St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-04-12
MORLEY" AND THE LOT
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OrE1ousAs, La, April 3, 1890.
, Editor g. Landry Dsooesss:
Those who antagooise tie Louis
ana State Lottery Company In IL
efforts to secure . renewal of it,
charter have not . monopoly Of
virtue in this world. know there
i . current belief that . man = .
Toe to III that b good when be ~
the nerve to assert that the re0hAz.
tssing Of this company viii prove .
benelt TO the State q Louisiana. /
Nm not IN od1ce holder nor . poll.
tioian, nor one Of the saints. I an
simply and only . square man Of
business, who, BY attending to his
own Affairs and letting other peo-
pies alone, has made enough to
pay bic honest debts, and to prove
. factor Of some slight moment In
upbuilding Southwestern Louisiana.
And I say frankly-and I have not
. dollar Of lottery stock nor ever
habitat II the Louisiana State
Lottery Company viii give to the
State Of Louisiana annually . sum
Of money sufficient to keen our In
sane from rotting in the parish
jails, and 10 see that our deaf,
dumb and blind are properly cared
for, and to double the public school
term in every parish in the State, !
for one win vote for Il and work for
it 1t the polls. There b NO ssuti-
ment shout me and my way Of
thinking. Three-for-a-dime rural
statesmen may mount the platform
and halloa ''auti-lottery'' until Tie
crack Of doom, but this mounting
does not run . government. 1t
takes cash and . good deal Of Il.
Morley" who wrote . commu-
nication for the Acadia Sentinel
two weeks ago, and men Of biz way
Of thinking TOT whom I have the
highest respectfully bribery whsn
the Lottery Company makes IN Of
fer 10 The State for the protection
Of it. levees. nm willing to ad-
NIT, for the sake Of argument, that
the object Of the Lottery Company,
In making that donation, was to
place the people Of this State under
obligations to it. /, for one, feel
very much obliged for the dona-
ton. II was . large amount Of
money properly and sensibly BE-
slowed for tie purpose Of accom-
plishing . work that Wa sorely
needed. do not look . gift horse
In the mouth, even Il It be branded
L. s. l..
The readers Of the Democrat
should have their minds disabused
Of the idea that III who favor The r.
chartsring Of the Lottery Company
have been bribed. Some Of the
best men in our State openly advo-
cate L. They believe that men win
Invest In games Of chance. and
taking the view Of practical states-
manship, they believe in utilizin2
tAis propensity for the greatest
good and bene6t to tie people.
The President Of The Louisiana
State Lottery Company has stated
over biz own signature that less
than 5 per cent. Of the gross re-
csipts Of bis company are derived
from Louisiana, and that more than
20 per cent. Of the receipts are
spent In this State. It would not
b sound business. in my judg- I:
to decline that which pro-
duces . revenue seven times -
great - the money invested.
It Il not in the power Of govern
ment to wholly eradicate evil. IT.
must regulate Il for It cannot crush
t.. Gladstone. Disr.eli, Bismark,
md even our own George Washing- .
lon and Thomas jefferson, recoR-
nised the hard iact that government :
cannot wholly eradicate evil. The
Two American statesmen I have
lust named were tie fatAeEs Of lot
remember seeing . few q
veaEs aGo In . museum Of curiosi- :,
lies in one Of our largest cities, two I
tickets, one containing the :
Of Thomas Jefferson,
he father Of the Declaration Of In-
dependence, and the other that Of
Washington, Who, - his- .,
DRY records 4, twas first In u
'eace, irst in var, and fnt In the 9
leaTts Of his countrymen." II
A large portion Of the population d
4 Southwestern Louisiana y Of Il
extraction. II b well :
;nown TO them, and to al men who
ollow the course OF everyday A. g
airs. that the French governmest
item establishes . lottery to makeV
p . deficit between the receipts
nd expenditures Of the republic.
)nly . year ago il was seriously
roposed, and carried out, I believe.
hat . lottery should b organised
, the interest Of the De Lesseps
anal. And vet, In the face Of
,ese facts the French people have
rospered more in the past twenty
ears than any other nation IN y
They hare paid OF the I"
immense Franco russian war in
emnitv. and have - large wealth
er capita - any nation in the u.
0rld. "'
There are many good men In THE 81
'ction Of Louisiana, whose sound
heads remain on their
'ouldeEs In spite Of public clamor.