The Washington times., 1908-11-04
TIMES NEWS DISPLAY
DRAWS A MULTITUDE
Great Election Crowd Fills Street Cheering Lushly for
Favorite-Open House in All Clubs and
TheaterS Announce Returns.

Shortly after midnight the TAFT and
Sherman Marching CluD Of the District
descended. about $50 strong. upon tle
White House and called for speech
from the President. Emissaries 57ing
to the executive offices were told hat
the President had just retired con-
fident Of the result just at that mo-
meut Secretary Garfield left the Offices
and he was seized upon as the Presi-
dents representative He made a short
cougratulatory address which paciHed
the marching club The triumphal
march about the city was then con-
tlnued.
War Clerks Celebrate
Mr.. Tafts fOIme associates at the
War Department held a celebration un-
I'll midnight in the office Of the Sec
retary, where Mr.. Taft had won their
affection. Returns were received by the
department operators
A large gathering received the re-
turns at the University Club. and a
telegram OF congratulation was sent
by the club. Of which Mr.. Taft was first
president
Several hundred news per men and
their wives caught the returns from
special wire AT Tie Press Club, lZ05 Z
street where open house prevailed.
Nearly TWO thousand people attended
TIE meeting at the new Masonic Tenn
Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church.
moving pictures were inJerspersed with
. the returns. Commissioner AIacfarIaud
ana 1IL Or wallace Radcliffe made IL
formal addresses
Bulletins were read from the stages Of
/ All the theaters between each act. Md
hlsHJ performances were given by sew
Ffai OF the houses with standing room
at premium. Coffee and sauCy7icF1eq
were served lack Of the stage IT the
~ CSItlI tEe actors and actresses hav-
lHs given three performances during
tiie afternoon and night. Chase's also
| played TO packed midnight house.
Good Fellowship.
Throughout 1t was a night OF good
fellowship. With the streets crowded
| with people. 1900 It is estimated be-
/ ing il front OF newspaper row. on the
Avenue, 1t Is inevitable that there
| should be just a BIZ OF noise. Many old
and some new, eaE-splitting devices were
on hand and attested 10 the 10y Of ltv-
ing, and of Taft's election. The ir-
| repressiDle college youth, the seminary
girl downtown. paTaded TO their hearts
content and the policemen only smiled
( Inc police mad Il busy night with the
DlDClOls. The cells at No / were Iuu
by II clock, and Dedraggled Specimens
| were distributed IN the rooms above.
! Where they aWOEe this morning and i'm
InedIAIely wanted 70 know who had
! been elected President.
Washington IS one Of the two ugares
where the nuid that cheers can be uur-
cnLsed on election day, the other being
New York Therefore the election
CT oWds IOTgaVe much, even though they
" ere denied the right OF suffrage.
Times IN Alexandria.
More than 1900 persons witnessed the
returns as furnished by The Times in
Alexandria. Never in the history OF
that city has 50 extensive d service
been maintain =, and the Alexaadria bu-
reau has been the recipient Of many
congratulations today.
The three Times election extras"
were on the streets Of Alexaudrla
shortly after their issuance here, and
went like hot cakes
The returns were received by special
wire into the bureau from the main Of
nee OF The Times at Washington. ana
also by the Bell telephone system. The
returns were regarded as the most aCCu-
rate and complete OF any received at
Alexandria. For the first time since
election returns have been exhibited
there, moving pictures were displayed
on screen during the receipt OF the
returns. The pictures were of a high
order, and elected cheers from the
A large graphophone furnished music
during the evening
/ Alexandra, which is a Democratic
/ town, went wild when BTyan's picture
was thrown on the screen But when
I returns showed the election of TAFT
there was eXuberauce enough left and
Taft came in for mis- share Of the ap-
plause-
Over in Georgetown.
| In Georgetown the returns were re-
ceived at the West Washington Hotel
Shortly after the first extra of The
Times, the Taft men were onerinz
twenty to one, with no takers. Many
Democrats remained around the sDe-
cial wire until LIE early morning hours.
hoping that affairs would brighten up
a bit