New-York daily tribune., 1856-06-07
THE LOTTERY AND POLICY BUSINESS.
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SIR There has been much recett agitation IN the
public prrt and in the public mind in relation to the
| ttery end Lottery Policy business Of Ne~-fok
City. Mspy minor arrests have been made, and some
lev indictments ourd BY the GrsI Juy; while fofs
| long tire pas, repeated chSges have been made to
that body concernipg the open violation Of the sesr
snsly stringent laws against Lotteries, &C.. but STILL
while DO convictions have taken place there can be no
dminuton of the traffic; and he sudaci,y and bold
effrvniery exhibited by the principal lottery IS
daily on the increase.
Strange as is such state Of affairs in this city, which
boasts Of its sood government under the Sceat rule
~ its present chief officer and Of the many reforms in
stit i,ed under his ADMINISTRATION there are secret
reasons of which the public, to this time, have re-
msined in iguorance-secrct influence AMI secret IN
terests 81, potent that the minor dictates Of honor and
of pablo duty are shadows 10 the substance.
Ssne idea NJ the extent of the naueOce politically
and prvstely exercised by the principal parties en-
ssgea in this IN ,lswful business may be formed from
the fct that tier agencies and subasencIee are 10
Gated zot Oxis az erry card n TIE city, bst ~ almost
trerv .2nrk ~ en- ~ ward that whie their profits
ne prn -,aly DEN v,d from the poor Whose invest
ments ashoush they rob The nselves and their tami-
lies of bi sd would scarcely average 10 cents per day
for each in yidual pu rehsser of yolices bcas that
profits smoaa, to s, go per day. Their establish.
ment is the ssndatiou arsl root of his niQn,y-this
blot on the fair fame of ou citytlss wholesale rob
berry of the mothers and children % the poer-thIs
hot bsd of CT me; and pr, yarations src nsr being
made not only for contnuSscc Of Their business but
for its extension and increase far energy, poit
cal influence and blind toerance viii permit. rkU es
tablishment-this hydra head,d monstcs's den-was
until recently located on prominent corisrof Broad
way above Canal street but Is te enporarily r
moved few doors west in the cross street, while tho
wealthy propiietos erecting monster palace
policy sbop) on the old stand aad Il is Understood
that the new building is to be especially edalAcd ior
the lottery business with secret doors pasages, and
other gambling parsphernshs.
Probably but few persons are aware thas some OF
our highest officials largely interested If nos part
ners in this establishment; and it is certainly known
to but few that when high city official, short tidse
since, visited a southern city aud appeared in the new
character of public lecturer one object OF his visit to
the South was the purchase OF a6eorga lossry grant,
in " hich he succeeded. AID there also but t,w
who are aware that from twenty to thirty Of onr pres
eDt Po ocomen have at some time or other been en-
gagged in the policy business.
Such are the In fuences which sustain this estab-
lishmtn and the few minor arrests which have been
made have either been TO divert attention from It
and always at the nstgaon OF its propretorsi or To
compel other parties engaged in the traffic To relin
quish THEN business share profits, or become either
politically or ptcuniariy subserveot to them And it
s well known fact to those behind the curtain that
persons are at once employed to harass and procure
the arrest Of any who enters into thS Illegal
trsfc who will not play into the hands OF this clique
Such is plair uncolored statement OF the secret
bass ard strength of this evl sad calling the atten'
ton Of the public TO the fact that i can only be eradi
Gated by blow at the toandatoni that the arrests
which have lately been made, emasaspg from the
source they have but to strengthen the foo'hod
of the crime take leave of the subject for the mo-
men.. with the premise that if this communication
shall have served good purpose will make further
| and more particular revelations in d short time
| Neu-Y York June 4, 1885. PUBLIC ooop'