St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-08-02


accepted go, 900 from the LOTTERY
t Company to assist him in his per
sonal canvass for the Senate.
i ANTI-LOTTERY LEAGUE.
Il A meeting was held at the Court.
house on Friday, July 25th, and At.
ter the objects Of the proposed as
ISOLATION were, by request, ex-
planned by Mr.. e. d. Saunders. q
Parish Anti-Lottery League was or
|ganised, q follows:
j After the meeting had been :em-
porarily organized, Mr.. Geo. H.
Cause was elected permanent presi-
dent, and Mr.. VIM. De b. Elliot
permanent secretary Of the st.
Tammany Anti-Lottery League.
| On motion, duly seconded, the
following was adopted and signed
Is the constitution Of this League,
Wis:
CONVICTION, JULY IS, 1890.
The undersigned, residents and
voters Of St. Tammany parish, La,
declare that we hereby join the
Anti-Lottery League and form our
selves into . Parish Anti-Lottery
League for St. Tammany parish.
The object Of this association
is to oppose by al lawful means the
recharter Of the Louisiana State
Lottery, after the expiration Of its
present charter, and also to OPP
pose the granting Of . lottery char.
ter to any other company or indi-
viduals. And to that end We wish
to unite our efforts with those Of
similar leagues in other parishes,
and join them In adopting and car
rying out such measures - win be
best adapted 70 secure our pur-
poses.
We are firmly convinced that
the State Of Louisiana e fully able
from ito own revenues raised by
ordinary taxation to meet III legiti-
mate calls upon her. During the
last ten years the wealth and in
come Of the State have steadily In
creased and there is less reason now |
than ut any time in our past history |
Why We should become pensioners
on the bounty Of . huge gambling
monopoly which has used its mon
ey and influence to obtain . privi-
lege and monopoly Of gambling at
. vastly less sum than competitors
would have paid had the privilege
been fairly sold. We object to .
lottery charter 1t any price and I'M
der Ill circumstances /; much more
do We object to one which would be
granted for less than the privilege
is worth and would have been OBJ
tanned but by suppression Of COM
petition. We therefore pledge our
best and unremitting efforts to de-
feat any and all chartering, or re-
chartering Of lottery companies and
to defeat the proposition
Df John A. Morris and his un-
named associates.
Geo. H. Cause, Chairman CLAY
elliot, n. H. Talley;; John Eds
Smith, F. B. Martindale, w. F.
Hosmer, T. c. Simmons, ]. NJ. Ii
Simmons, ST., Jas. n. Simmons,
4. Provost, Benjamin F. Rogers, Il
B. C. Williams, Armand Cousin, IL
George Keopp, Jr. In
VIZ. DE- B. ELLIOT, Secretary.
On motion duly seconded, it was I
esolved that the meeting elect from r
ach ward represented one delegate
o attend the Anti-Lottcry League E
to be held at Baton
louge Thursday, Aug. z, 1890, and
hat the president appoint . dele \
ate for each ward not represent
d.
Under this resolution, the follow =,
q delegates were elected by the =
,eeting, Wis: Geo. Keopp from !.
rst ward, Ben. Rogers from Sc u
ond ward, Clay Elliot from third
ard, Ben. C.. Williams from fifth -
ard, Geo. II. Cause from eighth r
ard. =
And the president appointed Juo. =;
/. Ernest from sixth ward, w. E. ~
alley from seventh ward, e. p. ~
ebert from ninth ward. o.
On motion duly seconded, it was :"
that the constitution of U
is league be printed and copies
mt to each member, and that each
ember use his best and most dill
mt efforts to procure signatures u
ereto, and to enlist as members
ereof, his neighbors and friends.
On motion duly seconded, it was Ia
solved that the president be EN-
wed to call . meeting Of this
lgue when he shall deem fit, and
III notify the members through Al
II and BY publication in St. Tam
my Farmer. tn
On motion duly seconded, it was
'olved that . copy of the pro-
.dings Of this meeting be furnish III
to the New Delta. the St. Tam
ny Former and the Amite City
dependent. pei
On motion duly seconded, it was boz