The Hawaiian gazette., 1885-08-19

According 70 well-planned Arr&RgerneRi
| q the Louisiana lo,tery managers each
uouthly drawing is followed BY skillfnlly
written roriarces about poor laborers or hum
BE farmers, who, az BY the stroke Of magic
I ward. awake to snd themselves wealthy.
These accounts have even found their way
into the largest ard ucsi respectable journals
/ in the lGnd-jcuruals which would not, even
# the laws permitted, accept paid advertise
nsnis CT any lottery scheme. IL ia wvrthy
Of note that a mild exception IS uiade this
mouth to the rule 10 several Of COR Southern
cities. particularly in Savannah In that city
the gambling spirit has been steadily On the
ioereass for years. until il Is eompaisd that
fully SSeO.Oa0 has gone to enrich the hslloW
I fraud AZ New Orleans Savannah wen $780,
eco On the 18th, when a. tie one hundred and
| sish;y-6rst noathly drawing S533, 500 was
paid cot in prizes after 81 ,eo0, Geo had been
contributed for tickets Ope- half Of the Ss0,-
eco vas drawn BY merchant who is said 10
have collected toe mcRey Indirectly in order
TO suppress the news Of bis god fortune Il
takes bot = breath to set men IN bad business
to sending. and the talk therei is not about
WIS have uoa uaouey, bat as 10 what Swan
nah pays suBgAlly for her lottery gambling
The young t1en on salaries aud the merchants
alike buy tickets; 50 Do shop girls sni 'iAiies
n good Standing, aud we are even told that
tickets are often bought for the benefit Of little
children, who are thus taught by their parents
tie first lessc0s 10 gambling" In this way
Abcut S5.eea sves cot Of savannah nenihly,
or Seo,09e annually as dismal tribate to thus
vice
Il is te be said to the great credit Of the
NerS 1sS Courier thar It IS proving notable
exception 10 the Southern newspapers IN COZ
ieuuiRs openly the enormity Of this evil. It
not only condemns the gambling mania upon
general principles, bat appeals 10 a lower
grade 81 iatell-ct after this manner:
"TO those who are rot iBda~peed by such
reasonable considerations, however, i: NAV
Be OF interest 70 know that nearly One-half Of
their Contributions 20 TO swell the prO6ss Of
The stockholders in the lottery company, PROM
iasnt among whom are Sccle Of the worst Re-
publican politicians Rbo have t4rTied IN Lou
isisua- A fraction Of the receipts gees to pay
enormous salaries to the officers Of the com
pany and 70 subsidize Generals Beaureyari
AMI Early. In an ordinary rafie the 1sgre-
gate cost Of the tickets usually represent
fair price fer the prize; 80 that each ticket
hclder has at least dollars worth Of posi-
biity for every dollar II cash invested. For
every dollar put up in Louisiana Lottery
ticket he Lolder has bat i feE cents worth
Of such possibility; and is therefore swiudled
10 the extent Of the difference.
Nov moral su1sion Is all important in any
reform, bat, 10 pat it mildly, the struug arm
Of the law can do little something to supple-
The moral law. With the exception Of L0uis-
lana there Is not State or even Territory,
We believe IN the Union without its anti-lot-
tsry statute. And more THAI that the Federal
l1v makes lottery gambling a crime. The
great medium Of the Louisiana lottery Is the
United States mail Thus the Federal law is
cnntiuHally and WILDLY broken By this great
Here Is burning question await
ing The new Cabinet the moment 1t can be
reached IN the press Of business. When the
Government moves in the natter there will be
all the more probability that the several State
Authorities VII wake up to-a sense OF their
duty. Newspapers Of high reputation DO rot
scruPls 70 end or rent their columns to the
lottery sharks. Journals 10 the District Of
Columbia itself accept lottery advertisements
and right II the seat Of the Government would
be good place to begin the strict execution
Of the laE.-SBriHzfeli RepubIcga