Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-01-07
Editor Republican

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Editor Republican:
We respectfully request the publication
of the following Sections taken from the
Revised Statutes Of Wisconsin, Chapter l69
entisled, "Of Offence against Public Policy:
Section /. Every person who shall sci
up or promote any lottery for money OF
shall dispose of any property of value real
or personal, by way of lottery, and every
person who shall aid either by printing OF
writing, or shall in any way be concerned
ira setting up, managing, or drawing any
such lottery, or who shall in any house,
shop, or building owned or occupied by him
or under his control, knowingly permit the
setting up, managing, or drawn of any
/ such lottery ticket or share of a ticket, or
! any other writing, certificate, bill, token,
or any other device, purporting or intended
to entitie the holder, bearer, or anv ether
person, to any prize Or interest or share Of
any prize to be drawn IN & lottery, suall
for every sudh offensc be punished by i'm
| prisonment IN the county Jail, not more
than SIX months nor less than one month,
Section 3. Every person who shall sell
either for Bimselt or for aNy other person,
| or shall offer for sale, or shall have in his
possession with intent to sell or offer for sale
or TO exchange or negotiate, or Shall in any
| wise, aid or assist in the the selling, nego-
liatirg, or disposing of q ticket in any such
lottery, or a share Of ticket or any such
writing, certificate, bill, token or other de-
vice as j. mentioned in Ahe preceding Sc 20
ton, shall be punished by fine not exceed
ing five hundred dolars or less than one
hundred dollars.
Section L. All sums of money and every
| other valuable thing drawn as a prize or
share OF prize in any lottery by any per-
son being an inha bitant or resident Within
this stale, and all sans ct money and ether
things Of vsiae received 10y such person by
reason of his being the holder Of any ticket
or share of a ticket in any lottery, orpre-
tended lottery, contrary to the provisions of
| this chapter, shall be forfe led to the use of
the State, and may be recovered by an iafor-
nation to be filled, or Icy an action for
money had ana received, TO be brought by
the Attorney General or any District At
torney. ia the aame and oa behalf of the said
State
%Section IS. 1t shall be the duty Of all
Distri CT Attorneys, SheriEs, Deputy Shecffs
Constatles, and police officers ia their prop
er cona,y, to complain aad give informal
ton of ony breach of any of the provse Us
OF this act or Of the act to which this act is
amendarory and il any eft the above nanl
ed officers shaA fail TO complain and give in
formation of any breach OF any Of the pro-
visions OF this act which shall be brought
10 bis knowledge, or if any OF the above
named officers shall neglect or refuse TO
perform any Of the duties enjoned upon
them by any Of the provisions of this act,
be shall forfeit his office, and may be re-
moved from the sane, by the Governor,
giving to such officer a copy of tho charge
against him, and an opportunity of being
heard in his defense.
Section 81. The Judge of each ircui1
Court SHALL at each term thereof, give this
act in special charge to the grand Jury.
When the pressing necessities of the war
rested upon the country, from Chicago to
Philadelphia, there grew up series of lot
terry enterprises for the relief of our suffer-
ing soldiers. They were known to be lille
gal, but were allowed to proceed, because
the call Of humanity became supreme above
every other interest. Itwas not the inter-
probation but the paralysis of the law
Then followed the same experiment in the
churches. Many persons, finding how east
ly money may be raised when the passion
and excitement of gaming is inaamed,
have resorted to the various we'll known
devices to accomplish this end, but in every
instance, the practice has utterly broken
down when Exposed to criticism. Chris
tian men See at once the inconsistency OF
building up the Church of Christ upon a
fragrant violation OF law which if followed
up would put the best of them in Jail with
the common gambler. Christianity would
deserve to 60 to the wall if Christ had
no better example to set before the skepti-
cal world than this. But it is some times
said that the people buy these tickets, not
for wha: they viii draw, but to help the
church. Then there is no excuse for violat
| ing the law. Let this money flow into the
| treasury as voluntary Offering, or as a
fair equivalent for an article on sale, but
do not with prize worth fifty dollars,
tempt thousand fifty cents to flow into a
lottery, and call it christian benevolence.
While the legal offense of the religious lot
terry is many times greater than the Sunday
beer stand, we do not charge upon it the same
oh Ii L..4 II
the forces, the thing excused is not greatly
relieved by the thing by which it is excused.
A moral public sentiment will in time
frown out Of existence both the Sunday
beer stand aud the religious lottery.
E. B. CUMMINGS.
Waterfowl Market.
Corrected Weekly hv Tn. Rack