The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-31
election returns from the upstate

counties. l5,
save for an occasional broken trcstle
on one or two of the minor branches
OF the G. g. & X. And since nightfall
some OF the returns had been brought
proved the closeness Of the conflict,
and gave no true hint as to the actual
outcome. The Granite vote was all I'M
hours ago. From the slums and the
4 the long. trained servants of the Ma
chine had swar1ned to the polls, over
wllelming. all oppositlons 4, from 4. tla
and had carried Granite tumultuously
for Conover FIJI. r. 4 "a
The 8Railroader, with a dozen or more
men-di strict leaders, ward captains
and picked adherents of his own--sat
about the big tre-table9 ofthis study,
an Arthur somewhat changed in the
undermining and surrounded. by equally
altered Paladins a telegraph opera
ner$ OF the room, jotting down and car
rying to the table such few dispatches
as were at last beginning to trickle
in.9 At ConoNer's left ticker purred
forth infrequent lengths Of message
The table was Uttered with papers,
yellow sheets OF "nimsy, bottles,
5henchmenl lounged about drinking and
smoking in nervous suspense, fighting
over again .the days battle. and haz-
arding innumerables diverse opinions on
\ the bearing each new dispatch would
have on the general result. All were
I'm a greater or less state of tension,
4 and relieved It by frequent esource& to &
L the battalion of bottles that dotted the
board. NJ III y,s
conovcr, alone Of them all. touched
no liquor. Before him was big. cup
1 Of black coffee. which noiseless-
every II few mi. nutes to renew. ~
.Ain'tathat li.ble to keep you awake
Tonight, Boss % asked Shevlin. as he
watched the fourth cupful vanish at
81 don't bother me any more, " RE-
/ can remember when u single cup Of
it&at Sunday morning breakfast would o!,
+ all church time I'd toss from one
end Of my pew to the other the whole
morning. couldn't seem to browse
Sermon non was. Mother county heard
from?'. as the operator laid message
before him "Read it, Billy.
DELAYED in transmission, IS, Spet l,.,
precincts missing, gives conover 3, 2S9,5
IA yell went around the table Bourke$
scrbbled hurriedly on pad, then an an
THAT offsets the standisa Z lead sa,, in
. got Bowden, too. s 80 I.
purr from ttlr4 ticker, ana 8Ga lep
z caught up the ataOe.
81 This machine don't agree with YOU"
he reported Bowden complete gives
me 5,SG1 and standish G.3 ina ma Z cuts Gu =
US down bit"
lection tor ,Ss growled shevlin. IT'S like
seesnw board. One minute it,s,you,
and the mnute.it AM an ahont
anyhowo 1 year ago they'd no more:
& "a dared to- s q
IA years long time son, in a coun-
try that makes a hero to order ono
day and puts him into the discard. the he
"oh, il you'd ~ c:..y Just let us, Y,
work like we always .haye p o
screechin up tree. He'd "a thought
d whale had BIT him! But with all
this aniachoorF line Of drorin'-room
stunts nta At the the polls an gym nm 'ne
That's my business" replied ca Caleb
"Cut it out. ~ -, 8
And Billy relapsea into g er,%a LIN;
incoherence Nor did any q OIL ane r ons
tho subject of fConover's recent mys-.
tifying campaign tactics. Had less
powerful Boss dictated and carried out
SUCH senselcssly honest plan OF bat
tie, his leadership would have ended
with the Issuance Of his flrsts order'
Impregnable as had been cono IS, 20, POI
stion in the Machine, he h1mseli vel y
influence hmn well-nigh to the breaking
point: Should he, in spite Of h n ,ia
confidence and the wondrous skill l,l ne ne
warfare, lose the day /,
Coming in better now" remarked
the oncrator after fusilnde of clicks
had held Ibis attention TO the III instru-
ment for n minute or two. They've
got the lines patched mp enough Il, 70
allow you straight service. The stuff'll
ali 5bc here in a rush pretty soon.'
There comes some more ticker re-
ports!" cried Stnatz. leader of the
Third District. and strongest man#,neXt
to Conoyer himself. in all the Machine
"yYhy can't it hurry up Here
tPompton county comnlete gives Con
over 2S.0l2. standish 6,723."
Another and louder veil from the
tnhlefu, and "a hntterlng of bottles
and glasses on tho board Conoyol