The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-11-06
NEWS OF THE ELECTION.
How It Will be Furnished to tn
People Of the Capital.

| How It Will be Furnished to the
People of the Capital.
Unprecedented interest is shown In this
city in the results of today's election
From the telegraph companies comes the
report that the demands for their service
for election returns this year is twice as
extensive as during the campaign OF 1896
The newspapers Of Washington nave
made arrangements for receiving the news
and making immediate announcements TO
the public. At the Democratic and Re
publican Congressional Committee rooms
the news will be received by wire and bull
letined to the numerous visitors who are
expected to make those rooms their head
quarters for the day. Wires have been
connected with various Democratic club
rooms and many OF the hotels for the re-
ceipt of telegraphic bulletins Of election
returns. Special wires have also been
put in at several brokers' Offices where
the news will be received during the
evening.
! The first news may be expected to ar
rive between and Z o'clock in the even
ing. From the East where the polls close
early. and where difference of time does
not initiate against the prompt receipt
OF information. the first returns will
come. Bulletins from New York may be
expected to be the very first to arrive.
At 10 o'clock news will come fast, and the
wires will be kept hot until daybreak.
In the election of 1896 not a line by
wire was received in Washington regard
ing the result before o'clock. However.
at IL o'clock the outcome was NO longer
in doubt. News continued to flow into
the city all through the night. but the
crowds around the bulletins. satisfied to
know the general result, did not walt for
details. e
At this election the results. It Is not
anticipated. will be SO quickly determined.
unless a landslide makes Bryan's cleo
ton certain at an early hour. In the
absence Of this possibility 1t Is to be ex-
pected that the choice. Of the people for
President cannot be ascertained until
after midnight.
The operators Of the telegraph COM
panies will report for duty at s o'clock.
and shortly afterward advance bulletins
Of the conditions Of weather. and the APP
parent politics of the voters at various
points will begin to arrive.
More definite and earlier information
from remote points is expected at this
election than ever before. The instalia-
tfon Of the telephone in rural districts
will facilitate this by the consolidation Of
local results at larger centres and the
forwarding of such news all over the
country.
At The Times office the most complete ar
engagements have been made for the re-
ceipt OF the election returns and for their
display to thu residents Of the city. Not only
will the news be gathered from the service
OF the New York Sun" and from special
dispatches from important points, but the
wires Of both the Western Union and the
Postal Telegraph Cable companies have |
been connected. Through the courtesy Of
the Chesapeake and Potomac Company long |
distance telephone messages will also be
transmitted.
The bulletins from these sources will be |
displayed on a mammoth screen which will
be erected in the triangular space at the
intersection Of Tenth and d Streets and |
Pennsylvania Avenue. The news. without
regard to its complexion. will be displayed
Immediately upon its receipt. Neither ex-
pense nor effort will be spared to give the
Washington public the first authentic in
formation OF the balloting.
Chairman Richardson Of the Democratic
Congressional Committee will return from
New York this evening in time to receive
the returns. At the Republican headquar-
tiers Representative Loudenslager will be
in charge after returning from New Jersey,
where he will vote today.
Secretary Hay and Secretary Gage will
receive the returns at the White House.
which will be arranged with complete IA
cilities for the receipt of information con-
corning the election. Direct communica-
ton will be had with President Mckinley, |
who is at Canton. and with Republican
headquarters in New York and Chicago
The Postal Telegraph Cable Company has
made preparations more complete and ex-
tensive than ever to supply satisfactory de-
livery of the returns. At former elections
their news was received in good season
and compared favorably with the service
from other sources. They have made ar
engagements to supply the daily newspapers.
the Democratic Congressional Committee at
the Metropolitan Hotel. the Bryan and
Stevenson Club at Harper's Hall. C Street
near Sixth northwest; Washington Grain
Exchange. Bijou Theater. Gurley John
son. in the Adams Building; the new
Brooklyn Eagle Bureau. the Guarantee
Trust and Deposit Company. 1929 Street
and the Wimoudaughsis Club
Several hotels and quite a number of sa-
looms will take the Postal service. At
Thirty second and " Streets, Georgetown
election returns will be displayed by stere-
opticen, supplied from the Postals returns
The Western Unions subscribers for
election service include, besides the daily
newspapers. the National Waterman"
Chase's New Grand and Kernan's Theaters.
the Metropolitan. Army and Navy. Cosmos.
Columbia Athletic. Century. Concordia. and
he Woman's Washington Clubs: Carroll In
stitute, the Republican Congressional Com
lnittee at the Normandie. the Active Mary
land Republican Club at Metzerott's Hall,
the Mckinley and Roosevelt Interstate |
Campaign Club at Loyal Legion Hall, 40
Tenth Street, the Oxford Hotel, and the
Young Mems Democratic Club at Wizards
Hotel.