Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1883-07-21
Tie Revised Statutes Of the state OF

Missouri contain this interesting little
legend :-'sf any person shall make Or
or.aid OF. assist IN making Or
establishing, anyllottefy,,s GIT enter
prise saoroschemei Of drawing; ina the
lottets, for any pdrpose ID
this STATE, or shall advertise 81 make
public, or, cause tos'be advertised 0r
made public, by means Of an, news
papelsd pamphlet, circular Or bther
MrittenCor printed anotica thereof Gpf4nt1
ed onbirenlatsd,i insthis state, any 1sdchi
,lottery,sgift eenserpiiss, Sfi scheme soi
idaawingtiuq the mature sof na saotteerrtsi
sMlsethsi tRs same'is befng OF Is itoe aBa
-condactedS heid'or Drawn within 1SdH
swithout thissstate, The shall he desrhed
guilty 1ofisaa misdemeanor .aaeAnHdf!e
EssAny person who shall sen or p6se
cause eaoibssoad or efposeet
Observation-Disclosures handfef thsf fpp1hrt-
pose ofsxie, ialladvertise or cadse to
bsadver6ssds fori sale, Of who sRah
print or publish such ADVERT sieament,
oE1shaM aid erc rcassists sex sbeain6 6hEs6ise
coRsespedsiA the salei OH exposure ate
sale of any lottery. ticket or Tickets OF
any share or part ,ncof any lottery
ticket in any. lottery, Or deyieesin sths
nature of q lottery, within this state OF
elsewhere, and any person. who shail
advertise Or. cause. to be advertised the
drawing of any scheme, in any lottery,
or shall print or publish such ADVERTISE
,ment, and shall be convicted thereof in
ANY court OF competent jurisdiction,
shall for each and, every such offense
forfeit and pay = sum not exceeding
one thousand dollars:'y, These little
legends are the law of the land. So
far as we can see the ink with which
they are printed is no paler, no more
difficult to distinguish than is that
which records murder or robbery as
crimes. If the. one law ia to be OBJ
served so is the .other... The Jaw is
easily read and easily understood. No
person is permitted to conduct lottery
in Missouri, and no person in Missouri
is allowed to- advertise a lottery
whether it be within Or without Miss.
ouri. The law is good law. 1t ough
to be cheerfully ebeyed. Where it il
not obeyed it should be enforced.
"We are afew resolute men, compris
ing the Citizens League of Brooklyn,
said William c. Stiles. eve are no
prehibitionists, and we do not mean t,
interfere with any lawful business
The law says that liquor SHALL not be
sold to children under IA years of age
and that the saloons shall be closed OF
Sunday. We, the people, pay excis
commissioners and police officers t
enforce these laws; but they have bee
grossly violated. We have visite'
seventy saloons to secure evidence q
these violations. have seen 81 chill
dren buying liquor in saloons. aske
q policeman to go into a saloon wit
me, where I knew there were tw
children buying liquor, and take evi
dencc. We mean to find out whethe
1.-The excise commissioners will tax
evidence which will satisfy any reason
able man of the guilt of these liquo
dealers. There are $500 saloons i
Brooklyn" That is the gist of it; le
the laws be enforced. Ii they are, til
saloon keeper will be protected in hi
person, protected from unlawful com
petition, protected in his property, an
the public will have such gusran
; tees of the best practical regulation {
the liquor traffic that it will be satisfie
|; with the present order Of things.
blind man ought to be able to see, how
ever, that a factious opposition to pre-
sent laws will only result in the passae
: / of more severe ones, '' -