Evening star., 1936-11-04
MILLION PERSONS
ON BROADWAY
Rough and Tumble CeIebra.
ton Surpasses Even Lind.
bergh'S Return.
Ry the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, November New
York woke up today after the great
est party in all her history with a
swollen head and a great satisfaction
that her favorite son, Franklin D.
Roosevelt. still was President of these
United States.
There have been celebrations along
Broadway - Christmas ewes, New
Year ewes, armistice, Lindbergh's re-
turn, the end Of prohibition-but
there never has been anything quite
the equal of. the hilarious rough and
tumble In the streets that greeted the
word of the Presidents reelection.
Fully a million persons milled in
Times Square from Forty-second
street north to Forty-eighth as all
traffic stopped. police laughed help
lessly. horns and automobile sirens
filled the air with ear-cracking bed
lam and the great signs along the
white way blinked down on a blind
ing storm of torn paper and hilarity.
You couldn't elbow your way into
a bar, you couldn't even move. People
laughed and danced, read the returns
that blazed in lights from a dozen
places in the square, sat on curb
stones and tickled the noses Of the
mounted policemen's horses.
Losers Join in Fun.
winner and the same old cham
pion," Roosevelt voters cried over and
over again, and went on from there
seeking hilarity and entertainment
far, far into the dawn. Many losers
joined in the fun.
Women lost their hats and men
trampled on their derbies without
seeming to care. Top hats and tails,
ermine, mink and sparkling brilliants
flashed among sailors, uniformed Ma
rines and just ordinary marching,
cheering hordes. Policemen crowded
back into doorways, and overhead
blinked the signs:
Roosevelt reelected -. Roosevelt
reelected -"
There was one enterprising mer-
| chant stumbling around in the roar
ing throngs, trying to sell balloons with
Roosevelt signs on them. He wasn't
in business more than 10 minutes
Lighted cigarette ends popped his
stock in trade like string of Chinese
firecrackers. He threw away the stubs,
tore of his hat, and went whooping
with the rest.
Then the hawker who guessed
wrong. and appeared with a large
square Of Landon buttons and SUM-
flowers for sale. He was buffeted from
whirling crowd to whirling crowd as
the election went farther and farther
against him.
Look" he shouted finally -. Take
| one home q souvenir
And so it went on, hour after hour.
until there was no more question, and
people started thinking about the
problems of today. Night clubs were
crowded until dawn. Hotels had spe-
cial police turning the throngs away.
Cafes simply could not serve the null
titudes.
Democrats Stage Party.
On the other side of town, in .
hotel, Democratic workers staged q
huge party. BY the time the polls
closed at 8 pm. 1t was possible both
to see what was happening all over
the Nation, and to buy q drink as
well. New York is thirsty, by law,
until the polls close. Never have the
laws been 50 strictly enforced. Even
golfers on Long Island, coming in to
the nineteenth hole. were forced dis
consolately to order tea.
When the bars opened, the party
started. and by 10 pm. there were ct
least 1000 persons milling through the
Democratic national headquarters on
the fourth, NTH and sixth floors Of
the hotel.
Jim Farley. beaming and tired, re-
| mained hidden in his corner suite, in
touch by telephone with leaders all
over the country. Finally he put his
bowler hat on his bald head, buttoned
up his Chesterfield overcoat, and went
home.
How DO you think we happened to
miss those two states7" he r'used.