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Show THOUSANDS READ tltCTIOHETOHS Even though the people ut' Ogdeu did not utkc the cubiouiary Interest In tho election itself, they displayed an unusual Interest In the result. For several hours last evening a crowd which at no lime numbered It ts than 5.OU0 stood la iront of the Standard otllce and read the election elec-tion returns, both from this locality aud abroad, as they were Hashed on a great screcu by means of a sterc-opticon sterc-opticon machine. During h portion of the evening a light rain fell, but this did not servo tc lessen the crowd, which completely complete-ly tilled the street tor more than hull" a block in each direction. At times tho returns brought forth cheers from the great throng, and again there were nothing but exclamations excla-mations of surprise when the returns showed that state after state, particularly partic-ularly those In the east and middle west, had gone overwhelmingly Democratic. Dem-ocratic. There was u noticeable difference ! the attitude of the crowd In front o the Standard oillce and that which thtonged Washington avenue between Twenty-fourth and Twenty-filth streets, for the youug people had not overlooked the opportunity to make the event a gala evening, which earned ear-ned with It all the details ot" a carnival. car-nival. And It was the younger generation- which punned, crowded and made merry on the - main thoroughly thorough-ly ro of the city Everywhere the carnival spirit was prevalent. Tin horns and other nohc making Implements transformed Washington avenue iuto a bedlam of ear apliltlng racket. The tin horn vendor nnd the purveyor of confetti reaped a harvest. In spite of all this outburst of enthusiasm en-thusiasm there was no need of police po-lice Interference. Everybody was in good humor and all those who ventured ven-tured Into the celebration district were prepared to take the conse- quences. The Immense crowd which had assembled as-sembled on Twenty-fourth street In ! fiont of the Standard remained until the last bulletin was flashed on the screen at 11 o'clock. During the en-lire en-lire evening this crowd was ghen the complete returns as they were secured by a special messenger service serv-ice from the city precincts, by telephone tele-phone service from outlying districts, nnd the results all over the country a., received at the office through the Associated Press dispatches. By far the most complete election returns received In the cJty were those received by the Standard, and In addition to giving the general public pub-lic the benefit of this unequaled service, ser-vice, the Standard also supplied several sev-eral theaters and other public places with the election results as fast as j they were received at tnis office. The results in the 17 precincts of Ogden City were known before the information infor-mation had reached either the Democratic Dem-ocratic or Republican headquarters |
