Show IS BRISK ON EVE OF BATTLE HATTiE i I j Most of Early Wagers Are Made on National Issues I SACHEM BIG IG SACHEM BACKS DOWN Joe Lippman's Bluffs Are Called and Crowd Wants Morel More MorelI Taken on time tho I Do itt n. n Lon L c ro s 's 2000 Fleur tIe tic LI Lis OUO I J House o. o 1000 l I Total 1000 Betting on to today's ays ay's election in Salt Lake City CIt county count state hind and nation has been tho the most spirited In the tho history history history his his- tory o of the time city Up to last Jast night a LL I careful Investigation was made which showed that approximately I has been put up and called calle by betting men In the city It doesn't show a avel vel great scarcity of mone money r and the belief Is that today will seo- seo this amount doubled Most of the money had been bet on the national election but yesterday local Interest began becan warming un up with I the close of the campa campaign n and nd bets beti on I Spry against Knight and on the county tickets came camo In thick an and fast tast during th the afternoon an and early e evening I Things quieted down during the evening and antl there were few COW few bets betH beta made madeI I after 9 o'clock The most Interesting stol story of the theda da day was the bold a assault of ot Joe Joo Lippman Lippman Lipp- Lipp man chief sachem ot of tho American n party part Inner circle during the late afternoon Joe had hall not been en seen saen on time tho streets very vety vet much during tho the lIa day but toward 5 o'clock he mado himself 1 known quite boldly J 1 Ono One net lieu A crowd y leathered Hr at In front oC of tho the DeWitt B B. Lowe vo booth alon along alons brokers broker's row In ITI Second Southe South e street n came Into th time the gang gan gant a a. shout mud d t O ll t ni hI t l lt un I v v IlardI hail had tl wor lila his mouth when hen J Leon on took hIm up Then Thon Joe began to Ho lie wanted to Include tho city ticket and th the tho legisla Jes j live tive The crowd Jeered tho the hedging methods and Joo put up tho the and then started to back oft r Come on onT lets let's bet another bundred hundred hun bun dred shouted Ill Ihl bet you 60 50 you ou mado a IJ bad d bet bet came camo from another man in Jim the thu cro crowd d who ha had monc money Lippman kept on backing and finally escaped with with- the tho le jeers of the time crowd following him And again In last t night ht Lippman came around with some money He entered place at nt about 8 S o'clock and announced to Sic Mc- Ti nn nav 11 he ho wa was ing rea ready to In rub ruh of off tl the V 4 b bets it ts up put t there there that the time Republicans Republicans would elect a u majority of oC the ticket ticket- He had espied ono of 01 50 and saId bald it was the one he wante wanted Wherewith he pulled pulle a a roll of 50 from from his pocket with which to cleanthe cl clean an tho the board I Is I That wont won't start to tako nIl all the tile I Republican money mone on the board boar fal said I Ithe the the man inan wh who was collecting tho the money Heres another bet another bet of ot that has ju just t been hean potted Joo Joe took the time 50 0 bet and then went back Into the saloon As soon boon as a number of those inside knew what he lie ha had done lone they timey went after the time Ameri merl American can party palt near-leader near with several cv ral Offers of or 50 60 O more But again Joe Joo bf backed ked awa away and was able to get from Crom U under 11 ii er Tho The only bet of or any also sizo left on the boards was WItS one of 2500 to that the American party part would cast castas castas Lake City Cily as as' as man many votes otes in Salt the Republican and Democratic tickets combined Owing to the fact tact that the American and Democratic parties are practically the tho same through the time Sam King tra trade e and the to tomake tomake allure failure of ot the Democratic party make maJce any effort whatever In this county campaign tho the bet was not seriously coils considered dered last night t I though it may be he snapped nappe up this I morning It Is virtually a Do demand for 2 to 1 od odds s that the Republican party will beat tho American party part in inthe the thie city All over the limo o city It where bets were practically nothing but Republican Re ne'- ma made e publican mone money was left leet on the board a few freak frcak last night There were I bets but hut about all that was left leCt was Continued on p en BETTING IS BRISK ON EVE OF BATTLE Continued CUD t Dued From Prom J nl One tickets in County Republican for the tho Bets ranging all tho and nation al state from 10 to 1000 at odds of ot 4 way WiY 1 were 0 on the boards last night to Taft Toft would defeat lr Bryan an In the that Presidential raco race Bets were made with odds that Spry being wIh would defeat Knight In the state tato by 1000 votes 1000 Freak on Maryland nr lan Ono One freak bet was that Bryan would Maryland b by six times the tho carr carry received by b Roosevelt Roosevel four plurality It I is shown In the books cars ago years I of that Roosevelt Roos o OT received recel ed 1 1 Ja I. I a plurality In 4 m i the iw am i IH is n n un only 46 Maryland t. U South by the Democrats Democrats anti and n a Solid SoUd victory at all al In Maryland would mako malo this bet safe aate But Hut somo some enthusiast Iafe before looking looking It I up took the thc bet at even e mone money Some Socialist money come to the yesterday In the morning moring a bet toro fore that and Intel taken was posted an votes Tuesday TuesdayS Tues Tues- Debs would woul poll pol Soon after this one onu was waa taken another day dayS hot bet of or was posted that Debs would poll pol 00 votes This still on the board last nl night ht was will start that betting It Is probable H early I this morning noon yes yesterday e curl Impossible to get It was almost I would any money mone placed 1 that Spry y defeat Knight and it Is now only a will be question of what tho the plurality wi queston at before bets bels can be made Inthe Inthe In placed the tho county count there thero was wnM no American money In sight last nl night ht There were several sc eral thousands of or dollars hanging around that tho the Republican Republicans Re Re- hal publicans publican would elect a ft majority of ot the tho count county ticket but there were no takers It is probable that odds will have to be I offered during tho day to hc get a bet along this line lne rile Tho Americans are aro betting a little in Salt that Knight will defeat Spry Sal wi Lake county Count but thieve there are Republicans cans calls who will oven bet that Spry will wH wi Salt Lake City win over or r Knight In Sal CI Though o tho the betting was spirited yes yes- It Is I believed that it 11 will wi r really alY I least liven up today and that at st If-st 60 the will wi bc IH bet and covered during day ilay f |