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Show BETTING QUESTION OH AIIEWCAH TICKET The following betting- proposition has been submitted to The Telegram: "B bets that the American' party State ticket does not get 7M0 votes at the next election. November t. 1904, In Utah. B bets with A. Who wins. A or BT "B contends that every candidate on the State ticket has to get 7SU0 votes. A contends not." After consulting various sporting authorities, all of whom agree. The Telegram decides that A wins. Col. Ferry, the candidate tot Governor Gov-ernor on the American party ticket. Is) credited cred-ited in the official returns with 7959 votes. Unless it was expressly stipulated that all candidates on the ticket In question must get 7Suu votes or more, the candidate receiving the highest number of votes must be taken as representing the ticket. As a matter of fact, every candidate but ons or two on ths American Ameri-can pany ticket are credited with mors than 1mi votes, and If that were necessary, the preponderance la In favor of A 's side of the bet. " If It were a question If a certain ticket should win, and a majority of the candidates on that ticket should fall of election, the point made by B might hold good. But here is a straight question as to a dennite number of votes for a certain ticket. If It be taken ort a -question of preponderance, A wins. ! But custom accredits the leading candidate on a ticket as representing the strength of that ticket. Hence, since Col. Ferry received 7'jf. votes. It must be ruled that the American party btate ticket received more than 7Su0 votes. |