The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-02-24
THE p1uAYuNB AND THE LOTTERY.

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THE p1uAYuNB AND THE LOTTERY
The statement of Mfr. Dnpre, printed In th,
DEMOCRAT day or two aau, relative 10 th,
disclosures made 10 him by Mr.. Morris OF thu
relations between the Lottery Company ant
the ffcay,ne and number Of Radcal mem
be,s Of the Legislature, has greatly disturbed
Mr.. George Nicholson If The ncuB,nne hnd
provoked from him HevelT, very extraordinary
cards. Mr.. Nicholson first denied simply
that the Hanu,tte had had any tssss,,ess rela-
tlons with Mr.. Morris. This, II Ii was meant
for denial of the statement that the Lottery
Company had given the fnicrgsa,e money In
"a crooked way, as was the plain meaning Of
The statement, shows the extraordinary sort
Of transactions which are regarded as
'tbusiness" III the ffcaptu,e management
If IL was meant literally, II was, aa we
showed Yesterday morning, mere bosh be-
ca,ise no one had said anything about bust
ness transactions between Mr.. Morris and the
fseugut,e. In his edition OF yesterday evening
Mr.. Nicholson teiterates hp denial that "the
ffenrttne has ever received any re
lief 10 the amount Of d single dollar from
either John A. Morris, Charles Howard or the
Louisiana Lottery Company. In any shape
directly OF indirectly"
This s very positive and emphatic. Hut,
unfortunately for the reputation of the ncu-
,viee, we fenr IL s untrue In another column
we publish the petition Of the attorney Of
Mr. Howard In the suit of n. 9. Hancock
against the present poseessors of the l'ien-
vstne, which corrobotates the statement Of Mr.
Morris to Mr. Dupre that the Lottery Com
nanv had spent for the support and relief Of
the Pteunune large sums Of money. This
charge was not made by Mr. Dupip. not by
the DEMOCRAT newspaper. but by Mr.
Morris. and the petition shows that 1t has
been quite recently made with great
accuracy of detail by Howard himself
The issue, therefore, Ia between Morris and
Howard on the one hand and Nicholson on
the other. But the circumstances are against
the Rcuu,tf,e. and there can be no doubt that
Morris and Howard have told the truth IL
has been long a matter Of public notoriety
that the Ptcuattne could not attack the
lottery: that the rings and monopolies had
such power over IL that III could not venture
to attack any one of them. Mr.. Howard now
comes into court and claims that he holds the
ngug4a'e In pledge for large Gums of money
with which Ii was purchased in 1874 from
H. G. Warmoth and for $4,000 he furnished en-
The sixteenth of October, 1875, 10 enable its
manager TO buy new type and printing ma
terial The accuracy with which Mr. How
ards claims are described IN The petition will
impress the public mind that he has spoken
the truth, and that impression will be deep
ened into absolute certainty when Ii Ia stated
that Mr.. Howard is conducting his suit In the
interest of the present holders of the estab-
lishnlcnt.
Mir. Nicholson is an elderly man. a. q. though
he has never been avery reputable one, he
ought to be ashamed In the face of these facts to
declare that ''the pcaara,c has never received
any relief or support to the amount OF single
dollar from John A. Morris, G. T. Howard or
the Louisiana Lottery Company" The facts
show that the hcupasse has received large
sums Of money from the Lottery Company,
and indeed, that the paper Is now held i'll
pledge for money furnished by the Lottery
COMPANY. which has absolute power over IT,
The Ptrdpsa,c has been puritanical hypo-
critical and sanctimonious fraud in this State
for vory many years and 1t ought to he shown
M. II Is constantly Boosting of its great age,
apparently forgetting that old age is only re-
spectacle when crowned by virtue and honor,
ana that II only increases the indecency of
fraud and double dealing. Tho people under
stand this and they are rapidly finding out
The Rcagsae.
The nctition OF MIR Howard shows up the
iFruantnc actually in the most infamous
light We recoil instnctively from such
record Of duplcity and corruption as that
which this plain, business like, law doc
ument shows throughout the manage
ment 81 the lScuy,pte for number
of wears back. That journal never tires OF
Wanting it's services to tho State; since the
establishment of the present government 1T
has out-hragged Falstatf and rccounted its
heroic deeds in the past, until we are
astounded and amused al its imnudence.
And vet we find that during the period of our
troubles 1t was almost constantly under the
control or influence of prominent Carondelet
street broker, or ex-Ciov. Warmoth and the
Louisiana Lottery Company. Is not this an
exhibition Of which any public journal in
Louisiana ought to be ashamed And
vet that is only part OF the tfash.
had at the same time money oeahhss |
with w. Pitt kellogg and Herwlg, ana we
have no doubt with other similar characters
And while the Picag,aae was virtually owned
.r these men, borrowing and using their
,nn,,ev. it was pretending 10 be the champion
,f The rights of the people Of Louisiana.
f,,ald it have been under such circumstances
ANYTHING but the falsest sort OF preteaaeI )