The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-10-29
ASSOCIATED
PRESS SERVICE
BEST IN WORLD
WILL FLASH THE VERDICT OF
MILLIONS OF VOTERS ON NO.
VEMBER 7. EARLY DECISION
PREDICTED.

New York. oct 29.-Fla-s.h!-is
elected! on the night of Tuesday
November 7, the missing name OF the
foregoing sentence will be supplied
by the Associated Press.
In the business of gathering
as developed by this worldwide or
ganization. the first word sent over
the wires telling Of any extraordinary
event is "flash!" 1t is the signal OF
a thrill The ordinary routine of the
Associated Press bureaus and their
hundreds OF newspaper-members Is
often punctuated with the FLASH
Operators from Bangor to San Diego,
from Tampa TO Tacoma, tighten their
tagging nerves, and editors come sour
rying TO the wires to hear OF Ii
tanic sunk, another country at war,
a Lusitania torpedoed, battle won,
a king deposed, or a president elect
ed.
This later thrill has recognized
periodcity. like the passage OF
comet, and the experience OF 1t Is
again imminent. Within few hours
after you have scratched your bollot,
the Associated Press will have flash
ed the verdict which you and sixteen
million voters have rendered-will
have flashed II perhaps within Few
minutes after the last of these six
teen million ballots has been dropped
I'm its box in some OF the western
states, where three hours difference
in time makes late the closing of the
polls.
How, in this brief time. anything
approximating an accurate account
ing Of these sixteen million votes can
be achieved, the returns assembled.
and the result made known through
out the land is a process both simple
and marvellous. 1t is true, of course,
that all of those sixteen million votes
are not counted, but when the Asso-
ciated Press announces the election,
chat announcement will be as trust
worthy as If they were.
The gathering and distribution OF
returns this year will mark one of
the greatest cooperative efforts that
Sas been made on any similar occa-
sion to accomplish this purpose. In
previous elections the Associated
Press, relying more largely on its own
resources, has done noble work in
the prompt and accurate reporting
of the election figures. In the Roose-
veItParker contest of 1904 the or
canization was able not only definite
Iy TO announce the result but also to
indicate the full extent of the victory
as early as eight o'clock on election
might. Equally remarkable service
has been rendered in other elections,
and the value of the Associated Press
figures has been such that defeated
candidates themselves have. on the
strength of them, sent their kilograms
OF congratulation to their victorious
opponents The service has been
such that It was invariably brought
70 the executives OF the organization
a flood of telegrams on the day after
In tribute 10 the "comprehonsiyeness"
speed" and accuracy" with which
the work has been done This year
Il Is possible that all records will be
broken. for the Associated Press has
for the coming election enlisted the
cooperation of It's members from
coast TO coast in a more concerted
effort than ever before
More than two years ago prcpara.
uons were begun, under the direc.
ton OF the general manager Of the
Associated Press. TO cover the news
which will be served TO the public on
the night OF November Z.