St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-01-16
LASHIN G LOTTERIES.
Cardinal Gibbons Denounces
Their Work in Unspaping
Terms.
Morality and Virtue Should
Be Protected Against the
Danger.
QuickenerS Of Public Con-
science Worthy Of All
Praise.
Two Amendments Adopted by
the Presbyterian Revis-
ion Committee.

New YORK, Jan. 15.-The following
letter from Cardinal Gibbons to Gen.
George ID. Johnston is made public to-
day: In reference to our conversation
this morning and prescribing from all
political aspects of the case, l wish to
express the hope that the efforts of
those who, like yourself, are opposing
the renewal of the Louisiana lottery
charter will result in the suppression of
the evil that now rests on the fair state
of Louisiana.
/ heartily commend every movement
in favor of public morality, virtue and
honesty, and it seems TO me that the
question, shall the Louisiana lottery con-
tinue, under the laws protection, its
scandalous business, is pre-eminently
one of morality and virtue. The practi-
cal working of the company tends to
enrich the few at the expense and mis-
cry of the many; to tempt the poor, and
those who can as little afford it, to
Squander Their Earnings,
the only support of dependent mothers,
wives and children-in the vain, delu-
sive, tantalus-like hope of one day be-
coming pOsSeSSorS Of winning number.
and OftentimeS it is not unknown that
the fever of gambling has impelled
many TO theft and dishonesty for
securing the means of another
venture, of purchasing another
ticket. A business whose plain, mani
fest inevitable result. and influence on
the people is such is indeed an enemy
to the honesty and peace of any com
munty, to the happiness and comfort
OF home, and to individual thrift and
enterprise. and it is the duty of every
upright citizen and earnest Christian to
aid in its dethrOnement or suppression.
Christian charity and natural philan-
thropy alike dictate that we remove
from the unwary pitfalls of destruction
and withdraw the innocent and weak
from temptation. Those bent on sui
eide should be restrained. The burning
fagot should be Snatched from the
child's hand. That the Louisiana lot
terry, as it is presented to us, proves
snare and
Delusion to Thousands,
and is destructive of peace of mind and
energy OF action so necessary to pur-
sue honorable careers and to properly
acquit oneself of life's duties, we can
not doubt. The daily operations of the
scheme make the point clear. Worthy,
then. of praise and commentator are
lney WHO strive 10 quicken the public
conscience and to array public senti-
ment against the continuance of the
evil-wh0 speak and labor in behalf of
their fellow men by removing from their
midst dire enemy to their homes and
their prosperity.
Were the evil confined solely to the
state of Louisiana, l should refrain
from giving expression to my senti-
ments. but since. like a giant tree, it
has extended and spread its branches
over the entire land, and embraced. in
the area of its operations Maryland and
the District of Columbia. with which l
am connected, | could not but raise my
voice in protest and in prayer, that our
faithful people might help forward the
good work Of putting all end to its raw
ages.