New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-12-16

The action of John MeFriasey in declaring
bets off which were made Oh the general re-
cult of tho presidential election contrasts
unsnVorably, betting men think, with tho
conduct Of the managers of JOhnaon's pooh
rooms, and strengthens the we'll founded
suspicion that Morrissey has been using his
gambling business a.. . polHicii tool and
that his political friends furnished tho
Denosratie money, il indeed, the Dsn,
ocYatio bets were al bona fdes which is
doskted. MorIissey arbitrarily took the mat
ter into his own hands, declared the bets of,
and has been poCk ketiug AlarXD commission,
which, By the established precedent of thil
unlawful business-t0r the Law does not
proseos ths persoBs who put up the STAKES
posed, by gambling rules in oasss where NO
NO reealt b obtained. JO&n4en has some.
what nitigated the generals viedle BY call
fow ! meeting of the ticket holders in his
auction election pools for thiesevenisg. He
viii take the poaition Of being trustee fos
tho whole macs Of betting men who have
patroniaed him. and viii saomit the qnes-
meeting, and it is presumed will sbide the
deeisioa of the majority.
4 shrewd betting man in Johnson's
rooraA aaid lesterdAY that 1t was well
known that Morrissey had run his pool
rooms with complete subsesviency to the
Democeatic politicians, and + was ourront-
~ reported that Mr. Tilden had. mostly in
New York, and partially in the West, 1ssd
,srge sum Of money to .atiaenoe voters
! il. men toned as the person who acted al
the go-between for Tilden and Morrissey.
! II il believed, however, that great many
| of the pretended Dem0c-atic bets in the
| pocl rooms were mere fctions, and that Re
| publican money was pat. mp against paper
IL Tllden had been elected by majority
| Of one vote last Wednesday. it is believed
| that Morrissey would have declared that he
| would pay out the money ON the Tildel
tickets. Up to Friday he had maintained
that he should wait, if necessary, to Mafct
I 1 for legal declaration of the result 4
only took one day, after the meeting Of the
electoral colleges, which gave Hayes lS'
[ votes, to convince A0rfissey that the safel
plan for himeelf and his Dempcratic friendl
would be to have tho bets declared of. Hi
waiting until that time betrays tho Demo
| Grover, or Q corruptible electOr, might b'
found. If 10frissey and his friends hat
any. confidence in the Oregon fraud, it i
believed that he would not have paid th
money back. tH@
One betting man yesterday strongly Ger
sured Morrisoey's action in Withholding tn
commission, which was odieus to the Smal
l sense OF 00oenCy enot pe1veQeo &emo0n
rooms. La his opinion, it was. . kind 9
"heads I win. tails you lose" hnsiness.
the election of Hayes should be concede
| by Morrissey hN friends would bs heav
Elosers- Horrissey Wss called . square
4 gambler. He did mot think this Va
"sqpars." In his opinion it was SKI
| gsme, which gsmblers understood II tn
EsuerA public did not. He denied tha
Nolrissey had . right to deeide the que!
tion. ttvould breek mp. ,he thought 9
t'poot selling ON elections in this city, 70
whish an respectable citisens would b
| thankful. He considered peol selling th
2 went and most uafair kind Of gamblin
pea4ticed in New York city.
n wss said as Morrisest's pool rooms ye
terday that most OF the money in the poe
box had been paid out. At Tattersalpe ale
the bets have been declared of, but if IN
one objects there to the commission it Is ~
withheld, the managers Recognising til
they havc 60 just claim to io.-Neg Yo'
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