The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-11-08

, ed him. Prosperitv didn't too much
dent of the eastern mission OF tne
church. were Enthusiastically given
The Sanpete version added that as soon
as Mr.. Roosevelt returns from his At
rican hunting trip he intends to come
to Salt Lake and go through the tenn
pie. 1t was also told that ne would
come right away, but for the political
effect. as Gentiles in the United States
are unwarrantedly opposed to the Nor
mon church.
Anyone who bet on the election was
forced to keep a bright lookout for
catch bets and freak bets. Many people
were caught by catch bets-in one case
the wise bettor was hoisted with his
own petard. Jake Raleigh offered
number of bets that the American"
party would elect four members of the
TICKET. The bets were presented in
such way as to appear to refer to the
! county ticket, while Mr.. Raleigh really
counted on winning his wagers on the
election of the two city judges, justice
or the peace and constable. 1t was not
dreamed that the Americans" would
lose the city, and Mr.. Raleigh thought
ne had sure thing. The Republican
landslide, however, wiped out any
chance he had of winning on his sure
thing
X X x
A bet was made that Bryans ma
Jority in Maryland would be six times
the majority of Roosevelt four years
ago The catch in this bet lies in the
tact that Roosevelt had a majority of
but fffty-one in Maryland. A bet was
also made 'that Taft would not get
Within 100000 of the ma jority in Penn
sylvania secured by Roosevelt. This
sounded fair until it was discovered
that Roosevelt had the enormous ma
Jority of over 505,0O0 in Pennsylvania
four years ago.
me old scheme of offering to bet that
ne could name twenty states that would
go for Bryan, and then becoming ex-
cited and betting twice as much that
ne could name five more states that
would go for Bryan. was attempted by
several men. The idea is to give the
opponent the impression that he in
tended to name twenty-five states
which would go for Bryan. while in
reality the bettor expects to lose the
small bet and TO name five sure states
such as Georgia, South Carolina, Flor
ida, Oklahoma and Alabama, thus win
ming the big bet.
A bet was made that Taft would car
ry all but two of the New England
SldttSs Dul the man VINO look Ife oct
was not fully awake at the time
X
A young man who had the right
bunch in regard to Mackay in particu-
lar, but had no intimation of the Re-
publican landslide in general, bet SO to
$50 that Mackay would not be elected,
and Judge Powers asked him who the
sucker was so that he (the judge)
might bet against Mackay at the same
odds. Judge Powers is thankful that
he didn't find the sucker. and the young
man first referred to has substituted
free lunches for his customary T-bone
steak.
One young lady who voted in the Fiji
ty-third district, swears that she will
never again exercise her immortal right
of suffrage. When she approached the
polling place there was a big crowd
standing about, and she became very
nervous while awaiting her turn. When
she entered the booth she intended to
vote the Democratic state ticket and
the American" county and city ticket
She moved the levers which she
thought proper, but got the machine
so blocked that she could not open the |
curtain. After a vain struggle she at
tempted to creep out beneath the cur
tain, but was sternly ordered back by
the judges. She then had to start over
and, in desperation, voted a straight
ticket. She did not know for which
party she voted, but from her descrip- |