The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-11-03

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foregoing sentence win be supplied BY The ASSOCIATE
ed Press and thrown upon the stereoptcon screen
before The Advertiser Office. 81 z
In the business Of news gathering as developed by
this worldwide organization, the first VOID sent
over the wires telling Of any extraordinary event is
Flash! 1t is the signal Of a thrill 4 The ordinary
routine of The Associated Press bureaus and their
hundreds of newspaper members is often punctuated
with the "F-l-a,s-hr Operators from Bangor to San
Diego from Tampa to Tacoma tighten their tagging
nerves, and editors come scurryng to ne wires 70
hear Pope is dead, Titanic sunk another country
at war, Lusitania torpedoed, battle won king
deposed, or president elected. W.
This latter thrill has recognized periodicitys like
the passage Of comet, and the experience Of il IS
again imminent Within a few hours after the mains
land voter has scratched his ballot The Associated
Press will have flashed the verdict which sixteen
million fellow voters have rendered-will have fash
ed It perhaps within few minutes after the last
of these sixteen million ballots has been dropped IN
It's box in some Of the Western States where three
hours difference in time makes late the closing Of
the polls, and Honolulu viii know who is President
almost before the sun is down. w
How, in this brief time, anything approximatng
an accurate accounting of these sixteen million votes
can be achieved, the returns assembled and the result
made known throughout the land is process both
simple and marvellous II Is true, of course, that
all of those sixteen million votes are not counted but
when The Associated Press announces the. election
that announcement win be as trustworthy as if they
were. No. sS A.EG Il 4g 80
The gathering and distribution of returns this
year viii mark of the greatest cooperative eff
forts that has been made any similar occasion to-
accomplish this purpose In previous elections The
Associated Press relying more largely on It's own
resources has done notable work in the prompt and
accurate reporting Of the election figures In the
Roosevelt- Parker contest Of 1904 the organization
was able not only definitely to announce the result
but also to indicate the full extent of the victory as
early as six o'clock on election night, Honolulu
time. Equally remarkable service has been rendered
in other elections, and the value Of The Associated
Press figures has been such that defeated candi5.
dates themselves have on the strength Of them sent
their kilograms Of congratuation to their victorious
opponents The service has been such that it has
invariably brought to the executives Of the organi
zation food Of kilograms on the day after in tribute
to the "comprehensiveness" speed" and "accurz
acy' with which the work has been done. This year
it is possible that all records will be broken, for The
Associated Press has for the coming election enlisted
the cooperation of its members from coast to coast
in more concerted effort than ever befores
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