New Britain Herald Newspaper, November 4, 1916, Page 10

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4 Jere's What the Democratic Cartoonists Think of the Issues of the Present Campaign’ \nd Some Drawings of Republican Artists---Fight It Out Along Your Own Lines. A LONC WAYS FROM THE RIGHT CALIBER 10 10 7 UDDs O “In Complete Accord” HUGHES, WALL ST, 1 e Sentiment Plays Part in Betting— Brokers Against Wilson New York, Nov. 4.—Election bets gregating more than $100,000 were | reported on the Broad street curb | | vesterday, and it was estimated that | 'as much more money wa ed in | wagers of which no records were made. Far the first time in this campaign | sentiment played a t in the curb | | Fambling, and many wagers grew out | of arguments over President Wilson's | | speech of Thursday, in which he ar- | raigned Wall Street. Although there | s evidence of much money on both sides seeking investment, the odds | continued 10 to 7 on FHughes. el amer)~ | For tho first time, also, the charge | = 7 was apenly made that curh hrokers | ;/% | were trying to hear the Wilson odds. | //{ it w 1so alleged that much of the < / { Hughes money was offered at odds | jast beyond the current figure, in the hope of finding no takers. It | orgued by democrats that if republi- | cans were really sincere in their con- | fidence of -success they would affer longer odds. To this republicans re- | plied that if democrats were as con- fident as they said they were they | would ask no odds at all. The demo- crats offered as proof that some | hrokers were playing for effect, the fact that just before clos vesterday a member of a well known Wall street house rushed to the curb wav- ing a ten thousand dollar note shouting that he would put it up = | forfeit for a bet of $100,000 to $ { 000 an Hughes. Bets had been made | 217 day at 10 to 7. so his offer seemed 4 : more spectacular than impressive, Cartoon by HANDY in The Duluth News Tribune. In the late afternoon a Wall street | brokerage house announced that it ! would take the following bets: | That Wilson does not carry New l BOO! | York city by 110,000 plurality; $25,000 [to $20,000. i That Wilson does not carry New York city by 100,000 plurality; $10,- . : NS 3 000 even money. GET Yo U : i . '3 That Wilson does not carry New i) z : U U z U o i\ Tork city by 90.000 plurality; $10,000 Y 9 i . to $12,000. !F GU DON \ 2 " That Wilson does not ry New York city by 80,000 plural $10,000 to $15,000. That Wilson daes not carry New York city by 70,000 plurality; $10,000 0 $25,000. Following is another list of stand- ing offers in the curb markeet: That Hughes will carry New York state, $3,000 to $2,000. That Whitman will beat Seabury, $23,500 to $1,000. That Wilson will carry thirty states, $3,000 to $10,000. i That Wilson will carry Wisconsin, | $1,000 to $2,000. That Wi carry Connecticut, $1,000 to $4,000. TELL THE That Wilson will carry New York STEEL CORPORATION city by 50,000; $5,000 e T VIOLATE. THe Law That Hughes will not have a plu- AND GO AS FAR. ity of 100,000 in New York state, AS 1T LIKES £1,000 even. That Wilson will carry Kings county, even money in any amount. An interesting bet made on the curb yesterday was that Hughes would carry 50 of the 60 counties in, New York c. There were scores of wager amounts up to $10,000 that Hughes would or would not have a plurality of 100,000 in New York state. There was a bet of $5,000 to $12,500 that Wilson would not carry New York city by 75,000. A bet was also placed, $2,000 to $10,000, that Wilson would carry 30 states. The e higgest single bet of the day reported WL THE LARGE PARTY was $21,000 to $30,000 on Wilson to ON THE REAR SEAT KINDLY Leat Hughes. Two bets of $7,000 to NOT EXPLODE MY THEORIES $10,000 on Wilson were recorded just PERTRINING TO DEMOCRATIC hefore noon. PROSPERITY The men who are making the heavi- g sts are not reporting them from for, in most c; they do ith commissioners. It was Jearned yesterday that one stock ex- u&%&’gm" change firm had het $250,000 on} Hughes. Another holds $100,000 of | Fughes money to place. An interna- tional banking firm has placed $80,- 000 on Wilson to win. It is expected that more than $1,000,000 will he wagered on the election between this morning and Tuesday. i 0 2 The argume over Wilson’s Wall X 5 = L5 street speech waxed bitter yesterday, ( \ N not only on the curb, but on the floor | ' o 3 of the stock exchange. Attention was { - l = called to the fact that some persons T , v AL reny Superring Wieen, and 1t was Mr. Hughes “Would Name a STRONG cabinet. | PEAN 7 % T | E¥ gro! it ) asked if he meant his arraignment of the Strect to apply to them as well. BEdward McQuade, a betting com- g i dds 1 id he had placed $40,000 | even money. At Considine’s there ' missioner, said last night that the odds the next governor. The O« s n CAMPRIGN v y outcome yesterday. | were a number of bets vesterday at in Kings county were 10 to 7 on Brooklyn were 7 to 5 that Wilson PLATFORM PR 4 g For the first time yesterday, the | 10 to 7. The betting on Ohio has died Flughes to beat Wilson. He reported | would —carry Kings county. Even = R Winoybkelid s cdds genera hroughout the city out and most of the wagers made yes- ia number of large bets at that figure. | rioney was bet that Wilson would followed the lead of the cush snd torday away from the curb were on (There were hetsat 2 1-2 to 1 that |carry Ohlo, and New Jorsey figured in stood 10 to 7. Heretofore the uptown the national outcome. ! Hughes would carry New York state ’\he betting for the first time at 10,to | cdds ana hotel odds have been nearer | Fred Schumm, the Brooklyn com- and at 3 to 1 that Whitman would be {9 that Hughes would carry the state.