The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1908-10-29

"Before next Tuesday night has
passed into history. 100000 al least.
will have been waecrcd on the various
electlons-city, county, state and ma
tional-in this city alone This was
the manner in which one of the most
prominent politicians in the city eX-
pressed himself Wednesday evening.
" Up TO the present time, $4,000 OF this
amount has been placed. Wednesday
only about $4,000 was put up, irrespec.
tive of what some of the handlers OF
the wagers say. but this amount will
pale into significance before Tuesday
night. Why. the people are not yet
5ully awakened 10 their OPPORTUNITIES
in this respect, but they will be be
fore the last gun is fired. On Monday
everything which looks in any way like
decent bet will be snapped up, and
op Tuesday the betting will have
reached fever heat. Take it from me,
Salt Lake City will run ahead Of every
city III the country of its size, or any.
thing near II. in the posting of-thc real
coin for election bets. -
During the past twentyfour hours,
thc odds offered by the wager handlers
have changed materially. Instead of
being willing Wednesday to make bets
on any part of $4,000 to S25000 that
TAFT will be elected, the odds have
shifted In this city ana San Francisco
war. 1t is expected that before Tues
day these odds viii again have taken
sudden change. but what they will ',c
no one Is willing to predict Taft
undoubtedly viii have the long end all
the way through, but looks out for
Bryan, II will not be surprise if
ne should forge ahead at the last mo-
nient," is the way The Tribune in
terylcwer got his dope
Bets on American Victory.
1t is significant that during the
twenty-fou- hours ending at O'Clock
"Wednesday evening, only two offers
in reference TO the American partv
have been made. One remains over
from Tuesday, S75 to 800. that the
Americans will carry the county, and
the new one IS 500 to S75 that four
named who will be elected This last
net is considered the best of the day
among the local issues, while nationally
the odds here Of 4 10 l on Taft, and
S25 even that Bryan gets lS5 cleo
toral votes, looks TO be the best thus
far: Il will be recalled that Parker
polled only lao electoral votes to $50
Tor Roosevelt. It is considered an i'm.
possibility for TAFT to secure ANYTHING
Jltc what the president received. and
1T i5 reckoned that Bryan will poll mora
than this, even If he Is not elected The
SOLID South Will give HIM l6O, Nebraska
will give him 9. Oklahoma will give
him Z, Nevada 5 and Colorado 5. This
will give BRYAN 1S4, and besides these.
1t IS reckoned that New York with her
30, and Indiana with her Is, Will be
found in the Bryan column If this
proves true, the Nebraska statesman
will be elected: but at any rate. the
SO even for Bryan TO poll lS5 votes in
the electoral college is the surest thing
on the board.
Since early Wednesday morning, and
up 10 the time the boards were taken
IN at night, steady stream of money
slowed IN Most Of the wagers were
500. and couple at $500. The wager
Of the week some odds Will be posted
which will make the would-be bettors
Jump all over themselves to get in first,
Another change in the odds offered
on local politics is the cut in the num- ,
bcr of votes Spry would poll over
Knight. Tuesday the odds were 500
10 $500 that SprY would get 5000 more
votes than Knight. while "Wednesday
the number of votes were changed TO
1000 IN excess Of knights
Throughout the dav the odds on Taft
were 2 to l. until Just before the close
for the day. when the increase was
posted and WAS Immediately taken up
by q number.
The odds demanded on the election
Ut Jesse Will knight. $3.50 TO $1,000.
were the heaviest demanded, and there
were no takers.
Picture Framing.