The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1890-06-05
IiIhe Scheme Believed Not to
n .au BE Dead But Only to
'iaa BE Mapping y
Senator Speneers Threat to Revive II
u -Plans 70 Dispose of Large. i,
w s1.n l@ss @ Area or Acres,
What Two North Dakota Poiiticizns
stas Have to Say Regarding the =, s.s'.I
sf"led! Eap Situations i, a,nd 80,

FABGD, Jhne 81 8tttt4F
The lottery biii i not desd. but s,sep-
ing. ti'i4 'tAasii .lcy.a hsIa
az Thoseiwsrs ahsp parting words Oh ,,ropb-
ecy that ex-senator Spencer, once fatncss
Tor hts vonneoticu with fhe star route
! scandal. nov snotorious as the prime con.
spirator Ia the plot 90 steal the ipoIitieaI
power OF q state and debauch thsl positieaa
eepscisnea of its people, Left benind him
as ha stepped on beard = Northern nacisc
train little more than q month ago and
sped sonthward, whisher no pns knows,
but certainly tp some place vhers heeoulz
safely plot new schemes for chs poiiticsl
enslavement OF the people. Il. ,ha u VI
Those words we're prophetic. Bna aeven,
more significant were the words OF Aiaxan-
der Mckenzie, Spencer's co-conspirator.
uttered not long before that.
IL this thing goes we'll control the DO
litical power Of this state for all time to
come"
There 10 nov no doubt IN the minds Of
many OF the most reputable people of this
state that the lottery scheme is not dead,
and that the whoie plan as il was fore
shadowed In the bill, which was all hut
passed NJ the last legislature, was and atm
is one Of the most gigantic schemes Go
secure possession of the political power of
9 state and WELD IL foi the private gain Of
. few individuals that has ever been pro-
iectcd by the most daring political schem-
ers In their widest dreams. The scheme
not only provided for the establishment
sf lottery such az has been the enrse OF |
svery country In which they have besn
fastened, but went further and contem-
olated the disposition and sale of lands.
As every one knows. Mckenzie, HaQgart,
laMoure and the rest have immense anan- /
itiea of land in this state. If they could /
,ut these lands OF theirs m q gigantic pool. /
ell them by lostery--these lands that have
ost them next TO nothing the money they
Fould make could scarce be counted In
niliions.
Something like that the tainking people
4 this state are beginng 10 believe ives the
roJect OF those daring spectators. What
! more, from all sides come the whispered
sports that the lottery measure is still
wing and quietly, but effectnally stretch
lg out its tendrils OF political intrigue
Yer the franchises Of the state and the .
onsciences of the people.
The indications which lead the people of !
his state 10 believe that this il so come :
'om many various sources. Ia the first 1
lace circulars offering advertisements :
ave been cent out from the great Euro !
Ban lottery At Hamburg. from the Louisi-
~ lottery and from the lottery of Zaca- :
cas- In Mexico, TO every paper in the state b
ad in many Of them they are now being :
'inted under yearly contracts.
This Is believed 10 be q systematic effort .
siifse the conscience of the people of the o
ate through the only means OF expires Q
on OF public sentiment. These adyer-
sements offer a constant and almost ire :
stible temptation to the struggling editor 4
beiray his trust to the people, and no p
niger PRINT the facts in regard 10 this '
aar political crime that has been once at Z
mpted, and In still believed to be secretly \
erished.
Reports from all over the state indicate N
at the same men who furthered the lot /
~ scheme last winter are making the "
ost industrious preparation to obtain
OF tae primaries this fall. IL is
neraliy understood In this city that Mai. :
wards wants to go himself to the senate =
Is fall. =
A correspondent talked with o number 81
prominent anti-iottery people of Fargo, y =
q they are all convinced that 40 attempt : !.
now being made to get possession of the pl
yisiature In the interests of the lottery a
!. They say also that the attempt will o
I succeed. not even II II be ne easary = Z.
u the state should go democratic in y
Ter TO prevent II. %
Said prominent citizen of Fargo q
ZEN clean tha gang out first and name q
J party that does 10 afterward."