Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-11-04

TO-day's Scenes In Washington.
BETTING ON THE RESULT OF THE ELECTION-PECU-
LIAR wAGERs MADE-REPUBLIcANsR IsKING MONEY
ON THE POSSIBILITY OF BLAINE CARRYING A
SOUTHERN STATE-DISCUSsING THE NEWS AND THE
PROBABILITIES.
The rainy weather to-day was subject OF very
general comment with regard to its possible effect
upon the voting. OF course nothing but the cleo
ton was discussed anywhere. Democrats generally
seemed to welcome the rain as a sort OF ally. saw
ing that democrats turn out better In bad weather
than republicans. Early in the forenoon people
gathered In little knots along the streets, where
ever shelter was offered from the rain, and com.
pared notes and opinions These discussions fire.
quently produced bets.
The betting ran, as yesterday, in favor OF Cleve-
land on New York, and democrats here appeared
10 pluck up little courage on the general result
for to-day they offered even money on Cleveland;s
election. One OF the most peculiar bets made was
Il W Was an aad
beaten he "will be dead man in six months !"
IN the pet Vas promptly taken One republican bet
enor OF Illinois, will not carry Cooke county, in
which Chicago Is situated. Another bet $50 to 81
and another bet $500 to $3.50 that Blaine viii be
erected democrat bet a $50 overcoat with a re-
publican that Cleveland will beat Blaine $1,000
votes in New YORK: A republican made a bet of
500 even that neither Cleveland nor Hendricks
carry either the ward, city or county in which
they live. Another republican bet $50 that there
Will not be q solid southern electoral vote for
ClcVeiduu 1ueSe uOWeVcT, were exceptional bets.
AS rule the betting was pretty nearly even. One
democrat bet two to one that Cleveland will carry
New YORK and New Jersey. On Massachusetts
the republicans. On Indiana and Connecticut it
was even Several bets that Cleveland win carry
Wisconsin have been made. One feature Of the
betting to-day was willingness on the part of
republicans TO risk something on the south. One
offer OF 500 even that Cleveland will carry every
southern state was promptly taken, and several
bets that Blaine will get some votes number and
states not designated) in the south were taken.
The New York papers were grabbed with ayidity
and their contents closely studied It was not an
uncommon spectacle to see man reading aloud
the dispatches OF the New York papers to an anx-
iOus crowd about 1t. 1t was easy enough to deter
mine the politics OF the reader and frequently OF
his auditors, by the paper he read from II it was
the Tribune or Sun the asSemblage was invariably
republican, but when the World Herald or Times
as democratic.
A DISPATCH FROM BUFFALO,.
At the republican headquarters confidence Is ex-
pressed. Mr.. Clapp received a private dispatch
nom W. B. Moore, at Buffalo, which says: 1.-THE
republican vote up to II O'Clock exceeds our most
sanguine expectations. We will carry Clevelan(,s
own county without doubt, and by larger major
1ty than we expected"
ELECTORAL VOTES CLAIMED FOR CLEVELAND.
The Columbia democratic club received q dis
patch from New York to-day saying: Large vote
being polled for Cleveland. Tammany solid In
their support. National committee claim 23O cleo
toral votes and the reports far received justify
it."