New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-09-05

that the gale reached an extraordinary heiEh'
at the pont where she went down, ana .he
coast fer fifty miles is dotted with wtecAS'
The loss of the Inflated ship was one OF those
inexplicablc and dreadful events which go TO
make I'D tie mystery of life and the mere
after. -
Dealing WITH THE LOTTERY DEALLhS'
The notice ought TO make short work with thc
Iotterv dealers or the Governor ought &c make
short work with the police. The grclcsquerieS
of the traffic have been heightened by the m
pudence with which the leading dealers INFORM
the SUPERINTENDENT OF Polio, that they s"ah
continue TO sell and take the conSelu noes
The consequences should be cell lndced put
the meekness with which tie mild-inanhered
Mr.. Superintendent Waling receives tie dc-
Goncc. and then cliticiSes the Judges who iaii
n held his prisoners, shows that the dealers
have nothing to fear IRON him except the veXa-
t,on OF treoucnt arrests and renewed ball
giving.
There is only one thing necessary TO break mp
this illegal tralic-'he disposition to do 1t. bG'
there is no disposition on the part oi the ponce
Il any other authority f;om May or "a parciman.
They all know the traffic Is going on'-kn'W IL
Of their personal knowledge, for II is advertised
GOTTEN with defiant ilcgaity) every day, ana
the nlaces and times n which II Is done are
named. They know thar il is Illegal. for II Is
forbidden bv the Constitution OF the state as
well as by special laws. They know that under
These laws as they now stand Tot only IS every
dealer liable to imprisonment, bat that every
nroprictor Of any newspaper printing the an
.tl-, nj, c4n u
pro,ecuted in evil and criminal suits; that
every owner of a building leasing to lottery
dealers can re fired and imprisoned; that every
one of the uizcs claimed To have been drawn
nv residents Of this State can be coni!'cated,
and the persons admitting THAI they had drawn
nrizcs are liable for the amounts OF them To the
Alnshousc Commissioners; that thfy can
enter those places without warrant, ana seize
all property found OF the premises; IN short,
tbot tbn laws are sweeping and Were meant TO
be prohibitory. Every month tie Judges OF
the Sessions call Grand Juries' attention to the
constant infraction of the law, and this charge
the police hear and know to he true. They
know that all the Kentucky lctte, les arc Illegal,
and that the Louisiana State Lottery faudu-
lentlv preends to he chartered, when IN fact lis
charter was repealed in 1873. They know that
each and ev cry one of these lotteries Is ffauda-
! lentlv conducted and drawn, notwithstanding
some of them pretend to have the supcrinten-
dence of alleged honorable men, when
the fact is that only two drawings a
year have it, and that the pretended super
Intendence is physically an imposslbilty.
| No law or pretence of law coz erS and justllics
| the sale of Havana lotteries in this State. The
i Il ar, liza. afnn
! footing; having exhausted the impoverished
markets of Cuba and SPAN, Louisiana and
| Kentucky they come here to sell because there
is money to be filched here. All these and
many more things the authorities know; and
they do nothing but throw the discredit for in
action on each other in the attempt to escape
personal responsibility.
The fact is that the suppression to follow the
Dresent agitation, which is forcing the police to
half do their duty, will be owing almost wholly
to public sentiment. The Governor has 10
other effective ally; and his and the peoples
will be the credit for the destruction of the most
infamous form Of gambling which has ever yet
been devised Morally, there is no defence for
any form of gambling; practically, excuses
have been urged for games at which men with
means TO lose could play and employ skill OF
trust to chance but lottery and policy playing
has not even the mean excuses OF being fam
or of tempting only the rich 1t is In every
form. no matter by whom conducted, cheating
game: the dealers not only hold shuttle, cut
and deal the cards, but even when the cards
are displayed they name the winning ones. Its
foundations are for the poorer classes the rich
seldom or never play at the game, for fai1el
| onos are at their command It plays daily and
even semi daily in this city, and the amounts
which may be staked are OF such small denomi-
nations that the tramp can indulge with the
fr,,ts If his begging, or the shOp-boy or mer-
| chants CLERK with the proceeds of his pilfering
Thousands of poor workingwomen daily tes
their luck with the savings of meagre wages
thousands of worklngmen take to the lottery
offices the little wages starving wives and chill
dren cry for at home. The baseness Of the THE
vbo p1eys upon the rich is nothing to be com
nored to the infamy of those who sell to the
moor and who are engaged daily in adding t.
the misery and to the crime of the world.
There IA no sense or justice In thrilling any
,onoer with this Infamous blot upon the citys
fo;r fame. There should be no more faint
hearted action and, backed as he Is by the bes
oninion of the best men III the community, W.
hone the Governor will sharply call to account
nv impeachment proceedings any officer. from
Mavor to patrolman, who may be found In any
docree responsible for this state of affairs.
THE FORREST LEGACY.
A dead man ought never to try to have hi