Evening star., 1936-11-01

or attending q convention or world
series game IN which he had no
personal interest.
Early in the evening the President
had said to friends, "I expect to re-
main up an hour or so beyond my
customary bedtime, which Is 10
o'clock, but I shall surely be in bed
by midnight" However, it was 1890
before President Coolidge got to bed
that night. Chief Justice Taft and
Senator Smoot of Utah dropped
around at II o'clock, saying they
didn't intend to stay. But returns
grew so interesting they remained
until midnight. A half-hour later
Coolidge went to bed, assured of re-
election.
On November 5, 1928, when he was
awaiting word of the outcome of the
Hoover-Smith campaigns, Coolidge
showed no indications of being
worked up about the election" In
The Star of November j. Russell
Young stated, The President has
given no intimation that he intends
to remain up beyond his regular time
for retiring for the purpose of hearing
the returns"
RUT out in palo Alto another fire.
side group had gathered that
stayed up far beyond its customary
bedtime hour. In this cozy study,
where an open fire glowed cheerily
on the hearth, Herbert Hoover had
gathered a small circle of relatives
and friends about him to await the
verdict of the electorate. He sat at
the same desk from which he had
broadcast his final word to the voters
the night before, and at his elbow
were several direct-wire tranSconti.
mental telephones. In the room be.
low him were leased telegraph wires.
Putting a long cigar and fingesing
pencil and notepaper in anticipation
of incoming returns, he chatted easily
with his family and friends of the
weather incident to his Western trip
and, occasionally, of the election. He
appeared quietly and modestly con-
f1dent that the final step in his cam.
paign would be successfully nego-
tiated by nightfall.
Two large blackboards stood ready
for use in totaling the electoral votes
by States as they came in. Out in the
living room before great stone fire.
place played his grandchildren. Two
score press representatives moved in
and out. During lulls in the evenings
returns the radio beside the living
room fireplace was brought into use
and relieved the tedium of waiting.
Hoover went to bed after midnight,
and he went up the stairs with the
news that, in the face of incomplete
returns, the total electoral vote for
himself was over the $50 mark, while
that for Gov. Smith was rs.
In November, 1882, the Hoover FAM
fly was again in the study at Palo
Alto, gathered about another fire,
awaiting other returns. The White
House was virtually deserted. its mas
ter and mistress across the conti-
nent and only two administration
secretaries on hand to receive returns.
Again a blackboard stood ready in
the Palo Alto hall, special wires we're
open and a fire burned cheerily in
the study CRATE. President Hoover
rose from the dinner table, leaving his
family to conclude the meal without
him. He walked now with less con-
fidence to the blackboard in the hall
and he talked frequently with CAM
paign leaders in Washington and in
Chicago.
Silently he received the final re-
turns. Secretary Wilbur, president Of
Stanford University, on leave since
1929 to serve in the cabinet, was with
him in the pleasant study when he
signed the telegram conceding the
election to Franklin Roosevelt. He
offered coincidence and shook hands.
Later, when Mr.. and Mrs. Hoover
had gone out upon a balcony to greet
an insistently cheering crowd, Wilbur
said, II am sorry. He made a great
fight" And shortly after the ova-
ton on the balcony, the President
went to bed.
MEANWHILE, In room In the
AA Biltmore Hotel in New York
City, another family group waited.
With Franklin D. Roosevelt and his
wife and mother that night were also
James A. Farley and Edward ]. Flynn,
q leader from the Bronx. A battery Of
telegraph instruments and telephones
were supplying returns. A crowd grew
about the paper-littered table IN the
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