Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-10-22
AS YOU LIKE IT.
Some Stray Leaves From a Reporters
 Note Book.

Some Stray Leaves From Reporter's
 Note Book.
 The stately and grand old eims on our beautiful green which we hear so much about are now being used by en- terprising fellows for bulposting pur- poses. Whats the matter with the caretaker, who is so proud of every thing on and about the green? Is he afraid he will lose his job if he pulls the posters down?
 Two colored women sitting on then front steps were overheard boasting or the many loyable traits and many vlr- tues of their husbands. "Gawge su- tainly is a good man for me-" said Mrs Jackson. with feeling in her voice. "Ah have nevah been without q day s wash sence An mahied dat man. He gits me all the washin' Ah can do. aWell, Ah has this to say foah Ezra, declared Mrs Johnson, with sallsfaN ton; ..when Ezra gifts drunk he gifts drunk like a perfec' gennelman.
 The Washington correspondent of border state newspaper once wrote all article refiecting severely upon a par tisan onponent Having been con, vinced that the charge was false, he made a complete acknowledgment or his mistake as soon as possible ana asked the editor to place the correction z in as prominent place as the orlglnal error. This was done. In a few days the correspondent received lettef from an old reader of the newspaper, which ran something like this: have long believed most that you nave written because your ideas seem 10 agree pretty we'll with mine, but after what you have recently done you siS can, not write anything, sir. that l would not believer The letter has been framed and hangs in the correspon' dents office.
 The entire mechanic plant of the Des Moines Capital was recently moved to new quarters a quarter mile rom the old building, between Saturday night and Monday morning, everything being in place to print the Monday 1 noon edition. Some idea of the feat J may he obtained when it is known { that the press alone weighs sixty tons and consists of 4,O13 separate pieces This huge piece of machinery had to be torn to pieces, hauled in transfer wagons, then carefully placed togeth- CT. It was 8:8O Saturday afternoon when the last paper was printed at the old location and at II o'clock Monday the first issue was printed at the new. The press constituted but portion Of the big task that confronted the Capi- taa. There were six linotype ma- chimes. weighing ton each, three cleo tric motors of almost equal weight numerous pieces of stereotyping ma chinery and innumerable articles of greater or less weight connected with the other departments. In all, nfry large loads were hauled from the old building to the new.
 The AS You Like It man will await with some interest the result of the election for senators In Hartford Last evening the republicans nominated Patrick McGovern in one of the dis. tricts McGovern has been a worker for the party early and late, and has made many sacrifices to Ihelp elect re- publican candidates. He was turned 3 down by them before, however, and even last evening, after he was nom mated, some of the delegates refused him, the courtesy of the usual unani.
 
 mouthpiece of the party, is not advo- eating his election in very big type. This morning, in speaking editorially of the affair, it said: "The McGovern nomination is regular; he got majori- ty of the delegates of his district and that makes nomination regular. But this one was pushed through against many urgent protests and the feelins is widespread that the district did not and does not want him. Plenty ot men, equally loyal to Governor Bulke ley and sure beyond question to carry the district. were passed by, and the election itself will determine whether it was a safe risk to take. Evidently one can be spared or else the chance would not have been taken" Or. in other words, up and at him, republi, cans, and give him the knife, for his name is Pat.