The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-08-21
Houston authorities by telegraph that Mr.
Jourde was In this city.
The dispatch, as requested by Mr. MarGiny
xras sent
new THE LOTTERY BrLE P.asssErs.
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Another OF the hidden stories no W conEcs to-
light and what means were used to- make tho
Louisiana State Lottery bill O law have come
TO light.
In 1863, during the meeting Of the Le,sislaas
ture, tho proposition 10 establish the lottery
company her8 was ngade. The lobbyists for
the bill were Jesse r. Erwin, james CoFasidlne,
Mortimer Carr A. W. Faulkner, antf others.
Speaking In the first person, our informant,
who was present, states as follows: i Was
to receive for my services as q lobbyist the
place in the bin as one OF the incDrpofsstorss
The company vas then Ba1own as the @. T.
Howard Lottery Company, hatssr myself
that it was due to my action that bEtD. Dill
went through the House, and it was Ill shis
way:
| & G. w. Lowell was the Speaker of tbs EColIgey
and was, for some reason, opposed tcsthe lott
terry bill. There was another member, "a. man.
think, by the name of Page, who waaagp par
son or something of that kind, who was aIsts
opposed to it's passage Something had to be-
done 10 get both of these out Of tine HoGse In
order to pass the bill. though&sog q strata
GEM called upon lady residing on Ram
part street. and told her that would give,
her $75 down in cash and $75 mors IL her eR-s
| fort succeeded TO get Speaker LawsH out Of
the chair and in the Speakers room for ten
other lady, and told her IL she coGid get Mr.
Page down stairs for q few minutes would
give her $50 In cash down and $50 more in
case Of success. Faulkner was instructed to-
be In conversation with Lowell when, the lady
sent up her card, and Carr was instructed
the moment Lowell disappeared In thesSpeak-
er's room, to call up House bill No. 63 THE
lottery bilD.
| According to the agreement the lady No. /
sent in her card and was graciously escorted
| into the Speakers room by Lowell, he calling
Faulkner to the chair In q moment after
wards a lady from down stairs called, Mr..
Page thither ON urgent business. The signal
was then given. Mr. Carr arose from hfs seat
and called up House bill No. G8. According
to previous arrangement 1t was taken up
and in a few minutes passed Its third reading
and motion to reconsider lost. At tho time
there was not q quorum present, there being
not more than forty-seven members present.
II Lowell returned from his room only to find
the lottery bill carried, and Page, just from
the lady acquaintance rushed from the rear
It was too late, and the bill went to the SEN
ate. It took some sharp work to do this, and
paid out, with my own hands, $1,000 to-
members to secure it. The ladies acted their
thing was to get it through the Senate. The
same means almost were used there. The
Senators were bribed, each who favored the
J movement getting S25Oo in cash and S25, ,oo1 in
lottery stock.
When the bill was before the Senate there
was q caucus In a room on Canal street, at
!, which were present the Howard Senators
Wittgenstein, Whitney. Plnchback Jenkss
Antoine and a others. Matters we're arranged
and the bill went through.
/ know that members were bribed to pass
this measure in both House and Senate and
! every influence used to secure it's success.