New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-07-20
stead Of having their prosperity and wcl-beins
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q" STAND PA T."

"STaND PiI
Eugene Dcbs. VIII you kindly step 10 'he
door Of your cell Il moment for little conv"rSa-
tiun throush The gratrs? We are not surprised
IN find Won where Won are. We should have
looked for You In your present or some DINER
pcntcnlary If we had lost sight OF you en-
tircly In the middle Of your career. There WAS
no misiaking the trail. II led there. Indeed. we
said ~ much early last week; nj Il time when
yOn had all steam on ana w"r" making more
revolutions 10 the minute than any other Com
mcrcc Destroyer afoat wien you seemed 10 he
having Your measure taken rather for imp'rhi
purple than for prison stripes. If two or three
newspapers in this town were not Keeping up
such an everlasting howl about the infallibility
Of their own foresight and the fuflment OF all
their prophecies. as 10 bring commonplace GUESS
work into contempt aud make the whole bust
ness ridiculous. might even say that we folc
You there was Il Jail somewhere waiting for
you. But we are not here M your cell door,
Eugene. to say I'VE told you So or twit You
with cxaspcrating "reminiscences. or point ont
the logical precision with which You shaped
your career To lis present elimination. The
American people have learned through the
newspapers that your first night in Jail was the
0uictcSt and moaf comfortable You have passed
since Won began ordering them and their form
of government ont Of your way II makes them
wish that. on yonr own account. You had gone
there sooner And though they do not quite
understand how In view Of what has happened.
Won can sleep nj al any where. they are Inter
cst,l in yuu rs n psychological study. Indeed,
they are more or less interested in whaicvcr
concerns YOU The description OF the diamonds
worn bv you~ wife aud sister when they came
TO visit you the other day was read by thou
sands of proplc who do not * rule care much
for diamonds: and the opinion expressed by
those ladies that Your salary ought To be- $4,000
instead of a paltry $1,000 caused very general
comment: especially ly the wives and sisters Of
the men who pay the salary and who do not
wear diamonds
But these reflections are aside from orr pres
cnt purpose The Tribune has been struck. En-
gene. with the felicity of your forms If EXPIRES
sion and figures ~ speech: In which. W" thlhR'
you hold over Your ally. the windy and incoh-
srquentlal Sovereign: though the latter can give
you odds as Il ong-distancr. perennial ana mex
haiIsiblc wlndbag. We have observed that III
one OF the numerous kilograms which You were
hlnglng widr while You were on top of every
thing IN which you called upon other people
10 risk life and limb. personal property ana per
sunal safety where yOrr only Investment WAS
stationery aud wind. your mandate was stand
pat This phrase. We hn1 upon inquiry. j. one
II the tcchncaliirs In The game II hazard
which has more or les vogue throughout lh"
country. and IS very highly esteemed rs
recreation In Kentucky. known ~ draw
poker" The interest In The game. We nr" IN
formed. centres largely IN ia" draw each
player being privileged afier The cards ar" d''l'
to discard aS many as b. vlclSrS from his hand
ana receive an equal number from HE PACK
The supposton j. that tie number ~ cards
which a player draws" d>cl1>"s III" strength
or weakness Of his hand i;Di this depends. -
We understand upon the "i"Nln't- ~ ia
player. II + not an inyarablr rule. quite Orion
II conccal- and does not disclose. When
player stands pat" ~ you advised ih" ">'ii"r'
In your little game io d. il l. understood HAT
his hand IS 80 strong ihai h. j. content" With
ont attempting 10 strengthen II 10y III draw.
This Is apt 10 niimllai" players Who have 10
CONFIDENCE IA their own hands. They lay them
down or pass ort. - they call f.. and when
all the rest have done this the man with III"
pat hand" takes what W. believe - called "ih'
pot" without showing h,- own hand
Sometimes. as We are Informed by statesmen
who understand he game. players hAY" been
known 10 stand pat" with Only what j. called
III Jack high or II bohiai iu-h' which Wr
10 be- q symbol ~ u'irr worthless
ncss-in tn hope Of driving on The other play
ers This i what j. called "A hun. isn't II.
Eugene? We arr told that II * u very risky
thing 10 do: HAT only ia" hullr> players do u.
and they only when they have got HE gauge
of The other players nuI know whether or not
thny nro The Kind that can be- scared by
raise" There are Instances on record Of many
A slNlful and courageous player who started In
early in the evening with large stacks 81
"blnc chips" signifylng wealth. and simply by
running up against he wrong man. who con
tinually "cnlcd'' him when lie was "Siraddling
the blinl." standing pat" 'plavlng the limit"
and all that sort Of Thing gradually diminished
his store until townrd morning h. found himself
fumbllng lust one white chip; which. ~ we
understand. signifies poverty.
Say. Eugene, That fcl.'itous figure ~
yours when YOU fold The fellows who were play
Ing your game 10 stand pat" Risky, 10 be-
sure But not your risk. They were playing
with their own "cEps." Aud there Was very
large "iarLpot' on The table Isn't there some.
thing they call 'the widow in The game? We're
Won "ihc widow? What haul" you would
have Ind if the blur hadn't been "caIlcd".
|, WAS a std game that You played. Eugene
But your fellows made mistake IN standing |
par ngalnst the United States Government |
For The United States Government has n great
many blue chips" and Is very liable 10 hold
a full hand" and isn't easily "bunGcd."
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