Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-11-23
BETS AND THEIR REsULH
Nearly Two Million Dollars VFagered-
Noted Hen Win or Lose Heavily.

Nearly Two Million Dollars Wagered-
Noted Hen Win or Lose Heavily.
NEW YORK, November 9.-The Sun says:
''There are lots Of betters now 'in the soup
as the phrase goes. Defeated candidates
are IN the SOUP of course, but they are
paratively small when the vast aggEe-
gate or election losers are considered. Inc
principal sufferers this time are the profess
slOnal gamblers, the bOOkmakiug successors
to the pool sellers. through whom the big
osttlng Is mostly dOEe. Beside the money
they placed on commission many OF them
plunged heavily on Cleveland on their own
account. They bet with the gamblers su-
perstitiOus belief in hOO-dOo and mascot eff
fects and followed in blind worship of
'CIeveland's luck
Gwen on election night, when the re-
turns were very dlscOuraglng, some Of them
continued to bet on CieVeland's election.
James E. Kelly, who did not lose his head,
did some very profitable hedging, as he had
been betting for two months on Cleveland
and saw his mistake. But there are many
gambling men who VIII eat snOWbaIls this
winter. This is one Of the strong meta
phOrical expressions indicating that there is
a lack of cash or other provision for the
rlgOr5 of winter. There are other losers, Of
course, and heavy ones, too. They are the
men who belong to organizations who were
running themselves or had friends running
for Office and who grew enthusiastic and
sometimes reckless IN the heat Of the fray.
Altogether, taking large and small bets of
money, hats, dinners and drinks into con-
sideratiOn, it is estimated that 81, 600, 600 Of
value trembled in the balance Oft this
years election. 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 indI-
Vidually and with the Philadelphia syndicate
he is believed to have won 500, Coo less the
commissions. His contribution to the bet
ting syndicate was a big block of the Phila-
delphla IreC ION railway cOmpany's stock.
Joe Hickey, the big hOrseman Of Missouri,
is one of the heavy losers. He IS $50, 000 out
on the political race and stood up to the
rack even on Tuesday night. 1t is some of
his money that the cool Kelly scOOped in
when he went out to hedge. Ex-Governor
Hauser, of Montana, Is q $4,000 loser. Ed
Stokes wins $4,000. He lost by his bets on
the general result, but pulled out a winner
by HIPS and Grants SUCCESS Stephen b.
French is probably $4,000 OF $2O,O ahead.
COlO1el Swords, s6rgeant-at-arn1s Of the ma
tiOnal republican com lttee, picks up $780,
QUO to $4,000, some of which Is his own
money and some Of which belongs to some
of the Phi adelphians. Congressman w. l..
Scott, of Pennsylvania, Is a heavy loser
the only one among the democratic cam
paigu manager5-aud 1t Is supposed that
Quay Will win some OF 1t. Bradley B.
SmaIley, of Vermont, has prOportiOuately
as big a loss as MIR. Scott. Ex-COngressman
Jack Adams Is a considerable winner and
said at the Hoffman house last night that he
had spent some of his gains in two tele-
grams-One to Governor Hill: 'tIhat'a
what you get for being a democrat" An
other to President Cleveland: tfThat's
what you get for not being d democrat"
Colonel W. L. Brown, Of the Daily News, 1a
a heavy loser; nearly up TO S4O,O COO. Senator
Jones, of Nevada, Is q good winner, having
placed his money through thomas Z.
OchiItree. BOOkmaker MahOney stands td
lose $4,000. The private bets are many Of
them being paid. The bOOkmakers are wait.
ing for some Official determination"