Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1868-08-06
The Political Game of "Brag.n

Inc fOllOWlnS paragraphs are Gne laC-
est specimens OF the political betting
books for the approaching campaign:
"PUT UP OR SHUT UP!'-Under the
foregoing heading the last issue of the
Philadelphia Sunday Mercury July 19)
has the following:
"a blatant radical, IA few days since,
happening in company with some gem
tlemen in this city, offered to bet 800
that Governor Seymour would not carry
his own State New York;. One of the
company, responsible and well-knOwn
citizen agreed to take it, and offered the
following, open TO all radicals: He will
name twelve States, and will bet SO, ,00G
on each State that Seymour VIII carry
them; $4,000 that Seymour (if he ives)
will be the next President; and So, 200
that no radical will dare accept the prop
osition, and put up the money. This is
fine chance for Wilkes OF New York.
This is fine chance, indeed; but it
significantly measures the true fears of
Seymour and ''his friends" The first
proposition is simply bet that Seymour
will carry six States; because every State
got by Seymour beyond that number
would be $4,000 in the pocket of the
Mercnry's man. Taking this to be a
concession of SeymOur's defeat, the sup
Elementary bet of $40, 900 that he will be
the next President, if he lives, only in
creases the six States to eight, while the
So, 900 extra merely adds fraction, and
makes the whole bet that Seymour
will carry eight ami half states II the
November election. Now, though our
polite friend of the Mercury THINKS this
To be so very liberia, that il pug lit TO make
t.,l- 70 t:t
better. .ie viii oct the McrcIfF, al lis
man, that we VIII naiiie thirty states
II which are twice Us many more as lie
agrees to Iiame), and will bet SIT, ,UU0 ON
each State We name that Grant will
carry it. We will then bet S2O,OO0 To
$40, 600 that Grant will be the next Pres
ident, and gipe $1,000 to the Mercury If
it will get any one to accept these propo-
sitions, and put up the money. This is
much finer chance for the Mercury
and its man than the Mercury's offer is
for Wilkes; for in place of the tUetue
States it will name for Seymour, we will
name thirty for Grant, and give two to
one in the remaining bet instead OF bet
ting even. We await the Mercury's re-
ply.-[Wilkes Spirit.
ANOTHER OF LIKE CHARACTER.-We
extract the following paragraph from the
World-of Tuesday morning last:
1--WE have received note fram per-
son who offers to bet from $500 to $4,000
that Governor Seymour will carry this
State by 10000 majority; and the same
sum that Governor Seymour will be the
next President of the United States. If
the enthusiastic better desires us to hold
the stakes he has addressed the wrong
journal His note should be addressed
to Mr.. Theodore Tilton, editor of the
Independent, who was mentioned in
the Washington kilograms as n promi-
nent bottle and stakeholder during the
impeachment farce" ....... ...
The above offers can be met and COW
cred, at this office, for the highest sums
named-to-wit, $1,000 each-and we will
ther bet S., 600 to s., 900 we will win the
first bet, and $40, 600 that we will win
the second-that is to say Grant will be
the next President, instead of Seymour.
We have no objection that either the
editor of the World or Mr.. Tilton shall
hold the stakes. Will the World name
its man?-[Wilkes' Spirit.