The daily state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 188?-1891, 1890-07-29
THE LOTTERY IN a SERMON
VI hat Rev. Dr. J.. w. Carter L Told
About the Big Louisiana Swindie 10
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" hat Rev. Dr. j. w. Carter old
About the Big Louisiana Swindie 10
His Congregation.
Everybody who beard Rev. DR.. J Y.
Carter's sermon 1T the First Baptist
Church OF Sunday pronounced i to be
d grand discourse. 1t made an impress
sion on every hearer,: and has been re-
ferred to many times since its delivery
in various conversations.
The general subject was THE Wick
edness of Provoking Others to SIM" He
used several strong illustrations and an
alogies, and among other things he
touched upon the Louisiana State Lot.
terry as an agent provocative of sin. He
gave short but remarkable history of
the efforts of that company to get its
charter renewed by the State, in which
be said F.:
The charter of the Louisiana State Lot
terry is about to expire. To get that
charter renewed requires an amendment
to the constitution, and two thirds
vote of both houses of the legislature is
necessary to carry this amendment. An
amendment which will permit a renewal
of the charter of the lottery was passed in
the house by two thirds vote. Then
the bill went to the senate.
The lottery people worked with the
senate by their peculiar methods until
they felt certain that they had secured
the necessary two thirds to carry the
measure through that body. A senator
who went to the legislature, processing
to oppose the lottery, but who after
wards agreed to support it, died. His
successor was against the lottery, and
| another man had to be secured. When
he was secured the senate met one day
to vote on the bill; but when the senate
met, a lottery senator fell down in a
| fainting fit and the matter had to be
postponed.
Another day when the senate met to
vote, another lottery senator was taken
violently i'll and sick, and again the mat
ter had to be deferred. Another day,
the leader of the lottery party took the
floor to make a speech, but the heavens
suddenly grew dark and famed with
lightnings; the thunder roared and roll.
ed until the voice of the speaker was
drowned; the lightning disturbed the
electric wires and put out the lights in
the capitol. Again the legislature had
to adjourn, while the word went around
that Con IS AGAINST THE LOTTERY. But
the measure finally passed the senate by
a tWo-thirds vote.
! Then the Governor net it with 9
brave, ringing, stinging VETO. The
house promptly passed it over the Gov
ernor's veto, and again it went to tht
senate.
Then another lottery senator was
taken sick. A time was fixed when b,
should be brought to the senate cham
ber on his sick bed to vote for it. Blu
the time came, the rains poured dow
and he could not be brought. Then i
was proposed that the senate shoul
meet in the sick senator's room to Civ
him an opportunity to vote for tn
wicked measure; but DEATH came AM
defeated the plan. Then both branche
of the legislature hurriedly passed res
olution, declaring that the Governor ha
no right to veto the measure and ad
!, journed, and now it will go to the courts
If many people were to read in the oil
: testament record of such a series {
9 events, they would declare that th
record could not be true; but these thing
t have recently occurred in the State {
q Louisiana.