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Show . . . i ' ' - 1 t . . ' ' - - - . f -- - ... 0 ' ...-V- - ... - - - . v J . , It was a typical Ct-V. cr- 1 t'.:t waited la the streets T:--.: " y r.ht for the election retv . The sidew" x ere forjoiten ty the crowd th-1 L.rc-rei the rcld-Ie of the street : i Tl.'rl C jut'a t3 fouth Tem-r' Tem-r' streets from 6:3 o'clock until the ..rly hours of the morr.ing. The crowd was large at 6:23 o'clock, tut when at 7:C3 o'clock thousands of other 'persons, of all ages and classes poured Into the main thoroughfares, the scene took on added color aaid Interest. The gTeatPst points of congestion were The Telegram, Tribune and Herald Her-ald ofSces, where thousands awaited the returns from city, State and Nation. "T.'i.'i t'..a c ''.;y of each cf f j trar. renc!-. ? t.. rirt' .r. who were 1 1 1 howl: 1 wi:.a de". ht as their re-f; re-f; t:.e hcr-s were ra::-l. r&n.oraor.:; i n turned loose early. More noise wis rrolubly made during the hours cf the ever.ir,? than was ever crowded Into a liite space of time be--fore In Salt Ltke. - . ' Crov ,1s cf boys dragged tin cans throve h the streets with a clatter and bar.sr that would put a fire department goir. on a dead run over a series of iron "culverts, to shame. ' y A dozen of these cans tied together were dragged through the crowd by a lot of boys, running as though to Bave their lives. These cans were tied to the rear end of street cars to the rage Cf the conductors and passengers. Tin horns, paper horns and hundreds of other noise producers, which, In the hands of brawny boys, and husky lunged girls made such a roar that It seemed as though the top would be lifted lift-ed off the universe. A half-dozen big bonfires popped and sputtered in Main street. Around each of these a crowd circled and danced and raised war whoop, after war whoop. At one time a crowd of probably fifty boys ran an old ruin of an express wagon wa-gon Into the bonfire.' Their delight was short lived, however, as a burly policeman police-man charged on the mob and compelled them to rescue the wagon and return It to Its owner. Viewed from above the scene was most interesting. Hundreds of pasteboard paste-board discs were thrown high ill air. to descend at an angle and slap some an-, suspecting- spectator in the face. The lighting of matches In the crowd by those whose campaign cigars refused to "draw" resembled the constant flight of a drove of fireflies. But over and above all rose a hoarse roar of yells, cheers, catcalls and trumpet trum-pet notes, punctuated by the rattle of tin pans and cans, the popping of the bonfireB and the discharge of torpedoes, revolvers and shotguns. The crowds were noisy but no vandal-Ism vandal-Ism was committed and but few disturbances dis-turbances were noted. . The saloons were opened at 7 o'clock at night and were filled until early morning by convivial crowds of celebrants. cele-brants. The number of arrests by the police department was unusually light. |