New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-12-06
HOW TlLDEN MANAGED THE POOLS.

sworn Statement OF q ClofK Of tho Dems
ocratic Committee Tho Miserable
System Of Fraud in the Pool Rooms.
The follow ing important statement,
Committee, shows the despicsble method
BY which Mr.. Tilden's friends manipulated
the pools in his interest. The plan was
part and parcel of the general scheme of
ffaud through which Mr.. Tilden hoped to
eteai his way into the White House. The
statement is furnished by Colonel Drake
De Kay, with the following letter as re.
DIV to many inquiries made of the Veteran
Soldiers and Sailors Committee:
UNION vHrRRAxs' NATIONAL Conx;TrEs.l
New York. November 80. 1876
TO tho Veteran Soldiers and Sailors:
CoMRApEs-These headquarters have
been i'm receipt of many letters from you
askinp information a. to the modus Oper-
sndi Of the pool betting in this city during
the late campaign, the quotations of which
had injurious effect in your respective
States, These letters remained unanswered
because of our lack of accurate knowledge,
the pool rooms being sll owned and con-
troliei by Democrats. This information ls
now obtained and conveyed to you, IN re-
DIV, by the following sworn statement OF
citizen. who, having been himself engaged
in the manipulation of the pools - an at
tache of the Democratic Committee, gives
q lucid explanation of the mysteries Of the
pools. The original sfidavit ia on file at
these headquarters, aud Won may place full
confidence in its truth. Fraternally yours,
, DRAKE DE KAY,
Secretary Veterans Committee, and Adju.
tant General Boys in Blue.
ABATEMENT OF MR. I. wAITZFELDER, CLERK
OF THE DEMOCRATIC STATE COMMITTEE.
State of New York, city and county of
New York, ss.-I. Waitzfelder being duly
sworn, deposes and saye: At about the
in this CITY, should think about three or
four weeks before the election, the secre-
tary of the Democratic State Committee,
w. w. Gordon, had been going up to the
pool rooms regularly for the purpose OF
bulIiug Tilden in the betting market: This
continued under my observation. The way
the thing was done was d follows: Mr.
Gordon and two of his committee clerks
fMr. Coggesshall, Mr.. Robinson or myself!
vonld 90 to the Morrissey pool room, and
one of the clerks would there buy Hayes
tickets and Mr. Gordon would buy Iliden
tickets: for example, as follows: CLERK
number one would bid $50 for Hayes. clerk
numb her two would then bid $55 for Tilden.
Mr.. Gordon would then bid $56, and the
Iclerk number two would bid again, taking
the odd number and Mr.. Gordon the even,
Until MT, 6OfOOu uHU UIu WV OuO AoAiAAAuAAA
agreed upon; then clerk number two ceased
bidding. and the ticket would be knocked
down to Mr.. Gordon, making an apparent
bet of $50 on Tilden against $5O on Hayes,
ior $40 to 500 in favor of Tilden's election.
; In this way Tilden became the favorite
- the betting, which bets were wired all
loyer the United States, it being an &C
knowledged important part OF the Demo
cratic campaign to capture the Heating vote
lbv false quotations in the betting market.
| These manufactured quotations were sent
by Mr.. Morrissey every night to MI. hlng,
clerk Of the National Democratic Commit,
kee. and by him were at once telegfspned
khrongh the United States to the Demo-
cratic newspapers. 80,
have been sent myself by the National
Democratic Committee to get these quota
Hons. which got from Mr.. John Morrlssey
Ind gave them to Mr.. King, and they were
PROMPTLY telegrsphed all over the country.
l. WAITZFELDER,
No. GAG West Fifty-third street.
Sworn before me the twenty ninth day OF
November. 1876. HENRY 2. WELLS,
Notary Public, Kings county.
Certificate fled in New York county
Nep York Times.