The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-11-12
81 600. 900 TN THE BALANCE
WINNERS ANDLOSERs AMONG THE
BErrERS ON THE ELECTION.


man Scott, and Col. Brown Heavy
Losers on the Result.
From the Ne,o York Sun.
Tbare are lots of betters now Gin the
soup.n as the phrase is. Defeated candidates
ere sin the soup" of course, but, they are
comparatively. few when the vast aggre-
cate of election losers is considered. The
nrincipal sufferers this time are the profess
.ional gamblers, the bookmaking successors
to the pool sellers, through whom the big
betting is mostly done. Beside the money
+bev placed on commission, many of them
MINCED heavily on Cleveland for
heir own account. They bet with the
GAMBLERS supe rstitious belief in hoodoo and
r,ascot effects and followed in blind
rrorship "Cleveland's luck" Even on cleo
tion night. when the returns were very dis
couraging, some of them continued to bet
on Cleveland's election. James E. Kelly,
ora of the men who did not lose his head,
did some very profitable hedging, as he had
baen betting for two months on Cleveland
ord SOW his mistake But there are many
Gambling men who will 'eet snowballs"
This winter. This is one of their strong
metsphorical expressions, indicating that
there is a lack of cash or other provision
for the rigors of winter.
There are other losers, of coure, and
heavy ones, too They are the men who
balong to organizations, are running them
selves or have friends running for office,
and who grow enthusiastic and sometimes
reckless in the heat Of the fray. Alto
gethar. taking large and small bets of
money. hats. dinners and drinks into con-
sheraton, it is estimated that $4,000, 900 Of
value tJenbled in the balance of this years
election. and that not less than half mil
ion is held as stakes in and about the big
hotels from Thirty-fourth to Twenty-third
streets.
Among the winners and losers that were
talked OF at the Hoffman house and Fifth
Avenue hotel yesterday, Matt Quay was
one of the largest, and individually and
with the Philadelphia syndicate he is be-
lieved to have won 100000 less the COM
missions. His contribution to the betting
syndicate was big block of the Phiia-
delphia Traction Railway Company's stock.
Joe Hickey, the big horseman of Missouri,
is one of the heavy losers. He is S30, 600 out
on the political race, and stood up to the
rack even on Tuesday night. 1t was some
Of his money that the cool Kelly scooped in
when he went out to hedge.
Ex-Goy Hauser of Montana is $40, 600
loser.
Ed Stokes wins $4,000. He lost by his bets
on the general result, but pulled out a win
ner bv Hills and Grants success. He had
bets on the state going for Cleveland.
Commissioner OF Electrical Control Jacob
Hess wins modest $1,000 on his repub-
icanism and faith, and would have made it
about $500 if Connecticut had given a
few hundred fewer votes TO Cleveland.
ha fhnr of tha iclyc ~
ex-senator, Assembly Fred Gibbs,
dropped a neat little pile backing Father
Abran.
Ed Kearney is a winner principally be-
cause he did not get as much money up on
the general result as he wanted to, and his
anti-Hewitt bets brought MIN up.
Daniel G.. Gibbens a democratic colleague
of Commissioner Hess, dropped consider
able amount of democratic money.
Harry w. Walker lost thousand or two,
most of it being, it is supposed, Henry Wat
terson's money.
Stephen B. French won a nice pot, or
rather number of pots. He is probably
$4,000 or SIC, 900 ahead, and would have
been more, if John D. Townsend had come
to time on $500 bet that they had ar
ranged one very chinny night at the Fifth
Avenue hotel.
Frank L. Huntoon, of the Hoffman Club.
wins a small fortune, starting with 0,0O0
Of Bo0kmaker John j. Mahoney's money,
against which he only risked $4,000.
Col Swords, sergeant-at-arns Of the ma
tional republican committee, picks up
$4,000 to $50, 600, some of which is his own
money and some of which belongs to Quay
or some of the Philadelphians. OF the lat.
ter, Bill Leeds, Ham Disston, Lon Shotwell,
Dave Martin and several others win conf
Portable sums up in the thousands.
Congressman w. L. Scott of Pennsyl-
vania is heavy lose, the only one among
the democratic campaign managers. He
placed his money through Clerk Parker of
the Albemarle hotel, and it is supposed that
Quay will win some of it. Bradley b.
Smalley Of Vermont is proportionately as
big loser as Mr.. Scott. his means being
considered in comparison with those of the
millionaire Pc Jnsylvanian.
Ex Congressman Jack Adams is a consid-
cradle winner, and said at the Hoffman
house last night that he bad spent some of
his gains in two kilograms, one to Gov
Hill:
That's what you get for being a democrat.
Another to President Cleveland:
That's what you get for not being democrat
Phil DAILY stood to lose So 600 but the
saving of New Jersey helped him out a good
deal. John DAILY loses $4,000. He was one
Cleveland yesterday morning
Charles p. Bacon and John A. Mccall,
who were figuring on the returns in the
state committee rooms, hedged out on their
bets as soon as they ran against the figures
from Kings county.
George Bauman, bookmaker, is heavy
loser who continued to throw it in on
wednesday NOR ling. He lost one $4,000
oct to a Maine pool of which Joe Marley is
SAID TO be partner.
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Senator Jones of Nevada is a good win
T mel, having placed his money through Col.
Inomas P. Ochiltree.
Col. John A. Cockerill is winner.
william Ii. Johnston, the Philadel-
ph@ subway man, comes out thousands
ahead
600.
John Mcdonald. another penciler, gets off
with the loss of $4,000.
zoe Gleason, president OF the Bookmaker's
Alllance, though de nocrat, had the judg-
ineht TO bet and win $4,000.
g.. a curious winner is a man who gave
uioh1 $oO on condition that he was to re-
ceVe pack cent for every vote that Har-
i's III mad In this state more than Cleveland.
me private bets are many of them being
pau Eau. Inc bookirakers are waiting for some
oincal determination.
Queer Little Dog.
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