The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1891-08-29
THE DAILY SWINDLE.

terry fight let us not lose sight of tn
main one; and that is that this infamou
gambling concern is. trying to faster
anew upon US, for Period of twenty
i've years, skin gambling game, along
side of which the crookedest brace game
OF faro that was ever dealt up three flight.
of stairs. with lookouts on watch to kee1
the police from taking the dealers to jail
is fairness itself
In the discussion over the LAFAYETTE
agreement let us not forget the daily
swindle. And while the daily lottery
press is so busy with the subject of that
agreement. and is 80 glib with questions
concerning it, we will ask them few
questions ourselves on the subject of this
daily keno game, in which they appear
to be partners in commendam. They
have so much to say upon the subject of
| the unfairness of the agreement referred
to, that we would like to have them give
an expression Of opinion upon the sub
ject of the fairness of the lottery's daily
drawing
We would like to know if there is in
the city one paper so lost to all sense of
shame as to declare that the daily scheme
for fleeing ignorant negroes and still
more deluded white people is fair one
We specially invite the attention of the
Picayune to this. That journal has quite
recently been having spasms over the
heinous unfairness of lot of Democrats
getting together and. agreeing to stand by
one another in the coming State fight;
we would like to hear from it on the
other subject of what it thinks of the
show player has in the daily drawing
infamy. Will it be as glib to express its
opinion on this subject as it was upon
the Lafayette agreement?
In order that there may be no misun-
derstanding about what we want an ex-
preston upon, we will. put it into the
shape of few plain questions. Does
the Picayune consider the daily drawing
of the lottery good thing for the city Of
New Orleans? Does it consider that the
daily drawing of the Louisiana Lottery
Company is fair drawing, in which the
player has anything like an equal chance
with the concern against which he is
playing7 Does not the Picayune know
that in that drawing the player has about
one chance in 10000 of drawing the cap
ital prize, and that if he should by any
chance happen to strike that chance, that
it would be scaled before it was. paid to
him? These are few Of the questions
which we invite the Picayune to answer,
and when it has done so we will give it q
few more on the same ]ine. We want the
Pieayune to be explicit and say whether
it endorses the game which it advises
Louisiana to engage in.
We want to know if the indorserlent
which it has given the lottery goes to the
extent that it should in order to make
that Endorsement worth anything. Does
the Picayune consider the daily drawing
a reputable and honest business, and
would it advise young man just starting
out in life to exgage in it7 And if not,
why not? Is it business that the Plea
yure itself would engage in? If not,
why? Does the Picayune consider gam
bling with negroes reputable business?
If it does not, why does it endorse gang
of men whose sole business is that and
why does it advise that the State go into
partnership with these men in that bust
ness? We would like categorical answers
to these questions first, and then the Pic
ayune will be at liberty to go on and give
any explanation that it may think will
explain. We are bit curious to hear
what the Picayune has to say upon the
subject of the fairness of the daily draw
ing of the lottery company. Will it talk?
.,Neac Delta.