Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-08-11


/ prize of 81, p is one in l.23i. la addition
to these printed tickets written policies
or bets on the numbers OF the daily draw
ings are taken at the fancy of th II etter,
with percentage Of from - to ~ per
cent. in favor of the lottery
There are more than 100 policy shops la
the city of New Orleans where such tick
cts are written. They are placed at points
where they waylay the wage-earners
in his progress to and from his
work. From the best information we can
get the receipts Of these shops aver
age about $50 per diem. They swarm
daily with slatternly worlen. barofooted
children, blOused workingmen, youthful
clerks and household servants sent 10
market or on some purchasing errand.
None but the poor and ignorant enter
these direful doors Some of these shops
keep dream books" and Others stimu-
lants to aid the superstitious in selecting
lucky mum bers
BY daily rcpititon of play thousands of
poor wrt t:hes become afflicted with the
LOTTERY craze, and to crafty this, theft
and embezzlcment enter innumemble
households. We have the authority of the
/ lottery that % per cent. of this enormous
revenue OF S22 20O0, 900 IA revenue
greater than that of any five average
states in this union comes from
the people of this country outside
of the state of Louisiana, because its advo
Gates have the effrontery to use this fact
KS an argument for its. recharter 10y the
people Of the state of Louisiana Through
the purchase of stock by its stockholders
| and friends it has obtained control of
IA Af ba mi yn1 ftul ,.f
the state, Its strong hand on the financial
springs of a commercial community is 50
masterful rs to silence the opposition of
the cautious, and TO attract the support of
the tinid
By the force and glitter of its money
power it has warped the judgment and
conscience of many good people, making
them, too, first, apolog,sts for, and then
desirous Of, such riches, even though they
be obtained without honor and in desc.
Grafton Of the dignity of labor and long
pedigree of toll. II has captured three
fourths OF the Louisiana press either by
control OF the capital invested, or by pur
chase, or by proprictorsbip.
In localities where ii could not pur-
chase the local press It has started hire
liag re>s Of its own To emphasize this
position we state the fact that the r;Ost
blatant ahti-lottery papers of the state of
Il few years ago are to-day violent parti
sans OF the lottery, Its iniquitous bust
ness is blaaoned by advertisements of
winnings all over the country, and it has
thus stimulated gambling thirst in tens
of thousands OF ignorant and credulOus
persons, from whom il monthly receives
its enormous ill-gotten gains. While the
United States postOfiice department is
the principal instrument of its robbery Of
the people outside of Louisiana, yet the
express companies also. lend material aid
Being itself excluded from the mails
rs fraudulent lottery, it skulks
under the individual name Of its presi-
dent and the uama OF n National bank,
chartered by tie National government.
1t is estimated that onc-th.rd of the whole
local mail matter that passes through the
New Orleans ICstCfiiue is lottery mail, and
that $50 0 per dem in postal notes and
money orders are paid to its stalking
horse bank. The temptation to hold on
to this power and to continue to amass
this calth has induced these lottery pbO.
pie t. violate all thcir promises and
pledges made to tie trainers Of the consti-
tn ion and to the people of louisiana rc-
itCratcd gain and again 10 its political
leaders, and in pursuance of this broken
laith they have precipitated the present
conflict by agitatiug for a renewal of the
charter. Tlis agitation has drawn the at
tention of the good rcople of this state,
hitherto sleeping, 10 the history and acts
Of the Louisiana lottery and tho results Of
that investigation by the legislature just
adjourned. Attempt has been made to
submit a constitutional amendment to be
voted on by the people in 1892 giving tn
John \, Morris, a member of the original
gambling syndicate of 1866, one of the
original promoters of the Louisiana Lot
tery conn any, and now its lessee and lar
.est stakeholder and his unnamed asso-
ciates the exclusive privilege OF drawing
lotteries in Louisiana for twenty-five
Years, from January, 1894 in cons dera-
tiOn of the payment to the state OF 81 80,
COO per annum.
The statement of the proposition demon
stratcs the enormity of the crime involved
IN it, John A. Morris and his associates,
who neither toll ncr spin, who take but
pay.no honest wage, make no products till
no field, SOW no crop. reap no harvest,
who add nothing to the sum of human
wealth or happiness, are to be authorized
By a sovereign state, for paltry participa-
tion in the p.under, to convert her terri
tory for generation into a gambling
snare for the unwary of this whole coun-
try, and lilch from them by fraudulent
lottery schemes untold millions. There
are no limitations on this proposed
grant There are no penalties for
is abuse; it is placed beyond
tie regulating power of the lcgis-
lature. All amendments tending To pre-
vent the drawing of fraudulent lottery
schemes were voted down. This vast cor
ru,t money power is to be confronted we
know chat we have n battle TO fight such
rs no people ever fought before We
shrink not from the contest; the true sons
of Louisiana have never failed her in her
hon 7 Of need.
They are as ready now rs ever to spend
the fortunes and shed their blood in de
fcn,e of her honor But this fight
is not only ours, but yours also
Astie from the pollution of its presence,
"A great part of the harm done and 10 De
ionsl'y this robberof the people is beyond
the borders Of this state, among the pco-
pie Of our sister state, of the Union II
the tiint of state organized crime could
be confined within the limits Of the or
ganiginG state. the evil might he small,
and the ground Of complaint local; but
we protest that il is against the funda-
mental principles of this Union, and vio-
lntiya of the sacred sisterhOod Of states,
that one Of their number should for n pit
tauc, OF revenue allow piratical corpor
ation to prey uEon the ignorance, the cred
ulitv aud the cupidity Of the citizens Of
all c other states, and to station It's
mini ns broadcast through the land to
violaie their laws.
IL any state is 30 shameless thus TO Use
It's pr sent untrammeled power, IL ought