The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-12-05
KEYS POSTAL ORDER.
Mr.. Howard, Manager of tho Lou.
iSiana State Lottery Company,
interviewed by the Wash
ingtOn Post.
Ills Views on tho Interference With
tho Companys Mails.

State I,otery Company, who hnH konet to Wash |
ingon to test tho legality Of Tho ro0ent order Of
Postmaster General Koy In roferencN 10 tho
seizure mud detention OF theeompnny'R mail:
Mr.. Char'oa r. Howard manager OF tho
famous Louisiana Htnto Lottery. whH In this
city yesterday eonHnItlng with his attorneys In
regard To tho leKnl temeaina Ioaeeseal h2 him
aud Ills company nEnlnst tho lhts RWeeplng or
lora III tho poeto illee Departmonl. Mr Howard
whila mnrely director 0f tho company. h gon
orally rDnsidofad NJ tho hend md front of ltR |
offending. II offender II ho AZ tho ~ dor Of tho
Peaiirt.siar ttnnorat hns mndO 10 much thtk mud
nroalhd 40 much naWaphpnr npmmnnt the Fa2t
Thought II onli fair t. got Mr. Howard Y hlao Of
thn EtufY.
eprrhnutuE tno gentlemnn Yestcr'lny IN tho
Ehhi / iIonRH.
Wa propoae simply 10 dRepver how It tp TINT
onn ettiaen Of tn" slmie Of LoalslNnh onn bn
prevented from hynilng nlnp0lI of tho mail
fnrilttea extended 10 ivory othor citiI'n oi tho
What DO you mean by oue ctIzrn Of the Rtnto
Of i,oulsianh2' Your lottery compnny Is not u
III enrtnlnly Is . II cIt2on OF tho hIRhosl grade
too; mndn such by anocinl Legislative Nnnei
mont
IL M Incorporated institution
"Wt,h how many atoelthnldors Z"
"over II hundred; IHst how thuny ! don
know Tho afoek IL Haurd In BhnroR. mud trmne
fnrnble like nnY other stock.
When did you ohtHln your chnrter ~
5DNrr e1NyNn years nt.o
And you huve rogulnrIy opornted under II
eyer slnce2"
pny II very urRo sum for Tho piiyl"Re yenrly 10
thn Stnto- Our conlr q, tor such II has hhan
ndJudg"d to hs by our hiRhoRt COURTS, Is u vnl1-
HhIn one. ono TINT III" kiAin had right 10 mako.
ono TINT Tho STATIC did mako md Tho uroHlatonR
"f Witch. Incumbent npon nH. We hHyo HfTuUu
louRly carried 0ul
"Wnoro ioea thia money ~ top"
i gooa into the educational lund. We hHYe
paid ,ory nearly hnf II n,illt"n dollars alrondy.
! a firtf fp tI u
autinR tho paht low yenrs whom Tho fesourn"R -
tho State from ordinary aoureos Wore almost
eut of.
''Tha la tho only lottery charter grantod by
tho Stute II Louistann. Is 1t not =
'Ycn tho only ono: and In tho anmn grant tho
sale oF MI foreign lottery tickets Is prohibitd
under severe ponaitles.'
''Hlill you do not attempt 10 dony that yours
Is p MI ra4pge" W o1r' 2r gam" nr d ha ia
pnretga ~ gamo Of chance fariy conducted. and
TINT tho only profit made out ot II Is the regular
percentages which arises out of tho echemoa.
And ia that governed by any exact rulee y
| III liz m eKncL aclnnoe-as eSnGt hE tho con
In tho disuoattion Of 80 many tickets VI such
prlce upon anch " achame, thorsWill. In ninety
n Inc cnses out Of hundred. he afforded lust
/ such n uercentnga OF pr0it. In other words.
| you can compare II 10 tho expectancy tAblea Of
| human ilfe adot tod by tho Insurance. companies
Ms Tho hnsis Of ttro, eacula'ions They carry
on lottery on That ny Hgrcning To nny certain
sums OF money II they ntc InlstAken.
"Thon You can only mnke 80 much by tho salo
| DI tho itGketG prDYIBU LDe drawings ltbiHi ana
governed entirely by whit we call chance"
That is all. aud these must be- taken by pe
/ rioda Of from twelvo to twenty drawings In or
dor to mike tho avorngo IL eerthin ono. Wo
may lose largely ono month by selling only n
| small proportion Of tho tickaa. and by bhinR
-bIr as wo cnll II for nil tho largo pr izes ms u
/ ticket In our hnnds stands no more chance Of
drawing priH" than II hold by anybody else.
II might happen,bnt OF course II does not
TINT we should hold nlne- -tenths Of all tho
tirketR Of IL monthly drawing, and still In tho
other ono tonth have sold NIL tho largo priHos
and sustain thorsby very groat loss ~ does
no, happen 80. because such Is tho reputation OF
tho company for fnir dehliug. bneked. ns II IN,
by such nnmes III those OF CON BnuureRafd
md Con. Enrly, that frequently niI tho tickets
for the monthly drawing arc sold week or ton
days In advance of tho dnto, and whore wo soil
NIL the Tickets we ihen arc suIo OF making the
entire per centngo of profit. holding no other
iutnrett Whatever In hodIaWing thnn for tho
sake of our reputation to 800 TINT 1t Is perfect
| iy opon and ununos'lon
i 'Eut yOn must admit. nftar nil, TINT u IL u
lottery, and M the lnwyors tny. ngalnst public
policy
md 90 further md eay that IN some form or
other no matter how stringent You nuke tho
huws. loteriea are being drawn daily In the
/ lnitod States and Ghnnens bought IN them hp
tho very best people evnrywhere. also claim
that II Is tho enst huftrul game OF chance TINT.
strong IN everybody, from tho liltIog,rl who
buys u ticket In II prlzo doll nj u church feHti.
vnl to tho man who bots his tens OF thousands
on II horse coming In two Inches ahehd of an
other hprre nt u race trnck. Now. u you Rive u
man nm opportunity to gamble often aud con-
tinnouHy you undoubtedly furnish him the
vOlyo In ruin Hl who depend upon or trust
him. Tho far, bank tho keno room. tho rou-
lotto tAhlo. and Hl devices OF gambling by cnrds
and similar means. furnish mon opportunlties
10 loso large sums OF money tn q short space OF
/ time. They arc always nccessibls. ana conRe-
/ uuenty tho Gevotee II II dangerous man more
dangerous to his friends than to himself
/ lott.ry. however. which Is drawn only once u
month while 1t may satisfy the gambling in
Itif fY,pt nf bn Ineg EnFnj9n
great opportunity for wasting his means, You
see that nm arguing this from the moral point
tors. any other class OF mon. to direct into
tho safest possible channels the passions which
they cannot wholly extinguish or repress."
Then you consider. somewhat after the
tlonal biessingt
4 would hardly care to put It as strongly
MS Tint but carefully looked after. II might be
the means Of greatly mitigating u national
curse. This great public spasm OF virtue
against lotteries when you come to test It,,
won't wash. You cannot point mo to time
during tho last ton years that the people OF this
/ country have not In some snbtorraneous way.
been made to take great Interest In lotteries
and In many instances It has had the beneil-
cent protection and sanction Of the church.
Take It fifteen years ago. whom Mr.; Croft u
ruined distiller. found himself with white
elephant on his hands In the shape Of an opera
house in Chicago: he got rid OF 1t by lottery.
and have yet to hear OF tho religious paper or Or
temptations Of advertising 1t for money or tax
Ing a few chances In tho grand whirl. After
Mr.. Crosby sold his opera house to the United
States at $40 head, and bought i back Tor ten
Louisville. fred with q noble .zeal. devised
fifteen or twenty drawings to MD their public
library so called. Everybody approved OF It.
The malls carried tho orders and returned the
tickets unchallenged. Tho drawings went on.
were conducted with great ecat. and the most
distinguished citizens were apparently eager TO
become Identified with them. Now. claim THAI
tho Louisiana lottery drawings are fairer than
any that have preceded It.. and permitting
oally honest and square. AS much good IL done,
too. with the profits aceruing therefron. as was
ever derived from any similar underta % else
where and It is about time that the cant aud fu8-
tian with which the matter Is discussed should be
abandoned. We have Q legitim ate business for
which we have given q valu8ole consideration
We are protected by the laws OF the State o.
Louisiana, and IL she Is capable OF makine
contract with one Of her own citizens