The Colfax chronicle., 1890-06-07

to pay to the people OF Louisiana Si'oos
600. each and every year for twenty-five
wears. TO be distributed or divided as ioi-
lows:
To build and maintain levees ......-. ss0D ssss0os,
Public schools Soo,Vo
Ho,pitals .........--.......- AW'SS AgWySs
inssn9d nsas dumb and blind .........-.-r. zsMD
| Drainage of New Orleans. -.-.-,'. ioo'o0V
f. Total ..............-.......:. Si,Cuoo
When the antis present their petition
to the people to sign, let them teal noo snem en-
th.t Il means to refuse $35OOOO for
| schools. thereby refusing ten months
Schooling for their children every year
for twenfy-fiye years, and also that the
lottery does not cost the people one cent,
nor does It ask REIMBURSEMENT oi lts
taxes for ten years.
The antis claim that it is sustaining ana
encouraging immortality. What apout
I;cens;n9. these gambling tables tfrat go
with shows through the country, VINO /
. saeL the people in person and by hattery
;ndnce the majority to try their luck ana
lose their money every timer DOES t1e
f lottery company do thisf No, u SIMPLY
Q adyertises in the papers what they nave
r | for sale, like any other business company.
Is it any more immoral to sell ioetery
ticket for the money and give pol.lon
H.
tban to sell lottery tickets or chances Tor
/ a cake or a grab in an empty sack Tor the
: benatit of a church? OF the two give me
Schools. for if we can educate our children
s thew will have intelligence enough 70
aalect their own creed, and no hownng
preacher can deceive them;
Some time ago. during the high waters'
the naople of the lower river parishes ap-
r. nealed to the Governor for assistance
n r. maintain their levees against the HOOD
They we're told that the State had no
|. money for this purpose, and they must 90
- elsewhere for it, which they did ana op-
/ tanned it from the lottery company
When the levees broke the people ap,
pealed to the governor Tor assistance any
q, what was his reply? The State couia ~ ~
s, money. Yet after these two striking
ID cases OF the States poverty, the governor
e. and his special supporters and advocates
ct have dicovered Just now, after the ievee:
40 have broken and the people have apphee
In congress for aid, that the state 10 II !
e excellent financial condition, and has a.
D the money it needs for the schools (abou
d. two months year, and for it's levees.
r. r. Is Of tais condition of affairs, the an
NAL deficits, these starved schools, ina
III these antis should show and tell the pee
a nIe when they present their petition an ~
:. ask the people to refuse TINS @oyUVo ~
~. for the education of their children. Inc
he should also explain to the people tnt
this is not gift by the lottery, ous
what they will bave to pay lor tne pri;;
- the State. What do the merchants pa
- the State for the privilege Of buying met
at five cents pound and selling it to tt
moor and hard working people at ~ cen
la- and sometimes at II to 15 cents q pount
has The uitiful sum Of ten dollars yea
di- Besides the sheriff gets fifty cents Tor ce
ing iect;nv IL. What do the children get o
le." of this ten dollars? About one cent
, of nothing.
tric Some time ago the superintendent
YER nnblic education, in response TO an !
an ouiry replied that there had been II
inf proyements, but not such as we cou
DESIRE" 1--WE are hampered by the 20
s' stitution IN the limitation OF approP
~ ations for school purposes, ana untiI !.
lVos made possible to increase these approp
oou atoms, there cannot be the lmproveme
new IN the system that the times oeMan'
2 sWithout increased appropriations
cannot have the improvements demand
this in our schools" Superintendent brea
declares to those who tell MS that
uhe state has all the money it needs Tor
up cltimate purposes "and more too, Z
n that the addition to the school fund
iu'i fered by tbs lottery is not needed =,
rms The State gives the pitlfui sum OIL OF sI l
1879 a year to educate about 3oouuV 2
'uay dren-less than fifty cents child.
gan lottery company offers e35oOcU y
nearly double what the State gives, WI
ouls means nine or ten months public scn'
J w. every year, instead Of one or two NOR
Ram as we have now. / will say that II
q, really need no improvements nor scno
tner that the offer of the lottery comPan
ding one that should be submitted to the
aers. ple. because Of the extra ordinary op
", tunity to reduce our taxes. The amo
-. of taxes raised at six mills Is about
uSns 100000. II we accept the $i,Uo'oeUl
"a OF the lottery we will only have 10
shed $4,000. which will reduce our
:, from ak mills to one mill, or in Q
''' words where we now have pay the
six dollars we will only pay ono doaa
Fellow-citizens, look and study a
whose this thing before you sign any anu
aud tery petitions. Think Of the ignoran
herit- your children and OF the injustice yo'
,asses doing them, the high taxes you are
tbere- inc and the disaster the high wate
wife done for the people. This is SIMPLY
l,;s a. purely bushes proposition. iou az
,,sa os taxed by the lottery, your cattle
"Se horses are not run over ana nlieo
oeno YOU are neither compelled nor entict
~ .vr buy lottery tickets.
nii, Yours truly, JOHN +. nADr