St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-06-02
The Attempt to Get an FIX
tension Of Charter Bit
terly Opposed.

defylng the rlngSterS ana showing up
in all its iniquity the misrule of the
gang that had plundered and nearly
ruined the state Of Louisiana. He
fought duel with one of the gang and
wounded him severely. thereby teach
ing the rest a salutary lesson. Speak
ing of the efforts of the lottery COM
pany to secure charter in Nebraska or
Nevada. Col. Parker said it was of no
consequence to the people of Louisiana
where the lottery went so long as it got
out of the state. I'VE have had enough
and more than enough of it," said he.
land hope it will succeed In getting a
charter elsewhere. 1t has been an
UNMITIGATED CURSE
to the state and source OF corruption
and rottenness. Its resources are enOr-
nous. and its power consequently great.
1t corrupts the government and de-
bauches the press, and its acts make
louisiana a stencil in the nOStrilS of the
Union.
s.Eouisiana ought to be and can be
one of the finest and most prosperous of
states, and it is a humiliation to her
people thather growth is checked, her
enterprise paralyZed and her reputation
besmirched by gang of legallZed
bunco-steerers and corruptionists. 1t is
humiliating to see man belonging to
an old and respected creole family, who
made an honorable name as soldier,
and might have borne through his old
age high reputation, and retained the
love and respect of his fellow-citizens,
turning the wheel of gambling machine
for living.
'sYou people of the North do not
know the resources of Louisiana yet.
Our land is just being discovered, and
it's fertility and productive power, tue
variety of it's capacities and the advan-
tages of its geographical position, are
surprises to exploring capitalists and
investors. We have enormous areas of
valuable timber land, which is attract
ing the attention of lumbermen from
the North, like Gov. Alger. Louisiana
can produce fruit as good and in as
great quantities as can be raised i'll Cal
ifornia, and has the advantage of being
closer to market. The possibilities of
the state are great, but capital and en-
ergy are required to
DEVELOP THEM.
'sFor years we struggled to free the
state from the grasp of the worst band
of tilibusters that ever held people by
the throat, and we succeeded. But we
still have the Louisiana lottery menac
IIIS us WILL It's DOWCI vi DbiOI.
Northern capital will not seek in
vestment here while any danger re-
mains that the government may again
fall into the hands of men who will
make taxation as high as per cent.
We must get rid of that menace, and
we are going to do so. We will not per
nit the lottery to outlive its presen
charter in Louisiana.
1.-THE first fight will come in the leg
islature. The company's charter ex-
pires in 1892, and the constitution de-
clares that no lottery shall be author
lied in Louisiana after that date. The
legislature will be asked to submit to
the people at the next state election
proposed amendment to the constitu
ton extending the charter of the lot
terry. All the power Of money and in
fiuence at the command of the lottery
company will be brought to bear upon
the legislature, and the fight will be a
hard one. All sorts of bids for popular
favor will be made in order to get the
support of two-tRirds of the legislature.
The company has money enough to buy
votes at big prices, and it will not
scrupIe to use it. The press will be
'boodled,' and part of it has been al
ready. | don't know of paper in New
Orleans that can be depended upon to
fight the
LOTTERY COMPANY.
ga new paper will have to be estab-
lished to make the fight.
You may ask why we need to make
the fight in the legislature-why we do
not trust to the popular vote? | will
tell you. 1t is because the cOlored vote
would be almost solid for the lottery.
The blacks are the main support of the
lottery in this state. They all buy tick
cts, and all expect to win fortunes. The
lottery company depends upon them,
and that is why it will make desperate
struggle to have the amendment sub
mite d to the people. If the blacks ever
get the opportunity to vote on the ques-
ton this burden of corruption and dis
grace will be saddied upon Louisiana
for another quarter of a century, and
the perpetual menace to enterprise inn
piled in the existence of such a power
for evil will paralyZe prosperity.
'sThere is great and serious danger in
the sltuation-a danger that every
clear-sighted and honest citizen should
struggle desperately to avert. The
white people of Louisiana have expert
enced all the evils of negro domination,
and have no mind to endure them
again. They have seen black legisla-
ture. composed of ignorant, Semi-sav-
age men, led by lot Of cunning and
characterless white politicians of the
worst sort, carry on a saturnalia of
thievfng misrule. They have seen the
money of the people stolen, squandered
and thrown away by the million, bonds
voted for every conceivable scheme,
property confiscated by
OUTRAGEOUS TAXATION,
and the whole state thrown into
turmoil of violence and crime. They
do not want to see re-enactment of
those diSgraceful scenes, and they will
not tolerate such state of affairs again.
Louisiana has been through that de-
lirious orgy, and does not want any
more of it. The black man may keep
his right of suffrage and nobody will
deny him its use. but the abuse of it
will not be endured. / know the feeling
of the white people in this regard, and
know that they will not submit to
negro misrule. If the question comes
to final issue it will be settled by appeal
to arms, fear, and one side or the
other will get conelusively beaten. 1t
is my belief that the white men of this
state, rather than submit to such out
RACES in the name OF government as
were perpetrated in the carpetbag
days, would take their rifles and fight
the question of race supremacy out to
the end.
1T is to avert even the possibility of
such calamity that we Will resist in
the Legislature to the last breath this at
tempt of the lottery company to get its
scheme submitted to popular vote.
That company knows perfectly well
what its project involves, and deliber-
ately forces the issue upon us. Ii we
can stop the thing in this Legislature,
the cnrrIInr institution will eXnira or