The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1881-01-07

the newspapers indicted for publishing
the Willard Hotel Lottery, and in
doing 20 he acted most consistently.
AZ the time the bill was before the
Legislature, We urged the continuance
Of the law then in existence against
lotteries. aud we we're sure-taking
the Governors former actions in such
matters into consideration-that IL
would never become n law with his
consent. We remembered how much
Of virtuous indignation he had shown,
and how quickly he vetoed some Gov
ingion bill for charity, in which he
thought he smelled the faintest odor
of lottery scheme. But When the
Whips bill came up a change came
over the spirit Of the Goyernorsnight-
mares. Col. Whips was an old
friend. and the Governor God bless
his sweet old soul never goes back on
a friend. 10 make a long story short,
the bill was passed and signed. This
gave Col. Whips the undispuIed
right to dispose of his hotel by lottery
and he proceeded TO advertise the day
of the drawing. But some over.
righteous newspapers, who let a camel
slip down their threats like creased
lightning but strain at gnat, began
to dilaie on that terrible thing called
lottery. They would not take an adj
vertisement of one (unless at double
rates. for the world, while these self
same papers were publishing, at 33A
per cent. less than regular rates, adj.
vertisemenis Of quack medicines and
other Yankee swindles. in which the
persons who bit, lost all their invest
ment, whereas, there is chance OF get
ting a recompense reward in fairly
conducted lottery. We acknowledge
that the chances aforesaid are not very
extraordinary, but newspaper that
will sell its space to advertising agents
at less than third of what it
would home man, aud then allow
him TO ill that space with advertise
ments Of the meanest of swindles, and
afterwards holds up his hands in holy
horror at a lottery, is inconsistent in
the extreme and does not pull the
wool over the public eye as much as
he thinks he does. We never had any
use for lotteries, and never invested
in one in our lives; but when a foolish
Legislature legalizes one, and Col.
Whips OF any other man pays our
rates and cash, too, las Col. W. has
done we are not the man to try to /
make people think that We are so
weighted down with righteousness as
to refuse to publish such advertise
ments. We make no claims to reli-
gion, although we respect it with a
holy reverence, but we do try to be
consistent, and shall never make dis.
tinctions without differences in our
advertising columns, if the Court
knows itself, and on this occasion it
presumes it do.
TnE Railroad Commissioners are
greatly oyer-worked, it you listen to
them, hut according to the general
idea "they toll not, neither do they
spin So great, however, has this
overmuchness Of nothing to do worn
on them that they have longed for
some one else to help them do it, and
have accordingly procured the services
of a Secretary, Notwithstanding the
Act under which they were appointed
does not mention one. They hope to
get the next Legislature to appropri-
ate some thousands for his pay. and
it will be very apt to do it. DIR.
Lansing Burrows, Of Lexington, has
been appointed Secretary, and they
are paving the way for big salary,
by getting the Governor to compli
ment the excellence Of his reports,
the excellence consisting in trying to
make report when really there is
nothing to report.
THE Democrats are as usual max
ing asses Of themselves in Tennessee
The Republicans, by the lalsity Of a
sOcalled Democrat, secured the or.
ganization Of the House, and the
Democrats have so far failed to or
sanize the Senate. We are almost
ready to ask the people TO mark our
prediction that the United States
Senator about 10 be elected will be a
Republican. There are more knaves
N the Republican party probably
han in the Democratic, but for pure
inadullerated fools, direct US to con
ider the latter.
GEN. GARFIELD has written a let
or to the Ohio Legislature declining
md renouncing the Office Of Senator
10 which he was Elected. But the
General in the hauiiness Of his spirit
hould not forget that there have been
lines in bis existence that he would
not have renowned so handsome an
,ilice.
CoNGLlNG seems 10 be losing his
rip in New York and il Is said that a