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Show GLOOM PERVADES J POLICE STATION : 1 Landslide for Thompson Creates Cre-ates Decided Grief Among Bluecoats. i;looiu o( tin deep. Impenetrable brand began t pervade tie- police station early Tuesday evening, and long before anything like complete return from the various precincts had begun to roll In with overwhelming leaning to the American Ameri-can parly ticket, tho geiii rally Jovial atmosphere at-mosphere of headquarters" had assumed a decidedly bluish hue. When It became apparent that Lynch was running "In the ruck," the police force proceeded to pin ItS faith on the chaitCeS Of Mortis to defeat de-feat Thompson But when there wo no long.r doubt that the American part; had elected its ticket by the landslldt such u thing as a "sweet-tempered" guardian tin p.. was nn unknown quantity In Salt Lake. Few Arrests Made With that mterious intuition that abides with animals ami Inebriates the usual qupta of drunks who always manage man-age tO get their names on the station docket as holldav and c..i.ai til a lit s. eluded tin clutches of tin- law last night Th. re was naught save the consoling forlorn for-lorn hope of sonic unexpected I lUlllg' III the election situation and some good-natund good-natund badinage a- lo the future lhat -taied the present pcrsonn. I of th- police force with Thompson In the aiayoralltj hair to disturb the monotony of tin night at headquarter Station Phones Busy. The station telephones were k- pi busy ah night bv unxlouii bluecals In ..nieh "f ruy of h"" and even the rieht cur ..f foptuln Burbldga displayed a distinct redness from Bl-niOHt Bl-niOHt eoiislant contact with his desk telephone receiver. Was nn Anxious Night It w.im nn anxlniif nlcht in iolle-dom. and one ftaught with omltn us Ion ln-llng for any American party enthusiast to unlucky to be caught with an unsteady mu le of navigation. The tension was finally relieved by th- n l-itent l-itent ofPollesihan Bush with a youth whom ttuph had found lying unconscious on the street. Had Heait Disease. Got a bad case of heart disease." announced Bunh: . , , So ve the rest of us." retorted the desk s. ic ant -is1 wan lo the drug slore and gel a jolt of stimulant You'ro jpb'll laxt an hour or two longer, and It won't help matters 10 fret yourself "lek at this moment. What a the matter wttll the kid: Itrunk"" if- the kid that's gva the heart dlseast . not me." returm-d Buh. "I doped up the ean-dldaten ean-dldaten for Mayor a week ago. and they re running run-ning to form at thai." And tho sergeant admitted the Josh was on him. Patrolman Besieged. A patrolman wandering in to learn the latest developments was Immediately assailed for g'.odp as to how the various notables of the Lynch nnd Morrla parties were bearing up under tho trend of events at the iolla. It's Brok.; Loose. "Vw. hell's broke lodae," drawled the patrolman pa-trolman In evident disgust ' .'u. Uy .iim' buied the Aspec tor i paisi t" the ii-is of raiiiv.rnia. uri y Canister's gettin' on familiar famil-iar l.rms wltb the map .if t lie Nevada. Kold l)i Ids and I saw Lynch irvln' lo Jew down a Kurllnglon lourlst ticket agent. Salt Lakes gone to the dogs, and It's mc for moro congenial con-genial climes between this and spring." Name Not Lynch. The first drunk of the night ai rived about midnight. 'Wash my name? Well, taint Lynch tide), caushe I'm only tomp'rar'Iy 'ii' apai 'tilled ar,' taint M -ril-li. I.'mu'n there amt no (hlei xlgnu of my havln' bi-en lulled hy th' M. rb .in ihn-i mule.' and the reeling one subsided Into a milieu silence, which wa llnally broken by the stentorian -..lis iind limn toots of celebrating American parti Ists. Crack Impending Doom. Thagh crack o' 'mpendlng doom." trl-umphantly trl-umphantly nnnouneeil the drunk as he raised one hand in unsteady emphasis of Ml Portentous Porten-tous declaration "It spells the downfall O" all you thlc) hluecoatcd tyrants, nnd It'Sh triumphant notesh rind me the lush martyr to the cause o' rlshl alnl Juhtlh 'Rah fer" But his rising enihuslaum was throttled by the heavy hand of a policeman, and the ' last martyr to the cause" was hustlvi into a cell. |