The Opelousas courier., 1890-12-06

Curious LOTTERY History.

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N. o. States.
1t is a fact, not known to many, but
nevertheless quite true, that Louisiana
has utilized lotteries as a means OF rais-
ing revenue less than any other State IN
the American union. While New YORK.
Rhode Island and Georgia were cstan.
fishing their public school system With
money derived from lotteries; while
Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and New
Hampshire were building up ana
STRENGTHENING their colleges With sllek-
els from the same source; while Viz
ainia, Kentucky and Maryland were
constructing important public works By
means Of lotteries; Louisiana refused to
sesg avail herself of the opportunities TINS
offered, and held aloof from this mode
az raising revenue. The result has been
hat the states just named laid the foun-
dalton Of excellent public school sys-
tens with funds gathered by the god
dsss of chance, while Louisiana, n lag
card I'M the race, permitted her neigh
Sors to outstrip her in the march OF pro-
gress. and Only aa,h hsss VIII tb heo ti naye fam an
Riblo Droposition to secure a we'll
.sanlnped system of public schools
4hrOueh r~evenues obtained by the same
method employed by her sister states
yearly half a century ago.
But there were lotteries chartered by
the Legislature of Louisiana in the ear
" days, and the history of some of them
Ia WGEMlluE DIS SiUN iltS bLG SIGab HIt
associated with these immoral ~ agen-
ciee now so rabidly condemned by the
a hypercritical Louisiana moralists OF to-
day.
3 Legislature when the State was admit
ted to the Union, was to establish Il lot
terry for the purpose OF raising money to 1.
found the university of Louisiana"
the provisions Of this lottery being iden-
as teal with those OF similar lotteries es-
fablished to assist Hazard and Columbia
Colleges, and the Universities OF Penn
~SyiYania, Georgia and North CarOlina.
80 The State, however, failed to follow up
this lead, and established only one other
lottery for educational purposes. In
thegeaf 1898 an act was passed granting
The COvington Academy, in st. Tam
msny parish, the privilege to run a lot
tegy and thus raise the money necessary
TO support the institution. 1t may not
be uninteresting to see who were the
100 trustees of the lottery-wha we're the
uen that handled the lottery money, is
sued the tickets, signed them with theil
ts own names and gathered in the siiekei:
arising from this dannabie () bushes,
90 rOundly denounced by the anti moral
ists of 1890. First on the list as one o.
the managers Of this lottery 10 Hon
Branch ": Miller, fatlsr Of or M dlstIn
ss*sa and grandfather of Judge Fred. d!
King and MIR. Branch M. King, all of
whom are leaders OF the anti hosts O
to-day. The other trustees were d. B
Nenrs and non;ei Edwarda
IN the s4th rdav nf Senfember. 1890. a,
address to the people of the State wa
@19srNSitssa ~ 1ann;s;ona row III,
sS@ IN "a Hi cnn,m ittao ,Ta 6nS Nh i
$500 "A Heaven M King of tha nar;al
rs III nsleenr rrandson oF Hon Rranch M
Niiiar sha iynsiaa nf : lattarv n IN;
address we are told that a lottery i
1H r+s SsSiIs dnn,ain af God naraIs - NJ
80 ~ Snrtbar taId ti,at tha chartarino of
! 5nt&sss III, sstrs;l tha banor If Tonis;
ana IN the dusteD There are also tn h,
ffannnA Il; I. Sbis dncnn,ant ummasnns refer
&C., ~ OVERWHELMINGLY in a oan,bi;n,
Ss@va;i thron chant tha antira addreas
%h;chhA "a Ua have have afova atatad NJ
$3.50 aIonmr otl,ars ~ tLa "rnn5sa,
MI Esn Pvencb w Mi,iIs, liz frnstee =
Sha aTovincton AcaJanav Tottarv |.
n wes feundrnaeaasarv as asrlu Il
1R11 ~ rsiae fnnds for the ;mnroTan,an
- R y MI Tar ~ 4 S Tba Ta0;sIatu r,
1as Sat;t;o%ad for . oharter and th''
aT,efonrcha T,ottervn Was fha resnIf
Anonn1 the moneo aya of th;s Iottaru w,
Ana anch names az the Hon Hanr,
Tohnsno' Aoricola Fnselier. Pierre Req
49, re- SmA 7ohr Vv;IEiraon than yvhon
NJ names we're more disfinrnished #
tha cary history If the~ State. I'm 1s9s
I'M chartar M tka sT .afonrcha Lnftorv;
YEA Tanavve1 r;thasst ! strnooIe H
Tr%ssnonya vota ~ sha ag;siaf5ra -
svhici, M cnyrse, there was an entire
$3.50 -. ~ ~ N ~. anaii af e. i.onon;
~ The fsnstees nnder fhe renawed charfe,
waTe .TosenII NIcnlas. Nareisse landry
IN "A. Randall f. c. D50nfremar and 81
9snnyrnnm1iI1 nnE ~
IN Che came wear in which the ala.
fonreha TroffarvV came into existence
she neopia hi Ranides asked for n char.
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