Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-08-16

There are more than hundred policy shops
in the City Of New Orleans where such tickets
are written. They are placed at points where
they waylay the wage-earner in his progress
to and from his work. From the best infor-
nation we can get the receipts Of these shops
average about $50 per diem. They swarm
daily with slatternly women, barefooted chill
dren, bloused workingmen, youthful clerks
and household servants sent 10 market or on
some purchasing errand. None but the poor
and ignorant enter these direfl doors. Some
of these shops keep dream books" and other
stimulants to aid the superstitious in selecting
lucky numbers. BY daily REPETITION Of play
thousands of poor wretches become afflicted
with the lottery craze" and TO crafty this
theft and embezzlement enter innumerable
households. We have the authority of the
lottery that 80 per cent. of this enormous
revenue of $2Z OUO OOO-a revenue greater than
that of any FIVE average States in the Union
comes from the people Of this country, outside
Of the State of Louisiana, because its ajyo-
Gates have the effrontery TO use this fact as an
argument for its recharter by the people Of
the State Of Louisiana.
Through the purchase Of stock by its stock
holders and friends il has obtained control of
q large portion Of the organized capital Of the
State. By the force and glitter Of its money
power it has warped the Judgement and con
science Of many good people. 1t has captured
three-fourths of the Louisiana press, either
by control of the capital invested or by pur-
chase or by proprietorship
Its Ubiquitous business ~ blazoned by adyer
tisements Of winnings all over the country
aud it has thus stimulated gambling trust
in tens of thousands Of ignorant and credulons
persons from whom il monthly receives its
enormous ill-gotten gains Being itself ex-
cluded from the mails as a fraudulent lottery,
i skulks under the individual name Of us
IL
chartered by the National Government. IT il
estimated that one-thiri Of the whole local
mail matter that passes through the New
Orleans postoffice is lottery mail, and that
S3J,OO0 per diem in postal notes and money
orders are paid to its sialking-horse bank.
IFS LATEST DEMAND.
The temptation % hold on 10 this power and
to continue to amaSs this wealth has induced
these lottery people to violate all their pro-
misses and pledges made 10 the trainers Of the
istitution, and in pursuance Of this broken
faith they have preeipitated the present con
fict by sgitating for a renewal Of the charter.
Attempt has been made to submit coustitu-
tiDnal amendment 10 be voted on By the
people in 1892, giving to John A. Morris, a
member Of the original gambling syndicate %
1865, one Of the original promoters Of the
Louisiana Lottery Company, and now its
lessee and largest stakeholder, and his IN
named associates, the exclusive privilege Of
dra ring lotteries In Louisiana for % years
from January, 1924, IN consideration Of the
payment 70 the State Of 81 10000 per annum.
The statement Of the proposition demons
strates the enorniiy Of the crime involved In
ii. John A. Morris and his associates, who
neither toll nor spin, who take bat pay no
honest wage, make no product, till no field,
sow no crop, reapno harvest, who aid nothing
to the sum OF human wealth or happiness, are
to be authorized by sovereign State for q
paltry participation in the plumber to convert
her territory tor q generation into gambling
snare for the unwary Of tnis whole country
and fitch from them by fraudulent lottery
schemes untold millions
WHAT THE CONVENTION ASKS
1his vast money power must be confronted,
concludes the address The people Of Louisi-
ana will do their part, but alone they cannot