The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-08

turns, such complete returns from city,
state and nation given the people of
Worcester. Spy reporters who had to
elbow their way through the immense
crowd blushed deeply at the myriads
of compliments which were showered
on The Spy for such enterprise.
Everything that man wanted to
know was shouted in his ears or dis
played before his eyes as soon as he
whispered to himself his desire.
In the thousands that stood in front
of The Spy office nearly every man
wanted a different item of information.
He got it. AS fast as an expert mega
phone operator could talk, and as fast
as slides could be pushed in a stereop-
tiCon, a new piece of election informa-
ton was given. Everybody in the
crowd spoke of the wonderful
achievement, which, by the way, was
hardly more than an ordinary task for
The Spy, with its vast resources for
gathering information
The Spy was first easily. 1t was so
far ahead that there was no compar-
ison. The best compliment to The
Spy's magnificent service came
from Leicester way They knew where
reliable information was being given,
and of the thousands that came from
the south end, less than a bakers
dozen failed to reach The Spy office.
They didn't take any interest in the
election, else they would have done as
everybody else in Worcstr did, rely on
The Spy for their information
James H. Mellen held a little recep-
ton in front of The Spy office when
the news of his election was told 10
thousands. Jim knows a good thing
IL anybody does, and he was one of
int =
as returns from every precinct in the
city, and state and every city of prom
lnence in the Union came in One of the
most interested men The Spy man saw
In the crowd was Col E. j. Russell He
leaned against Neil Mannix's lunch cart
saying never word, but eagerly drink
ing in every item of election news.
Mayor Dodge and many members of
the city government were seen in the
crowd
The Spy was thoroughly prepared to
supply the voters of Worcester more
promptly than ever before and with the
accuracy for which The Spy is a svn
onym. Telegraph and telephone instru-
ments covering every hamlet in the
state had one end in The Spy office,
ana experts We're engaged especially
Tor the occasion. A special wire. that
look IN every important voting district
IN the country, whether ward. city,
county or state, poured a deluge of
news into the ears of a wonderfully
accurate operator, and the regular press
Wire which is the most thorough and
rellable III the world, was ladened with
not election news. Swift-footed mes
sengers stood in waiting at every pre-
einct in the city ready to dash for The
Spy office when the last vote was coun-
TED. How Well they fulfilled The Spy's
Iorethought was shown by the length
OF time they beat out the wardens and
clerks who made returns at city hall.
Nearly an hour before the last returns
had been made at city hall, every vote
cast IN Worcester was reported at The
spy office Nearly an hour before the
seals were broken by City Clerk Towne
thousands in front of The Spy office
knew every detail of the city vote.
1t was amusing to see the persons who
waited in City Clerk Towne's office.
rubber" out of the windows at The
spy sheet to see the returns which had
not yet reached that office
An Instance of the alacrity of The
Spy in giving returns was shown by a
little incident that took place in the
city clerks Office while several politi-
clans waited for returns. Chairman
John II. Meagher of the democratic
Wy So'nIhllISe Was extremely ANXIOUS
to learn the figures in the contest be-
tween Ryan and Hagberg He had
the vote of only one. precinct Dick
Flynn of ward 5 dropped in and. join
ing the bunch at the counter. listened
II wish those ward men would
hurry Zip with their returns" said Mr..
Meagher
What returns?" asked Mr. Flynn.
Why, the vote between Ryan and
Hagberg,' replied Mr.. Meagher.
Amt you got them yet?" asked Mr.
Flynn in voice that indicated great
surprise. Il had them long ago!"
With that, Mr.. Flynn pulled out an
envelope on the back of which he had
the complete vote of ward in the rep
resentative contest He read them
down. Chairman Meagher copied them
and footed them up. He saw that Mr..
Ryan was defeated But ne chung to
a last hope.
"Whcre did you get these, Dick?" he
asked.
over at The Spy" replied Mr.. Flynn.
say, fellows" said Mr. Meagher
turning to the other democrats who
were near him, Ryan is defeated"
'Hown'ell did The Spy get 'em so
quick, | wonder" said George Pollin-
ger.
Il dunno" replied Chairman
Meagher. Its very apparent they got
them all right, and we have lost a good
chance in ward s."
He didn't need another think. The
Spy got everything quick and accurate
and gave IT to the voters just as it got