The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1890-03-22
4 TEN STRIKE FOR THE LOTTERY.


Daaphin donated 10 the city $4,000
and to the Governor 100000 for over
flow prevention Mayor Shakespeare
not having ~Timeo DanaOs Dona
Ferentes" in mind accepted. Govern
or Nichols ON the contrary declined
in the following:
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
STATE OF LOUISIANA. ,
New Orleans, March Is, ls90 }
To NJ. A. Dauphin, Esq, President
Louisiana State Lottery Co.: Sir-I
have received your communication of
this date enclosing the check of the
Louisiana State Lottery Company for
100000 for levee purposes. On the
eve of session of the Legislature,
during which the renewal or extension
of your charter will be acted upon-a
question vitally affecting the interests
of this State-I have no right to place
the people under obligation to your
company in however small degree by
my acceptance of gratuity fund. |
herewith return your check. Very
respectfully,
FRANCIS I. NICHOLS, Governor
To this Mr.. Dauphin replied in dis
sent from his conclusions.
Mayor Shakespeare has also a CORES
pondence on hand with the ministers
of the city. He sees ''no subtle briben
in the donative; it is nothing but "a
gift a subscription for the protection
of the lottery company's properties.
To this is Joined the not very credible
or crcditable plea of "pauperized
purse"
In strict truth there has been no lack
ofmeans III Louisiana for arresting dis
aster. The State has $l50,OOO in hand
for emergencies and the Secretary of
War has, on the request of the Gov
ernor, allotted $4,000 for prevention
of crevasses. The entire River Commits
sion outfit, boats men and material is
in the service of the Louisiana levee
authorities. Yet the New Orleans
papers have soundly rated the Govern
or for declining what no sane mind
can deny has in intent the element of
bribery. We believe that the people Of
Louisiana will on sober reflection up
hold the Governor,
1t is true that the money may be
accepted from the Lottery Company
and the corrupt intent ignored. Thus
we presume the river parishes, to
whom Mr.. Dauphin has made his gift,
regard 1t. But the Governors course
is, morally, the true one.
The following will show the practical
motive of this generous sympathy of
the Louisiana lottery:
[St. Louis Christian Advocated
Louisiana is copvulsed. The cause
State Lottery. Money and morals
have hand-to-hand conflict. | hear
nothing of the rightness of the lottery.
The papers on one side are full of its
wrongness; on the other they are full
of the money that is in 1t. 1t offers
S12,000,000 to pay the State debt for
fifty years of life. II thrusts this ban
ner upon the coming Legislature and
voters of the State as a question of
State policy. The Holy Family, a
Catholic journal of New Orleans, says
1--WE have already shown in these col
umns the general basis upon which the
Louisiana Lottery Company has cast
the scheme of its so-called extraordi-
nary drawings. II has in each year
two which are advertised as having a
S6OO,000 capital prize each, and for
which there are issued 100000 tickets
al $40 each. The face value of tickets
for each of these drawings is manifest
ly $4,000,000, and for the two $s,00O,-
600. Then there are in each year ten
additional drawings, with 100000
prizes, and each with 100000 tickets
at 800, making value in tickets far sep
arate drawings, $2,000,00O, and for the
ten drawings $20,OOO,00O. It appears.
therefore, that for the entire year this
company issues tickets worth $2S,0O0,-
900. Prizes are advertised as follows
For the 100000 drawings, 3,l44 prizes,
aggregating S2,159,600, and for the
$3O0,000 drawings, 3,l43 prizes, aggre-
eating $l,054,S00. Having these fig
ures, the sum is easily stated
Face value of tickets i2 drawings. .sss 900 ZOO
Total of prizes. IL drawings -. sl4 ,s67 200
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| Balance......... .,,..........,sls,1 ,132, 500
"To state results on this basis the
company would sell $2s,0000O0 of
tickets, collect 1t, generously return to
the people, out of their own money,
less than $l5,000,000, and retain over
$13,000,000. In other words, this CON-
pany realizes at rate of a trine under
AZ per cent, and refunds In prizes a
trifle over So per cent. This is about
as near the gobbling of one entire half
as the company probably dares to go. .
Against this tremendous evil sam
Jones Numbered two weeks. but the
city press was silent. What is there
In this case to keep just and intelligent
men from seeing alike on this question:
Money!
The swinIle is a disgrace TO the
State and the nation. This every hon
est man knows. 1t appeals to but one
principle in human nature-the desire
to obtain something for nothing. In
every city, town, village, hamlet and
community it finds its victims. For
nigh quarter Of century it has been
poisoning society. Christian homes
have by no means escaped. Now 1t
asks for the next half century in which
to coil itself around the body polite
and social. AT the rate of ST 3. 900. 600
per annum, what could it not corrupt
in fifty years, that is corruptible2
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