The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-10-30
MORE TALK THAN BETTING
ALTON o. FARMER TIkES THE
ROOF iRG Z MENT LIGHTLI.
PrentIrr HSara Lets OT Democrats viii
vote for Roosevelt No. No slim
sen-I.Abor Issue Drops out OF sight
Hearst Out Of .. O.. Headlines.

The number nf sporting events on
which shlrpshooters can go after the
puhlcs money - limit 80 especially since
raCetraCk betting turned mp its toes
There are no end 81 intelligent persons
sho consider an election to he a sporting
event and welcome i'S coming a. an op-
por'unity tn separate citizens from their
cash The wise guys. as they used Ia he
named AZ The raCetracks. don't give a
hang for principles or issues or the inertia
nr dement's ~ the candidates. No set
~ men follows the campaign news closer
than they do. but they read their papers
ccldly and analytiCally. endeavoring from
multitude Of views and conflict Of
opinion 20 obtain a basis for sure thing
operations.
The professional bcttor- have begun
o. drihhle their money INTO the betting
market. te.ting the stability II the present
odds on DIX u > 10 nv gradual pressure
Men like WheeloCk Circular Joe Nendig
Abe Jacobs and Jakey Jo-ephs figure
thu he odds are certain to fiuCt,ntc and
that out Of the fuctuation they will he
able To pick up nice margins 81 profit
The professionals seem to think Just now
that by election time Dix will drop a little
The margin ~ just what they are after.
The procedure Is simply hedging. That
IL II you bet SIS 10 $50 to-day that Stirnson
will be elected and get a chance \ week
from to-day to bet s3O TO $50 that Dix
will he elected you stand to win money
No matter what happens II Stimson IL
elected Won win $50 and lose tSo. net
profit, $40 II Dix - elected you lose t25
and win s3O. net profit. s. Its the old
game 81 laying OF that bookmakers were
adept a. in the sinful days before the
Percy-Grny law was chucked into the
discard
4 good deal Of the Siimson money
that appeared yesterday downtown was
put up. II IL pretty certain. by the sharp
shooters. In the first hour Of the market
se~sion the odds were ? IN l thar Dix will
win and about $1,000 was placed AT that
quotation. Later IN the morning Slim
son hackers, finding that there was no
disposition on the part Of the Dix sup
porters 70 draw in their horns. demanded
bto?
Woodrow Wilson il 10 ? favorite
IN the betting. The spectators have
figured out that they can afford to offer
- for every 81 that Others who feel that
Wilson will not he the next Governor Of
New Jersey can produce An offer 81
81 .00O 10 500 was made hut was refused.
There has begin no le'up in the Re
publican drift toward Dix and thu. Demo
cratic ticket. according To the election
forecast the New York Hordid prints this
morning hlItT tIFtF weeks ltNtNtlka-
ton in all counties ~ the State the Herald
found that many thousands Of Repub-
leans will vote for Dix because they ara
disgustad with Roosevelt No attempt
II made to forecast the result in figures
The Congress forecast gives the Demo-
Gratis 1914 members Of the next House
the Republicans 1877. and places the RESULT
A. doubtful in forty districts.
In more than ordinarily dull dav u
q dull campaign. the principal topic
~ the corridor statesmen was senator
Roots speech on Friday night ~ the
Manhattan Casino. Both sides seemed
% find stun for optimism IN the SENATOR
remarks. The Republicans at state
headquarters made cros-eved argu-
ment AZ least their expressed reasons
for believing that the Senator'S speech
would help StImson appeared 70 bark
AZ each other Republicans Who are for
the ticket IN spite Of Col. Roosevelt Haid
that Mr.. Roots speech ought tn recall
1891. when the failure 81 Mr. Clev Glands
Administration 10 find support ~ the
on year elections led 70 the selection Of
the radical Bryan ~ The Presidential
candidate two wears later Therefore
they put II. Taft must he Endorsed nv
the election 81 Siimson or there will have
90 he n radical IN 1912 The other sort
Of Republicans. the Roosevelt Piuchot-
Garfield-sur gin R-insurgent kind said that
Mr.. Root had proved that the Colonel
was a patriot 81 patriots a lover Of HE
country and no monarch IN embryo. He
might talk loud but his bark was ~or~.
than his bite.
The Democrats. admitting hat the Sen
stor Is a mighty able man. whose words
always carry some weight. said that his
speech was a tactical error inst the same.
that II would make people think 81 the
DOGGY that was raised in the summer Of
1878 If Won wont take Taft you'll have
20 take Me A. The Democratic state
headquarte rs they figured that people
wouldn't be fooled by thAf cry and thar a
majority - the voters had made up their
minds weeks ago that they wouldn't take
Me under any ctrcIms' anCeS The Dem
ocrats figure that S@nai or Roots speech
will drive away some thousands 81 con
servative Republicans who w.r. jnst
lowering uncert ainly
Judge Alton n Parker was one - hose
who though that senator Roots talk
wouldn't max. much II an impression
$50 senator Root decided sad Judge
Parker TO tell the 10000 Republicans
who have made up their minds 10 vote
against Tho Republican state ticket thai
the reasons they give for their actio are
unsound that the real way 10 weaken
Col. Roosevelt for 1872 - TO give him VIC
tory nov and the way 70 strength hen him
for hat contest ~ TO bury his ticket be
meath "A mountain - ballots hazard
the prediction that u will no, persuade
one ~ them that his own reason was
faulty
one ~ the s'ltisticlans a. the Waldorf
took his pencil IN one hand and Judge
Psrkers statement IN the other and be-
gan 90 figure out the Judges notion 81
what DiXs plurality ~ "a be II 10000
Republicans have made up their minds
90 sink the ankus into the G. .. y and
not one ~ them will have his mind
changed by senator Root. the calculation !
" that the State will surge Democratic
by something like 25O. OS0 But Won cant
get any ~ the Democratic camUaign man
ayers 10 stand for such an estimate
They won't put out a plurality guess In
figures They are certain that Us 20 he "A
landslide. an earthquake and tidal
SAve all combined IN one. but they are
waiting while befor. expressing the ND
eAysl srithmeticaly
Fra r Prentice the Republican state
chairman - tho first ont with a pre-
diction IN dlgits. Whatever else may he
said ~ Mr. Prentice. h" hu-ilea 10 make