishes the
thory that party the affairs the States and the nation Else
where this edition present abuaed and other where
by may obtain intelligent details Of election told briefly
compact These returns being and not likely
undergo notifications for future comparison and ref
They have been carefully compiled and revised
striking and popular feature in connection with the cleo
the colossal and Illuminated display of the
projected upon mammoth swung fifty feet distant in
front of this Office Such enterprise its magnitude facilities
thorougness had before been undertaken of
this and of put fight all ordinary archaic
making preense of exhibiting election results night To
compsh the highly satisfactory and full detail of display Of
use the elevated sufficiently for the passage of
vehicles adjusted plainly right angles
magnyng focus of light interrupted by the figures the
these passed through the sereopcon Beside this
telegraph instrument connecting with all the States
through which sped the details the voting
quickly they could be asceraned and this fixed
distance telephone for obtaining county information and for calling
up stations geographically connected
aphone completed the CHRONICLE election intelligence and left
nothing further to be done for It's entire At the
light of the Mansion House and the clusters of ncandescens the
Light Co., both opposite this Office
y exnguished and the stereopcon at to the front
AIDES considerable number and other invited guests
pied overlooking the spectacle from the fine
- Of the Chronicle Building and manifested by applause the in
they felt the continuous display election figures
great white Without gathered hurrahng pressing
crowds that filed the ample horoughe far way big
could be read and from first to there
the returns and the advertisements that on
the for full six hours At when joyful procession
Republicans sauted the CHRONICLE bright still
with party maorites Not only did many citizens
their and repair the crowded CENTRE numbers at
aced by previous drawn into the
the display the vicinity of which hundreds fingered along
hours for the
fore departing For the efficiency Of the extensive information
ceiyed by from all through the already
toned be added that attentive watcher enabled
take with him to his home at halfpas fairly
of the days election results in the principal States
UTIES political and otherwise the fortunate
aspants whose of ballots popular choices
but the political duty Of the citizen
and the obligations that remain to him far from
labor