Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-11-24
A TELEGRAPH JOKER
He Knew What the Crowd Want
ed and Delivered the Goods.
ELECTION RETURNS TO SUIT.


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4 funny incident L,n,c,,,d ,, -,
night of the national election OF ism,
In little camp tucked away i'm tne
mountains of southwestern Cn,ornd,,
where the only means of quick com.
municatiou with the WORT! \yrrr. Il Siu.
gle uncertain telegraph wire and n sin
glc more uncertain telegraph operator
Naturally only the unrcst S,rap< ,l
election news reached the cnuIp hut
before the certain news ct Mckinley
| election could have hcon got thr uur,.t
| tain operator had fallen "a victim To- his
fayorite vice and. further. lnd fa!i,.n
beneath tn" table.
The only other pcrS, 20 Who Know any.
! thing about tclcgruphy WAS "Nhuriy."
the local wit ana huu.r>r. WI" yuluu.
tcercd to write out thr ciccIi"n rvlnru~
as they clicked on from the lr!rlIa,l
! Instrument ro'ulcal sentiment WIS
Hname for Bryan. New - ul. olcriiu"
WAS not Only sought. bu' u.'ntua"l. ;ut
tn" average American mil"t ,,a~ -:,n.
! %niue concerning The uncertainties ut
| poitics rs TIE Is concerning the uurrr-
tInil'S OF mining Thr NuG":""r t"'.''-.
'aih'r wa noted for am "hlgnu. Wis.
position lie was tn" lcninr ot.ihe
camp.
The "hnEs' had placed stores az
giant powder nj various points rty
had cIea ned and oiled their six shoot
ers ana rehiied their cartridge belts
hohhr"s were ready 70 be lighted ON
the hiIlsidos. and natural enthusiasm
hau Oeeh simulated mt the Metro
pole the Cosmopolitan, the Fashion.
'he Irocad"ro ana less pretcntipusly
named oas"S in the desert Of mining
camp eNlS'ence-in fact' every pre-
urinary &" the grandeSt celebration
the san Juan country ever had Known
SHORTY WIS not inc man 10 neglect
an opportunity Ike That. The first
bulletin hr handed 10 the waiting
crowd stated that New York and In
ulana were IN doubt and 1t looked Ike
cioSe erection WIN the chances IA
VorlnS Bryan. Ihat whettcd the
croWuS Keen appetite for returns To
razor edge. The second bulletin sent
their spirits up with leap, Bryan
mas carried Kansas, and the Demo
crafts are Claiming Iowa" I'd
noopee: from the crowd.
SHORTY bent his ear 10 the clicking
sOuhuer ana Inscribed Bulletin NO. }
Inlhols JOINS the bryan column WIN
oo'ooo majority. lhdlaha certain New
AULh very CLOSE
Mneh the deaiening chorus had dled
down young member OF the party
asAeu the !eauer. hadn't we better
Oegih 10 set OIL the giant"
belore the leader could answer
Shorty reproVed MN by word and
iooh' Dont go Oh half cooked ~
SAID IT'S always best TO waft unth
you are sure. lou can't be too con-
serValVe I'D case like this
After long pause, I'm which the
CROWD displayed much impatience, the
llnperturoable ana conservative Shorty
transcribed bulletin No. !, but before
passing 1t OUT he said;
Now boys, don't do anything rash
wait for the actual returns"
bulletin No. read. Senator Jones
claims Ohio and Pennsylvania for BY
an
Under ordinary circumstances
doubt might have been expressed con.
| corning the probability of such states
reversing their political records. hlI
the crowd was convinced Of an i'm
pending landslide for their fnvorlte
and yelled with delight. Now we are
! beginning to get the news" remarked
I Shorty when the cheering ceased and