The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-11-07
Lottery Business Refused.

don, john BosseIl.
Lottery Business Refused.
The Anti-Lottery law, which WAS
passed by Congress and went into
effect on September 10. seems to have
heen rendered almost wholly inetfec-
i've Ivy the action 0fOne of the large
express companies. The law closed
the mails to the lottery, making it
crime to send any lottery ticket or
advertisement through the mail. and
directing the POstoffice Department
to return all letters to or from lotter-
les to the senders stamped "Fraudu-
lent" sThiS law no sooner went into
effect than the Louisiana Lottery
abandoned the mails and began send
ing its lottery tickets, advertisements
and lists of drawings throughout the
country by means of the express
comprDies RAINING into New Or
leans,
AS soon as this increase of business.
came to the attention of tie officers
of the United States Express Com
pany an order was at once issued to
all of its superntendents and agents.
forbidding them to receive or for
ward any lottery tickets or adver-
tisements, or any packages which
they had reasonable ground to be.
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money intended for the purchase OF
lottery tickets. The Adams Express
Company has taken the opposite
ground, that it has DO right to in
! quire about or suspect the character
Of packages offered to it for carriage.
The consequence of this is that nearly
all of the lottery business to-day is
being carried by the messengers Of
the Adams Express Company, and
its agents are receiving and distribut.
ing the mOny and lottery tickets of
the Louisiana State Lottery through
out The Northern States, II the
Adams Express Company were to
issue the same orders that have been
issued by the United States Express
Company the business Of the Louis
lana LOtter would be at 0 ce almost
entirely confined to the city of New
Orleans.
TO reporter of the Tribune, who
called yesterday upon Thomas G.
Plat. president of the United States
Express Company. ut his office, No,
46 Broadway, the ex-senator said
II am in favor of anything that will
suppress this lottery business. An
agent Of this company recently be-
came a defaulter through this kind
of gambling, The recent attempt of
of every employer of men in this
country. The United States Express
Company shall not he used to pro-
mote the lottery business, but will
work in line with the Postoffice De-
partment for the suppression of this
nefarious business. The general
order forbidding the carriage of lot
terry packages is meeting with APP
prevail from all sources. l have re-
ceived large numbers of kilograms,
letters and newspaper articles COM
mending the course of this company.
1.-THE Chief Inspector of the Post
office Department has telegraphed
Il thank and commend you most
heartily for your order preventing
the lottery from using your company
to evade the law. Good for your L
cannot agree with the view taken by
another company. Our agents know
very we'll that packages addressed to
Mr.. Dauphln, the agent of the Lou
isiana Lottery, contain money for
the purchase of lottery tickets, and
that the thousands of packages Of
feIed to us by Mr.. Dauphin contain
nothing but lottery tickets and ad.
vertisements and the lists and pro-
ceeds of drawings. We are advised
that we are legally justified in refus-
ing to receive any package which we
have good reason to suspect of con-
tanning these illegal articles. We
shall not carry them at any price
and will take our chances in any suits
that may be brought for refusal to
receive such packages.
1.-The Louisiana Lottery has offered
US very large amounts of money to
do this business. 1t is very prof.
table business and yet 1 have no
doubt that Mr.. Hoey. the president
of the Adams Express Company.
will follow our example when he
sees mott only that his company is
likely to be involved in serious diff.
ficuties with the National and State
Government if it continues to GARY
these lottery packages. but also that
his company is TODAY the main.stav
OF the Louisiana Lottery Companv.