The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-07-06
CREAM OF THE pREeS.
Current Topfcs Cslh.;ed From the Lead
ting Papers Of the Country.
birmingham News.

OF the hepuplCau lditf uef' 49, "Ni -.
quarter OF century. 20 per cent. oil tne
whole wealth ofthe whole country through
a more cunning onc-sided enactment man
the charter a the Louisiana Lottery. Inc
drawings Of the Republica" game OF chance
give an winnings rrd no blanks to those
who suit QUAY and have their names
and pnrsuis and places of business
ara numbers written m the doom y,
life. The "drawings' occur DAY i Ml'u
night, and are progressive forever. lne
half OF every dollar expended by me nas"eS
OF sixty millions Of people, ~ every tuin y,
the tariff wheel. iinglcs IN the pockets Oh
some gilded trust, and the poor, growing
poorer. and the rich richer, we are con-
stantIy told 10 contemplate In wonder ana
admiration the splendors and glory ana
bcnefcence OF tho imposing and beautllui
scheme Of plumber which converts the
whiIom Republic into whlted sepulcher
In which are ent0mbed the liberties ma
wealth Of the people.
Two miliics dollars in cash 20 reconstruct
the ieyp,.s. not 10 corrupt the Legislature Oh
louisiana: not that the lottery company
NAV plumber the ignorant and poor; not
that these States may become depraNeu
communities Of gamblers; not That the ne
groes may become race OF klepiomahlacsi
not that n few men OF New Orleans may
minister: not that the religion OF Jesus
Christ may disappear. and not that indus
try. taxed by Federal codes 10 destltuuoh'
NAV become q lost art and habit OF many,
but that blind Chance may become the goo
of the multitude-these are the ends 10 ne
achieved through the purchase OF Legs
lature and the corruption of the people oil
State. which only recently escaped from the
clutches OF visiting statesmen whose
chosen divinity was Sweet Eliza Pinkston.
The Negro and the Lottery.
commercial Advertiser
Now that the lottery election is TO be held
in Louisiana. the interesting question IL
whether the negroes will all vote for IT.
ont of all proportions TO their numbers, 10
say nothing of their means, they are patrons
of the institution. but on this very account,
IL is hoped by some hopeful people, that a
good many Of them will vote against II.
They have as a race little TO gain from the
money which the lottery company pays TO
the State, since that merely lessons the
taxes now paid 10y the property owners,
among whom the negroes are very scarce
and very poor. In measure the recharter
of the company will transfer public bur
dens from the whites 10 the negroes. The
testimony is unanimous that even the ne
gro churches are demOralized and mpOy-
erished by the institution. The st. Louis
Globe Democrat quotes a Louisiana clergy
man visiting in that city as saying that
.'eyery negro in New Orleans who can read
has a dream book, published by the lottery
company. giving the number that belongs
10 every conceivable thing, from TO lOO.COO,
so that after a man dreams about anything
he cOnsults his dream-bOOk and knows
what number to buy. The same clergy
man tells the story of negro deacon
who dreamed that he had won a
prize in the lottery. and on the
strength Of his dream went 20 his pas
tor, borrowed dollar and bought q
ticket. 1t was about week until the
drawing. and be spent the entire time in
PRAYER that he might win the capital prize.
The night before the drawing he prayed all
night long, then. Ragged and half dead with
want Of sleep, he went 10 the drawing. His
ticket was blank and wnen he learned the
fact, he declared he never would pray
again, for, he said, if the Lord didn't listen
to him when he was so much in earnest as
he was when asking for that prize il was
no use to bother him at other times. 80
he gave up his religion, and has not been
to church since.
The Mad Dog Scare.
New York Times.l
Almost every summer there is in some
part of the country a mad dog "scare" that
does an infinite deal of harm. One Of these
seems 10 have broken out lately in Eastern
Connecticut. 1t is a demonstrated fact
that rabies in dogs is very rare and is not
more likely TO occur in warm weather than
cold. In most of these cases which set
some community or other half crazy with
dread, there is probably no real rabies at
oil III "A |.
commissions from any cause, he is at once
supposed TO be rabid, though that is very
seldom the actual fact Any dog that shows
symptoms of wildness or alteration of any
kind is liable to be chased and barried
until he snaps right and left at anything
that comes i'm his way. and is finally
killed and pronounced mad. the stories
are widely exaggerated, and the facts mag
nified and distorted until "scare" is pro-
duced. If rabies in dogs is rare, hydrOphO.
bia in human beings is still more so, but
under the intense excitement produced by
one OF these ''scares" persons that happen
TO be bitten who are susceptible TO nervous
disorder, and possessed of dread of hydro
phobia, are apt to be so wrought upon by
their imagination and their fears that tho
expected symptoms, or something like
them, are produced. and death by conyul.
siOns follows. such cases as these are fan
more frequent than real hydrophobia. The
circulation and eXaggeratiOn of these sto.
ries is a mischieyOus business.
Nothing But "A Raid.
New York World.
The passage OF the Dependent Pension
bill was "a leap i'm the dark. it blindly com
mitted the nation to pay out enormous but
wholly incalculable sums of money every
wear for many years to come. 1t made M
adequate provision for the protection of thu
Treasury against fraudulent claims OF
against claims from persons in no real nee(
of pensions.
The pension agents fully understand the
enOrmity ofthe measure and its speculative
value to themselves. They had ten tons Of
circulars rinted and ready for the mail,
when the bill was signed, and some of then
had even anticipated the signing by send
ing out circulars in advance in their eager
ness TO stir up claims against the Govern
ment.
The bill was passed solely TO gain votes
IL was not approved, on any other grounds
by the men who ydfed for il. Its passage
was a raid on the Treasury for campaign
funds, and nothing else.
Trimming Toward Free Trade.
Nashville Americana
1t really begins to look as if the great Re
publican party is wlnking out OF one eye al
free trade. Two years ago this same party
in convention assembled, lifted the Chicago
auditorium roof with applause, which was
followed by an enthusiastic Endorsement
when Mckinley, just then budding into
fame, dramatically read the following
words: 1--WE are uncompromisingly in favor
of the American system of protection. We
protest against its destruction. Its aban-
donment has always been followed by
general disaster 20 all interests except
those OF the Insurer and sheriff." and SO on
and on. And vet this same party is about
to proceed with the work of "abandon
ment" 10 the extent of establishing absO-
lutte free trade relations with all America
Mr.. Blaine, himself, the Secretary Of State.
the writer of magazine protection articles
and the lifelong exponent Of everything
protective, has come boldly out for such d
relationship.
Disguised Dignity.
New Orleans states
Senator Plat says it is beneath the dig
nifty OF United States Senator TO pay any
attention to what the press says about him.
IL is the vast amount of dignity which the
Senators assume that is disgusting the
people Of this country, and the day is not
f.r defiant "A hon fhav will demand that tho