St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-03-22

Louisiana State Lottery Co.:
Sir:-I have received your COM
munication Of this date enclosing
the check OF the Louisiana State
Lottery Company for slOO, 600 for
levee purposes. On the eve of a
session Of the Legislature, during
which the renewal or extension of
your charter will be acted upon, q
question vitality affecting the inter-
ests Of this State, l have no right
to place the people under ob!iga-
ton to your company in however
small degree by my acceptance Of
q gratuity fund. l herewith return
your check. Very respectfully,
FRANCIS T. NICHOLS,
Governor
A very spirited and digniiied re-
buke to the Governors usurpation
Of guardianship " the morals of
the people is conveyed in the fol-
lowing r%ejoinder:
OFFICE La. STATE LOTTERY Co.,
New Orleans, March Is, 1890
To His Excellency, Governor Fran
els +. Nichols, New Orleans,
La:
Your letter of this date is re-
ceived, wherein you refuse and re-
turn the check for 500, 600 which
the Louisiana State Lottery Com
pany had handed to you, the Chief
Executive OF the people Of Louis
lana, to he Immediately applied to
the averting Of the disastrous over
flows with which they + threat
ened. While / am not disposed to
question your Excellency's free
agency in acting As you do, I can
not refrain from saying that the
Loaisaiana State Lottery Company
is as firmly grounded in the Con-
stitution and laws Of Louisiana as
any institution within its borders.
1t is. therefore, as legitimately EN-
titled to express its sympathy with
the people Of Louisiana and to con-
tribute to their relief as the Cotton
Exchange, the Board If Trade, or,
be it respectfully said, the Governor
Of Louisiana himself.
Permit me to say that your Ex-
cellency's refusal to accept tie con-
tribution rendered by this company
is based on an entirely unwarranted
assumption Of intentions which
neither you nor any one else has q
right to attribute to it. The COM
pany's tender of aid to the people
Of the State was inspired by q rec
ognition Of actual and pressing
emergencies. Your Excellency's
fear that If this offer be accepted
by you it will impose some future
and binding obligation on the pub
lie implies the very uncompliment-
sry inference that the people Of
Louisiana are to be swayed in their
decision Of questions of vital inn
p~ortance to their interests by small
benefactions which have no bearing
on such questions. On this point
l respectfully beg to dissent from
your Excellcncy's opinion.
Your E~xcellency may be assured
that this company will not intermit
its exertions to aid the people Of the
threatened districts in their efforts
to avert the catastrophe with which
they are menaced. Very respect
fully, your obedient servant,
NJ. A. DAUPHrN,
President La. State Lottery Co.
Now for Mayor Shakspeare's
course under identically similar
conditions.
1t was to be expected that the
Reverend Mr.. Carradine would in
terpose an objection, for in his anti
lottery mania he has not hesitated
to cast the most defamatory asper-
sions upon those who differed with
him or failed to join in his attempt
ed crusade against q lawfully estab-
lished institution. But His Honor
points out in scathing terms the
difference between mere lip charity
and practical philanthropy. To
the Lottery Company he wrote:
CRY HALL, March Is, 1890.
NJ. A. Dauphin, President LOUISE
II Lottery:
I have your letter Of yesterday
in which you, by authority Of your
company, tender the city $50 200
to be used rs an emergency fund to
the threatened calamity of an
This amount is, I hope, far be-
yond what will be required to de-
the levees. The knowledge,
however, that the city has q ready
fund at its disposition will make
our work easier.
Ar vet our means are equal to
our necessities. When any part of
your contribution is needed l will
call for it.
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