St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1891-10-17

RIPTION, So A YEAR.
there" uaughter) So that the amount
OF money which goes into the State treas
nry is the copper for the heather and the
dollar is the rich plum which the gambler
gets in order to get the copper from the
pockets of the people into the government
\ (Applause) These then are economical
reasons, which are conclusive in them
selves
i The second reason is one drawn from
\ the
4 CHARACTER OF THIS GRANT ITSELF
This grant, my friends, proposes to estab-
lish in this State q corporation with cap
ital stock Of S5O00OO0, and proposes to
give that corporation with capital stock
OF $5OOO,0O0 the exclusive right to draw
lotteries and frame lottery schemes in this
State for twenty-five years. This corpora
tlon OF course, is to be composed of Nor
ris and his friends. Now, you would
expect that when proposition of this
magnitude came before the people that it
would contain some checks and balances;
that it would be surrounded by some safe
guards; that this great, powerful corpora
ton with capital stock of $5.OO0,O coo would
be screwed down somewhere; that there
would be some handle tied to it by which
the people and the public could hold it;
that there would be some penalties on it
for misconduct; that there would not be
an absolute surrender OF the whole police
power of the State, but that the State
would undertake to obtain some regulative
authority over this concern My friends
you do not find and will not find anything
of that sort in this grant 1t is naked,
| absolute, overwhelming grant Of author
ity over the whole subject Of lotteries to
| this man Morris and his associates and
his $5,Oo0,OoO corporation for twenty-five
years
Now, | want to show you the powers
contained in that grant will call your
attention to some of the amendments of
the people and which the lottery senators
voted down.
It was proposed in the Senate to amend
this grant by prohibiting John A. Morris
from using his money to corrupt the peo-
pie to get it passed. Ought it not to have
been SO limited, my friends? Ii there any
lottery man within the sound OF my voice
who can say that he is in favor OF this five
million dollar corporation using money
TO CORRUPT THE PEOPLE .
But the lottery Senators did not think SO,
and they voted down that amendment.
Another amendment proposed prohibit
ing this man Morris and his associates
from using money in the politics of this
State in the future. The lottery senators
voted thata1own. Is there lottery man
in this city or in this State who can say
that he is in favor of erecting in the State
of Louisiana great corporate power having
a capital stock of 81, 600, with power to
corrupt the politics of the people in the
future? Another amendment was propos-
ed, that this corporation should give an
account Of its doings to the public; thai it
should make . reportsto the governor and
the Legislature, showing who its stock
holders were, how much money it got, or
how it spent Its money, and they voted
that down. Is there any lottery man in
this State who is in favor OF putting great
secret corporation here that can keep its
books and papers and the names Of its
stockholders shut up from the people
where they can not see what they are do
ing with this enormous money power
among the people? There was another
amendment proposed, that their books and
papers and documents should be
OPEN TO THE INSPECTION
Of the grand jury Of the parish Of Orleans,
the district attorney tile attorney general
and legislative committees They voted
that down. They did not want the dis
trict attorney to go over their books. They
did not want the attorney general to see
what they were doing. They did not want
legislative committees poking around their
pay rolls. And they voted all these amend
ments down. There was another amend
ment proposed, which had for its object
the destruction of the power of this man
Morris and his associates to continue this
infamy known as the daily drawing in the
parish of Orleans; an amendment requir-
ing that they should sell no ticket for less
bAoA q uOAAdA 0xia gHdt tilCy SuOuIu AuySs
no drawing oftener than once month.
They voted that down. stEf
do not believe that you could 70
through this State with sitter and find
q lottery man that would dare to stand up
before the people Of this State or OF any
other State and defend this M
INFAMY KNOWN AS THE DAILY DRAWING,
Great applause.) challenge the press
and the whole band of lottery orators to
tackle the subject. | propose, il have
time Tonight, to gibbet that piece OF car
rion, and when get through with it,
hope can say, as Maeaulay said of Bar
rere's memoirs, that no man will venture
to take it down. There was another
proposed which lookedto
fair division of the profits of this lottery,
which provided that after they had paid
the State $i,25O,OOO and taken $i,255OOO
for themselves the State should get one
half of the balance OF the proceeds. Oh,
no! They voted that down. The State
could not have any more, although Mr..
Morris got as much and indefinite other
millions more
So that you see, my friends, that what I
say is true, that we have got naked,
unlimited grant of power
made to this man and his unknown ASSOC