Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1891-11-14
An Anti Canard.

cndmcnt campaign began the ops
poncnts of tho amendment have
been villifyIng John A. Morris and
his associates. So industriously
have the ':ntis keep: up their abuse
OF the lottery men that they have
now exhausted tho catalogue of
crimes, and rs II last resort they
are charging Morris and company
with being prosclytcs. The latest
story is to the effect that Morris
and his associates have been con
<veltcd to the anti faith. This may
seem absurd, but it snevcrthclcss
true. The anti orators and the
anti newspapers have lately been
trying To make the people believe
that Morris and company had con-
c'uded not to continue the lottery
and that they would refuse to ac-
cept the charter granted by the
amendment after the amendment
was adopted.
Such an announcement, had it
been true, would leave the anti
ag,tators without an excuse for
keeping up the political strife
which is now stirring he state al
most to the point of riot, so these
professional agitators had to eth
or qualify their statements or add
NIT that they were owt Of II job
and they choose the former alter
native. They qualified by saying
that Morris and company would
keep mp the fight to tie end and
Win if they could, just for he sake
OF making The poor cid state of
Louisiana appear ridiculous when
the victorious lottery princes
should scorn her ovcrturcs. The
qualification is as ilinsy us the
story itself, but the ants are be-
coming used to ilimsy statements
and this one serves their purpose.
1t gives them a screen behind
which, ostrich like, they may hide
the confusion of inconsistency.
The purpose OF this story is to
arouse indignation against Norris
and his associates by making the
people believe that they arc being
triflcd with, and Notwithstanding
its absurdity and its Inconsistency
when coming from the ants, it is
being used for all it is worth by
TIC desperate campaigncrs That
it * false is scif-cvident, SO cvi-
dent, il fact, that i, is difficult to
conceive how even men who are
circulating it can believe it and
that they don't is easily proven.
If Morris and his associates
were not going to keep their bar
cnn with tho et..t". - :, tive hai.,ht
OF foilyto suppose that they would
keep up the present bitter andcx-
pensiVc campa,2n, suhjecting
themselves tothe vIllrfying tactics
OF the RELENTLESS ants. The same
antls who charge that Morris and
his associates will abandon thc.-
contract with the state, also CHARGE
them with spending thousands of
dollars and using every other pos
siblc means to influence voters in
favor OF the amendment. That
certainly is inconsistent, 50 in
consistent, in fact, that one or the
other Of these charges must be
false, and reason would indicate
that two positions upon the same |
subject SO much at variance with
each other must both bc at vari- ,
ancc with the truth? The lottery
men arc admitted to be successful
and careful business men even bv |
Their anti enemies, and it certain |
~ IS absurd to suppose that
such men would spend their |
time and money and incur the en-
NIFTY of their ncighhors for the
qualification of Il within or Il petty |
spite, did such It thing exist. The |
lottery men all have large interests
in the state of Louisiana and all |
arc vitality interested in maintain-
ing the prosperity of the state.
Certainly they could have no mo-
tive for subjecting the state to the
ridicule of the whole country.
And again, if the lottery mama
gers really feel shaky- about their
bargain, would not safe and ca
sy way out of IT be to relax their