Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1866-10-16

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THE STAR A uiP1 THE dSn ;SEASD NATIONAL
A person by the name of Morse, who ap-
pears TO have been chief cook and bottle
washer in the lottery drawn last night at the
National The alter under the imposing name of
the "Grand National Gift Concert" made a
lachrymose speech upon the causes of the
failure by the managers of that remarkable
concern TO carry out their grand promises to
the public. Their 100000 ssld tickets had
dwindled to 5000; their S250,0O0 worth of
prizes TO S5O.OO0; and the number of prizes
from 5000 TO 5000! The superb three. story
$4,000 house on s.Second street, near E." had
vanished from the programme; as had the two
''two-story houses on Tenth street. between M
and NJ the slime city lots on Seventh street
north" the splendid (Si,C0O) carriage, horses
and harness complete" &C., &c, all had van
ished like 'the baseless fabric of dream"
The S25,OOO to be given to the Soldiers and
Sailors National Orphan Home Fund had
shrunk to 5000, and the grand gifts to other
charitable objects to the most infinitesima!,
SIS proportions. The "One Present to eyery
-Four Tickets had been d uted to one in every
seventeen, and SO on through the entire ..Grand
Programme Amongst the causes given by
XuOISc IOT the IdiluTe OF his lottery
concern to fulflits promises was the opposition
Of the Star, and he was so charitable as to sug-
gest that the cause of the Stars course in re
gard TO his lottery was the failure OF the man
ayers to advertise in it. We have branded a
similar faischood by this man Morse in appro-
pirate terms, and have now only to add that
IT is but specimen brick of the whole struc.
ture of falsehood. humbug, and deceit upon
which their speculation was sustained The
Star, though having little faith in the sound.
ness Of the concern, refralned, through unwu-
lingness TO throw cold water upon an enter
prise ostensibly for the aid of bene VIOLENT pur-
poses, from giving utterance TO that want of
faith until after the postponement of the draw
ing until October nth, which act was accom-.
panied and followed by other breaches of faith
towards the ticket holders, making 1T impera
tive on any paper deserving the respect of the
public, to cali the managers to account for
their derilections. .
The ticket holders may thank the Star for the
fact that the drawing has been carried out in
shape to give them any show whatever IL
was the Star, as the managers admit in their
advertisements, that compelled them by its
timely suggestions" to throw proper guards
about the drawing, for the protection of the
ticket holders, by appointing responsible COM
mttees from the Departments, and among the
citizens to superintend the drawing, and see
personally that the duplicates of positively
sold tickets. and only those, went into the
box. The committees thus appointed at the
Stars suggestions seem to have performed their
duty faithfully, using their utmost exertionsto
protect the right OF the ticket-holders To the
Star is due the fact that the leading prizes were
not shufiled out Of the drawing altogether
They have not dared to deny our allegation
that they advertised all these houses and lots
as in their possession, asking directions how
TO forward title deeds y when they had Just as
much ownership in them as Satan had in the
extensive stretch of real estate he once upon a
time offered as Gilt consideration! The lega,
negotiations for the possession of the leading
prize were not entered upon by Them until
yesterday, and then only under the pressure
OF the stars exposures. This they cannot
deny.
We may say here that the reason that they
did not advertise In the Star was because thew
could not buy the editorial endorsement OF the
Star as they did with such facility in some 9TH
er papers. That they made a mistake in not
advertising in paper Of the Stars circulation
was, probably, mistake on their part, but
that was their own lookout 1t certainly
did not effect our action towards them,
as shown by the fact already stated, that
we refrained from giving voice TO the
current feeling Of doubt in regard to their
project until sometime after the expiration or
the time fixed for the drawing. The further
fact might be mentioned, that the advertising
with which they subsequently favored MS did
not cause us to abandon our line Of criticism
upon their course. But enough Of all this.
They failed simply because the affair was not
managed in q way to secure public confidence.
We have heretofore pointed out the inherent
defects Of such scheme, and the impossibility
Of carrying 1t out ana when scheme OF this
colossal character was undertaken by ind-
viduals Of whom the public at large knew
nothing whatever, and who failed to give a
single guarantee Of good faith, the failure of
the project was assured.
If we are 10 credit the statements of Mr..
Morse as 70 the items OF exp nditure, no babes
in the woods could be more unified for the
management Of business affairs than these
managers. Mrs. TOodles herself would Ger.
tainiy never have paid S3s,0OO for their pile of
cheap trumpery, and surely $4,000 never be.
fore was invested in printers ink-printing and
advertising, SO unproftably! But we think
these gentlemen unwttingly do themselves an
injustice. Hall has the eye Of q hawk and the
beak Of an eagle, and Morse has the air and
bearing Of man who has the possession OF
his perceptive faculties to q remarkable degree
They are certalnlv too 80 I'M hlo,, hv half