Scribner's magazine . confidence and almost equalaccuracy. Ah I but that is a work totry cool heads and strong nei-ves. Iam C[uite certain no other men in theworld include such a night of tensionand excitement, j^eriodically, as a fixedpart of a workadayexistence. No othermen, regularly once ayear, feel themselvesso ti*uly in the focusof an intense publicinterest, manifestingitself in so many we could really putwindows into ourmethods, as one of ushas put them into hisbuilding, that, of alltimes and phases,would be the onewhose illuminationwould cause the mostsurprise to the
Scribner's magazine . confidence and almost equalaccuracy. Ah I but that is a work totry cool heads and strong nei-ves. Iam C[uite certain no other men in theworld include such a night of tensionand excitement, j^eriodically, as a fixedpart of a workadayexistence. No othermen, regularly once ayear, feel themselvesso ti*uly in the focusof an intense publicinterest, manifestingitself in so many we could really putwindows into ourmethods, as one of ushas put them into hisbuilding, that, of alltimes and phases,would be the onewhose illuminationwould cause the mostsurprise to the returns of everyState are gathered bythe leading newsj^a-pers in that State, andas there is a system ofexchange between thenewsjiajiers, the chiefcare of each is to getthe figures of its ownState. In New YorkCity, then, the EmpireState is the subject ofmost concern. It isan extraordinary Stateat all times, but neveris it more so thanwhen it is consideredas a factor in a na-tional election. It isnot only one of the r. Managing Editor, on Election Night. party battle-grounds—a pivotal, uncer-tain quantity—but it is full of big cities,rolling up enormous masses of votes ;and at the same time it contains wilder-ness-districts, groups of counties cov-ered by mountains and forests, wherethe railroads and telegraph circuits arefew, and whence news leaks almost asslowly as from Montana or Idaho. To canvass it, to make ready to seize its re-turns on the instant, as if a giant handwere to be put out to cover every hilland valley, is the task of the managing-editors—a task at once delicate and gigantic. Each managing editor has hisown method, developed out of the tra-ditions and resources of each establish-ment, and tested and strengthened year 533 534 ELECTION KIGHT IN A NEWSPAPER OFFICE
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