Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-09-12
nnroacIsa AH,I LOTTERY Law
Yhs Lc uisian. ard Mexican compani.s
| Csippisd fnsi Psssidsnts Arrested.

| WAs.Iserox, Sept. 1.-THE arrest Of
the Publishers Of various hevspspers in
MIssukee for printing lottery advertise
menfs is claimed by the officials Of the
Post on e Department - . evidence that
the G ,vernment intends to prosecute the
| aasl- / .t.ery lag with rigor. IL will be .
| year this monta since the act bsc.nAe .
law sh,ch excludes the lottery company
4 from The ase Of the mails. Il 10 said by
post Office officials that du'i"e tsst reri d
the power Of the ~-,. "a y has been sfeHls
crippled .r5 that rs revenues have fallen
l,6 They cl.im that lottery mstter is
nov practically excluded from the mails
and that the lott ry com pany 10 conf ned to
the use Of tne express 10 the distribution Of
its tickets and lottery literature.
The recent arrest Of the President Of the
company for u.ing the msils for the trans
mission Of lo.ery mater is spoken Of BY
Mr.. Msyaard, the irtpecsor in charge nf
the LOUISE IA district, as an evidence Of The
rigid enforcement Of the lav. He says
that after the passage of the Law the then
President, Mr.. Dauphin, decided Ihu no
attempt would be made to violste its pro-
visio %, and arrangemsnts were made TO
substitute the express for the mails. 10
December lsst Mr. Dauphin died, and his
successor, Mr.. Conrad. who has been chief
clerk Of the Company for q number of
yeNs, decided TO try . scheme for utilizing
the mails A large number Of copies Of the
opinion Of the Supreme Court Of the state,
which held that the proposed lottery amend
ment to the Cons .itution had been properly
enacted by the legislature was sent by m al
over the country. The copies were msil-
q. IL t,,1 lad IA in in,
each COPY an envelope containing the
printed address of the lottery company.
The latter was not msilable and IS result
the arrest followed.
Mr.. MAYNARD also secured the arrest of
the president Of the Mexican cnmpanv,
whose headquarters are opposite FL Pss,,
in Mexico The company nave bsen in the
habit of sending their mail matter over to
Eli Paso, thus saving three cents on each
letter, the difference between the local
postsge 10 the Uaitsd States and that from
Mexico to this country. The inspectors
were notified, aud it happened ,hst on the
very nigh. that MIR. Maynard and
an inspector were watch ng in the
FL Paso office 10 nab the person
who Brought over the lottery mail the
president Of the company himself came
in with the mail. 1t was usual to send
some clerk across the river with the msil,
and on that occasion the President was de-
tanned rather late at the office, and when he
WAS ready to 90 home the clerks had lefi.
As he had some letters to mai he concluded
to 20 over TO Fl Psso and msil them hin-
self. He went over, and walked into the
arms Of the inspectors. The letters he
carried were mailed, and lsrge percentage
returned BY the persons addressed, so t1at
the government had large number Of
cases against the President
The business Of this company has also
suffered. Mr.. Maynard says, by the oper
atoms of the Anti lottery law. lnstsad
now of tffering a capital priz, Of S60,0c0
the prize Is $4,000 The Louisiana Lot
tery Compsny has also reduced the size Of
this capital priz, by refusing TO sell more
than half of any one ticket. The capital
prize is therefore SIS, 900 instead
Of S3OO,0oO. Mr.. Maynard considers
that this latter circumstance is q significant
indication that the revenues Of the company
have fallen away. Next spring the people
of Louisiana viii be cailed upon to vote
upon the amer dment Of the Constitution
which will rsnew the charter Of
tue company. Me- MAYNARD believes that
,his amendment will be defeated He says
that ,e lottery company is ,ndipg every
energy in this election, Tae snti-iottery
party, NJ. MAY nsrd ssys, has the q jvernor
Of the sta'e on It's side, and large ard
respectable representation Of the people,
who believe that the lottery is a cause Of
poiitica corruption, snd for this reason, in
dependent of shything that eau be urged on
grounds of morality, it ought to be abol-
ished. He predicts one of the hottest po-
h.ical, contests ever known in tue history
of the state.