The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-19
ExPATRIATION THE WAGER.
The Remarkable Election Agree
ment of Two Milwaukee Men.
From, tIa Philadelnhia Times

me NemaFAaDle ElectiOn Agree
ment of Two Milwaukee Men.
From the Philadelphia Times
The most remarkable election bet yet
recorded is one in which the penalty slip
ulated is that the loser shall promptly
leave the United States and remain an ex-
lie from his native land for the remainder
Of his life. The parties to this wager,
which entails so great a sacrifice, are G. N
Donaldson and Fred w. Burke of Milwau-
kee, Wis Both are men of prominence in
the business and social circles of that city
and are in the prime of life, and neither
has made any definite plans in regard to
the occupation he will follow on taking up
residence in a foreign land.
Mr.. Donaldson is a great believer in the
principle of which William Mckinley has
so long fought in public, and is an ardent
admirer of the republican candidate as
man. Being satisfied in his own mind that
the defeat of the great protectionist would
plunge the country into all sorts of trouble
and that business would promptly go to
bow-wows, Mr.. Donaldson announced one
night to a party of friends that if silver
won he did not want anything more to do
with such a country and such people.
Somebody asked him If he was in earnest,
and Donaldson gravely announced that II
Bryan was elected he would pull up stakes
and make tracks for a gold standard coun-
try. The only condition was that, in the
event of his party winning some other
Milwaukee man should suffer expatria-
ton. while he remained at home and en-
joyed the prosperity that was sure to fol-
low McKinley's election.
Now. it was we'll known about town
that Burke as as rabid a silverite as Don
aldson was a goldbug, and a self-appoint-
do n
of both factions, notified him of the Nc
Kinley mans defiance, and he could not
saw quickly enough that he accepted the
challenge and would pay the penalty,
should he lose, though it entailed the loss
of every dollar he had in the world.
When the news got about town that two
men of means and position had made such
an extraordinary wager their acquaint-
ances who knew what one or the other
would have to sacrifice, declared that
they were bluffing, and that the whole
thing was a practical joke. This got TO
the ears of Burke and Donaldson, and in
order to show that they were in dead
earnest they met at prominent club ana
drew UP a paper setting forth explicitly
the condition OF the bet.
Then the principals, accompanied by
big crowd of their friends, adjourned TO
the office of a prominent lawyer, who,
when the signature OF both men had
been affixed to the contract ana duly VIII
messed, placed upon it his notarial seal.
while each man was willing to sacrifice
everything and start for other shores just
as soon as one or the other of the can
didates was proved to have been elected,
their friends insisted on the time Of de-
parture being extended, TO enable the
loser to settle up his business affairs and
make the necessary arrangements for his
lifelong sojourn among strangers in
strange land.
Recognizing the strength of the argu-
ment, both men agreed that the defeated
one should take pains not TO be found
within the borders Of the United States
after the first day Of January, 1897,
Both men are now busy studying up on
geography, and welcome all information
regarding the commercial opportunities
offered by any inhabited section Of the
globe, from the Transvaal to Van Die
mans Land.