Weekly Trinity journal., 1868-09-05
OmfnOuS.

The feeling is becoming very general that Ho-
ratio Seymour will not carry his own State of
New York. The very correct political statisti-
clan of the Tribune has all along intimated as
much, and Greeley is seldom proved false
prophet in such matters. The political betting
market is firm on the Union side as will be seen
from what follows. In its issue of July 10th the
Philadelphia Sunday Mercury published the fol-
lowing " blufing proposition
"sPUr Up OR SHUT Up "A blatant Radical,
few days since, happening in company with
some gentlemen in this city, offered to bet 500
that Governor Seymour would not carry his own
State. 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 $40, 900 on each
State that Seymour will carry them $40, 900
that Seymour, if he lives, will be the next Pres
dent and So, 900 that no Radical will dare ac-
cept the proposition, and put up the money
This is fine chance for Wilkes, of New York. 4"
George Wilkes, editor and proprietor of the
New York Spirit Of the Times, whose opinions
on political as well as sporting matters are gen.
orally deemed valuable, copied the above, and
appended the following response:
% This is a fine chance, indeed but it signif-
cantly 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 $40 900 in the pocket of the Mercury's
man. Taking this to be a concession OF Sey-
mour's defeat, the supplementary bet of $50, 900
that he will be next President, if he lives only
increases the six States to eight, while the So, 900
extra merely adds fraction, and makes the
whole a bet that Seymour will carry eight and
a-half States in the November election. Now,
though polite friend of the Mercury thinks
this to be very liberal that it ought to make
us take to the water, we will do little better ::
We will bet the Mercury, or its man, that we will
name thirty States (which are twice as many and
half as many more as he agrees to name, and
will bet $4,000 each State we name that
Grant will carry it. We will then bet $40, 900 to
SIC, 900 that Grant will be the next President,
and give S. 900 to the Mercury if it will get any
one to accept these propositions, and put up the
money. This is much finer chance for the Mer-
cury and its man than the Mercury's offer is for
Wilkes for, in place of the t,celre States it will
name for Seymour, we will name thirty for
Grant, and give two to- one in the remaining bet
instead of betting even. We await the Mercury's
reply"
AS the Mercury has made no reply it has prob
ably concluded to /" shut W" itself. On the 2lst
vi July WINS CoPlcu IL Hom tuC -Ne" lOih bWtu
the following paragraph;
We have received n note from person who
offers to bet from $500 to s., 900 that Governor
Seymour will carry this State by 10000 majori-
ty; and the same sum that Governor Seymour
will be the next President Of the United States
If the enthusiastic bettor desires us to hold the
stakes, he has addressed the wrong Journal
His note should be addressed to Mr.. Theodore
Tlton, editor of the Independent, who was men,
toned in the New York kilograms as prominent
bottle and stakeholder during the impeachment
farce"
To which he made the following response
:. The above offer can be met ana covered, at
this Office for the highest sums named to w.t.
for S5, 900 each, and we will then bet S., 900
to s.; 900 we will win the first bet, and $40, 900
to S. 900 that we will win the second-that is
to say, that Grant will be the next President, in
stead of Seymour. We have objection that
either the editor of the World or Mr.. I'll ton shall
be holder of the stakes. Will the World please
name its man ~
The World has not named its man, and is not
expected to do so. As to the State of New York
the betting may be quoted rs nearly even. The
last transactions we have heard of were that Sey-
mour would not carry the State By trenty thousand.