The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1888-10-03
BIG ELECTION BETS.
A CHANCE FOR REPUBLICANS TO
STAKE THEIR MONEY.
Odds Offered on Cleveland-Wha: Quay
Says in Private-Colored Men Turning
Democrats-Tariff Reform Growing.
Correspondence Phila1elphia Tiin.S.)

Correspondence phiIadelphia Tim's.)
New YORK, Sept. 24.-The announce
ment of big bet on the result OF the ma
tiOnal political contest or the serious offer
of responsible man TO make one creates
more comment here and is received as pos
sesSing more significance than the oracuar
utterance of leading statesmen OF either
party. This evening in the st. James Ho-
tel, among throng Of political wranSlers,
it was mentioned that the night before, IN
Browns famous chop house. q son OF Pm!
Armour, the Chicago millionaire, had
offered to bet $500 even that Harrison
would be elected. Instantly Joseph II.
Hickey, of Fulton, Mo, pulled from u
pocket certified check for $4,000 on the
Madison Square Bank Of this city, and eX
claimed:
81 will give $50 to any man who will
bring young Armour here and induce MN
to repeat the wager.
Several Young men made q run towards
the Brunswick Hotel, where young Armour
is staying, but they did non return. After
waiting awhile, Hickey authorized his
friends to announce that he would bet
$4,000 to $1,000 that Cleveland would be
elected.
Coming from the man it does this bet
possesses greater significance than attaches
to the ordinary wager Hickey, although
director of the bank in the town IN which
he lives, is the best known non professional
sporting man in America. With him bet
ting is not sentiment He hazards his
money on the face of coin, on the speed
of horse, on the popularity OF 3 candl-
date, with 8 coolneSs born of judgment
Four years ago he bet in one day SIS, OOo
on Cleveland's election. He wageved alto
ge,her $50, 900 on the result OF that can
Ysss and won SEE, 900.
WHY he IS WILLING TO BET.
When asked upon what he based his
prophecy Of Cleveland's election, he said:
any reasons are many. In the first place,
Samuel J. Tilden had an axiom that party
in power is IS per cent better off than the
party not in power If Cleveland could
win four years ago with an administration
against him, how can he lose now? That
is the practical way to look at the matter.
Now everything is in his favor. -Four
wears ago the Democrats of New York city
were disunited, and Grant the candidate
for Sheriff, received more than 80, 600 more
votes than Cleveland. Now that condition
of affairs is changed I will make repeated
bets of $500 to 81 900 that Cleveland will
carry New York, Indiana, New Jersey and
Connecticut. believe, and not from Idle
rumor, that there will be g political revolu-
ton in the Northwest: and consider Iowa,
Illinois, Minnesota, Michigan and Wiscon-
sin all debatable States. Eight years ago
lows gave Garfield over 10000 majority,
and four years ago I bet 81 900 it would
not give Blaine 10000 majority. and it did
not. This may all seem wild talk, but my
money talks exactly as do
Here Is great chance for some Phlladel-
phia Republican capitalist. BY the way, l
should warn them that Chairman Quay,
who is expected to return here tomorrow,
is not talking as big in private SIS he is in
public. he has said to g near friend that
while he thinks Pennsylvania is certain to
give 60, 600 majority for Harrison, the gen.
eral result is in doub:. and that the fight,
to use his own expression, will be at the
heel of the race"
TE NEGROES TURNING DEMOCRATS.
The radical change of the position of lhe
negro IN this campaign is well e1emplifed
by Charles H j. Taylor. ex-Minister to
Liberia, who was at the National Demo
cratic headquarters today. Taylor has
been $dong vigorous Democratic work
among the voters of his race. When asked
whst, had been accomplished, ne said
s.Nine States have held negro Democratic
conventions, the last having been in Miohi-
gan, On August 13 In Indianapolis na-
Gonal negro Democratic conference was
held on August 25, 26 and 81. There are
sixteen newspapers published by colored
men supporting Cleveland and Thurman.
] have no doubt that at least 240, ,0G0 ne
groes will vote the Democratic national
ticket this election. They love President
Cleveland for his action toward the race,
for his willingness to pay the money the
Freedmens Bank lost during Grants term;
his appointment of negroes to prominent
places, though they did not do very much
toward his election; the sending of a mes
sage to Congress recommending that a gun
boat be given the Liberian Government,
and his great desire to respect their rights
under the Constitution. I believe large
numbers of negroes will vote the Demo
cratic ticket in Virginia, West Virginia.
Arkansas, Louisiana and Georgia and, |
may saw, Ill lQS SLSLSS O1 LuS SOUlu,
perhaps Florida. The negro vote will be
felt in Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Ohio.
Kansas, New Jersey, Rhode Island and
Massachusetts,.
TO ELECT PALMER
'.At least fifty negroes il Indiana have
asked to be allowed to do campaign duty
under the auspices of the Democratic Com
mi,lee, and in Illinois Palmer will be elected
Governor. Fifer will fail TO hold the votes
Of respectable number of white Republi-
cans. The negroes are especially in favor
of Palmer on account of his having insisted
that their children should have equal priVi-
leges with the children Of the whites. The
thinking negroes are deeply interested in
the tariff question. They know that re.
duction from II per cent. to AZ per cent. is
not free trade They know that reduction
will cheaper provisions and clothing. They
do not believe that a high protective tariff
is panacea for all ills that laboring men
are heirs to. The action OF the Democratic
party in the redemption OF the public lands
from monopolies thereby giving home
steads 10 the negroes, is another fact. The
negro this year will not be known in poll
tics by the color of his skin.
Clifton r. Breckenridge, of Arkansas,
member of the Ways and Means Committee
of the House of Representatives, was at the
National Democratic headquarters this
morning. he said that ne had been
ovid No-r IarSo1,