Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-11-04
ONCE MORE CITY
CELEBRATES ONE
VERY BIG NIGHT
Great Procession of Enthusiastic
Republicans in Wee Sma'
Hours

From highly excited small folk who
didn't get to bed until the unseemly
hour of 10 or thereabouts to less
demonstrative but equally eXuberant
grown-ups who couldn't even think of
couch and covers until much much
later. all Harrisburg celebrated in
famous way that famous return of
1914.
Nor did Harrisburg celebrate alone.
From every town and borough
within trolley or convenient railroad
or motoring distance thousands ffocked
| into the city and by 10 o'clock the
| central section was jammed with the
biggest election crowd in history,
Because of the more or less con-
venient size of the ballot, the count
| did not require so much time. SO
instead of midnight the waiting thou
| sands had a pretty good idea OF the
! trend of the days events at COM
paratively early hour in the evening.
Returning to the Fold
AS the steadily piling totals indi-
Gated that 1914 marked real re
turn" in two ways, in city, county,
state and other states. the enthusiasm
| of the big crowds increased. For
| aside from the suggestion of sadly bat
tered hosts from Moscow just hun
| dred years ago the returns as flashed
| on bulletin board and screen demon
strated n widespread and general, not
! to say eager, return to the Republican
| fold.
In New York. in Illinois, where
! Uncle Joe Cannon Clicked to fragile
and forgetfulness" just a few years
ago) returned decidedly: in Pennsyl-
Vania, in Dauphin county, in the old
home town itself. the return was very
obvious. In the Keystone State it was
so by some 100000. But of course
that hasn't been exactly news these
many hours.
From the Telegraph, OF Course
Because of the remodeling that is
being done at the Post Office, and
which would have interfered with
freer view of the screens, the Tele-
graphs splendid service was not shown
in Federal Square as usual, but on
! the old Grand Opera House site a,
! Third and Walnut streets. Naturally
most of the people who waited for re-
turns hocked to that point. They
crowded the terraces of the Capito
Park, on pavement, street and even or
the fences.
The Telegraph gave all the returns
too. and gave them first. Extra tele'
phone and telegraph services supplied
information from state and county
while a host of youthful special re-
porters hustled the city figures red-ho
from the election booths to the office.
/. Cheers from the Boys
The crowd was easily the largest il
years but at that it was an orderl!
crowd. Thousands of interested womeI
helped swell the throngs and the!
watched the bulletin boards with al
| fa ho n n
brother or someone else's brother
! Colonel Joseph b. Hutchison, Chief o
, Police, perSonlly handled the motto
ira ffic in Market Square and he KEEP
his eye on the crowds generally unit
/ early morning. Aside from a few ar
rests for drunkenness the police hat
practically nothing to do
by midnight the waiting thousand
had had pretty good idea of who
who in Pennsylvania. and as tn
Brumbaugh-P h-Penrose totals mounte,
; hundreds of Democrats Joined in tn
cheering with Republicans. One iubi
liant spectator just had to say some
thing about that. He said it. thus:
Don't cheer boys, the poor devil
are dying!"
Then That Parade.
AS soon as the reports Indicate
beyond a doubt that another Repub
|
, scores of joyous Republicans wen
home and Illuminated their home
from top to bottom in anticipation o
, a visit from the parade" The Tele
graph building was ablaZe from grea
! electric sign to the pavement; ever
, office window was aglow.
In course of time the crowds pre-
pared for the parade. And SUCH
parade!
Four bands, thousands of iubilan
, Republicans and many, many perfect
satisfied Democrats crowded the street
from curb to curb and rank on ram
and tramped behind the bands. Re-
fire, cheers and flags and even som
silk hats and canes-they were al
there.
The citys big Republican clubs, in
Guiding the Eighth ward Percy Moor
club, were out in force--the Harris
burg and the West End clubs con
| tributing in full measure the canes an
silk hats. Then there was an entnusi
astic crowd from Annville who cam
up to assist in the celebration gen
orally and for Congressman Kreide
in particular.
Tango Stun
The procession formed amid muc
cheering. blaring of the bands an
more cheering in front of the Harris
burg Republican Club. A big cal
carrying County Chairman William J.
p Horner, City Chairman Harry +. Owe.
2 Frank B. Smith, former county. chair
man. Nice-Chairman Jimmy" Lent
6 and Secretary Cooper, all of whom con
Quoted the battle and watched the re
suits from Republican headquarter.
had the right of line. Most of tn
, folks In the car carried brooms. MI
Horner wore Il smile that wouldn
come off and Mr.. Smith carefully an
gracefully beat time for the bands t
play by. So the procession moved IL
4 town.
' In the long line marched the p. {
Moore club, one of the citys hustlin
I negro organizations whose member
1 did so much excellent service. Th
, colored club had it's own band and
played some of that sort of ragtim
stuff that makes you want to sort {
shuttle or tango along rather tha
$ sedately keep time in a regular way.
From Mr. Kreider's Home Town