Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1889-02-07

BY defeating Amendment 20. -
II this amendment prevails, and
this Legislature passes a bill sub
ssantially, the same as the one
passed two years ego, giving the
state $4,000 per annum license
for a lottery, it will have practica-
bly,. SO far rs getting revenue IN
the stats Treasury is concerned at
the present rate OF taxation, have
done something equal for the pur-
pose Of taxation to the construction
Of Il second Central Pacific railroad
froaa the California to the Utah line
$50 miles long at $1l, 600 per mile
for tho next twenty-five years.
1t ~ouId be equal to the construc-
tioa or bringing into sx'stance IN
the State for the purpose OF state
taxation of ten railroads like tse
Y. < T., or six such railroads, IN
| cIuding al its side tracks, rolling
stock and all other property OF
| which it is possessed. See Coniroll-
er's report for 1888, page 1915.
1t would BE- equivalent to the
constructions OF 200 quartz mills at
a taxable valuation cf about s25,-
! GOO esch.
Il would create 70 all intents for
taxation S., 600, 600 Of property.
| But it is said by the few opponents
OF this measure, nora!ists in the
abstract; who tsaeh by precept and
not by example, that the measure
is innor2l-that il u gambling and
should not BE licensed.
It must be remembered that il
has always been the policy Of this
State u license gambling in order
to derive rsyenue from that
source, and there can BE 10 hard
headed taxpayer q legislator who
will vote to absolutely prohibit
| gaming AMI tAus cut or al revenue
10 the state frcm The licenses q
that character. The farmers and
business men would soon make
/ their wishes known about such
craftsmanship il Nevada.
| Now, Why make 6sh OF one aud
/ flesh OF tie ether? Why not pat
th.m all on the same moral plane ?
The State nov derives from gam
ing licenses $12 900 per annum in
round numbers, from al games
combined, including faro, stud
poker, rouge-et-noir, ETC., which all
are licensed and permissible under
our law.
The lottery alone proposes to pay
into the treasury four times as
much as III other games combined
AS to the matter OF the morality
the argument - N favor Of tho
lottery.
All the surroundings Of the pres
ent lcgalized games-faro, poker,
ect. may justly be said e be de-
moralizing.
| Sitting up at night drinking whis.
key, as5oclating with disselute
people, making home unhappy ana
often losing all, characterize many
OF these games
| Not SO with the lottery. II mar
| wishes to tempt fortune in the lot
terry he buys his ticket and that il
the end OF It. No Generalization
no great loss; no bad associations.
| Out upon such alleged moral
arguments when the same persons
favor our present license system.
| The other benefits to the State,
from a lottery are numerous. W.
must acknowledge that Thousands
of dollars now GO away monthly tx
the Louisiana Lottery. This viii
in q measure remain at home.
| II the lottery should be success
hundreds of thousands Of dollars
will como into the State to thu
officers OF the company, which vii
be here, and nearly or qnite al
be payed out in our State. l
follows that much Of it will be ex
pended in our midst.
I Several hundred first-class en-
ployes will be given employment IN
i e ~