The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-01-06
BRICE APPLIED Tito POKER,
Then to to Wall Street md is Now
Using Y It ii the Ohio Sen.
atorial Fight. tgt5 ! lisi Il
! LIKE tALLiO7HER GAMBLERS
He Has Certain Rules to Follow.
I ,i5f5s. 4 4. I Nerve and a Bis Roll
s:3 s. ~, \! Sure to VIM. n.
I A Comparison Of the Methods OF Payne
and the Lima alllllonairc--Calyin
md His Road Agents-Tho Load HI
isi Carried by tho, Democrats. IN r.

and the Lima Mllllonairc--Calyln 4
md His Road Agents-Tho Load {Is
:if8i Carried by tho, Democrats. II IN RI r;
All Y Y ~! 4-,.----------,.--t
CoLuMnus;2 OF Jan. &c Gentlemen
with Eau inclination to figures and Of a
&thriitytufn. fminI, are naturally curl.
GUS to knowg,what the scnatorship.will
have .tosttMr. Brice in cents aud dollars,
findepentlentoi the physical and mental
force which he may have expended
Z when .he shouor Is his and no man can
take Il from him. he could be In.
duced to make nm titemized account OF
: Senatorial expenses after the last bill
has been paid, it would, without doubt,
ifgiventothe public, be the most widely
( published contribution to the financial
and commercial literature Of the country
{ that We have seen for many a day
4 Thus fame bids him welcome but be
4 heedeth not. Every gambler, SO It is
! said, plays according to a system" OF bis
own, which, SO he calculates, willlin
/ time bring inevitable ruin 10 his adver-
4 sarieB and abundant success to himself,
MIR. Bricc, has always been a gambler.
First he tossed n copper in order TO do.
\ termine whicl, political party he should
join, and n little later he, became known
hereabouts us Il very clever and auda.
I cious pokeriplayer. d Mr.. Arnold Green,
5 OF Cleveland, n loyal Democrat; and a
{ manIof function, informed me the other
day that Mr.tBrice in years agone quite
z frequently sat himself down in this city
on:a Saturday night and played poker
4 without! any interruption worth men.
tioning until the Monday at sunrise fol.
lowing.n sat NJ 4 }:2ys5S
sil, ID 4 blessed QUALIFY.
Now, a man who can do that proves 10
the eworld that he possesses the blessed
quality known as application. But poker
! after a time lbecame too slow ior, MI,
4 Brice, ,"and he, moved to New York and
\ upon, Wall street, 4, In view OF the fact
that he LAS generally been rather fortu.
nate in his betting, it follows, according
to the 'icanons Of the gamester, that he
has laid Ills wayersin conformity with
~ system" OF his own. man of origi.
Z nal methods in,all itllut hc undertakes.
he has followed no beaten path on his
glorious march to the Senate OF America.
f The blaze or his IKE can be seen upon
{ the prineval truuka of Ohio politics,
and his stealthy freud breaks the twips
which no mans ii foot has pressed
heretofore. Six = years ago Colonel
Payne and his ia!ge force OF disburs.
! ing agents came 1 10 Columbus 4 and
( opened Il Legislative pawnshop where
men pawned their honor for ducats in
the most conspicuous rooms Of the Neil
House. The noise and confusion Incl.
cident to the traffic that followed were
30 loud, AMI money was SO, plenty, that
even the bell l,oys and porters tof I the
hotel knew what was going on. In some
OF {. the rooms occupied A by Senator
Payne's managers paper bands, such as
one secs at banks, and which GRE wrap.
ped about packages ofgcurrency, were
strewn over the floor in utter disregard
= Of what might be said by honest men
& who saw them. All the votes that were
required to give Mr.. Payne the nominn.
\: ton were bought right here "a few. days
i before the Democratic legisi9tiyes caucus
was held: d:S.TheSo openS manner in which;
4 the barter and sale rent on swill SSbe
II talked fof sand written abous long after
& this generation has passed faWay.laA And
THAT WAS THE PAYNE 'sYsrEsI...
;;sSSs The Brjce esmethod IFS sicss bold, butt
8 is just rs certain, Of success. It is some-
/ thing new in the line Of bribery and
Official corruption, and like q new book
or picture it should be endorsed for the
art there is in it,. II is more subtle than
the Payne method. 1t is the Brice still.
n etto TO the Payne broadsword and each
4 is deadly in its thrust. y Instead Of buy.
Z ing \ legislators after their arrival in
i Columbus preliminary to taking the oath
Of Office, h Mr. Brice saw them in tho
privacy OF their homes directly, after the
November election, where bargains
were made and money; was paid. There.
fore Mr.. ;Brice can snap his finger under
the nose Of the public aud say 9l"Prove
bribery /? il sit you I'll can. And that
is s. the Brice ss$s els system. "s35 Thuu
Z Won IA SEQ 9. Il, for "a the s5{i Grsts time
Z in 4 yourZ life the difference between
4 tweedledee and tweedledum. Mr.. Brine
7 has d long row Of rooms on the; second
y floor Of The Neil.|5 They are all occupied
i by what theS correspondence call road
agents, or + the men iswho travel from
conntyto county for. six weeks making
terms with and payments to those vir-
tuous Democrats %who3 scream bribery
and ,damnation III (. thay are e}foyerlooked
z. in#tha market quotations. These gen
\. tie spirits, or road agents, as YOU please,
/, arc here for the purpose OF seeing 3 that
+ thciremerchandis Is not tampered with
" by Elder, Thomas, 4 John "A: J: Acslahon,
N ct al.,iEW hen "a drover5 purchases "a car
load OF livestock, he always accompanies
p it to market quicken and make Ger.
tain the transit from vale and ,wallow to
slaughter house and Il butcher shop.
There is much J.
BUYING AND sELLINo or SWINE 7'5g
4 and cattle in and about Lima and North,
western OHIO, and perhaps Mr.. Brice has
( gone , 10 the Elowly but sagaclous hoy
droy;er. ,ior, one OF tho TEXTURES Of his nd.
mirable s.sysiem."n Be that as It may he
and his hired agents are here keeping All
eagle eve and ia firm hand3upon every
thing which they possess BY right Of pur
chase. Iii The agents IN turn are watched
5Gg! bv Brice himself, ss,whoi sleeps in theil
tfs5 midst, evidently. fearing the truthfulnesE
Nh of the old saying that there is ,honol
among n certain but amelees; class o.
individuals. 8
But what will be the cost when all II
over ? First, seIf-respect, and then man!
good, large round dollars one hundred
thousand at least, and perhaps twice
that number. No wonder; that the lant
tloweth, with milk and. honey that tn
moon rcturneth a metal sound, and tha
wild locusts sing intthe3 tree tops, ~ N