Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1889-02-19
LOTTERY. MOI
a Telling Article on the
Defeated Amendment.

some sharp truths in the following
The people OF the State of Nevada
last Monday decided that they
wanted no lottery. They thereby
declared that they would not accept
$4,000 year from the men who
were willing and able to give it to
help the State out, but they still de-
sire to let Louisiana ard California
bleed the State. The reasons for
the defeat OF the lottery amendment,
as given by the different ones, are
too numerous to mention. The
anti men OF course, are too jubilent
for any use, and are too highly
moral to recognize any body before
taking second look, for fear they
may be associating with some one
who is in favor of lottery, and If
they find this TO be the case, they
clutch their Little Louisiana ticket
tightly in their pocket and move on,
evidently under the impression
that they were about to be robbed.
1t has not been definitely learned
bow much It cost the Louisiana
Company to distill so much moral
ity into this State, but probably it
took several punches of tickets, or
the price thereof.
The Carson Tribune now seems to
be well satisfied WITH the state of
things as they now exist in regard
TO the lotteries, and If its owners
draw prize or two from among
the tickets they get from the Louis
lana Company, they viii probably |
feel we'll paid for the work they did
against the amendment, although
they did not seem to count much
with the voters in Ormsby, that
county giving a majority Of nearly
800 for the lottery.
The Reno Gazette, which for
month or more past, has been
bowling against the lottery, shut
its mouth about ten DAYS before the
election for couple OF columns of
advertising, is now rejoicing be-
cause Nevada people have decided
to keep on sending SIS, 900 or $780,
900 a month out of the State
instead of establishing an institution
that would keep the most of that
money here, and bring twice or I
-hree times that amount into the ]
State from elsewhere. The moral {
arc, stud and keno players of
Nsshoe, declared that the measure !
vas beaten on moral grounds onlv,
but we oplne that bad they imagined
hat the Nevada Lottery Company t
night have located in Reno, the r
esult would have been different.
The boys in the Office OF Reno's /
moral journal, have probably been a
to buy any more lottery
ickets, but we would call their s
attention to the fact that there is
till no Law in this State that will t
'revent them from "jefing" their
wages off for peanuts and popcorn
'aIls.
The papers in the eastern part of c
he State had an idea that the
louisiana lottery was good enough
Or Nevadans, and did all in their
over to defeat amendment %.
he subsidized morality in the z
treat East is great, but now the tx
eople can go to their church fairs
nd sociables and play grab bag,
invest il Two bit pin cushions to Il
ne extent os a dollar, and stand il
ne chance in fifty of drawing the tc
ack OF saw-dust, all with clear
Conscience; and upon the adjourn IL
lent of church on Sunday even &c
lgs go to the club rooms and !"
luander what money the spirit .
id not move them to put into the
box, at faro, keno, :.
,ndo or stud. Some of these
aople possibly have more money
spend in this delightful past-time =,
ian they did before election, but 90
Mess they play a migaty close tb
,me, it is doubtful. fe
The people have said they do