The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-02-24
Washington Poet !

Gen. q. r. BeaHreRard. who Ia ono Of tho
managers commissioners Of the Louisiana
State Lottery has been In the city Tor a mum
her Of days giving aid to the attorneys ON hls
side Of the cult brought to restrain the Post
master General froIn selling aud eonfiseatinp
Mr. NJ A. Dauphlns letters end mail packages
ganerally. Mr., Daurhin Ia the president of the
Louisiana State Lottery COMPANY. which he ts
either soft or sagaeicus enough to think has
some rights which even n Postmaster General
ought to he made to respect. 80 thinks Gen.
Beaureearl whom n lost reporter net last
night AT his rooms at the tgga house.
II would hardly he tsir to ask yo,l the oren
sion nf your vlsl, to Washington General" i"
said The lost by way Of u warming signal that an
old time Interview was inavituha,
There Is statute against IT,. said tho
General. laughing, but really have no ohiee-
ttnn to say that my coming here has for lts Oh
eel business aud Information about equally
mixed. | have been intending 10 ylai' Wash
iupton for some tima and "a Mr Dalph Ia 9
suit against the rostmaster General was M for
inal hearing. II was thought that might fur
nish some useful data to his counsel
You are conn :, n'eh With The lottery General.
Yes, a,n what ia called one Of the managers
Ut lta setni annual drawings. Gen. Early and
myself attend those drawings whenever they
come off; inspect the tiekets see that the whole
thug Is conducted fairly aud 90 certify"
"Do gou do all Of that work ypuls.lves2'
y don't know that ! unlaratand Yonr auns
i mean. said the Post brn"tng un to tho
work, TO ask If you merely petvse the ioh.
| Or do you personally Investigate and h"n'r that
al tho tlcse,s renres ntAd IN the drawing
nre In tho wheel2"
Gen. Early aud myself with thre assistants
Of our own aeeotlon handle every ticket There
are lml 800 ~ them IN each drawing. We nonn
over twice every ticket. to prevent any errors !;
wa then p,ll them IN box which Is sealed aud
nuaned only In public, after having examined
the seals, at the moment Of commencing the
drawing. The prizes are treated In The same
manner. On tho appointed day and hour Tor tho
drawing the hoyes ara ouanaa and the tickets
and prizes are put In their respective whaela
| Gen Early takes his place at the Ticket wheel
| usually, aud | at the other epeh Of rls has a
boy of our aalection who is hlndfollad and has
his sleeves rolled III to the elbow to take out
the ballots aud the prizss. one at . time, And at
from the boy hand at his wheel and do like
wise with the prza from niue We open them
at once reah them aloud. when wa hand tham
to two pubIa criers. who proclatm them In q
ljuder voice. A record thefaef s kept by two
| accountants chosen by US. aud the tick OF and
prize arc then folded together and put ~ box
fore they are eartisad to by us. / must add
that the tickets and nriza hslng rolled up and
put each one IA IN Ind'a rubber tub i IS Vt.
eaoh other, for these tubes are exactly alike In
slss aud ,lor.'
Tho drawings ara public you eay7'
da ata'nlY, and generally attended by large
number oi people.
Il suppose you are aware. General, that M
IN lHasa 'niH HuaS lb'IeIPE ATe lnoRen UPON
hy moralets ~ not exactly the proper thing
aail tho Fosf. metaphorieaiy enveloping liz
question.
Ynu mean by that to intimate that II is not
| oonaidoreda ~ pronar huaineas for man Of
| honor to engage in?" replled the General with
&c me- aiertness aud precision.
Well, yes, said the Inst.
Yes, there con be no donbt that there Is q
good dea Of TINT kind Of sentiment In exi- tenne
aome people In the North. and, for TINT matter,
nounce them. and then go off aud buy o ticket
Just to sec II they have any luck Sill am
Obliged - consider buainess in which tho
reverend father OF his country was not ashamed
to engage in not 80 bad IA The worst"
You refer to Washington p
TO Washington. / have In NV possession
and will show you u lottery ticket dated In l76a
agned by George Washington The General
here pulled ont u ticket bearing the following
signs figures and anpersertrtion: