The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-05-06
THE LOUISIANA LOTTERY COMPANY.
Anxious to Extend Its Business Into the
Country Parishes.
Lincoln Sentinel

We have received letter from the agency de-
partment of the Louisiana State Lottery Com
year. payable quarterly in advance, with priv
ege of one change per month" The letter
states that the company is DESTROYS Of increas-
ing our business in your section of the state
and wishes our lowest terms as above, Now
that sounds business like and no doubt the
president means business; IuSt IL in t this
If he wants to adverise-to >, pay quar-
terly in advance. 1t is Ills privilege to pro-
pose and make offers to increase his business,
and it is his business to request all communi-
cations to be addressed to the president in per
SON. or the United States authorities could con-
fiscate our epistle. But it is our business to
complete the contract of tho second part. and
had Il g president been a constant reader OF the
Sentinel he would have seen that we were under
contract mt, with his COMPANY ,s,, oru husr ,a+o
ly. The New Orleans DEMOCRAT. like Banuuo's
ghost, will not down at its bidding. 1t keeps
con nsn it. The Phiadsl phia Times and
| other papers are acting very singular, also
And in the press Of business our contract
Ing our impecuniosity. has sent sugar-coated
pill that will clear our vision and make US
dance to the music of the lingling silver
There are things in this country connected
with advertising that we don't understand.
Two or three advertising agents up North have
written us that they accepted our terms. had
fled our contracts. and ono has sent us an
eectrOtype plate for Insertion and we did not
sign any contract with them. unless we We're
asleep. for we never drink anything ne; stronger 3
terry Company has ignored our contract and
sent another proposition. to be paid quarterly
in advance.
We have fulfilled part of our contract with the
com pany and we will hold them TO the bond"
1t was when the last individual (name, forgot
and the Supreme Court could not reach him,
and the Legislature would not reach him. that
we fulfilled great portion OF our contract with
said company And our contract is not limited
nor measured by the flight of time though we
think that 1t will end one year from the articles
, of agreement which we will here state We're ef
p01fe, We didn't consult the company.
We have contracted to denounce and keep
| firing away at that company. until the place
that knows it now will know it no more for
! ever, and when this shall have been accom-
| plshed, our contract ends. 1t would help our
Golfers considerably to have a column taken
and paid for one year, but we Will not thrive on
an institution that has nothing to commend 1t.
but on the contrary, has stretched forth its
Shiny arms. and is seeking to encircle the State
in its Shiny folds.,is seeking to enter into ma
! charged with having majority OF the last
Legislature, seeking to control the next-is a
nuisance-a sore of the body poliic-is democrat
| izing. tyrannical imprisoning citizens for the
crime (?l of betting on it, is powerful enough,
and fearful enough, to awe those that could
| have swept it out of existence and we may fail,
and will fail. pecuniarily. before we will in,
crease our revenues by giving encouragement
or publicity to such an arbitrary monopoly. and
it should be the aim of the citizens Of this State
and the press to sanction only those for the
Legislature who will see to 1t that one Legisla-
ture cannot make q law that another cannot
repeal, and let the vaunted vested" rights con-
coded to 1t by the last Legis ature be deter
mined by the courts, until we shall have time to
| frame better constitution than the present
| bayonet carpet bag abortion.
The company has strong supporters, and will
die hard: Boss Tweed once had the State OF
New York, or at least the officials. under his
control. but the press being aroused. enlisted
the people, and he died transgressor. aud
within Jail. SO, if the press of this State is
true to the best interests OF the people, and al
though the DEMOCRAT is the only city paper we
country press. this monopoly can and will b
! suppressed.
| The contract. on the company's terms. is de-
I clined.