Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1891-11-28
A Stock JObbing Scheme.

~ 10 certainly HlVSt uuuSu'at
thing for the people of one state
to hold mass meetings for the
purpose Of influencing political
action in another state and such IL
proceeding becomes unusual still
when the states happen to be in
such widely separated sections of
the country as Louisiana and New
York. Never within the history
Of the United States have the peo-
pic of one state undertaken to in
terfcrc in the political affairs of
the people of another state, and
they have not now although the
holding of an anti lottery n,ass-
meeting III New York would seem
TO Indicate that the people of New
York were taking it upon them
selves to help tn. people Of Lou
isiana attend to their own affairs.
Such would Inc the fact had that
meeting been the popular action
F of amy part of the people Of New
York but that it was not such
, Is ut once apparent to an unprc-
judicca person who will take the
trouble to review the programme
carried out on that occasion and
| read the set speeches OF tho star
speakers. In addition to tins re-
view of the programme it may be
we'll to weigh the motives which
| ordinarily prompt men TO action.
Can any one believe that, from
pure ui~intcrcsted affection the
people of New York, the most
cosmoi oIrtan city in the world,
have selected far off Louisiana as
the dumping ground for thcirpcnt
up feelings of fraternity. And
admitting that the meeting WAS
the GA, come of 4 popular scnti-
mcnt can any one believe that IL
scattered movement entirely new
would have found such brilliant
programme already prepared for it?
OF course not. This meeting up
on its face shows that it WIS instr
gated by parties with stronger
motive than philantrophy and the
programme shows the careful hand
of the experienced promoters.
Who in New York have such an
interest III the defeat of the lot
terry franchise in Louisiana! The
answer is plan-thc agents and
stock holders of other lotteries who
now see sheer business m0nopo-
lied by the Louisiana lottery
which enjoys an enviabie degree
of the public confidence not alone
in this country but all over the
world.
The Mexican, the Havana. the
Hamhourg and score of other
foreign lottery companies make
an effort to do business in the
United Stantcs and the stock of
the Mexican has been largely
bought by speculation in New Or
leans and New \ ork IN the hope
that the field would be opened for
il in the United States by tho de-
feat of the amendment in LOUISE
ANA. This Is the source from
which this New York sympathy
eminates. The stock jobhcrs have
enlisted tho sympathy OF the prca-
chcrS and philantrophlsts. This
Is not he first time good men have
been the dupcs of knavcs. Only
last Summer IL New York book
maker Peter DcLaccy openly buas-
ted that he had succeeded in hav-
ing pooi-scliing IN New Jersey
stopped by instigatlng Il pulpit
| crusade against ii. The New Jcr-
soy pool sellers irtcrfcrcd with his
New York business SO he got the
New Jersey preachers to help him
aud thus got rid of his business
rivals. The agents and stockholtl-
crs of the foreign lottery compa-
MICS arc trying the same game but
the people of Louisiana learned
enough about the Yankees from
Ben Butler to'pnt them on their
guard against Yankee tricks and
they will not be deceived by this
one.