The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-01-26

i upon power, no one DuC an lOlOJ OF pr0var1.
Gator in this State will deny. The Lottery In
It's cards deny this; but Its denial simply
exposes the crooked morality of the insti.
tuition. A few days ago we mentioned specific
ally number OF instances In which 1t inter-
fered In politics, to the injury of the
people. It has met these specific charges
by virtually admitting them to be
true, but protesting that they were OF
no consequence We submit, however, that,
granting that the seating OF defeated
negro Radical In the House was not In itself
very large political achievement the fact
that the Lottery Company had sufficient in
fiuence and power to exclude from his seat
gentleman who had been elected to the
House by large constituency and to seat In
his stead Radical negro who had been de-
feated, Is Of very great significance and
Importance. The suggestion Of the Lot
terry that the seating OF Dejoie over Mr.
Ferguson was q matter Of no Importance
to any one save Mr.. Ferguson who thereby
lost his per diem, must excite the aston
ishment and invoke the Indignation OF
every citizen Of the State who has any regard
for his constitutional rights. The per diem
VI III. "a uDoA WuS VI consequence Ill
this issue; only sordid and corrupt tricksters
and schemers would think of such a thing in
such connection. The violation of the right
OF representation was the point In question.
This was the infamous and atrocious crime
which the Lottery Company conspired with
the Radicals In the House to perpetrate, and
by which 1t forfeited every claim upon public
federation Its friends may set up for 1t. Such a
violation of the right OF election and repre-
sentation perpetrated In the British Parlia-
ment would provoke revolution In England,
and it would have done 80 In Louisiana
IL our people had not been trained by
years Of submission to political adj
venturers and the rule Of bayonets
and rings to regard too lightly the great
principles OF the American constitution
on which their liberties and interest repose
Mr.. FergusOn's per diem, indeed! A more
dastardly outrage could not be perpetrated
upon free people than that OF which the
Louisiana Lottery Company confesses it was
guilty, and which it declares was of no con-
sequence.
The charge that the Lottery attempted to
induce Burch to run for the State Senate |
from the Baton Rouge District, the Card No
Q says was taken from an obscure country |
paper. Not so. It originally appeared In the |
DEMOCRAT, and the editor of this paper OBJ |
tanned 1t from the lips Of person who over
heard the proposition. The charge is literally
true. We cannot go over the history of the
last ten years to show up all the political inter-
of the Lottery Company. II specific
acts cannot In every case be proved 1t Is be-
cause the poison OF such corrupt inter med
ding Is like the poison Of the pestilence. We
zee and know Its results, but cannot trace
ts operations.
The bill to repeal the charter OF this insu-
tution has passed the House and Ia now In
he Judiciary Committee Of the Senate. The
people desire that the bill shall be promptly
reported and acted on. We do not assume
hat there are not honest, conscientious Sem
ltors who oppose this repeal. Wed not hold
hat there are not men anxious to deal justly
With the State and the company who stand In
ioubt. But we do hold that this Senate must
lct upon the bill. Three times repeal bill
las been smothered In the Senate. This is not
ust to the people; It is not honest or manly.
Let the bill come before the Senate and let
very Senator vote according to his convic-
ions Of right and 60 on record before the
,eople either for or against the Lottery. The
,eople demand this showing ana they ha We
light to 1t.