New-York tribune., 1920-11-03

macy, although their patience was fire.
quently tested by groups that had i'm
bibed too freely of the liquor that
, seemed to be on every side.
The old-fash ioned spirit of election
that showed itself yesterday was not
confined to the crowds that swirled d
and eddyed about the bulletin boaxxls
1t was seen early in the day in the
old-time bonfires that blazcd in every
side street where cobblestones would
permit of fire. These juvenile DEM
onstrations were particularly noticeable
in that section of the East Side, where
Governor AL Smith is known to every
urchin old enough to absorb neigh
borhood gossip.
Oliver Street, though far from con-
tident and plainly nervous over the all
important state election, began it's
celebration early and never quit until
the last word was had from the polit-
cal front. All Smiths neighbors seemed
quite oblivious of the national issues
involved in the election Talk of
They wanted to know only one thing:
"1s it Miller or Al?" The hours of
suspense they endured yesterday were
painful.
Beginning of End Cheered
The first returns flashed on The
Trlbune's screen on Park Row and on
those OF other newspapers uptown
came from Massachusetts and they
forecast the beginning of the end of
the present Administration in Wash
lngton. These returns were met with
wild cheering. as were later reports
that heavy Republican vote had been
cast in Brooklyn. That the crowd was
out to cheer anything and everything
however, was shown when figures IA
vorable to Cox and other Democratic
candidates were greeted with similar
demonstration.
The police regulations along Broad
way below Forty~second Street were in
charge OF Inspector John O'Brien, of
the Traffic Division, and Captain Will
IAN lam A. Bailey. Of the West Thirtieth
Street station. More than 500 patrol
men were scattered throughout the
theater district
1T had been predicted that lively
scenes would be enacted in front of
the office of The New York Call. where
returns were thrown on sheet. but
the police who were detailed to that
section of town had nothing more to
40 than listen to the cheering of &
small and rather melancholy group who
applauded earnestly every time the
on the screen.
"lnspired" Ginger Ale Served
The dining rooms Of all the big ho-
tells presented scenes that for bril-.
lance have not been matched since be-
fore the war. 'Inspired" ginger ale
seemed to be the principal beverage
but in number of places uncamou.
tagged champagne bottles were opened
with all the eclat and abandon and
aplomb of wetter days.
In one famous restaurant on Sixth
Avenue a Tribune reporter found the
old-fashioned celebration going strong
even to old-fashioned cocktails Dry
martins were to be had for the ask.
ing, and gin rickies es-made with
i Gordon-were flowing on all sides.
The crowds in the big hotels were
treated to their election returns with
q dash Of music, vaudeville and jazz or
the side, to say nothing of an entirely
new assortment OF oise-making con.
trvances which have been invented
since 1916.
Every public room Of the Waldorf
was Jammed throughout the day, anc
the absence of the old softly lighted
bar seemed to bother no one. The Wal.
dorf seemed to be the headquarters o1
the various women's clubs and they
held watch meetings which were en-.
livened by suppers and dances.
The center of gravity at the Waldorf
appeared to be the rooms of the Ohio
Society, which enjoyed the distinction
how the national election went. The
society Kept open house all day and nj
Ohioan was too humble to be refused
| n welcome there