Show TOSSED COIN FOB FOR CONGRESSI CONGRESS I I often have heard of people gambling gambling gam game bling for mone money said a no well known sporting man but It is very seldom one hears of or so called honors being the point at issue especially when tho the honor is the dignity of or representing in Congress s one of or the most famous districts districts dis dis- of or the Western country Yet that Is what happened according to the story In circulation at the tho time in the Missouri district commonly known as The Bloody Ninth and It was on only a a. afew afew few tew years ago o at that The Blood Bloody Ninth received its name not on account of battles fought with weapons but on account of the bad blood shown n at the Congressional conventions I was ns present at one of them a Democratic convention a few years rears Ago ngo when there was a deadlock Democratic conventions were the only ones oates which counted in that section The convention If It my memory Is not at fault was held In a little little- littletown town called calle 1 Montgomery Montgomer CIt City which was Just about big enough to hold the delegates In addition ad all to the tho permanent population There was but one hotel of oC any Importance importance import Import- ance and antI there there- all of or the delegates deles were stopping I was in the same house The convention lasted sixteen days dura and eyer every vote was a n. tie On the se seventeenth soy sev ent da day the supporters of or Elijah Edwards one of or the candidates withdrew withdrew with with- drew in favor of oC Andrews his lila nent The They did not know why they did it except that the they were so o ordered from headquarters I happened to be one of those tho-le In the know however and was as one of the witnesses of oC an Interesting Inter Inter- eating esting little game Jame It It happened that the two candidates met in the bar har of oC the hotel In which we were stopping Each was accompanied by In two of his most faithful henchmen Look here Edwards said sail Andrews we dont don't seem to make nn any headway In Inthis Inthis inthis this convention Suppose we flip t a dollar dol lar to see who gets the nomination I Ill go so you ou said fald Edwards Andrews Andre took a dollar ollar out of oC his pocket and tossed it to the bartender You toss he said coin and The b bartender flipped the Andrews called head Heads it ci came meTho me The Tho bartender flipped t again and Edwards Ed Ell wards called heads It came that W way l On the third toss Andrews called a again ln and It came heads as ItS h he had named so he had won There was sas silence for a minute minute- and the sporting man n puffed purrell on his cigar Its a pretty prett tough thIns thing to ay say about bout a man who has hns been In Congress Con gress he concluded hut but It afterward ard was Insinuated the coin was a 1 split spIlL and that there was nothing but he heads headson on it New ItNe New York Telegraph |