Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-11-04
To-day's Scenes in Warrington.

TO.day's Scenes in Warrington.
BETTING ON THE RESULT OF THE ELEcTroN-PEcu-
LIAR WAGERS HADE-KEPUBLICANS RISKING MONEY
ON THE POSSIBILITY OF BLAINE CARRYING
SOUTHERN sTATE-DIsCCssING 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, say
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 betsS
The betting ran, as yesterday, In favor OF Cleve-
to pluck up little courage on the general result
for to-day they onered even money on Clevelands
election. One OF the most peculiar bets made was
proposed by republican and q government en-
poye 1t was an offer OF 500 even that If Blaine is
beaten he evil be dead man in six months"
the pet was promptly taken. One republican bet
$50 that Harrison, democratic candidate for gov
enor OF Illinois, VIII not carry Cooke county, in
elected. democrat bet $50 overcoat with a re-
publican that Cleveland will beat Blaine $4,000
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 solid southern electoral vote for
Cleveland. These, however, were exceptional bets
~ 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 betting ranged about three to one I'm favor OF
the republicans. On Indiana and Connecticut It
was even. Several bets that Cleveland will 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
0ner OF 800 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 We're taken
The New York papers were grabbed with avtdity
and their contents closely studied. 1t was not an
uncommon spectacle to see man reading aloud
the dispatches OF the New York papers to an anx-
ious crowd about 1t. It 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
republican, but when the World, Herald or Times
supplied the Information that stamped the crowd
as democratic.
DISPATCH FROM BUFFALO.
At the republican headquarters confidence is ex-
pressed. Mr. Ciapp received q private dispatch
from w. B. Moore, at Buffalo, which says: 1.-THE
republican vote up to II O'Clock exceeds our most
sanguine expectations We will carry Cleveland'S
own county without doubt, and by larger major
ity 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
t0ral Votes ana the reports SO far received Justify
IT,"