The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-10
FIGURES, EARLY AND RIGHT
,IT,TION RETURNS N THE
ny M NOV HERE ELSE.
~, /. ensrc>. Table Far Ahead 90 those %
other Papers In Nccurac, Local Cen
,.>r, Al Covered for the First Edi-
,,,,r None % Gave senate Takte.

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t,st. ... mad" for tn. two subsequent
.i,,,,n, Up state and throughout the
eat, .r, readers found IN tho first
..,,,,,u a..uraIs tables summaries and
,,. .r 'l. vote for state Offices in New
N,,x rr rh. Congress elect ions all over
,t. fr.r.t states on the changed COM
..,,or ST., legislatures which ar" Ia .l.ct
,,.,,r. pu the vot. for Governor M
al sr.-- and on the S.,natr, Assembly
"a bptr.l,ry elections IN this city
Al ..lrck on Tuesday night THE
Srx Nti rcC-iv"i from its swift
.orSin. -.v,,on machln.rv in every
n. 4 rnr nIIv--.'v"n counties out
-. Of Greater New YORK approx
ms,slv rorrect figures on the vote on the
state '.cAet. Congressman. Senators and
A.-.up,vusn. and Was able To present
IN IL. int edition results which other
New Yor, newspapers. which depended
On the Associated Press and tina -ele-
sraph corapani.- were unable to give
sxcep- IN late editions Coincidenta ally
the Iat,an Bureau placed IN the hands
Of IT'S subscribers these practically COM
pl@,e returns IL had been an ,inheard OF
thing hitherto for newspaper TO receive
complete upstate figures as early rs II
ClCNA htl VI" III w "AtNNith
At ~ VI. IRE SuN had obtained
from - election bureau in New Work
CITY figures from all but seventeen of the
loo election distric.s IN tn" Create: CITY
ano only four districts were missing III
the aso IN New York county. Resides
Collecting and transmitting swiftly tn"
syIres IN Governor and other stat"
Offices. THE SvN's election machinery
IN New York city Was able TO collect for
the frst edition complete returns on the
Congress vote. on the Senate district
results and on the vote in all Of the thirty
sye Assembly districts in New N"rk
county save three No other newspaper
attempted TO give the returns and plJrali-
ties u the vote for Congressman. State
Senators and Assemblymen in New York
county other papers were obliged To
present To their readers only an indica-
ton OF what Congressman. Senator'S and
Aseerlbl ymen had been elected. In a
number e districts they had the wrong
man elected. while The SUS gave the
winners vote and plurality almost pre-
ciseiy
Al! 4 The Suns figures on the results
up state and down and on the interesting
contests in other States had been col
tected. tAbIiated and revised with reason-
able c"mIletsness bv midni 9hf. and the
sheets Il figures aere in the hands of the
curr =. ,itors by i2:cD 4. VI Such chan ges
- ser. made later for the second 49,. on
had t. do mostly with reNlsIons ~ ne
Vote. on state Offices. Congress and the
Legislature and IN n" contest was II neccs-
sarv !p- THE SCS 10 reverse the results
gwen m IT'S first edition.
congress returns presented many diff
c4ltIes, because there were close cont SIS
throughout the country and a remAr1 bic
eE!ft toward the Democratic column as
late returns sifted in. But rrader~ of
1HE SrS's first edition kneS that the
lower house Of the Sixty second Con-
sTess would he heavily Democratic. by
~ ~ Least. The World was unable IN IL
early editions to estimate the Democratic
ma iority in Congress and printed table
vr'ch had to be generally revised: The
Ti,ass made a guess Of 20 for tn. Demo
cratic majority. The Herald said merely
'nsr the next House would lie Demo
cssIiC. BY A. VI. The SrN had received
sIch complete returns from Congress
districts all over the country that IL WAS
abb 20 say that the House would I've
Ism cratic by ~ at lsast. The Hsrdld
N lste edition could find a majority 81
y only for the Democrats.
TBE-SUS was the only New York news
paper which printed a United States
senate table giving the probable results
IN every state and showing IN detail how
Tho senate % the Sixty-secund Congress
ru'lld likely w. constituted This table
IHf SrS printed IN ste first edition. II
lnformed its readers correctly that "A
Democratic senator would Ire chosen ia
this STATE to succeed Chauncey VI. Depew.
nat John kean would be retired ia New
Jersey hut that Henry Cabot Lodge would
10. returned from Massachusett The
Tr'burs and the World gave no figures.
Tho Tribune said that David X. Francis
Ungld -Icc-ed a Republican predecessor
~ Missouri. whereas a Deiiocrat ~ likely
: :e' IN. seat The Herald beat Lodge
In Nassachusetts. The Times couldn't
ssy whether Lodge had won or lost.
=" completeness and accuracy OF
' Ht SyS'S election returns were markedly /.
s.nwp.in the New York city contests for
49," Stale Senate. Assembly anSfths judge !
s'.rs For Ass-mblynen IN New York /
.bunty The SCS in is first edit ion gave /
" 'aoula'ed vote for every dist rlrr. many
80 them having only one ele.'i ION district
~ --sing Lacking AN effective organIza 2
'tun for ,ollectIng detailed returns, other /
~~spapers avoided tabulations in con- /,
'"-'s xhefe there was widespread inter
"~' Any candidate for Assembly or /
nate knew yesterday morning II he /
.r! The SrH NOT only whet her he had ,
--l ~iecrsd or defeated but what the !
y" had been for mis- opponent and him.
-A'' and a number Of Aseemblymen and
senator's cssaied up THE Sun yesterday TO /
eay mar thss were as nIuch surprised 40 !
i-as-i that what are perhaps considered
amor r"siIlts could have been presented |
:" ao~'Ira'sly AZ so early an hour
n an instance OF the precision on the
-zlsa'lye results. The SUs had the
"a - for Us first edition 10 show thar |
Sei.a Or Alexander Brough had beaten
r-1-v Pollock. Tammany. IN the
Eis.'~~nth Senatorial district The
E--sl aYoIiing figures said that Pollock !
RAD IN In It's fourth edition the Times .
$500 --ed ,haf Broush had been elected
o. ms Interesting fight. The Hsrdd |
- Pollock had been elected and
30 Word agreed. but they lacked the ,
- .-@s careful analysis Of the re-
'-..- united IN the first edition OF The
-! 20 the frs, and later editions Of
'..~- N"H York papers shows that The
''-r edition returns on the Legs. ,
.. .." rrr"-fs needed no reversal. while
-r"rs we're consistently inaccurate
.."..N On error
10y York ci,v there was intense
."-.-' shown IN rho contest between
-n" pUrr Justice Edward Il Whit
John 4 IalanG TannAny