The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-11-04
LATE ELECTION BETTING
DEMOCRATIC MONEY Is AS SCARCE
AS HENS TEETH.
IL the Odds offered Indicate the Re-
suit an Overwhelming Republic
an Victory Ii in the Air.

If the rule that the odds offered In the
betting may be taken as a reliable indica-
ton of the result holds true this year,
and there appears no reason that 1902
should be an exception, the Democrats
may as well stay at home to-day. At all
the betting places in the city Republican
money, or money Republican candi-
dates, has been going begging for weeks,
and yesterday and last night, the time
when, it was predicted, Democratic money
would be forthcoming to get the biggest
odds. there was literally nothing doing"
in the language of the young man who
welded the chalk at the Denison Hotel
blackboard.
Nine out of ten Of all the bets posted in
the city were Republican propositions. The
odds offered on all the state ticket ranged
from to 1 to to 1. with absolutely no
takers. The only Democratic proposition
noted on the state result was a bet of
100 to IS that Storms's plurality will be
10000 less than McKinley's plurality in
Indiana in 1900. This is equivalent to a
bet that Storms's plurality will not exceed
16,479. Republican bets of even money that
Stormss plurality will exceed 1900 went
begging
BETS ON OvERSTREET.
Plenty of money at and to / that Rep
resentative Overstreet will be reelected
found no takers and the men running the
betting boards finally refused to post any
more propositions of that character. One
lone Democratic offer of even money that
Mr.. Overstreet's plurality will not exceed
5000 was posted at the Denison. Another
Democratic proposition in the nature of
bait for suckers has been posted for three
days without a taker-even money that
Mr.. Overstreet will receive 5000 fewer votes
than he received two years ago. At first
glance this seems like a good bet, but on
reflection IL appears far less desirable
Johnson county, which was in Mr. Over
streets district two years ago, is not now
part of the Seventh district and. OF
will be considerably reduced, although his
plurality may be increased.
Some little money has been put up or
Mr.. Overstreet, but it has all been on the
size of his plurality. One Republican last
| week placed $500 al odds of to / that Over.
streets plurality will exceed 1900 but bets
of that kind found no takers yesterday
| and at Harry Walkers place an offer OF
500 To 500 that Overstreets plurality will
| exceed $500 stood on the board all day un
| til late last night
MARION COUNTY BETTING.
The result in Marion county will caus,
some little money to change hands, tn,
greater part of 1t on the race for treasurer
Ensley. the Republican candidate, is, O
course, an odds-on favorite. and nearly al
the betting has been on the size of hi
plurality. One offer of SIS to 800 tina
Kuhn will defeat Ensley was posted a
| Walkers, but that was the only Demo
| cratic money in sight to back Kuhn t
| win. There was plenty of Republican
| money at $40 TO $40 that Ensleys pluralit.
| will exceed 100 and some better PROPOSE
| lions were offered The Democrats hav
concentrated all their efforts 10 defeat tn
| Republican candidate for treasurer, an
this is clearly shown in the offer of evel
| money in hundreds that Ensley will run a
| least 1000 votes behind Overstreet
The only bet offered on a congressional
! race aside from the one in the Seventh wa
bet OF $50 TO $40 that Hemenway will b
reelected in the First.
! All in all, very little money has bee
| wagered on the result of this election
much less than In former years. III black
board propositions are to be taken as a
evidence, there will be very few hundred
of dollars change hands on the result.