Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-11-05
READY FOR RETURNS
Election Expectancy Succeeds the
Energy Of the Campaign.
THE EXODUS OF HOME-GOING VOTERS
Comprehensive News Arrangements
Of The Evening Star.
CLOSIN IN CID E n T S


Probably never before in the history of
the government has there been such gen.
eral exodus of government officials and
clerks for going voting purposes as
that which has been in progress for several
days past, and which is eliminating to-
day. Few desks of male employees who
have the right of franchise in any state,
no matter how certain the political result
IN the commonwealth may be, are occupied
except In cases where those who work
at them are from sections too remote to
make a voting pilgrimage possible. Exec
utive heads. bureau chiefs, clerks, messen-
gers and laborers are alike noticeable by
their absence and tomorrow their ballots
will be cast in hundreds of places.
The local railroad agencies, without ex-
ception, report the largest national cleo
ton traffic from Washington ever record
cd, and the respective congressional COM
mitteeS, the republican at the Normandie
and the democratic at the Metropolitan,
give similar announcements. Both the lat
ter bodies express through their officials
perfect satisfaction with the records of
home going voters. the democrats being
particularly pleased with the number seek
ings transportation certificates to points in
Maryland and West Virginia. 1t is esti-
mated that the total number Of voters going
from Washington will reach over 10000.
The stay -at-homeS, regardless of sex, are
evincing little less interest in tomorrow
voting than those who have gone or are
going to take part in it. Unusually COM
plete arrangements have been made to re-
ceive the returns tomorrow night. The
Evening Star, as usual. will have most
comprehensive service in this respect,
and the regular election night multi
like space whence sight of the
screens upon which the bulletins will
be thrown by stereopticons may be
secured. The Stars news will be received
over special wires of both the Western
Union and the Postal Telegraph and Cable
Companies, which will be utilized by Star
correspondents in all parts of the country.
The long distance telephone service will
also be brought into requsition and the
full reports of the Associated Press re-
ceived. Thus every possible facility for
the rapid and systematic transmission of
the latest election news from every city,
town and precinct in the country will be
brought into cooperation to give the peo-
pie of Washington the earliest authOrita-
tive information of the progress of the
ballot counting.
Special Wire Service.
Inquiries Of Messrs. Marean and Ribbe,
managers of the local main offices of the
Western Union and Postal Telegraph COM
panies, respectively, developed that far
demand for special wire service in con-
nectlon with election returns was concerned
it was greater than ever before in the his
tory of either company. Not alone in Wash
ington was this condition apparent. but in
such cities as Baltimore. Philadelphia and
New York it was even more emphatically
shown. Western Union people in Phil
adelphia, for instance, were asking for line
men from Baltimore to meet the special
wire stringng demand, while the Postal
people here were being asked by Baltimore
and Philadelphia to send operators II any
could be found.
The subscribers to the Western Union
election bulletin service include, besides the
daily newspapers. the National Waterman,
Chase's New Grand and kernanS TheaterS,
the Metropolitan. Army and Navy, Cosmos,
Columbia Athletic, Century, Concordia and
the Womans Washington Clubs; Carroll
Institute, the republican congressional
committee at the Normandie, the Active
Maryland Republican Club al MetZerotts
Hall, the Mckinley and Roosevelt Inter-
state Campaign Club at Loyal Legion Hall,
419 10th street. and the Oxford Hotel.
The Postal's subscribers include the daily
newspapers, the democratic congressional
committee at the Metropolitan Hotel, the
Bryan and Stevenson Club at Harpers
Hall, C street near 9th northwest: Wash
ington Grain Exchange, Bijou Theater,
Gurley & Johnson, in the Adams building;
the new Brooklyn Eagle bureau and the
Guarantee Trust and Deposit Company,
1919 r street northwest
Both companies lists contain number
Of saloons also Correspondent Adkins OF
the Brooklyn Eagle and Gurley & johnson
have sent out cards of invitation for TO-
morrow evening and will entertain their
friends with other inequalities besides the
bulletins.
At the White House.
At the White House the always complete
facilities Geographic and telephone, will
be utilized to acquaint such guests as may
be invited to the mansion with the progress
of the election. Secretary Hay and Secre-
tarv Gage will avail themselves of this OPP
portunty. all the other members of the
cabinet having gone home to vote. They
will be in direct communication with the
national republican headquarters in New
York and Chicago and with President Nc
Kinley.
The Congressional Committees.
Representative Loudenslager. in charge OF
the eastern headquarters of the republican
con gressional committee, has gone to New
Jersey where he will vote tomorrow. Mr..
Louderslager will return to this city tomor-
row evening to be at the headquarters In
the Normandie while the returns are being
received The arrangements for receiving
the returns at the Nurmand!e are about
the same as have been made on former
similar occasions. Admission to the head
quarters will necessarily be by card.
Representative Richardson of Tennessee
chairman of the democratic congressional
committee who has been in New York
much of the time during the campaign will
be here Il morrow night to receive the re-