National Republican., 1883-04-10
when wounded but they are exceptions to
the general rule"

the general rule"
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"Jakc schSefcrs first big gamo for money
was with man in Indianapolis by the name
of Jake Garrett" said a Hoosier with a
memory "Schaofer had Just come in
from Kansas or somewhere out west,
and landed broke in indianapolis lie
is woazened fellow now, but he was
shorter and Simmer then. IIc found en-
ployment In q German concert and billiard
hall, and soon astonishod the natives by his
wonderful skill. IL was not long before two
or three Of the fellows about tho saloon con-
ceived the idea of matching him against Gar
rett who was state champion. A match was
arranged, Schaefer to play 1900 points to
Garretts 1900 four ball game, for $3.50 aside.
Garret and Schaefer had meeting, and
the latter promised, so he admitted himself,
to throw the game for consideration.
Garrett and his friends bet 81, 800 or $1,000 on
q sure thing. Schaefer had given the snap
away to his hackers in the meantime and
they, placing confidence in his honesty,
backed him heavily. The night Of the match
the hall was densely packed. Garrett started
in with an astonishing streak Of luck, and ere
long the score stood 1,225 for Garrett to 500
for Schaefer. The little fellow was in des-
perate situation. If he failed TO win, his
friends and hackers would swear he had given
them the double cross and betrayed them,
and as there were two or three bad
men among them they would probably do
him bodily violence. On the other hand, II
ho won, he ran the same risk of violence at
the hands of tho Garrett crowd. He was
white as a sheet, and although terribly
frightened he shut his teeth and sailed in,
playing with marvellous skill for youngster,
rolling up hundred after hundred, until he
caught up with Garrett and left him far be-
hind. They started in the last hundred about
on an equality. 1t was not until then that
the champion realized that Schaefer was in
deadly earnest, and from then till the end the
game was intensely interesting to those on the
inside. Garrett regarded his opponent with
malignancy and the light weight avoided
looking at him, going on to the end seemingly
oblivious to the presence of vicious hostiles,
but all the time growing whittier and whittier.
He showed the same nerve then that he has
since on many occasions when driven to the
wall, and only those who we're in the Sc
cret would have known or could have
imagined the importance of the stake he
was playing for. have no doubt he thought
his life was in the greatest danger, for when
he turned his eighteen hundred he acted as
though he wanted to shrink through the floor.
His nerve left him in an instant, but If the
defeated sure thing players had any intention
of hurting him they gave II up. The winner
was surrounded by dozen brawny fellows
who would have made it very interesting for
them. The next day it was limited about on
the quiet that some Of CARROTS friend
who had lost big stack Of money on the re-
suit were going to do Schaefer up but ho
| left town in week or two without giving
them an opportunity, and did not return for
several years. That was the tightest place
Jake Schaefer was ever in, and thousand
Vignaux triumphs can never ehace the re-
collection of that night in Washington hall,
Indianapolis, from his mind"
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"Will the District of Columbia send two
delegates to the republican presidential NOM
mating convention in 1884," said to a local
politician yesterday.
"0h, yes, that's the only politics we are
| ullONcu NNo tho iSopohoo.
| "Who will the delegates be?"
"It's hard to tell at this stage. but you can
bet your bottom dollar on one thing. The
delegates, whoever they may be, will be in
structed to vote for no man in that conven-
ton who was instrumental in taking away
the right of suffrage from the people of this
district"
"Is the loss of suffrage keenly felt here ~
"It's beginning to be more keenly felt than
ever Business men who gladly welcomed its
downfall few years ago arc now in favor of
home rule"
"what has brought about such change of
feoling?'
"The triumvirate Of Cesar, Crassus, and
Pompey, the gradual absorption of power by
few men, and the general dislike of an un-
republican form of government. We have
more voters here than in at least three states
of the union, and yet we are not allowed to
elect even q dog catcher"
"How long since suffrage was abolished ~
"About eight years ago it was abolished by
a republican congress, principally through
the efforts of Senators Edmunds and Bayard
Municipal suffrage had existed here from 1905
down TO that period"