The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1876-12-08
OUR NEW YORK LETTER.
NEW YORK, Noy. II. 1876.
THE GREAT AGoNY-THE NEws-BoYs-TuE
FOOLS.
TIE GREAT AGONY.

now, is, ''who is to be President ?'' the
Republicans are smilingly confident and
the Democracy are as ugly and waspish
as they can be. They claim that if
Hayes is declared elected it will be by
fraud, and in the gin mills and gamb-
ling hells they talk loudly of resistance,
and of inaugurating Tilden by force.
1t is very hard for these red-nosed.
moustached gentlemen who have prom
| ises OF places under Tilden in the event
of his election to resign their hopes, and
being compelled TO go back to ordinary
theiving for living. Siuecures in
custom-houscs, with unlimited opportu-
mites for stealing are much easier, apd
when they think how close they came
to it they gnash their teeth in rage.
But the business men in the Democratic
party take no such view of it. They
say, without exception, that if the re-
turning boards declare Hayes elected
that he must be inaugurated, and that
there will be no fight over it. The fact
Is the business Democracy who voted
for Tilden would little rather see him
defeated than not. now that they see
the reckless revolutionary element that
stands behind him. And they don't
like the attitude he occupies. In all
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to allay the fever, or quiet apprehension.
He has rot said that if his opponent
should TO declared elected he would
acquieSce quietly, but he holds himself
III position to take the office by force if
need be. And it is significant fact
that all the threats of trouble, in this
city, come from those who stand the
closest to him. He conducted tile cam
paign with bluff and money, and he will
stop at nothing to secure the seat lie has
so long coveted. Heaven help the
country if this sarch-denlag,gne, by any
means gets his grip OH the, Presidency.
TIE SEwsBoys
are reaping rich Harvest, The circu-
lstion of tie daily papers Lave doubled,
and the little gamil:s know how to keep
it up. In one np-torn block the pop
ulation is entirely Democratic, and the
next block on the same street is entirely
Republican. The smart newNhoy Ell
tiers the first block and yells, seere's yer
extry World, i'ildeI's elected, sure.'
The Democrats all rush to buy his pa
per. In the next hlock-.'ere's yer
extry Times-Etaycs kerries Looisaner.
Floridy and South Kerliry,o and
very lively sale among the Republicans
is the result. One more honest than
the rest, was asked what was the cleo
ton news, and he cried "extry Tyhoon.
Peter Cooper's defeat confirned.'' He
sold great many papers.
THE POOLS,
Among the betting men, and their
number is legion, great deal of interest
centres in the pool rooms. Pool betting
is a species of gambling without cards
or dice aud has become quite fashion
able, even among so-called respectable |
men.
The pool rooms have been .he arena |
OF much excitement during the past
weeks. There are number OF these
fashionable gambling houses on Broad
way, the two most largely patronized
are known as Johnson's, corner of
Twenty eighth street, aud the palatial |
of ex-prize fighter, ex-
Congressman John Morrissey.
There are several kinds of pools /
known as auction, French and combina-
tion. a portion of the room devoted
to such purposes is fitted up with an
elevated platform, upon which are scat
cd the auctioneers and clerks. The
rooms are provided with seats. and form
a comfortable lounging place for tile
dressed loaters of the CITY.
Hundreds are usually in attendance but
not three per cent arc bidders or buyers.
The, ,auctioneer announces that hum
dred dollars is bid for the first choice
On the general result. The favorite
candidate is then Lamel, generally thus:
One hundred dollars for Tilden. How
much do | hear for Hayes? The bid
ding is varied according to the working
of the political thermometer, varying
from thirty TO eighty dollars for Hayes,
Iilden one hundred. The bidding Iav-
NY CluSeu, Tie gross amount Tor both
is written on two tickets.
ard one handed to each party. The
bidder receives the entire
amount, less three per cent which is the
pool sellers fee.
French pools-In another part of the
'oom, neatly arranged side by side, are
! number of frames constructed will,
paces for names and to indicate consec-
tive numbers. The favorite candidate
S inserted on the board, together with
IN Indicator, to tell the number of times
uch tickets have been sold on this IA
yorite. As between Tilden or HAYES
here would be but choice between
he two, but when used for horse-racing
is frequently choice among many. I
Fhe whole of the money, realized by the
ale OF tickets for both parties is divided
no rata among those holding tickets
earring the name of the successful can
idate. For instance pool of three
dollars made up by the sale
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