The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-11-23
COLONEL HILLS HARD LUCK.
ae Explains How Republican Per-
fIdy Lost Him an Election Bet.


fdy Lost Him an Election Bet.
Col. Ike Hill. for numerous generations
Democratic whip of the House of Repre-
sentatives and general faetotum at ali
important Democratic assemblages, has
returned to Washington from Ohio slight
" disfEured. but not vanquished- Colonel
Hill is q citizen OF Ohio. and announced
through The Times few weeks before the
election that Mr.. Bryan would carry the
Buckeye State
The colonel takes philosophical view
of the case, and. with true Democratic
spirit, says it behooves ali loyal Democrats
to buckle down to work. confident of
reaching the promised land in 1904 and en-
joying the landscape.
Il told you short time before the cleo
ton, said Colonel Hill last night to a
representative of The Times. that the
good Lord had so arranged mundane afv
fairs that 10 human being had a cinch on
anything, but that in my belief Bryan
came as near having eineh on the Presi-
dency as was possible. 1 also told you
that I had made several small wagers on
Ohio going Democratic. and that eonsid-
cred these bets as near a cilch as any
thing ever could be. Now. remember that
warned you that there was no such thing
as rear einch, and I think my experience
in betting On Ohio this year proves beyond
d doubt my contention that there is no
such thing as a cinch. You hear about
sure thing gamblers, but Ia all my varied
observations 1 have never seen any gam
bier with an absolute sure thing So it is
n nv Hf-
Der Ike Hills warning about ciEches you'll
never lose any money on elections"
Colonel Hin was silent for moment as
II in deep thought Why he exclaimed.
suddenly Frightening up, do you know
that 1 lose 500 by one vote2 Yes sir;
that's true And when you have heard my
story you needn't tell me that somebody
wasn't bought. It was this wy. I bet 500
and would have bet more If I could have
found somebdy on the ether end--that in
my county in Ohio-Li ckiRg-Brgau would
get go more votes this year than IL got
IN 1886 Now when l tell You that Bryan
got exactly 249 more votes In Licking
eounzy this year than he got in 1896 youth
understand. If you have any sense, what I
mean when say there is no such thing a5
einch for the son of man 1 paid the 800
without gTumbiing, even though can prove
te you or any other fair-minded man that
there was corruptioRIin Licking county.
Yes. sir; I know that at least one man
down there sold out.
Here Is the evidence: a trigirg. no &C
count Democrat I have known for forty
years lives CT little farm Ia Licking
county. That man has voted at least once
for every Democratic ticket nominated
since the 6reat Democratic days Of Frank
lin Pierce. Along about 4 O'Clock IN the
afternoon Of election day learned that this
man had not voted Determined 10 make
as good a showing as possible II Licking
county for Bryan, / jumped In buggy and
drove out to this Democrats farm. There I
found him IN field working harder than
he ever had worked before Why haven't
you voted2 said l. Too busy, said he
heard Of you being busy. Ger in this bug
gy and come and PUNK ballot for Bryan
The skunk then begun 10 sJok shespisH. BEd
I realized that something had happened
Come on. said L You are too 600 4
Democrat to shirk your duty this way
Well. sir what do you think that rascal
said 10 meme Ike Hill. who has known
him for forty years and know that he new
er did fail TO vote the Democratic ticket in
all that time az least cnce, as I said be
fore. He said: Ike. you know there amt
no better Democrat nowhere than I Al.
but YOU also know that thirty years ago
promised my wife that never wSUId Fote
for the same man twice for the same Office
and I'm too old now 10 break my 'JTomise
70 my dead wife ="
Colonel Hill was taciturn and gIum for
fully minute Then he proceeded 10 re-
duce his thoughts to speech. a part of
which was this. Don't you see that some
body tempered with this MANI Sure they
did And II he was tempered with. then
can you deny that others we're tempered
with2 Sure you can't And do you mean
to tell me that they didn't do this just for
the purpose Of making me lose my bet on
Licking county. and that they tempered
with this man I have told you about just
TO rub it in on me all the harder2 Sure
you can't
Colonel Hill says he has made no effort
to anaIyze in detail the causes of the cat
Gelysm in Ohio. though he believes the
condition which he discovered in Tusca-
rawas county g few days ago furnishes the
key to the whole situation 7 just drop
ped over there TO see All old friend = he
said. before coming back 10 Washington
to resume my duties at the Capitol Nat
urally We talked little politics learn
ed that 2i6 citizens of Tuscarawas failed
in their duty TO the Republic on election
day by not voting. And. blast ny eyes.
sir, / am the biggest liar that ever come
down the pike il 200 of these we're not
Democrats Every enc of this 200 was
paid to stay away from the polls
And so / say l am not kicking and / am
not accusing anybody in particular. but I
do know for sure that a considerable num-
Der OF voters was tempered with in Ohio
II they were tempered with in Chic. they
were tempered with IN other States of the
Union. You needn't tell me that Ohio is
the JnlF State where Democrats got too
busy on election day to go to the polls and
vote