The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-11-06
SEATTLE DARE NOT BET.



TAccxA. Nov. A-{@peclsl 1.-The Seattle
haisrs never tire az telling aos they viii snow
MeSraw unde. en- Tuesday. bar when they saw
= hsg pfacsri On P.e4sc avenue announcing thai
from siae 70 se5eC1 wo1ic re wsgarsd that TIE
Hon. Jena II aes5rs~ w08ie te the next gov
ern9r, thsy ksgs on tas other side OF ire avszGs,
Nelson Bennett who. because of personal
enn.tF, hAs worked up much prejudice
Egstsst 3r. Mc6Fs.. saw TIE psacard, out lie
would aoi put Up a penny. He eAh bet on Mr..
Actsrsw's dsfeat ia Tsc0rna. bgs nof in tie
state. Another seaitle-hater saw tais sign:
oae hundred dollars to 81 900 thst the Hon.
joan H. McGrsw VIII % the next governor of
Washington
He said he woald bring around 500 70 pat NJ
On Snively. Ben Z. Everst. s, once offered 20
wager hin IS he would nor keep his word. Tie
seafis-hatsr wonid not let eysn that.
John A. S;one, OF spokane, tnn afternoon
wired Mr., Everett as follows.
VIII Is in Tacoma Monday TO take up bet.
IonS A. STONE.
II appears that Mr. ssons sad his friends
weakened on second Thought. Tor they wired
Mr.. Everett tonight shst they wanted ths s. f,e0o
sent TO North YaAima From what can Ds
learned 1t sppears that stone mad an appeal 10
the Democrats OF the state 10 chIp in and
he take up The wager Failing II this, he
Qg3boied and demanded that ihe money be sent
Ia North fakims. bis home IL and bis friends,
however & not say they had the money ready
Ia meet s250Aa or sny part OF IL, already up on
MetTgw. Everett AZ oace had the National baaG
OF Commerce ot this city telegraph 70 stone that
the s5.os9 forfeit money had been deposited
there Due onsrial notice given Stone
and in reply 10 his rrctext # wanting money At
North Iakins, 70 avoid the frouols Of eomlng
10 Tacoma, Everett supplemented the bank
telegram with one telling S.ons tbs 500 would
De put up 10 psy his expenses to Tacoma, or
like amount wonld be DO. siet him If he would
close the bet by telegraph. No reply had been
received from sniyeiy's home nj II o'clock
AT midnight there was no reply from North
Yakima regarding the eco het Mctitsw
Ii is generally understood that the Demoerats
sre hedging all along the tiGe. Tonight. on the
train IA from sumner. two beta were made. s25
10 SO on McGraw and 500 To So on Nc
Graw The odds on MeGraw hsd to ba given
in order 20 secure these bets In another
instance on the same train Capt Nolan, large
Tacoma contractor, who has heea betting on
sniveiy, took water aud would not bet even
when heavy odds were given on Mrtifaw. To-
day paid notice was sent TO the Meas, an anti
Seattle newspaper, reading: "Wantsd--$I To
$4,000 that Saively will not be elected gov
ernor." The sender of this notice took a receipt
for this advertisements, but although be paid
fer II, 1t did not appear in the anti-sestte news
paper.
Following 10 q copy OF the dispatch received
by Ben Everett today authorizing the $4,000
bet referred to:
SK TILE, Nov. III. lsaG
To Ben Eurrea Tacoma BdsA: We have de
popositcd $500 with tue Nationsl Bank OF Com
merce OF Tacoma a forfeit Please wire YAK
ina parties 70 telegraph al equal amount to
same bank. When covered, wire me, and VIII
90 to Tacoma Aonisy morning with balance of
$4,000 Have written you tonight regarding
the money for the smaller beta. Take anything
that Is offered.
1t is stated on the very best authority that
Seattle haters, together with Democrats, are
assessing each other aud chipping IN TO raise &
$4,000 purse Saively. which is 10 be
announced Monday. So Tar they have not met
with great success, and il is doubtful ii they can
scrape together one-tenfh part OF the $4,000 TO
bet on snyeiy. But ii makes no difference
whether they raise the purse or not, they pro
pose to spring the bet on Monday for the pur-
pose of influencing votes 4 ready $500 have
been raised TO meet this proposed s5o.0o0. TO bet
in addition TO the $500 handled by Everett