Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-04-02
THE LOTTERY SCHEME.

The Gold Hill Neus continues its at
lacks on the lottery project and claims
that it is an outrage and grand swim
die on everybody. The comments of
the Ne,cs, however, on this enterprise
do not carry to the public the convic-
ton that a Conscientious and we'll mean
ing opposition is being made to the
scheme It seems rather odd that the
Neus should so suddenly step to the
front as q champion Of the ''people's
rights.' The people Of the State want
the lottery and if a vote was taken ON
the subject tomorrow there would not
be one hundred men in Nevada who
would vote against the scheme. Admit
ting that q lottery is a gambling propo-
sition, which it certainly is, Wnit diff
ference does in make An objection
Of that kind made in Nevada is simply
absurd. It is also charged, with a
great show OF Indignation, that the
project will put money in the pockets
of few men. In this charge the true
spirit of the opposition shows itself.
Nevada is full of men who strenuously
object to seeing any one else make
money. The opposers of the lottery
prate about the "constitutionality" Of
the drawing and effect to believe that it
would be terrible calamity to see a
line of the Constitution disturbed. Il
is hard to listen to this argument with
out a smile, and how man can make
it and keep a straight face is a mystery
to us. Only in few quarters is the
management charged with being unre-
liable. There is no possibility Of the
States losing a dollar. Before each
drawing $4,000 in gold coin will be
placed in the State Treasury. Not
guarantees, promises, or bonds; but coin,
and at the close of the fifth drawing
the State will have S25O,000 on hand
to erect an Orphan Asylum which will
be credit to the coast. AT each con-
cert one million in cash prizes will be
distributed aud in the end the fifteen
stockholders Of the lottery will clear in
the neighborhood Of S75G,000.
No one need buy single ticket or
coupon. You invest or let it along as
you see fit. The leading prize at each
drawing is 100000. 4 50 80 coupon
gives the holder a tenth interest, Or
$4,000. We hold this to be fairer
proposition than stock gambling, where
a man puts up from one to ten thou
sand dollars and gets nothing in return.
On Monday the case will be argued be-
fore the Supreme Court and it's consti-
nationality decided upon. The Consti-
tuition prohibits the State from organ
izing a lottery, but does not prohibit
private individuals. The Supreme
Court of California decided the point
years ago and on that decision the Mer
the city now boasts the finest library on
the coast. Should the Supreme Court |
arrive at the same conclusion as was |
reached by the California Court, the
lottery can be carried on and the
asylum built in this city without a
single resident of Nevada ever invest
ing one dollar for a ticket. The tickets
could every one be sold in Chicago,
New York, London, Paris and Berlin.
The Philadelphia Record, ii pursuing
the bogus diploma miScreants Of that
city, breaking up the business and
causing the conviction Of Buchanan,
who confesses that there are over g.
900 fraudulent diplomas in this country,
spent So zoo. The Legislature of the
State propose to repay the plucky news
paper.
The fact that mining does pay, and
pays handsomely, too, proves that the
mines of this continent are wonderfully
rich. No mines in Europe could stand
the waste, expenditure and ignorance
that the mines of America have stood.