The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-09-23
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those which relate 10 property
rights, not TO the government rights.
The lotteries belong to the latter
class. They are species of gambling,
and wrong in their influence. They
disturb checks and balances of
well ordered community. Society
built on such a foundation would
almost of necessity bring forth q
population ofspeculators and gamb-
lers. living in expectation of what
chance might afford them from the
accumulation of others. Certainly
the right to stop them is govern
mental, and to be exercised at
all times by those in power at
their discretion. Any one, there
fore, who accepts lottery
charter does so with the implied
understanding that the people in
their sovereign capacity and through
their properly constituted authors
ties may take it back at any time
when the public good shall require.
! and this whether ii be paid for or
not. He gets in legal effect nothing
more than a license TO continue on
terms named for a specified time I'M
less sooner abrogated by foreign
power of the state. and it is permit
good as against existing laws but
subject to future legislation, or with
drawal; and whereas, the general
assembly of the Commonwealth of
Kentucky, by an act entitled an act
to repeal all laws granting lottery
privileges or franchises to any per-
son or corporation, approved
March 80. 1873. enacted that
all acts and parts of acts of the Gen
eral Assembly of this Common
wealth containing any grants of lot
terry privilege of franchise be, and
| the same are hereby repealed so far
| as they relate 10 such grants: and
whereas. Hon. p. w. Hardin, attor-
nev-general for the state of Ken
lucky, in response to inquiry from
the Postofiice Inspector, states i'll n
communication dated Frankfort,
Kentucky. August 4. 1880, as
| follows: In response to the
first question as to whether the
so-called Kentucky Lottery and the
Commonwealth Distribution Com
pany are legally chartered. and have
they any legal standing, j answer
emphatically, Mol Now, therefore,
it having been represented to me
that Il. NJ. BOardman ut the Courier
journal building. Louisville, KY.
and at 500 Broadway, New York, S.
j. Comerford. Broadway, New Y ork
and n. Porter, 1927 Broadway, New
York, are engaged i'll conducting a
fraudulent lottery tO-wit: The Com
monwealth Distribution Company
and that of NJ. j. Richmond, Coving-
ton, KY, and G.. Upington. 500
Broadway, New York, are engaged
in conducting fraudulent lottery
and to-wit: The Kentucky State
Lottery. and being satisfied from the
evidence before me that said parties
are so engaged and that the said
Commonwealth Distribution Co,
and Kentucky Lottery are each
a fraudulent lotterty for the distri-
button of money by lot. chance or
drawing. and each scheme or de-
vice for obtaining money through
the mails by means of false and
fraudulent pretenses, presentations
and promises. | do hereby forbid
the payment by pOstmasters at
Louisville. Kentucky, COvington,
Kentucky, and New York, of any
postal money order drawn to the
order of said persons or either of
them, or to either of said lottery
companies order. | also instruct
the postmasters at Louisville, Gov
ington and New York to return all
registered letters which shall ar
rive at their offices, directed to these
parties, to the postmasters at the
offices from which they originated,
with the word fraudulent" plainly
stamped upon the outside of such
| letters. .rn.t
PORTLAND, Me-, September 49,
Five hundred and ninety-seven
| towns give Davis 73.416, Plaisted
| $1,000, scattering 1873; Davis plurali-
| ty 416. Six towns to hear from gave
last year: Davis 81, Smith 81. Garce-
Ion POI; Fusion plurality 167. De-
| Quoting that Davis will have plu-
rality of 249, which is SO short. of
a majority, suppOsing no further
gains or losses. r s,I.ti
CHICAGO, September, 1S.-At the
Jockey Club Park to-day Maude S.
trotted in 2:103; first quarter in 81
seconds, half in 1:043, .three-quarters
in 1876, and the mile in 2:10a, carry
ing two pounds overweight, and in
the face of a strong wind.
AUGUSTA, Ga, September ia
hostile meeting was arranged to
take, place near this city between
Julius l.. Brown, son of United
States Senator Joseph E. Brown,
and DIR. j. G.. Westmoreland, OF
Atlanta, ON account of the publica-
ton of cards in reference to politi-
cal matters. They were both ar
rested and put under heavy bond.
Westmoreland proceeded to the duel
ing ground in spite of the bond,
but Brown telegraphed he could not
come on account of bond.
SHEEPsHEAD BAY, Cony Island,
September 18.lThere was an i'm
mense attendance ut the track of
the Coney Island Jockey Club to-
day. The weather beautiful though
warm. The race, free handicap
| sweepstakes, three-fourths of n mile.
Knight Templar won. Spartan
second time, liza. Second race,
handicap sweepstakes. three-fourths
of a mile, -Gouverner won. Topsy
second, Rifle third, Bliss by the
way and Sir Hugh in order named (;
time, 1:14i.
Third race-Great Long Island
sweepstakes for all ages, four mile
heats; Ferida won the first heat
easily, with Irish King six lengths
behind: time 1921 Ferida won The
second heat and race, Glenmore
second and ten lengths before Irish
King; time 7:41.
Fourth race-Autum steeple chase,
regular steeple chase course; Buck
eye won, Lizzie ID. second, Disturb
ance third; time 6:36l.
SCHENECTADY, September 49,
Hon. Geo. West of Rallston has
been nominated for congress by the
Republicans of the twentieth dis
trict.
NEW ORLEANS, September 49,
a dispatch from New York an
nounces the death in that city last
evening of Judge A. II. Manning,
associate justice of the supreme
court of Alabama. The remains
will be inferred at Perthamboy. his
old homestead.
NoTE-It is reported that Judge
Manning, suffering with gravel, died
under surgical operations. ~
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