The sun., 1900-10-22
BETTING ON THE ELECTION.
THE ODDS ON H'KINLEY VARY
FROM . TO TO TO
According tn Locality Tho City OF milwaukee
Offers variety OF waE-rs to Choose
From-Bets on Different states and PIurali-
tie.--Only a Few Freak Bets Recorded.

frOm-Hets on Dluerent STATES ana tlurhu-
ti..-Only a Few Freak Bets Recorded.
MILWAUKEE. Oct 2i.-Fortunes have been
posted In the Callahan and Mccoy poorooms
for several weeks to back the opinions Of the
men owning them that Mckinley will be In
doned by reelection. and from present ap-
pearanceS they will remain there until the
votes are counted next month.
Mr.. Mccoy said last night that he had few
thousand dollars which he would WAGER az
follows.
Five thousand dollars that Mckinley will
carry Wisconsin b. 1900.
Five thousand dollars that Cook county. III.
will cast more votes for Mckinley than II will
orBryan.
Five thousand dollars that New York will
give Mckinley a plurality Of 10000.
Five thousand doIlars that Minnesota will
give Mckinley plurality Of 10000.
Five thousand dollars that Ohio will give
Mckinley plurality Of 45,0Oo.
Five thousand dollar that Indiana will give
Mckinley plurality " 20. 900.
Five thousand dollar, that Illinois will give
Mckinney plurality of 10000.
Five 4 ou and dollars that Maryland will give
Mckinley a plurLit, Of 500.
Five T. ou,and dollars that West Virginia win
givr Mckinley a plurality Of 500.
Five thousaud dollars that Mckinley will have
100 more Electorui ,ot's than Bryan.
Five thou.a7 dollars that the next House
Of Congress Ni.I b" Republican.
Five thous nd dol RS that all Of the Repub-
can candidates for Congress IN Wisconsin viii
be elected.
MIR Mccoy says he will bet these sums or
any part Of them.
4 have 5000 in cash. he said. that ! wiz
t.It ipl at pf 1 a
accommodate the Democrats with almost any
thing they want"
MINNEArCLIs. Oct. 81 There IL plenty of
Mckinley money ofcred at odds ranging from
q. t. 3 or even To l. but very little of II has
been covered by Bryan men. TWO 10 one II
offered that Mckinley will carry New York;
even money that he will have 5000 plurality
New York even money that Bryan will not g I
2OO esctora votes to : hat Bryan will not let
$50 -lcctorul votes even money that Mckinley
vii carry South DukOta even money that bryan
will carry Nebraska, and even money that
Mckinley viii get 1000 plurality In Minnesota
GRANp RAPIDS, Mich, Oct. 81 Odds on
Mckinley's election two weeks ago were TO l.
They are now 4 10 /. but do not bring oLt Bryan
money
ST. LoUIs. Oct 2l.-It Ia estimated that
the amount waRered upon the election In ~.
NANNHNNN'
ing odd are z tot.
LINCOLN. Neb.. Oct 2i.-waeers here have
nearly AL been placed at even money on some
phase Of the Nebrask a contest. story !
reaches Lincoln from Indiana that an oily
tongued stranger /, there wagering consider
abb sums OF the proposition that AlT. Bryan
wiz. not carry lbs own county. his ny ward :
farmers Il that state who dc not understand
the cQnd tons here, are betting their horses |
and plough- They are sure To losei LaIlc hs.
Is even stronger than the county and the Fifth |
ward and Precinct are nearly TO I.e-
- JosTPH, Mo, Oct 81 Hans Peterson, |
a farmer living nenr here. hgs wageied SiCoO !
against s2Uy that President Mckinley will De
and made his offers to WAGER the money IN |
small, sum, RANGING from sSc to 500 and !
lie made every bet at TO i. Asked TO explain. |
1t %ll be good Interest on the money, and |
thar Il all want ! have no desire to rob the |
Democrats but II any OF them want 20 pay that |
rate Of interest II l. all right II i Just a. saie !
CINcixNAri Ohio. Oct. 2i.LThe betting here |
on the i'resdentiil elcction runs AT the average |
odds Of 70 oE Mckinley Most Of the bets |
here areon noighborii states. witheyen MONEY |
on Indiana aud oddr u, iavor. o. the DEMOCRATS |
f. KentuGi nnd H. favor 9t me RePnoacaH; na3,
Of the Republican plurality o. H..
ho,Yo, yT Tyoserrd d $50 9 that he Gould Name !tcSR
States that would 90 for Mohinley, s2O that he
could namc fifteen others Tor Bryan, and then
yst that all the other states would 60 Tor BRYAN.
When he selected his number he named fifteen
sure Republican States In the first bet. fifteen
doubtful In the second and IN the last bet were
named the sure Bryan States. tie eNpeCts 70
viii the lagt bet and to lose one Of the others
len tiug lin good winner
PrTTsBURG oct. 2l.-Between $4,000 md |
siOC. .OOo has been bet In this cl,v OF McKney
~ I'd u Of 2. o.. ardSt tot. John StaIey, Shad
GNllan aud lharlos +. Finn hav" put ~
$4,000 against t2O0lu on the genera result
III -horj and wa, taken by oil ". IA Dewey.
EEv 6RIEANs oct 81 Tho biggest election !
bet made IN this section "a, tie Easou-Ke.ly ,
bet of S2lpu to GlpOlp Lake Charlie, Thursday
night parSon" Davirs, who holds $1,000 o. I
hct ON NcKIuev at > to t. say he has put out
lltrlriu fye-dol'ar and tcn-dollar bets but OK
eot- the whole amount to be taken before
election day
II~sI,G Mich, Oct 81 --Dorwin Ben'amln.
n farmer. wa In from Delta township the otheT
dpv and bargained his potato crop on the result
~ the election he offered to deliver uotRtoes
in srnaH lot, on condition that II Mckinley is |
c.oCtad hc i 10 receive 81 cents bushel. but II
Brvan l. ele. tod he l. t. receive nothing The |
ulYar was 50 'ibera. that there were many takers
ICIlsyIIIR, Ky, oct 2l.-Fyen money that
BRYAN rnr rrlcs Kentucky and to that Mckinley |
the unique bot, might be mentioned that OF |
Henry john-on with Anna, hs wife They |
have n chi a lust five months old The father ,
f. n Roman Catholic the mother a Protestant. |
" Mckinley Is elected, Henry johnson. Jr. |
will ~ 20 confessional. Should Bryan get in. |
tho yourgstor will he immersed and Join the |
Baptist church.