Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1890-08-16
WAR ON THE LOTTERY.
Earnest Appeal by the Baton Rouge
Convention.

A2eli il0o1 nppoA W W. '"'oA A'0ooo
convention,
LouiSiann's Struggle Against shc Great
Gambling Corporntion-Thc Aid of
the Nation Invoked.
Tho .r+;.T.ottorv Toocuo Conycntion bas
az ''''il119'.I .i,aTT.,;..d
adopted all address 10 the people OF the ohltcu
States, and memorial to the President an
Congress. The address saws:
-c,l,.,,. .s.la stot. ofJ oro;oro
io"' i'''," .oi''Ao''s y. ee'"yo '.
opposed TO lottery gambling ana lot1ery char-
tiers, assembled in convention at Baton Rouge,
make TO Won this appeal for aid in the strug.
-, ,,,,,, ,,.,,d i, I'LL, no,,orr,I ,,,n,
WY "'e ~ w.,
uiihe oo.poiat'''i' "'i'c'' ~, noiS a'':o"S 80,
ilke giant octopus ahu STRUCTURES r.s arms
W inc teiliolest nAiiiiel III siic iu,iu !ou.
syHPalny they ask MOI, Oechuse tii'e tiiey
nave, enls wen they KNOW oy .nc n.na. .,s
voice OF I1e itee press OF t,ie GULLY, Wi,i1
untouGneu anu untoucnaoie Dy ao..ery lnl,u-
., mas uenouhceu, ~ nv uho'i'uih 'oucS'
''Ae iii'aiiiy VIC a'c co'u'"'ius
HISTORY OF THE LOTTERY. s
We desire briefly to state to you the facte.
In1SGS the carpet. bag Legislature ofLouisiana,
Mt the jnstiration of n syndicate of gamblers.
formed in New York jnfS63. composed ofJohn
A. Morris Zen C. Wood G. IT. Murray and
Others chartered the Louisiana Lottery Cont
pany with capital OF 81 ,oyo,ooo, giving u
monopoly ot drawing lotteries IN inc s,ate lor
20 years. ms grant was oDth'iicu by DrlDery
ana corrupt means. AT tnat lime the puolle
regarded itwith horror ana the inca cohnccleu
with IL were pursued Win pnoiic anu private
condemnation aud disgrace For III years 1t
maintained ifseli against constant legislative
assault by similar corrupt means
III 1917 the ieSisiaturere peaica ms cnhrter,
q result accomplished by majority OF only
two votes m the senate THIS repeal was pTIc-
Ideally nullitled by nm injunction issued by
Edward c. Billings, United States district
Judge for Louisiana, who held In the very teeth
OF the decision oil the Supreme Court OF the
United States rendered III the sim ilnr case OF
BOYD VS.. Alabama, that an immoral oargain
such MS this character, was sacred contract
protected BY the constitution OF inc ohlteu
States anu binuing upon inc ponce power oil
sovereign state.
The same legislature repealed TINS cnar-
ter called constitutionai convention. 1I,s
convention was attacked by tne lottery people
WIN money, win Judge hiiiinSs uecisioii,
win promises 10 give up us monopoly, 10 re,
tire IRON politics, ana TO allow PROVISION 70
be inserted III the constitution prohlDitlnS All
lotteries alter january |, 1870, anu they were
given new lease OF life.
ITS GROWTH SINCE 1879.
Mark the result! They have practically en-
ioyed their renowned monopoly by prevent
ing every Legislature elected since 1851 from
granting additional charters. Inc market
value OF tneir STOCK mas risen from 800 per
snare IN lS'9toSl, 2oo per snare IN ieyo, SO ln9e
now IL is more tnail double that oil the whoIe
banking capi'ai OF inc state. Ihcy nave puHt
up the, original capital which was never SUB,
scribed, and have accumulated an enormous
surplus OF unknown amount while declaring
dividends of 50 to loo per cent: per aunum, and
that, too, out OF only one-half OF the net earn
ings, as the otner nail De.ongs 10 inc lessees,
Howard ana Morris. Dehnlle lnformasloh as
TO thelr list OF stockhol1ers ofhcers, prom ana
business AFFAIRS cannot DC oniaiheu; us theS are
kept studlousiy concealed from inc pubic.
Inc schenc OF thelt drawings mas increnseu
from monthly capital prize OF S3V,ouoslo;a
month capital prize OF S30i 000 and seminar
nual prize of SG00,C00. The aggregate OF the
schemcsofthe monthly seml-annuafdraw
ings IS the fabulous sum OF 80, 0O00U0 per an
mum, and the aggregate OF their daily drawings
IS oyerS2o,oU9,ooomore. Ihey receive anhuaiIIy
amiiiion ana a-quarter from the written poll
cies sou on thchumoers OF lhe uaiiy orawlneI
part from the sale oil inc regular Prin n6e
tickets' ney receive annuity ABOUT eIz,oVu,-
ooo from thelrmontilyand Seni-annual draw
ings
CHANCES OF TIE PLAYERS
Tho sohomos or Tho lac, dro ,,, oro 90 or.
r,nnod thot ta % .,' Eli iI' Snt of
.;niSats NAV ~ ror nont s,r 1oll;n tio,n los
ali thu nr;zee nrov;ied for in The Schemes nav