Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-11-01
BETS FOR A BLUFF,
Big WagerS Being Made on the Result
of the Pennsylvania Guber.
Material Election.
DELAMATER MEMS SMALL CLAIMS.
Al Carlisle Estimates Pattison's Majority
in the State at From
$4,000 to 10000.
COLORED DEMOCRATS GETTING In LINE.
DELAMATER MEMS SMALL CLAIMS.
COLORED DEMOCRATS GETTING IN LINE.
Republican State Committee Sending to Pttsburg for
Subscriptions.

That money talks has long been asserted,
and its clarion notes fracture the innocent
and uon- partisan welkin as the possessor of
ready cash states in strident notes that "I'll
bet you s. he's elected" referring to
Delamater or Pattison, as the case may be.
1t is safe to say that the money offered in
bets on the Pennsylvania Gubernatorial
election would knock Uncle Sans surplus
Sc high that it would never reach the vaults
of the Treasury again. Men with the ap-
pearance of unlimited Doodle reach down in
their pockets with an air of assurance that
paralyzes the amateur buffer who has a
modest roll of 5000 or $780, and
he hastily explains, 81 am not
a betting man, but if 1 were
that's the way 1 would bet" Occasionally
the modest man is possessed of nerve as we'll
as cash, and planks up the 'long stuff. !"
Then his opponent changes the conversation
to the fruitful subject of the weather. But
still some of these bets do 60, and the money
is put up.
BETTING ON MAJoRITIES.
1t is difficult to keep track of the bets
made. Many men back their political
their names were placed under the category
of gamblers. Then there are others who do
not care to see their money gathered in by
the poor officials as provided by law.
Quite a large amount of money was placed
in bets yesterday but the Delamater men
will not give even money on more than Is,
600 majority in the State, or ], 500 in Allie
gheny county, notwithstanding the fact that
Beaver carried the county by $500 and the
State by $4,000. In Quincy Robinson's
place Yesterday, $500 even were put up that
Delamater would not have $1,000 majority
in the State, and the same amount that he
would not have 10000 majority. An ALE
gheny contractor put up s., 900 which says
that Delsmater would not have L. 600 ma
jority, and late last night $500 were put up
which talked the same way. A Second
ward politician has s. 500 on Pattison in
small bets at even money and to 4. An
Allegheny City oil man has put up $500
against $500 on Delamater. Another bet of
s., 900 was made in newspaper Office that
Delamater would not have Ii, 900 majority.
a large amount of Pattison money is ex-
pected to be on tap at Quincy Robinson's
this morning ready to take anything that
looks reasonable.
TAKERS WAITING ANxIoUsLY.
It has been common talk for some time
that a Government official in Pittsburg had
SIS, 0U0 in his safe which he would put out
on Delamater at the last minute to make
sentiment. 1t was also understood that q
prominent Pattison man was only awaiting
its appearance to take it up. 1t is now
claimed by some that the money has been
put out in small sums to cover more
ground. 1t was common talk last evening
that e1-State Chairman Cooper had called
back Sc 500 he had sent to Pittsburg hotel
man TO bet on Delamater.
I. J. O'Leary, Jr., said last night:
"These bets are merely bluffs, intended TO
create sentiment. its like boy whistling
to keep up his courage while he walks
through a graveyard. A good deal of this
money is bet several times over. 1t was
done the same way in New York in the last
Presidential election. A good many OF these
men who bet get friend 10 hold the stakes;
then they borrow the stakes and bet again.
In this way they create the impression that
they have lots of money and any amount OF
faith in their candidate. It's only bluff. I"
At the Independent headquarters Chair
llan Blair said: "Are we making bets
On, no. We are poor people here. We
have no money, but we've plenty of
friends"