The New York herald., 1873-11-05
At the REFORM Associa tion.
AT THE POOLS.

Shortly after three O'CLOCK, when candidates
and tardy voters were crowdtng around the polls
and making the last desperate effort for them
selves on the one hand and their friends on the
other, and when the men who always determine
to make dollar or two out OF the occasion were
naming and blazing with the stories Of the won-
drous work they had performed for the lavorites
on the respective tickets the men Of betting pro-
civities sauntered to the pool rooms that they
might stil further risk their money on those OF
their choice. Hotels restaurants and cosey loung-
ing places, with which this city is SO bountiiully
supplied, were neglected and deserted for the
time, and one and all Of the jovial and sporting
inclined multitude crowded about the sellers OF
pools At Johnson's Twenty-elghth street and
Broadway, there was grand gathering OF the
clan, and long before the hour when the voting
ceased the commodous apartment was thrOnged
almost to sunocation. Ranged on chairs in 'front.'
Of the raised platform, where the loud voiced sell
Ter hammered away at "ifties" and "hundreds,'
was the cream OF the betring world. Men in office
and men out Of ONCE, but fully posted as to the de-
tail OF making positions lucrative, were there
veterans OF the turf who have been unfortunate in
the season fast passing, and those who have laid
up enough ITO buy coal" in the coming months
nobnopbed with young men wearing immaculate
shirts and naming cravats, and men with kid gloves
and heavy chains talked In common with brawny-
listed boys who mad forced their way shrough the
world by sheer physical force. Dotted here and
there in the excited and perspiring mass were the
confidential friends OF many Of the candidates,
who sat- with open ears, like nies on q molasses
hogshead, ready to bid in and gobble up any favor
able proposition that was made and ''came their
way.h 80 W afE
And yet, Notwithstanding the desire to venture
their dollars, the observing individual detected q
they were destrous OF feeling assured OF success
ssaiQre they put down their names and money
year before was not encountered, as hundreds
Supplied the place Of thousands, and, though
strange to narrate, the seller on one or two oc-
casions gently intimated that some Of the buyers
sa% ass 0a r psSs Ss nn
initiated the selling was puzzle. From Sheri4 70
County Clerk, rom the State ticket to All Assembly
district and from the Senator OF one section OF the
up up at the w1l Of the BUYERS and shocked
down to the highest bidder. Some ban.
and &c little and
1sS fSu '2as s @ SsE ysESss assa sss
the heated apartment ohvious to everything
outside the business which brought them there
the hope Of making money. Outside the enclosure
and nearer the doors, where an occasional breath
OF fresh air could be obtained, another party Of
those found present wherever there 10 an excite
ment and while they gathered around the French
mutual pools and smoked and talked and now and
then "wet their Whistles" the iun went on
into the capacious box behind the platform. The
Sheriff and County Clerk claimed the most atten-
tion up the hour OF closing the polls, but after
that Senators and Assemblymen were taken up
and literally bid upon, just as the Judgment OF
sanguine friends or bitter opponents dictated.
From four hours watch-two before the clos
ing OF the polls and the same time tnereaiter-the
following pools are selected to show the leellng In
the betting world