The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-07
CHEERING CROWDS
THOUSANDS of PEOPLE IN THE
DOWNTOWN STREETS.
Great Gains for the Republican Ticket
Wildly Greeted by En-
thusiasts.
IN FRONT OF THE JOURNAL
THE BULLETINS WE'RE CHEERED AS
FAST As PUT UP.
Pandemonium Reigned when 1t Was
known Republicans Had
Swept Country.

previous election. By o'clock thousands
thronged the streets and yelled for their
favorite candidates By the time the first
bulletin was flashed upon the canvas at
the many bulletin boards hundreds were
packed closely about to get the first init
nation Of the result OF yesterdays vote
On Washington street for square
street car service abandoned, the
cars taking roundabout way TO avoid
the crowd The largest crowd, perhaps.
was in front of the Journal Office. Here
there was a better point Of vantage to
view the bulletins and the crowd was
packed back onto the monument lawn.
steps and walks.
The crowd was demonstrative in the
extreme and women as well men cried
themselves hoarse. Many had mega
phones in order that they might be more
distinctly heard, while others did their
shouting with tin horns The plentiful dis
tribution of bulletin boards kept
these masses of humanity surgins
about the streets in restless
manner. stopping here and there to watch
Il few returns and then pushing on to an
other stopping place. Young and old took
part in the demonstration, and as the num-
Der of returns increased the enthusiasm
correspondingly grew in intensity. The
women especially seemed to be interested
and pitted their voices against the meg
aphone or powerful lungs of the enthusiast
VINO tried to tell all of Indianapolis that
he was for Mckinley or Bryan.
SCENES AT O'CLOCK.
About o'clock the spectacle was beyond
anything heretofore seen on the streets
of Indianapolis at any presidential or other
election. The streets were a swaying null
titude, almost impossible, and the tall
buildings echoed the shouts Of the thou
sands until there was long continuous
roar of yells, trumpet blasts and vocal
strains. BY perseverance and the exer-
else OF muscular strength only was passage
made through the crowd. Bands OF ten
or a dozen, madly shouting for their fav-
orite candidate, elbowed their way into the
edges OF the crowds, an then holding fast
to each other, with heads bent forward.
would start TO combat with the apparently
impenetrable mass. Gradually they would
make an inroad and the single individual
who CHANGED to think there was an OPEN
ing for him would crowd forward only TO
be almost crushed between the two forces
as they closed together behind the persist
ent marcherS. So the night was SPENT
pushing,
a spirit that seemed TO come from patriot
ism.
If anything, the Democrats were louder
in their fervor, Notwithstanding the fact
that adverse returns were received from
the very beginning Only at one place wera
the Democrats silent, and that was ia
front OF the Sentinel office. There the
crowd was in unison politically, and needed
no bolstering up to offset the Republican
| enthusiasm. They tried to get encourage
ment from the possibilities flashed upon
Il ~ A..A - lNnn -
ceeding return made it darker. Then
| detachment would break loose from tn.
| crowd, make its way to Washington street
| and set UP a shout for Bryan.
The Republicans received the returns
with enthusiasm, but yet were modest
about their demonstration. The victory
dence that had been maintained all
| through the campaign that Mckinley and
Roosevelt would be elected.
| AT STATE HEADQUARTERS.
At Republican State committee headquar-
tiers a telegraph instrument busily clicked
| of the result OF the election and & half
dozen telephones with as many different
| operators with receivers fastened to their
ears noted down results as they came in
from various precincts of the city and
| parts Of the State. In Chairman Hernly's
| private office was long table. Chairman
Hernly sat at his desk and around the table
| were newspaper men and several prominent
/ members of the party. Senator Beverage
| sat at the table with the newspaper men
and carefully took down every return on
| his tablet. Joseph Healing, district chair
man, was also at the press table All the
rooms were crowded but quiet prevailed,
/ the men seldom speaking above their usual
tone. Occasionally. when exceptionally
| good news was received, the quiet was
! broken by applause, and then the crowd
/ lapsed back into the same conservative
| demeanor. This same conservatism was
manifest by Republicans in all parts of the
1 city where election returns were received.
4 There was little at Democratic head
| quarters to encourage the members of the
| committee and others who had gathered
| there TO wait for the announcements of the
| results. Here a telegraph instrument told
| the same story as the one at the Repub-
| lican headquarters. The men tried to loox
| encouraged. but in the face of the returns
it was an uphill matter. Yet they were I'M
| willing to make any concessions. Chair
| man Martin sat at his desk. Mayor Tag
CART was also present at State committee
| headquarters.
| turns were received. The Marion Club
| had a bulletin on the outside, and many
| availed themselves of this opportunity and
| incidentally to avoid the crowd on the
down town streets. At the Columbia Club
the announcements were made on the in
side.
AT THE THEATERs.
The theaters were also sources of in
| formation the people sought. Election re-
turns were announced at each of the thea
ters and they were all crowded. This gave
the people an opportunity to be comfort
able. see a play and keep informed as to
the result of the days election besides
The persistancy with which the crowd re-
manned on the streets was feature which
marked the event. At o'clock the crowd
had even increased. The wild shouting
went and 10 o'clock came, yet IL was
| the same demonstrative mass. However
| the uproar began to break. Sometimes al
most silence prevailed, then the noise would
| suddenly be renewed with increased in
| tensity as IL the pause had only been TO
| prepare for a louder exclamation These
| outbursts OF enthusiasm gradually became
farther and farther apart, and the people
| began to start for horne. The larger
| crowds slowly diminished and the little
ones began TO disband until two or three
made themselves conspicuous by footing
| horns If TO renew the enthusiasm in the
| early part of the evening. At length even
| these began TO give out and the normal
| quiet of the streets was gradually restored
| with the exception OF an occasional out
break Of few who did not wish 10 go home
| at all In front OF the Journal office a bis,
| crowd fingered until late hour.
boys walked All the Way.
Lester and Vernon Folsom. aged twelve
and eight years respectively sons of e.