The sun., 1916-10-05
DEMOCRATS POINT
TO BETTING SHIFT
Say Cut From 2 to I to 0 to 5
on Hughes Means Wilson
Is Sure Winner.

Hughes by . to I. or better. are on the
turn. say the Wilson campaigners in
Forty-second street headquarters.
Robert w. wooilsy Of the national
campaign committee. discussing election
bets. said the prsponderance Of Hughes
money heretofore. has been due to the
fact that the m0ney kings arc arrayed
for the Republican candidate. In New
York city particularly. wooiley declared.
their influence easily accounts for the
odds.
The Wilson leader pointed out that
betting odds In . political campaign are
affected to q great degree by the
amount Of money In sight Big wads Of
money thrown into the scales by In
terests favorable to Hughes made him
an odds-on favorite and created an i'm
preston among unthinking persons that
the Republican candidate led in popu-
larity with the voters. That had been
the purpose which the men behind the
money had wished. II was an
impression. Of course. Woolley said the
people are for Wilson.
says Limit IL Reached.
There Is a point. woolley said, be.
yond which even friendly money can
not sustain fictitious odds. He said that
point evidently has been reached. lie
said:
wal Street. WHOSE vision never
reaches west Of Philadelphia. has at last
heard Of the political trend in the middle
West and to-day reduced the odds on
Hughes In the election betting to Q 20 s.
And even Mt this ixure there was verv
little Hughes money in sisht. Edward
Mcouade. a curb broker. placed 10000
to $4,000 on Prssident Wilson and later
ofered 81. ooo more. but found no takers
l.. ]. Stokes. another curb broker. had
az. 600 10 Mace on Hughes M o %
..There vas much more Wilson mon.v
in evidence In. the wall Street district
vsstsrdsv thar ~ snv ,ime s,rce tho
o@nsninw ~, The csmnaign IN ,hn o,hsr
bana nrahs" ,.sh 49, ..rv scarc. ana
-, ,hn sa,,,na a.s. a,..',sa
!, was .v,dan, ,s., IT, 81 ,h., ,Se
la. s.,, no- r.oad. ."nia,u,. "' "e
~ W" y" ~ '"
Ton Door IN Net. He Saw.
=.
When Wooiiey was asked why. II
Democrats really pelieve the tide Is
turning IN OF wilson. they do not
rush In and grab REPUBLICAN o
while the odds are high. he replied that
the Democrats were picking up a good
deal OF Hughes money when they could
get It but. as everybody knew. he said.
Democrats for the most part are plain
people who cannot compete In a money
way with their Republican opponents.
Thomas r. Gore. h blind United
States Senator from Oklahoma, was put
forward In Democratic headquarters
speeches. Senator Gore said voters In
W u vho ~. nn,h,n, 80 tnt.-..,
49, v" "
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-. W.. ,nS.. anv 1ar,nS,.s,Io,
San.tor cor. sa,a ..rns n.nn,. ,b"-.
80. 80. ,in. en-" sr.,.r, p.p,,hI;c. "a
,dc. 20 Is.vs v.ii .nou.S stcns
Hurbs. i. without an i..u. and
sa. h.sn s.a,;,s .rn,nS ,r,,,r- ~ a.
one He tales no am 1900 ~ .m-aal
tive roijcv This q. IN chi.S 49,
IN h,s camnairn' II 4. an s~vsrvhodv.s
lin. what would NJ Hrrhs. A. -,
what wouId Mr. Hughes have dor.,
The n.ople know what wilson bss dons
ana they SesI th.v hav. . r,~ht 90 49,
What Hughes would do
'rhere /. a verv clear exnIo,o,,o, ..,
the poyerty in Mr.. HuRhes's sneecbe.
however He tr,es 70 niease the pro,
9ressIyes on one hand and tbs .tand
nat,ers nm tha other IL NJ um.ha
shou,d adont an arirmativs nrogranm,
rat uould soti.fv the pro.r.ss'ras :
wou,d aI,enate t6e tandnattsrs 49, +,
he should adont an af1rmat,vs NO
grarm. that uouid ..,i.rv 81. ..ns
natt.r, hs u,o,,,d a,isnst. ths pro.ra.
s,ye. what cho,ce IN. he hut 20 90,
nothing