The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-07-08
WELL DONE, NICHOLS
LouiSiana'S Notorious Lottery Bill Vetoed
By the Governor.
Scathing DenuncIations OF the Bill
and Its Promoters-Iti is Branded
As a DlsRraceful Camb-
ling Scheme.

BATON RoUGE, La. July 1.-Governor
Nichols this afternoon returned to the
house. without approval. the now famous
lottery bill. In his veto message, which
is OF great length, he refers to his message
at the opening Of the session anticipating
this legislation and urging its instant re-
lection for various reasons then set forth.
In the present message he says
his views heretofore expressed not
only remain unchanged but his
convictions have deepened and
strengthened. The persistent efforts
which have been made To present
Louisiana as pauper, unable by and
through her own legitimate resources to
sustain and carry out the duties of her
statehood, are utterly without founda-
ton. The state and the diff
ferent parishes of this state were never
since the late war in better condition than
they are to-day.
showing forward To an era of
assured prosperity. suddenly dark
shadow of deep disgrace ~
thrown across their path and the honor
of Louisiana, maintained in the past on
| the field and in the council, 10y the patrio-
tism and valor and sacrifices OF her sons
| living aud dead, Is TO be tarnished for
+, ever. Her position among her sister states
| is 10 be tested, not by what she has been
| in the past but as the degenerate partner
| of gambling corporation designed, or
| ganized, and to I've carried out not for her
good or her advancement, but as l have
before said, for the personal and
selfish interests of q handful Of men.
| many OF them connected with the darkest
| days of the reconstruction period. i re-
| peat il is for them and to them we are
selling out our birthright for n mess OF
| pottage.
"Who are the six unnamed who are To
| join with a strcnth and known one 20 COM
| sttute the new lottery company? How
| identity aud rusbled TO know their ante
cedents and fix tleit records? There Is n
| world Of meaning in that silence. In the
most triiiing Affairs of life men seek
10 know with whom they deal.
| How comes II that in "A matter
OF this Importance. the general assembly
has been willing, up to now, To close its
eyes and move blindly in the dark? I say
10 this general assembly, in all earnest
| ness, that should this measure he passed
| We will enter upon a period OF strife such
| as has never been seen before in Louisi-
ana, and, should this contemplated cor
poration ever be formed, upon an era
Of corruption and degradation beside
which the era Of reconstruction will APP
pear as one OF honor and happiness.
| Let me say To you that should
| this measure be adopted aud carried out,
IA my opinion. no good VIII ever come OIL
| the money which we will receive as the
| price of our honor and our liberty. Ex-
travagance, protligacy and corruption
will assuredly follow the receipt of IL as
| night follows day.
81 believe at the end of twenty-five
years we will not only finj constitutional
bonds outstanding TO the utmost limit of
the funding law, but believe there will
| be AN additional immense interest
bearing debt which by that time
will have been acknowledged and pro-
| vidcd for as To interest but not as to capi-
tai; and that in those twenty-five years n
vast amount Of interest will have been
paid ont unnecessarily, improperly and
illegally. In whose hands those interest
bearing bonds will he found. time
will develop. Al the end of %
years there will he the same claim
Of the poverty OF Louisiana
and the same claim on its behalf for the
continued existence Of the lottery"
Governor Nichols concluded with a
most urgent protest against this assumed
condition OF poverty in the state, and
says the measure will continue to meet
his most determined opposition. The bill
was made special order for tomorrow
| afternoon.