The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-12-24
CALIFORNIA.
The Lottery Manufacture of the Enterprises
Come TO Grief-The Republican Party Maxi
ing Capital Out of Them.

SAN FRANCISCO Dec IA, 1870.
The lottery gambling mania has just received a
very severe check in this State the effect OF which.
1t is to be trusted, will be to stop this species Of
gambling. AS l told you in former letter, there
less Than four lotteries In full swing, having
been got up in different parts OF the State. The
Marysve lottery, which is got up for the laudable
object Of supplying the public institutions Of that
inland town with water pipes, is the most attractive
one. They propose to sell 100000 tickets at
50 so per ticket, and to give away some 17oo
and odd prizes all in gold coin, amount
ing in the aggregate to $4,000. The mana
ger Of this concern was formerly q local
reporter for Of the journals Of this city and aI
present editor OF the Marysvle Appeal. One or the
brokers who was selling tickets In this city was ar
rested and his tickets confsclted. Upon the news
reaching Marysville he came down here as fast
the locomotive could bring him to look after tho
interests OF the lottery, and he too was arrested.
The judge Of the Police Court dismissed the case
authorizing the Mercantile Library affair virtually
taken, ana the two de endants held TO answer
the action OF the next Grand Jury. AS conse-
quence none OF the lotteries VIII come OIL until
some action Is taken IL Will be held on
the one side that the Legislature or this
State have no power to legislaue for the
special benefit Of any one individual or corpora.
out becomes general In It's operations That If the
Legislature had the power 10 pass a law conerring
the PRIV lege Of getting up lottery upon the Mer
camille Library Association OF this city any other
corporation who so chooses can take advantage Of
the same act ana claim the same privileges. on the
other side, they will have to Notwithstanding this
theory to be good-that the law authorizing the
Mercantile Library lottery was Unconstitutional as
the constitution oil the State OF California contains
this cause:-.No lottery shall be horned by this
State, nor shall the sale OF lottery tickets be al
lowed" (Sec. n, art w.. Constitution OF State Of
Callfornia Therefore 1t is claimed that before pass
ing the alb we law that clause OF the constitution
should have been resclnded. Altogether the AFFAIR
is i'll a nice muddle but 1t Is difficult forete how
matters Will arrange themselves In this State In
the meantime some people, for political purposes
are endeavoring to attach The whole 0dium OF this
lottery business upon Governor Haight and the
anLi-demOcratc papers are already beginning to
Ill with lampoons and TRADES against HIM for hav-
Ing signed the bill. This seems to me to be rather
unjust; for there were, ut least, great many pro-
mnent republicans engaged In advocating the bill,
and the president OF the library himself, VINO was
an earnest advocate Of the measure, ana the prln-
cipa person in carrying the scheme out, is no less
parsonage than X. b. swain formerly superin-
tendent oil the mint under Lincoln, and probable
candidate on the republican ticket next term
Strange are the Inconsistencies Of politicians.