New-York tribune., 1882-03-11
THE NEW INDIANA LOTTI RY.

DKMORALIZING EFFECTS or THE YINCENNFs UNI
VERsIIY GAMBLING sCHEME-A FRESH APPEAL
70 TUE COURTS
Iron AN OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE TBIBUNE.l
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, March 5.-The antic-
pated effects of the Vucennes University lottery have
been slow IN developing Regular policy shops are
now in operation and reported 10 be drawing Gus
TONERS by hundreds. There are drawings twice each
day. and as sums small as 25 ard 80 cents be in
vested the lottery il OF the most vicious pc appealing
especially 20 persons OF small means Tie effects are
particularly noticeable the Juvenile and coored popu
ato the police officers stating that petty stealing has
increased rapidly among these classes sce the policy
shops were opened The business not limited 70 this
city, being actively pnsbed forward In all the prin
cipal towns OF the State. Iu Evansville there are al
ready half dozen policy shops in operation which ere
receiving large patronage while in JeGersonyille the
gambling is said 10 be OF the most vicious kind, doing
wide mischief among the young. No doubt a similar
state OF affairs exists In other towns, and the evil VIII
soon per1neatc all portions OF the State
80 emphatic and unanimous has been the CON
demnatiOn OF the lottery by the press that the
" University" which by the way Is insigni-
fcant school, ranking about equal TO the ordinary
town high-schoo has felt called ON 70 apologize
for or rather TO attempt to justify the action Of,
the authorities in resorng TO this Infamous method Cf
raising 500 900 for the school The apoOSis., in card
o the public says tie realization OF the 100000 is well
in hand and that there ee yet 8 no sgns OF dem9ra
morals. who does proper 10 sign his name 10 his
card, is probably fair type Of TIE culture which
presdes over This ancient seat uf learning. The whole
aNar has done discredit 90 the State abrOGd among
those who know merely Of the existence and purpose OF
the lottery without knowing iis origin The laws OF
Indiana strict against lotteries that newspapers
arc not permitted 10 publish the nflor@ments OF lot
res operated IN Other states But In D7, nine years
before fndinna was admitted State into the Unlpn
the Territorial Legislature established the university
of yincsnnes Intending that II should become the chief
INSTITUTION of learning IN the state, aud provided that II
might raise fund of $4,000 by otfV AZ soon therc
after as might be- for the purpose n An endowment
fund" This franchise slept for seventy years aud thrn
turned up In the hands Of professional lottery lneG wh0
under cover 0f the University, made Test case Tor the
EuUrene Court which inIOccntly decided that tho fia-
hise was vested ht which could not now be dlsurDe1
1t believed however hat the drclsi0n " goOd law
aud decision has recently been mihe Dy tue tOHt,
which il r. clnncd virtually overrues the principle %
the former one Two Of the old judges OF the Court nave
been replaced by new since the decision was MADE
and so CONFIDENT are The authorities OF being able 10
obtain contrary ruling that they have arrestoi nn
agent the lottery and will make new test case Tor
the Supreme Court. Tho Will be taken up at an
early day.