The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1916-11-16
BIG CROWD LOOKED TO
RECORD FOR ELECTION NEWS

The crowd certainly packed the op-
era house Tuesday night to hear the
returns as they came in over The
ally Records special wire At Z
CLOCK the house commenced TO fill
nd by 1870 there was hardly a seat
TO be obtained. The house staid in
nat condition until IL o'clock, when
most of tie folks went home and to
bed. However, some of the real cleo
ion fans staid until midnight.
The folks saw some splendid pic
res. heard some excellent music.
enjoyed some comfortable seats and
got all the latest news as it came in.
u times it naturally came a little
slowly, but that was due to the fact
that the large vote all over the coun-
try took long time to count.
II all cost some money, but the peo-
pie certainly appreciated the service.
so that ii was worth while Giving
he people service is one of the hob
bies of The Record. 1t is indeed graf
flying TO hear the many statements
of commendation OF the way The Rec
ord handled the early returns from
county. state and nation.
The Record ant know Until We'd
nesday and Thursday that the people
could get so excited over anything
. they did that presidential race
al day Wednesday and all day Thurs
crowds blocked the sidewalk in
front of The Record office reading
the many bulletins as they came in
and watching the ebb and flow of the
closest and most exciting presidential
derby since the Hayes.Tilden event.
II was mighty interesting to watch.
the personality of the various crowds
as they changed back and forth.
When the news at first was all for
Hughes those smiling faces and jok-
ing individuals were all Republicans.
When the news suddenly turned lin
favor of Wilson the happy counte-
nances all belonged 20 the Democrats.
The Republicans looked as If they
had just buried their best friends
Then again the chances seemed ia
yorable to Hughes and the Republi-
cans began 10 bob up smiling for an
other jubilant session. The Demo-
Gratis suddenly disappeared just as
The Republicans had done Then the
final news came that Wilson's chances
were the best and Hughes seemed to
he decidedly out of IT, As IL like
magic the Democrats sprang into the
majority again and the Republicans
dropped into the background.
II was an interesting game OF see
saw and was indeed great fun to watch
{. The Record windows were watched
for the latest bulletins and
hey were placed there just as soon
as anything important developed.
The whole town and most of the coun-
~ depended on The Record for the
news dispatches and they got
them hot OF the wire. Interspersed
between them were Democratic and
national and state head
quarters predictions and statements.
just to add a little spice to the dope
The Record gave the news impair
Wy as il received IL. just as its
news columns always do. and the peo-
lie have shown that they appreciate
nat fact. IL is not Dragging. but Just
4 plain statement OF fact. TO say that
The Record covered the election fast
er. better and more completely than
any Of the papers of its size. and
ONE even larger. in Colorado.
II is worth while mentioning that
The Record beat the Pueblo and Den
yer papers from twelve to eighteen
hours on all latest Developments. The
Denver papers were clear out of the
running and the Pueblo papers were
not much better.
The Record force answered be-
tween two and three hundred phone
calls each day on Wednesday and
Thursday and IL took almost the en-
ire time OF one person 20 tell the
news TO anxious folks in Canon City
and all over the county. This indi-
Gated conclusively that The Record
was looked to for news.