The sun., 1903-11-05
EFFERVESCENCE OF VICTORY.
0JEER THINGS THAT HAPPENED
Af7ER THE COUNT WAS DONE.
tob Procession With Red Lights in Tender
loin-Nlan Buys Up Stack OF Papers
TO BE sure OF McCiellan's Election
The Deacon and the Tiger Banner.

The Deacon and the Tiger Banner.
The result of the election had been known
,bre. hours. There was JOY in the Tender
loin and along the Rialto. In the faces
n, tho -wirling masses of men and women
that surged up and down Broadway-men
and women who do not parade for profit
after dark, gentlefok who were out for an
oyenipe's lark-there were unmistakable
signs that even those who love decency
loyo as Justice Gaynor once put 1t, a
-lber,y that is not license Afew minutes
after If o'clock. when the crowd was so
dense at Forty second street and Broad
wav that the street cars could not get
through until policemen had cleared the
tracks, three coupes, one following the
and stopped in front of the Rossmore.
on tie roof of each was a beer keg. its
base banked with whiskey and cham
pagne bottles. On the top Of each keg sat
man brandishing bottle in each hand,
sitting beside each driver was another
man holding aloft a new broom. from whose
brush hung an unighted lantern. AS the
cabs stopped the broom bearer on the
box seat of the one nearest the Battery
stood up, faced to the rear ana shouteo'
Light lanterns.'
Three globes were unslung. three wickss
were lighted and three red lanterns glowed
over tile heads of the crowd. The bearers
of the lantern hung brooms took their
seats, and he on the first cab commanded:
Forward, the light brigadel'
The crowd was not slow TO appr eciate
the significance of the parade. AS tho
coupe. moved slowly down the street some
body called out:
Cheers for the Red Lights! May their
glimmer never fall!
The crowd responded with enthusiasm,
ard. as far down the street as anybody
at the Forty second street corner could
hear, the Thousands were cheering, not
the sign Of the East Sides shame, but THAT
other sentiment expressed by an elderly
and prosperous looking citizen who stood
on the corner as the cabs moved away.
Let EN- CO. he said; ~ only means
be its own boss. Thank heaven that for
two years, at least, q man canllive In free
city of a free country and still be gentle
mani"
He had aboard q comfortable load that
inspired him with desire to be philan-
thTopic. The only persons in all the crowd
that seemed to be needing philanthropy
were the newsboys crying out extras IN
front of the Metropolitan Opera House.
He was not over IS, and his evening clothes
and very light oolored top coat made him
rather conspicuous as he stood In front OF
the Broadway entrance to the opera house
ewing an urchin with q bundle of papers.
sWhosh 'lected, sonny?" he asked.
.Youse s must 'a-ben dead for a while. boss
SHAY, ish't in tn papes?'
Sure, want one?"
How nanysh (hio) you got1'
Hoy Il many ys,.fxop, wha.mrspss?,. pons,. asked tho
-Doesh all Of EN- tell bout Mcclellsn7'
"Sure, what We think7 Want one2"
"Onesh no good: want ,em all, ex,
claimed the young man. Want TO read
bout Mac in all OF EN-, sho's Z be sure
He took 81 bill from roll as thick a.
his arm, tossed it to the boy and got the
bundle Of papers. The lad disappeared.
and in about two minutes the philanthro-
I ess paps eS S@ q soos ii
that we're offered, giving bank notes OF
various denomination as he came to them
on his E9 Then. Then he M,d sssed ted down xa the
Ing at the top OF HIS voice:.,
fUxtra! Lowsh beaten T. pulp.
He walked several blocks, the boys
trooping after. Then he stopped and ex-
claimed: =.
Cant shell damn one. Tell wish emil
With that he threw the whole lot into
the air. The boys grabbed them and
began selling them over again at the regu-
lar price.
Four rather pretty girls with a gray
haired woman who might have been their
grandmother, walked Broadway together
at about 1 o'clock yester day morning.
There was something about their clothes.
even more than their presence in such a
crowd at such time, that told everybody
that they we're not New Yorkers- Seven
ing down from the block In which the book
makers' hotels are,
Something in the little group Of strange
women seemed to STRIFE the lot of them
all at once
disappointed, @ said one Of them. Then
he smiled and stepped forward and offered
the old lady his arm very soiemnly, He
was 30 perfectly grave and polite about it
that she took the prohered arm. The girls
looked on in daze.
Before they realized what had happened
the gambler had deposited the old lady
in n doorway, had formed his six fellow
craftsmen in a circle and had started a
hilarious ring-around- rosy with the girls
in the centre. 1t lasted only a minute
The strangers were too much astonished to
scream. Then the circle broke and seven very
solemn and professionally dignifed looking
booltmakers walked on down Broadway.
The old lady came out OF the doorway.
Now do think we ought to go back to
the hotel" was all she said.
The Deacon has been an outspoken sup
porter Of Tammany ever since he cast his
first vote, and nobody who looks into his
twinkling eye to-day can very well realize
how long ago that was. The banner out
in Park row depicting the somewhat foul.
mouthed Taminanv tiger at the gates OF
BROOKLYN over the legend: Shall He
Cross the Bridget" has annoyed the Deacon
great deal and he has not hesitated to
say So
tarlv Yesterday morning the Deacon
looked out Of the window. He smiled.
He even chuckled.
Il don't see him this morning." he said.
'He seems to have gone over the Bridge.
On" of the most touching incidents Of
tic hold which Mr.. Lows personality
tatrs on those who have Gnv sort of senti-
y eIfaI relations with him was furnished
~ hGrdrcd or more Columbia College
men who pnrsded Broadway for an hour or
more before Midnight. They stripped the
suhwy workings in Forty second street
ol red lanterns, persuaded number of
ion" young women to accept their escort
and -oarc he'd up and down the car tracks
ina olurnn Of fours, swinging the red lights
END SINGING:
Seth" was ladv, last night he died."
Mr.. Murphy's Anawanda Club cele-
hra' cd lis viCtor last niQbt with a parade