Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1880-05-01
IT IS DIsOoURAGING.

EDITOR PATRIOT DEMOCRAT--lt il
discouraging. and it is no wonder that
decent people quit in disgust. The
modern processes Of politics are
such, that nothing less than perfect
willingness to sacrifice principle to
policy and expediency, and an eager
ness to combine with the schemers,
will elect man to office. It is even
worse than this. 1t would be laugha-
bic If it was not disgracefnl to notice
how gingerly the politicians talk Of
such a thing as the Louisiana Lottery
Company. They know it is danger
GUS to antagonize such power At
tho beginning of the last session of
the General Assembly, it had absolute
control eff the New Orleans politics.
By the time the session was over, it
had absolute control of the whole
State government, and now we have
the lamentable spectacle Of a State,
such as ours, at the mercy Of rich,
INSCRIPTIONS gambling corporation.
tits enough to excite the alarm of the
people. 1t will grow worse and worse.
Already the State is so under this
domination, and it has so fastened
itself that it will be more difficult to
shake it off, than it was to shake off
Kellogg Il Co. There should be no
Understanding it's power. Men,
loved, honorcd and trusted by the
people, have bowed and put on it's
yoke. Who has ever heard our dearly
beloved young Governor say aught
against the Lottery Company. He
must have known ere this that it has
bribed and corrupted every legisla-
turc for ten years; and he could not
have failed to know, that it's money
passed the disgraceful Lottery al ticles
to the Constitution. And yet, while
this serpent has trailed its sinuous
course through the State House, and
held the Speaker in its deadly
embrace, and showed the figure Of it's
coil meath the taydy trapping of his
strutting brigadicrs, still he has no
word of caution and never in any Of
his numerous eclectic productions has
seen fit to say, that bribery and
corruption is rampant-tot the destruc-
ton ofall trueinterests-that rasCality
is holding high carnival in the Halls of
the General Assembly. 'ris time to
sound the alarm. When Charlie
Howard elects the Speaker of the
House of Representatives of the State
of Louisiana, and for any purpose
that suits him, can control sufficient
number Of Democratic members to
pass or defeat any bill. There is no
Disgusting these facts, and the day is
not far distant, when he will invade
our courts of justice. Judges will do
his bidding as Legislators do, and
judgments will be rendered by his
dictation, and as consideration of
money he has won by gambling.
Yes gambling, we say gambling,
because he has hired two Ex-confcd-
crate Generals, Jubal Early and
6. Il. Beauregard to deal the cards,
is no reason why it should not be call
ed gambling. There is nothing to
distinguish it from the cheating rascal
that deals cards or dice in the third
story Oh St. Charles street, except the
stnpcndous proportions of the game.
And though thousand Confederate
Generals were to prostitute their
celebrity, and thus bring shame to our
dear lost cause and uniforms, it would
still be gambling. More dissracrfnl
than that where men are equally
matched. A pathetic sight to see
Howard and his Confederate generals
on one side Of the wheel, and Oh the
other, motley throng Of men,
women and children, beguilcd from
their honest occupations, thus taught
to forget the ways Of honest thrift.
inst think of it. Almost millions of
dollars invested in one gambling
scheme, backed by the Legislature Of
Louisiana, and flying the STARRY
cross Of the 'Iost Cause AS a
Confederate soldier, | protest. "Furl
that banner" As a citizen of Louisi-
ana, | protest, and call the attention
of all honest men to the disgrace and
danger. There should be no issue of
any paper, from this day on, till the
people are thoroughly aroused. And
specially call upon the misrcpresen-
ted people of North Louisiana, that
their representatives are in large
part responsible for the deplorable
state of affairs. Look we'll to it, and
be not deceived. lou have some
Brigadi er-Gonerals, and Judges too
amongst you who have the instincts
of peddlers. Call meetings and in
struct your representatives, and be
assured that East Louisiana feels
kcenly the disgrace, and that we in
tend to hold to strict accounta bility
everybody who has traf1icked with
the devil.
And next week ! propose to tell
who trafiickcd with the devil.
JrNIrs.