The Helena independent., 1890-02-15
NEVADA WANTS An OFFER.
The Sage Brush State May Make
Terms With the Louisiana Lot
terry Company
A Native Says a Good Cash Con-
sideratioa Would Fix Things
All Right.
something Abnnt tho Rrco Of spencer
the agent who Made a failure In
North Dakota

The I.ousiona lottery will land some
uhSre," said Col Eastman, Of Eureka, New,
ihc other day 20 Chicago reporter. III It
doesn't go to North Dakota, sud don't
sup Sc II will nov. since such a hoal Was
ma.e aLuut it. it may Get into Montana,
nu. if ID emit make that rifle why there Is
iay dem d state oi Nevada, which would
us GLAD 10 welcome he lottery f1iks If Il
could get tie same terms ma we're offered 20
North Dakota The boys in Nevada have
bccn on dry tced for a couple of years and
,vpn moie. 1hre hasn't been thirg With
any nulrimeri ,n II for the Inst two lelisl' -
tuns. ShEat was p unitted 80 TO the
benuie Dsgus,in ingy cLsdp, aud rs for Jones,
he's got to tLnk he owns tho seat and he
besi, the price down every time 20 starva-
tion paint"
" Bat bayett tho lottery folks tackled
Nevada brturcY
les but yon see they didn't go about II
light. Four ycHrs ago thev gji sneak hill
through the legislature permitting the
orggnizati' n oi the Nevada Lottery com
pnny. hls WI, u local Hhhl with such
inn ~ CAnrcelp Derby Bob keEting.
Apntal. Black Wallace. Of Eureka and
'qt uf uthtr Nevada = tcsmen NJ the imnd
of lt. Nohudy dre0mcd that tho Lol'sllta
'nmn7ny wAs behind the scirrne, bot II Was
Iar plAu was - ar an The cimpmY aud
ihen sill ont bng aud bagel'e 20 tho
X.nmons Morris New Orleans pntLt.
But the supreme court upset tins
.aw hy declaring II un'onsiitu-
iionll. ana then for tie first time the
uI.. l. Ist.. lt
pronibued luipTy charters Al the Last
session of the ltg stature year ago u blil
was pHs.ed for Hu election 10 amend the
coust on ~ r,sq qeft to lotteries, and al
thc same me blll mt. Jducrd in both
houses 10 incorporate the ArvG1 Lottery
company ns soon ns the etcti should be
heli. By Tins tune. however II Lad lenked
ont tn The Nevada lottery scheme WAS
mere sci -uut affair IN tuc INF artst Of h
Louisiana cpmmiy.nnd ndlguntion burned
iierc lv ln tho hrfa,is of t.,c twenty senh-
.urA ufnl lHtg members ui tie l'9Islltnre.
Tie lu,A iUai lrUN ,h u,u have b en cod
q, 4 Sucil d iiuau "a sehela,, thuut he.
m let iii uu ia n. Foes or evan permitted
io know anyllin' ub1at ~ VIII
row uey mad lAls discovery
ed tn tie form .iln o. two more
lottery compsnirs, racl on se,l-Out
busi-. ILtn came such wrangh aud dis
eenA0ns over the d4yis On Of ies rct "
gFolt, tnat the Darby sam Davis coinhln'-
tion quietly Jumped IN and drfehtcd the
. opposed Constitutional am m n, and
ihal IN turn put ma end to the WI lie bnsl.
ness. l. the Louisiana complnY had pro-
ceeded, or should even now proceed IN Ne
ynda. openly ana ahovehonrd Rs they have
81 Nntu Dakota, there would be 10 trouble.
The Nevada legislature meets next January.
" Will have tu r. -e.ect Jones the sen tie,
rot. "a SAID before, there isnt much mest
Jones any muie. TIE boys would like
eerv much 10 uleet the gentlemen from
Louisiana. ana | think ,nld offer much
better terms tdau were cxicica IN North
DaSutl. They won have to
s. cuie constitutional alneudneat bat
rs there Hrr only ll0 o votes in tue
whor state, WITH less than a
'hoaslad yors either way as majority,
that is ,gsiiy aeon, j shed. Nevada is q
pourci n te than North Dakota. She las
feiy limited uicts 0i ygnr ana tAf eK-
ptnscs Hre AWAY out II proportion to her
4Irrds. Particularly does she want money
'oI her scnotl fund. her interest account
guu other iunniD exp Uses. II the Louis
tsilg people VIA COME 10 Nevada and talk
business. Ms they seem To have been talking
II IN North Dakota. thy Will have no lr,u
nle. The moral phase Of the question will
not bother us ANY, In North Dakota IL Is
1hturnl that thls should count. for II il "a
new state and on its good beh lNiur, 30 10
speak, but Nevada is n tough old sinner,
nhd mas been bused and mnligned So much
tht Ne are h udtntd aud don't care what
anybody SAYS sahoui us. II We waut TO sci
'ne state O. lottery company we'll do n
and don't you forget It, and Colonel East
man brought his INST down on the cherrN
Table n Nay that mtde the glnssps Jingle
." he cuupllng Of the name of George L
Spencer with the North Dlkotu lotter,
scheme hrlnps lnt1 view again one OF tb,
1nclean birds II the infamous carpet.ba.
rf'' mli southern man tn group dis
GUESSING Tint scheme recontly. at "a a loh,
nme nee anybody has heard much @
George /. Spencer. lie is pretty well ne
nembcted though, as an ex-luited state
senntor from Allah una. IN the old carpet
bag days. Spencer WAS New Yorker az IN
beginning of tue reconstruction period. an,
went IS Alahamp with tire ayowcd pnrpos
Of Uo.lilcd eggTind cement un Ter IN
nepio cnrpct-hHe regime. ile got the d
Ia the s,n te he belonged :, Rpsroe Cnnk
lirs, who, while dcsp,sing the man. mad
lice use oi him where secret dirty work VII
necessary. ; SPENCER was cuntpin 30 urlurou
~ tue sen ie with about rs tol crew D.
ever d gric al its huor. Ihcr
We're speuccr, Patterson aud Whit,
more. Of Sluth Carolina. Dofsc
and Powell Clayton Of Arkansas. Pitt he
AN-H- hiN llAuhtNh VI laNulhINlts IT WIS
precious crowd. Spencer got mixed up j
the star route swindlrs and wheu hs 70
out Of ih u and had left the senate be an
the south forever. He went 10 New Y0tl
ma RED the beautiful Cuban woman q
whom We heard 30 much at the time, an
aoc1 after disappeared il the wilds uf IA
west. He has been in the Bla X Hills. nt
kota. Wyoming. Montana, nnd all around
engaged m all sorts OF enterprises, but he B
now ul something that u il his line. AM
see tnt has pretty. bhck-eved span 81
wife is rs good md ns effective a lobhy.s
..s he ls m-elf SO Goes the world lex
poet 10 hear one OF these DAYS that Georg
spencer Is worth u million dollars. q
course le will never gtt 1t by ha d worn
hut Leli yet 10. Such fellows always Anur
lsh u they don't take go drink, and kno-
Spencer Guesn't do that"
winter Excursions to California.