The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-02-21
THE LOTTERY NIQUITY,
Further Disclosures as to the Manner in
Whicl, II Was Brought Forth.
The Company'soNew Postoffice Dodge i'm
the Mails.


confuse the memory concerning matters of
ordinary importance, but almost entirely To
obliterate things which, Mt the time Of their
occurrence, we're the objects of national cor.
domination.
No instance OF this can be- cited more truly
than the facts and surroundings Of the organ
ization Of the Lottery Company and It's ingr-
poration by the venal Legislature Of 1865
There are but few OF our readers but what, with
a slight jogging Of memory, viii recall SOME
thing Of the shameful, bold niauities attend
ing the birth Of this cancer Of our common
wealth.
That some facts regarding it might
NOT BE tosT SIGHT OF,
| and that the members Of our Legislature
might not be- lacking In q knowledge Of mat
| ters they should know, Representatives Of
| the DEMOCRAT called upon several Of those
who participated In the organization for a.
statement regarding the origin OF the Lottery
| Company.
Mr. D. G. Johnston, who for long time has
been connected with the lottery business here,
spoke yesterday, In response to many ques
| tions from our reporter, as follows:
tIn 1867 there was q friend Of mine by the
name Of John Bath, from Baltimore He per
suadsd me
no INVEST MONEY
I TO pay a. license anu go IttLC the lDtbcrY bIS1"
ness; The license at that time was $4,000 psr
annurn, and per cent OF the gross receipts to
go to the Charity Hospital. / invested the
requisite amount to go. into the business; ]
was then In the hat business, and Bath went
on to Georgia and secured the agency Of the
Georgia State Lottery. Bath died that sum
mer Of yellow fever, and | was appointed
agent. During this time Howard was the
agent here of The Kentucky State Lottery.
| All this time
HE WAS PERsRtUTIHa ME
through the officers Of the Internal Revenue,
as under that law there was q tag of per
cent ON the gross receipts of lotteries Until
he got the Louisiana Lottery bill through he
did all that he could to break me up, and 1T
waso only through persistent efforts thatl
could keep my head above water. While he
was getting this bill through the Louisiana
Legislature, members Of the Senate, It
NO, 100 CANAL STREET, O
consisting OF Beers, Wittenstein, Wilcox and
two others, whose names | cannot now recall,
inylted me to one ot thelr ,. meetings ~ Y ana
for me IL would
GIVE THEM FORTY THOUSAND DOLLARS,
and they would then let Howard drop. 1t
/ was not possible for me to raise that sum- and
i / told them ] would see them the next day. [
called the next day at III d. M, but could not
get an audience, a.
AS CHAs. r. HOWARD WAS THERE.
The Howard lottery bill passed the Senate
that Same day. This was about the tenth OF
August 1868. On the second OF January, 1863,
the Lottery Company began operations, and
issued an Injunction against me through the
Fifth District Court, prohibiting me from
selling lottery tickets OF the Alabama Mutua1
Aid Association or any other lottery.
Article 4, section |, OF the charter says:
'Ihe company shall have the right to com
rnence operations when the sum Of 100000 Of
stock is
SUBSCRIBED AND PAID M
There was no stock OF any consequence sub
operations The stock was mostly given away
to the board Of directors members of the Legis-
lature and to CT. Howard especially, he taking
THE LIONS SHARE
In order to comply with the law in the above
section 100000 in cash was borrowed from
Chas. Fl. Murray, OF jersey City, Nj, who
borrowed that sum from q bank in New Jer-
sey and had it placed to the credit Of the lot
terry company for one day In bank in Jersey
City, and this section Of the charter
WAS NEVER OBEYED.
The Injunction he took out broke up my
business, but my determined fight was the
cause OF compromise. CHI. Murray effected
That compromises lasted five years and ex-
pired three years ago, and since that time I
have made nothing out Of the business, for
| Howard put me down so that could not and
| DeliBVbl he bIHsH HAI cOHbTOl OI bfle 6DuT ks-
In fact, he told me that he never went into g.
court uniess he HAD THE COURT FIXED.
AS TO CHANCES IN THIS LOTTERY.
Concerning the immense chances against
| the purchaser OF policy numbers, [ will tell
you that in the seventy-eight numbers that
are put in the wheel there are 7607G conbina,.
tions. In the daily drawing Of the combinae.
there are not 10000 tickets printed, and these
numbers on these combination tickets are the
same the year round. On the grand monthly
drawing they put out o flaming poster ar
scheme, and not one-haf Of this 100000 are
ever printed, thereby giving the company
$4,000 chances against the people"
THE PosToFFICE RUsE.
Inquiring further, the reporter learned that
last year Congress passed @ law prohibiting
any lottery matter from passing through the
mails under penalty OF d fine Of $500, which,
for time stopped the monthly drawings OF
the Louisianaa Lottery Howard left for
Washingt9n fd W Gty 70 get this obstruGtlon re-
| such lottery matter has constantly passed
THROUGH OUR posToFF1CE
For instance, a letter is received asking that
combination or single number drawing tickets
| be forwarded, to which the following response
| is sent to the party:
| LOUISIANA sTATE LOTTERY COMPANY.
NJ. A. DAUPHfN, PRESIDENT.
| +. o. Box G92.
NEW ORLEANS, .-......... 1873.
| Nj -s :. ........r-
Your favor of................-.........
with inclosure as stated is received
! Enclosed please find tickets for class. 70
be drawn. 1873.
..........-.-... Tickets for 5....-.--..-
List OF prizes will be sent Immediately after ths
drawing.
And will also be published in the
New York Herald and Sun. Boston Herald. Phil
a1elphia Times, Louisville Courier J Journai.
Chic go Times, Milwaukee Sentinel, Memphis
Avalanche, hc. Respsctfnlly, -
Mann of our patrons desire TO inoest in hch;ets.
but rot ,oishiagto taet be kno1on re1nest US 10
omit The name Of the Louisiana state Lottpry TO-,
or of M A. Dauphin. President. on the tack Of The
| eytDeLope.
| ~ B-Tickets being In the hands Of agents
| throughout the United States and elsewhere 1t
| ia in noeshle 10 furnish apeclaI numbers