Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-02
ANOTHER BIG BLUFF
Republican Money e. mcKinley is Scarce.
WHERE IS THE s2,5Oo EETTOR.

\ Prominent Gcd Well Known Demo.
 ciat Calls the Big Republican Bluff
 If the Truth Were Known, Republi-
 can Money on Mckinley Is Pretty
 Scarce i'll Waterbury and
 Contemptible Campaign Trick =
 List of Bad Payers Published by Re
 publicans.
 The Republican announced this morning tAat q bet Of $2. .50o was await ing taker at the Franklin house against $50C that William Mckinley Will be reelected president of the United States on November 6. As soon as the thing became known a prominent East Main street democrat secured a certified check for $000 and then telephoned to the hotel to inquire about the man who had the money to put up on Mckinley. Imagine his surprise when he was informed that the cash had not yet been posted there but that in all probability it would be some time tonight. This is sim ply another instance of the bluffs that are Icing hung up by the republicans with view to leading people to be Geye that the election of Mckinley is an assured thing and that it is about the same as finding money to get a bet on the result, the object being to cajOle the unWa1y into the notion that there is no use voting against him and thus win votes for the trusts and combines by creating feeling in the minds of the weak-kneed that they had better vote for Mckinley and be in the swim but when some one comes along to call these bluffs. he is invar- ial.y told to drop in later. so that honest electors should not be misled by these schemes. The republicans are, growing desperate and the next thing we'll hear is that they are per fectinG plans to rob Bryan of the presidency. just az they euchered Sam uel T. Tildcn of the honor and the emoluments that go with it.
 One of tho most cOntemptable tricks ever reS0rted to in politics in this town is now the sending of copies of the dead beats list prepared for the Merchants association broadcast with q view to get people whose names ap- pear thereon to come out and vote against NJ. T. Ryrne. democratic nomi- nee for representative. At the end
 
 lowing appeal: "AIichael T. Byrne asks the support of these poor unfor tunate working people to elect him for their representative. Your name in on this black list. your votes and a vote from your friends will defeat him. There are between roo and 800 names on the list and the chances are that the passing of it around will not have the desired result. for it makes q private document public property and puts the names of these people within the reach of everybody, some thing that Mr Byrne never pretended to do. The list was read about town to-day hy anyone who cared to look at it and the opinion seemed to be general that those whose names ap- pear on it should rebulle the men who were the means of putting their names in cVerybody'S mouth by going to the polls on election day and giving Lilley and reaslcy d roast that will teach them and the public. too. that if their names happened to get onto the dead. beats list that is no reason why they5 should have been dragged into poli-, ties and made public targets of to boot. More than two-thirds of; the persons whose names appear OH the list arc republicans, so that those who will suffer by the introduction, of. the document into the political race are} those whose names are on it and prob ably many of them got there without any fault of their own. The hand writing on the envelopes Is very fa- miliar to many people and if any one cares to take action against the par ties who sent them out he will not ex- perience much difficulty in locating the man.