The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-04-16
TIE LOUISIANA LOTTERY
MIR. ROWARD'S ATTEMPT TO INTRO,
DUCE THE LOTTERY INTO Ma
TEONAL POLITICS.


The announcement lately made that tho
POstotfice Department purpo3ed to put in
force The law forbidding the use OF the United
States mails In carrying on the lottery busi
ness, may account for tho presence at Wash
ington Of Mr.. Charles J.. Howard, the chief or
the Louisiana Lottery Company, who appears
to be an important person ut the capital just
now We hear of his hObnobhing with Con-
gressmen, having interviews with the Presi-
dent and making himself generally important,
and at the same time we dpnot hear any more
Of the threatened exclusion OF his circuarg
from the mails. Mr.. Howard has been making
considerable effort Of late TO "na'iOnalze' his
swindls. He has got some reputable men 70
lend him their names; he has got reputable
newspapers to publish his advertisementss
and 1t Is quite natural that he should take oil
possible precautions to avoid interference
with his plans. We should bo sorry to be-
| lieve, however, with the New Orleans DEMO
| CRAT, that he has inveigled the administra~
| ton into giving him n tacit support in return
tration is very weak, and Louisiana Is It's
especial weakness but even Mr. Hayes must
have had enough OF lntrgues with the ras-
calls OF that State. At the same time the
troduce the lottery into national politics tx
not at all improbable This man, 1t must be
explained, rs q sort Of boss in Louisiana.
He runs the lottery; he runs most OF the New
cseded, when his interests demanded 1t, In run
ming tho Legislature, having his own MEM
bers in that body and his own lobby outside.
He is undoubtedly person OF considerable
| local influence, and now that he is extending
his lottery business over the country he very
naturally may aspire to utilize that influence
in national politics. the better to protect and
forward his schemes. The administration
| wants friends in Louisiana, it would like To-
win ''non-partisan" victory of some sort,
and Howard does not care for parties as long
as his lottery be left untouched. Why, then.
should he not enter into an alliance, offensive
t<, f..rI
and the Louisiana lottery
Werepeat these suggestions, which appearr
to gain Gredence in New Orleans, by way on
caution to Mr.. Hayes and his Cabinet. and to
institution it is that appeals to us through
the newspapers with the Endorsement OF Gen.
Beauregard and Gen. Early. With all his
influence Howard has not been able to ward
off attacks at home. The New Orleans DEM
OCRAT has been waging vigorous war
against his lottery swiHdle, and has been fol-
lowed by most Of the country papers, 50 that
public sentiment in Louisiana Is pretty weif
were confined to that State, it would SOON
dwindle and die, but by extending his
operations throughout the country he can
reap rich harvests and defy an opposition that
does not harm him. Louisiana, 1t may be said,
should annul the charter Of the lottery, and
put an end to the swindle. But Northern
States that allow his agents to apply their
trade without molestation cannot find fauts
because the central establishment is not sup
pressed, and II the influence Of the lottery is
felt in the departments at Washington, can
we wonder that it is felt in the Legislature Mt
New Orleans The way to crush out this
Infamous traffic is to strike at 1t wherever 1t
is seen; TO put in force the laws against it; to
suppress It's advertisements; to exclude its
circulars from the mails, and to denounce II
everywhere as the swindle that it Is. When
[ public sentiment throughout the country has
openly and determinedly condemned it we
may demand Of Louisiana AID Kentucky
that they cease to license gamblers and ron
, ber8 TO seek their victims throughout the
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