St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-07-25

around the hotels, from which so
many southerns get their bad feed
ing. Here is where millions Of dol
lars actually 60, for which the
Southern farmers and others have
worked hard, every dollar Of which
Q ,uld be kept at home IL this SELF
robbing system was Abandoned
Wilmington (N. CO. Star.
THE REVENUE AMENDMENT.
PEACE IN fHR Stair AND THE PRRsER.
WALTON o. rHR DRMOCRArIc PARTY
or THE GREATEST IMPORTANCE.
The following letter from . farmer In
De Soto parish, to the New Orleans
Picayune, Is full of sound sense, and
reflects the sentiments of . large ma
iOrity Of the farmers throughout the
State:
AANsvIxID, La, July Is, 1891.
To the Editor Of the Picayune:
Dear Sir-The people Of DE Soto par
ish are gratiied to observe that in the
pending discussion Of the lottery license
issue you have taken that broad, wise
and conservative course which must re.
suit In the defeat of any effort to disin.
tegrate the Democratic party, and which
will secure peace and quiet instead Of
bloodshed and violence at the polls.
In common with many good Demo
Gratis in this parish, I was not an orig
inal lottery man. looked solely to the
moral side of the issue; did not investi-
gate further. Ny fellow-farmcrs, whom
met from time to time, all seemed to
oppose the lottery license, basing their
opposition ON the moral element alone.
We have now come to . contrary con-
clusion; we are supporting the amend
ment. We have begun to feel that gov
ernmelt. after all, Is but expediency, -
WAS 90 we'll said by Mr.. Edward Fen
ner, Of New Orleans, At public meet.
Ing not long ago.
We have come to believe that the evil
Of lottery ticket selling will not be
abated one jot or little By the failure Of
the people Of Louisiana to adopt the
proposed Morris revenue amendment,
or more properly speaking, the lottery
license amendment. There are some
evils that the law cannot reach, and
many of Us everyday farmers have come
to the conclusion that the buying and
selling of lottery tickets Il one Of them.
We want, therefore, to make the best
Of the situation from practical stand
point, ana we are going to vote to &C.
cept that million and quarter per an
mum offered by John A. Morris. II
honestly applied, the money ought to
give Us . good public school system in
the State; It ought 10 help the people in
the alluvial section in building their
levees AMI protecting them from over
how, thus enabling them to pay their
taxes, AMI relieve ~ Of the hills Of some
of the burden; 1t ought to make the in
sane asylum SUFFICIENT In scope to &C.
commoiate every unfortunate within
the limits Of the State bereft Of reason;
1t GU ht to help the confederate sol
dlers some; and, finally, 1t ought to re-
duce taxation.
These are great benefits, we farmers
take 1t, and the dollars and cents argu-
ment Is what Is capturing US. We know
the value Of money, and we think We
know when an evil can't be squelched
by law. We have concluded, therefore,
to help all we can In getting votes for
what Is known a. the Morris lottery
license, aud we believe we are right In
doing 90.
n any money has been sent to these
parts to influence our decision, am not
aware OF 1t, nor have any Of the people
In this neighborhood heard Of 1t. Every
body seems to he having about the same
amount Of money he had before the lot
terry question was started, and I sec no
signs OF what the papers call "bOodle."
I also see no signs Of blood on the moon
up In De Soto. Every good Democrat
Ii giving to his brother Democrat the
right to . free and untrammelled ex-
preston Of opinion on this question. I
am inclined to believe that one-haf Of
the white people Of this parish now
favor the amendment, ami that certain
" two-thirds Of them will favor It when
the thing il fully explained.
The course OF the Picayune meets
with OR cortlial approval, aud We trust
that Its wise counsel to avoid violence
and 6yht the issue on its merits vii
prevail. Yours truly, DE- SOrO.