Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1890-08-08

nOuiSlhudj OWlhB W Juc oAttuueu
and diversified power of the LOnIsi.
ana State Lottery Company, which
it is claimed reaches juries aud
defeats the ends of justice. 1t Is
not necessary to add that j1rlsdic
ton Of The Offense of mailing is
now confined to the Il strict in.
GLIDING the pOStOfflce Of deposit
| By the provisions of the substitute
| bill q letter mailed at New Orleans
may be traced into any other
State and Unidentified by its deliv.
cry, so that if the act of mailing
can be located upon any individual
or individuals at said city, the
offense may pass under the review
of courts at the place of delivery,
thus securing fair trial in locali-
ties where the influence of the lot
terry is not established.
"Other advantages to be derived
from the provisions of the first Sec
ton of the substitute bill are the
extension OF the penalty for the
mailing of letters by the public to
lottery companies, instead OF con.
fnlng it to the mailing of them by
such companies to the public, as is
now practically the case, the
enumeration of the several things,
as checks, money, &C., for the
purchase of lottery tick cts, the
mailing of which is prohibited,
thus bringing the force OF the law
to bear upon those whose cOntri-
buttons keep these swindling enter
prlses alive, and decreasing the
motive to violate the law by in
creasing the number who are like.
ly to be punished for such viola.
ton. A bold and daring company,
Astounding IN subteTfuges, accus-
toned to violating the law, and
skilled in the art of avoiding de.
lection, will not hesitate to CON-
nit innumerable offenses, while
the citizen who respects the law,
or is afraid OF Its majesty, Will
hesitate to take the chances OF
prosecution. Hence, as soon as it
is known that the mailing OF a let.
ter to a lottery company which
contains money or check for the
purchase of its tickets Is an ofeDse
against the law, punishable by
fDe and imprisonment, the number
willing to take the risk will rapidly
diminish.
"The greater benefit, il possible,
will he the closing of the mails to
newspapers which contain lottery
advertisements and lists OF prizes,
thus partially cutting off communi-
cation between the lottery and its
customers and reducing the num-
Der of its victims. In some States
such advertisements are prohibited
by State laws, and but little il any
opposition is thereby provoked.
Many of the ablest and most infu
entail journals now advocate the
denial of mail facilities to any pub
Usher who will admit lottery adj
vertisement to his columns, and it
is believed that an enactment by
Congress to this effect Will meet
with the almost unanimous APP
prOysl OF papers of known standing
and ability.
"AnOther important feature, in
legal sense, of the first section of
the substitute bill is that violations
of its provisions may be proceeded
against by indictment or informa.
ton and that the extent of the
punishment is within discretion of
the courts, and they can always
be relied upon to deal properly
with yiolators Of the law"
The text of the bill reported by
the committee and read twice and
ordered to be printed is as follows
ga bill to amend certain sections
OF the Revised Statutes relating
to lotteries, and for other pur-
poses:
"Be it enacted By the Senate and
House Of Representatives Of the
United States Of America IN Con
gress Assembled, That section
thlrty.elght hundred and ninety.
tour of the Revised Statutes be,
and the same is hereby, amended
to.read as follows;
"Sec. 1891. No letter, postal
card, or circular concerning any
lottery, so.called gift concert, oil
other similar enterprise offering
prizes dependent upon lot or chance
or concerning schemes devised fol
the purpose of obtaining money oil
property under false pretenses,
and no list of the drawings at any
lottery or similar scheme, and nc
lottery ticket or part thereof, anC
no check, draft, bill, money, postal
note or money order for the pur-
chase of any ticket, tickets, Oh
part thereof, or of any share Of
any chance in any such lottery oil
gift enterprise, shall be carried il
the mail or delivered at or through
any postoffice or branch thereof, OF
by any Detter-carrier nor shall any
newspaper, circular, pamphlet Oh
publication of any kind containing
any advertisement Of any lottery
or gift enterprise OF any kind offer
ing prizes dependent upon lot OIL
chance, or containing any list o
prizes awarded at the drawings o
any such lottery or gift enterprise,
whether said list is of any part Of
of all of the drawing, be carried IL
the mail or delivered by any post
master or letter carrier. Any per
son who shall knowingly deposit
or cause to be deposited, or who
shall knowingly send or cause t.
be sent, anything TO be conveyed
or delivered by mail in Violation
of this section, or who shall know
inplV cauSe to be delivered bN