The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-11-09

rect communication With many parts OF the
sraee. Knowing this a large number or
gentlemen fingered about the Offices from
time 10 dine to get the Latest returns. each
watching the state or locality in which he
was most concerned. AZ cheering prcdic-
TONS continued 20 come In from authentic
sources al over the state the groups aoou;
the offices were in good spirits. and the
news from the East did not dampen their
afooF. IN the fusion Offices Overhead. the
scene was Tar Quteter, and when a Post
inssAigencer reporter called he found no
one IN the state Offices except Chairman
Mclaughlin and his stenographer. In the
Ausion county headquarters there was more
ol crowd. voters reporting there from
Tune 20 time during the day
Crowds In Front of Bulletins.
As evening drew on the crowds down
town gradually drifteo around the Post
ihaeilgencsr corner. On large screen
suspended from the Bailey building across
TIE street the Observation-Disclosures had ar
ranged 10 display the returns As the frs,
lev bulletins flashed out, bringing nothing
more oennlte than the summing up OF q
gwen number OF precincts IN New York
city or state, the crowd displayed little en-
GIusiasm: but as the counting OF ballots
progressed and the results became more
and more definite, the interest OF the
CROWDS increased. and their enthusiasm
tcunu vent in iusty cheers The sentiment
~ o. ,ne crowd seemed strongly Republican.
tne cheers for each Republican gain or sue
cess oeing hearty and prolonged Pictures
Oh WeL-known men seemed 10 attract as
nN lun attention as the election returns
nc portrait was wildly applauded,
me crowd contriying 10 unite in three rous-
ITS cneers. Dewey's picture also caught
the popular fancy. So did THAI of Mayor
dunes. humorous cartoons Of Congress
man Lewis anorded hcundless merriment
A significant indication Of the temper OF
the' crowu was given when a likeness of
James Hamilton Lewis was thrown on the
fusion Transparency. There was a brief.
choked cheer closing in a prolonged hiss.
lie Killed himself in his first speech
murmured one by-stander to another. and
then they wandered into discussion OF
speechmaktng the country over, coming
pack TO local politics with sharp turn as
some new phase Of the count was announc-
ed on the sheet
Yakima Jones runs like a race horse. {"
cried one citizen, and the light of a great
JOY was In his eyes. His money was evil
uehtiy on the Republican candidate. And
oy MS side was another who smiled only on
the name of Lewis and who took a his.
against his name as a stab in the pocket
book
All classes of people were standing there
IN patience. and their predictions as to the
outcome varied with each new report.
tinged always by party prejudice The bet
ting politician was probably most conspic-
uousiy In evidence and his alternating fe-
vers OF citation and depression were painful
10 behold. Many women. too. stood stole
ally on the crowded street until a late hour.
ana their comments on the developing stu
alton were not less intelligent than those
expressed by their escorts With the pop
uiation feminine. Yakima" Jones seemed
TO be an especial favorite
Crowds at Political HEADQUARTERS.
Tfn ha1
headquarters of the two political organ
izatons. In the Offices of the fusion coun-
W committee an arguing crowd filled the
ante rooms. There was a noticeable air OF
uneasiness and the frequent assertions.
We'll do this and "We'n do that" were
made with more vehemence than was con-
sistent with supreme confidence A Repub-
mean who looked In the door smiled quietly
and said:
Ihey're worried a little I guess"
Could he have looked within the sanctum
sanctorum OF Chairman Rutter and seen
a gigantic man trying to seem unconcerned.
with bright red spot glowing on either
cheek. the Republican would have smiled
again and nlurmured:
Poor Moyer.''
Bulletins Arouse Enthusinsm.
1t was almostsa as boisterous las. night
upon the streets and in the political head
quarters as II II were a presidential instead
OF merely state election, The crowds that
thronged about the bulletins and the Re-
publican headquarters had the same en-
thusiasm and gave the same cheers that
are heard upon those nights when a presi-
dent of the republic is to be elected.
But there was most noticeable differ
ence In the enthusiasm at Republican and
Popuiist headquarters. In one there reirned
confidence. buoyancy. hope while In the
other gloom perched aloft and pervaded the
room with its dull and deadening presence
Away into the morning, till the early
hours. until the sun began to whiten tha
shadows OF night, large crowd held forth
at the Republican headquarters on the sec-
ond floor of the Pioneer building. In a
large room, which had been selected for
the purpose. Secretary Lysons. of the co,,n
~ committee. and Judge Milo A. Root tnok
turns reading the returns. and as each ons
that showed Republican gain was read yo-
ciferous cheers rent the air. There must
have been 200 persons In the room during
the first part OF the evening. for Il was
crowded almost TO suffoca;ion
The contrast at the fusion headquarters
was noticeable. At midnight there were
Just thirteen persons there, including news
paper men and the attaches of the COM
mittee. most somber silence. great gobs
OF glooms cast their shadows about the
room. Chairman Mclaughlin spent his
time cutting figures out OF paper. while
Secretary Mallory, the real manager of III.
campaign. sat still and thought MANY
thoughts. Neither Of these gentlemen gave
UP the state In so many words but that
they fe,t far different feeling than the
buoyancy OF SUCCESS was very evident
Each time that cheer came from the
floors below on which were the Republican
headquarters a shrinking fear seemed "a
take possession OF the small coterie that
he'd its wake upon the corpse Of fusion.
The athletic Imagination that had sustained
these gentlemen during the campaign was
not present with them last night and "a rly
this morning. The crowd was at the Re-
publican headquarters and there the en-
thusiasm OF the election found a congenlai
atmosphere.
Remarkable Case of Dysentery