New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-12-12
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
Holm MoRR1ssEY's LATEST swrNDLE.

Holm MORRISSEY'S LATEST SWINDLE.
.'''.r,s,o. r1,r pooI.gtyYERs IN COMMISSIONS on
mrs WHICH HAVE BEEN DECLARED OFF.
The action of John MOrrissey in declaring
bets of which made on the generaI result Oh 'no
presidential election contrasts unfaVoraD Detthg men
think with the conduct OF the managers o. Sonnson
Doolrooms and strengthens the weliOunded suspicion
that Morssey has been using his gambling bIiness as
potca tool and that his political friends furnished the
Democratcsmoney, If indeed the Democratic bets were
ALI bona tide which is doubted. hOrrissey arbitrarily
took the matter into his hands, declared the bets on
and has been pOcketng q large commission winch
by the established precedent Of tins unlawful bns ness
m the law does not protect tho persons who put the
etakes-ought not TO be imposed and never Ii imposed
by gambling rules where no result Is ootahea
johnson has somewhat mitgated the general sWlnde py
calling a meeting OF tho tickethOlders in his auction
election pools for this evening He will take the posoh
OF being trustee the whole mass Of betting men VINO
have patronized him, and will submit the question Of
declaring bets OF to the meeting and 1t Is presumed Will
ebide the deeisOn OF the majority
shrewd betting in Johnson's rooms said yester
day that Il was we'll known that Morrssey had run hs
poOroOms with complete subservieney TO the Demo
cratic politicians aud it currently reported that Mr.
Tllden had, mostly in NewYork and partially In the
West used a large sum of money to influence voters
through public gambling. prize-nghter is mentioned
as the person who acted the Robetween for Iden ana
Morrssey IL believed however, that great many OF
the pretended Democratic beta In the poolroOms were
mere fctons and that Republican money was put up
against paper II Tden had been elected by majority
m one vote last Wednesday, IL is believed that Morrssey
would have declared that he would pay out the money
on The Tden tickest Up TO Friday he had maintained
that he should wait necessary 70 March Tor legal
deearatiOn OF the result IL only took one day, AFTER
fhe meeting of the electoral colleges, which gave Hayes
Ie5 votes 10 convince MOrTssey that the saer plan Tor
hmsef aud his Democratic riendG would be TO have the
bet declared on His waiting till that time betays the
IeTpOcratc hone that more than Gov. Grover, or
corruptible cecOr, might be found II h0rrlssey ana
bie rfepdg hada
believed he would not have PAID the money bsck
Ono betting man yesterday stIOneY eensItssn ~
rsseys action in Withholding the commission whch was
OOnS % the small Of decency that peIvades gainD
ling rooms In his opinion, # was ElnI OF HSaus
win tas you lose" business. II the election OF Hayes
should be conceded by Aorrissey his friends Woud De
heavy losers MOTrissey called square" gambler
He did not think this square" In MS OPINION "
was akin game" which gamblers understood II the
general puble did not He denied that MOrrssey ad
TiRht TO decide the question. II would break up ne
Thought all pool selling elections In TINS CRY, Ior
which respectable citizens would be thankful He CON
adhered poOlReing the worst and most unfair klnd OF
gambling practiced In New-YOrk CITY, , =,
II was said MorTissey's po0ro0ms yesterday tnat
most OF the money the pOObOx had been paid out AZ
Tattersas also the bets have been declared or Dut u
aDy one objects there the commission IT is not WIN
held the managers recognizing that they have no just
claim 70 it.