New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-08
LECTION THRONG
100000 STRONG
cheers and Weeps, No
Natter What the News
Flashed

49,, one wishing 20 refer 10 last
81, crowd as good natured" will
"a do so over the minority re-
~ the portly gentleman in even
I. clothes. who, between Forty-second
rorty-fourth streets, was tiekled
~, face By an illegal buster, poked
a. white tie with a horn, and as
Md hv an officer for attempting TO
through a restricted area. Ae-
So 70 the portly gentleman, last
49, election crowd and the crowd
~ s,ornned the Dsstile during the
80 Revolution were, for all prsc-
~ purposes, the same aggregation.
a. GOOD nstured or not, there is no
.,.,,on about there being a crowd.
-, .fa.isticians estimated 10 st one
srVon. including the twenty thousand
~. ,,rked CITY Hall Park 70 watch
-rIhune returns. Others asserted
a, 4 numbered only 100000. To avoid
80 feelings. this estimate will put IL
:. snA00O. perhaps few more, per-
l,ss few less.
Lbis year. however. the picturesque
,,.,Srav crowd Of former newspaper
.s,ornts was neither picturesque nor
S,.dwsv. Il shufiied along in sn un-
..S,es.ine manner, now on Broadway,
80 sbpnfed of into Seventh Avenue.
:. ,void the subway excavations, and
..-afinnes on Sixth Avenue, where
dew could be good nstured without po-
Ire interference.
Deserted Spots in Broadway
Some spots on Broadway. particular
!, on the cast side OF Times Square,
,iove Forty-iourth Street. were as de-
.rted as Il there were a Zeppelia how
,-ing over IL. To the redfaced police
ar. whose perfect interference kept
lat section Of the street empty. the
,-ovds should sing a paen OF thanks:
Ne kept US out Of Broadway"
Most Of the noise, when run down TO
ts source, was found 10 be emansting
rom horns. with cowbells TO match.
b,loneing 70 minors in short trousers.
here may have been other offenders,
bvt these were the chief opponents Of
he delrium into which a New York
crowd can get when the vital principles
Of is national life are at stake. Most
n the crowd acted as II they were there
!, see what the crowds would do. Con-
ecuently they just scuffed along
As the returns came in, great enthu-
rssr was shown. When il was flashed
o. the screen that Wilson was leading
n ihirty-seven precincts of lndianap-
oils. a great shout went up from ap-
roximately 100000 Threats. When it
vas announced that Hughes had swept
Portsmouth. y. H.. another cry went
ID. presumably from the same 500 900
,krosts. as they were the only throats
AVAILABLE And when finally il was
,arown on the sheet that certain
able water is the best. the enthusiasm
100000 New Workers knew no bounds.
10000 Cheer Victory
Twenty thousand persons were
lmmcd in City Hall Square last night
yhen The Tribune flashed from the
ower Of the Woolworth Building the
frst news 20 the world that Hughes
had been elected. The mighty cheer
which arose almost rocked neigh boring
IL was Americas first greet
irg 70 the future chief.
And yet il could not be said that
he crowd in front Of The Tribune
suilding was a Hughes crowd-that is,
rot until the steady white rays Of The
rribune's signal burst over the heads
q the multitude. Five minutes before
hey had been cheering with impair
,slity the pictures OF first the one
md then the other Of the major can
iidates as they were flashed on the
.ueen. A big molten mass Of good
nature, tho crowd was constantly SHIFT