Los Angeles herald., 1890-07-08
liz LOTTERY INCUBUS.
HE M1I1sroNE ABOUT THE
CREOLE STATES NECK.
+ to Sell Louisiana's Birthright for a
81 Mess of Pottage.

BATON ROUGE, La, July 7.-Governor
Nichols this afternoon returned to the
house, without approval, the now
famous lottery bill. In his veto mes
sage, which is of great length, he refers
to his message at the opening OF the
session, anticipating this legislation and
urging it's instant rejection for various
reasons then set forth. In the present
message he says his views heretofore
expressed not only remain unchanged,
but his convictions have deepened at the
strengthened and persistent efforts
which have been made to represent
Louisiana as pauper, unable by and
through her own legitimate resources to
sustain and carry out the duties of her
statehood, which representations are
utterly without foundation. ''The state
and the different parishes of this state
were never since the late war in a bet
ter condition than they are today. Nov
ing forward to an era of assured prosper
ity, suddenly the dark shadow of
deep disgrace is thrown across their
path, and the honor of Louisiana main
tanned in the past on the field and in the
council, by patriotism and valor and the
sacrifice other sons, living and dead, is to
be tarnished forever; her position among
her sister states to be tested, not by
what she has been, but in dus5, as de-
generate partner in a gambling corpora
ton, designed, organized and to be car
ried out, not for her good or her ad-
vancement, but as I have before said,
for the personal and selfish interests of
handful of men, many of them con-
nected with the darkest days of the re-
construction period.
II repeat, it is for them and to
them we are selling out our birthright
for mess of pottage. Who are the six
unnamed men who are to join with
seventh and known one to constitute the
new lottery company? How comes it
and enabled to know their antecedents
of meaning in that silence. In the most
with whom they deal. How comes it
general assembly has been willing up to
now to close it's eyes and move blindly
in the dark?
''I say to this general assembly, in
all earnestness, that should this measure
be passed, we might enter upon a period
of strife such as never has been seen be-
fore in Louisiana, and should this con-
templated corporation ever be formed,
it will enter upon an era of corruption
and degradation beside which the era
of reconstruction will appear as one of
honor and happiness. And let me say
that should this measure be adopted and
carried out in my opinion no good will
ever come of the money which we will
receive as the price of our honor
and our liberty. Extravaganza,
profigacy and corruption will assuredly
follow it's receipt as the night follows the
day. believe at the end of twenty-five
years we will not only find our constitu-
tional bonds outstanding to the utmost
limit of the funding law, but believe
there will be an additional immense in
terest-bearing debt, which, by that
time, will have to be acknowledged and
provided for as to the interest, but not
as to the principal. and that in those
twenty-five years vast amount OF in
terest will have been paid out unneces-
sarily, improperly and illegally.
In whose hands those interest
bearing bonds will be found
time will develop. At the end of
twenty-five years there will be the same
claim of the poverty Of Louisiana, and
the same claim ON its behalf for the con-
tinued existence of the lottery"
Governor Nichols concluded with a
most urgent protest against this as
sumed condition of the poverty of the
state, and says the measure will con-
tinue to meet his most determined op-
position.
The bill was made the special order
for tomorrow afternoon.
p. ID. Wigginton Dead.