The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1892-09-26
The Lottery Scheme an Evident
Charter mOnSerinS SVindle,
What President Conrad Has to Say About
the Big LOttery'S Coming to Hawaii.

The following despatch appeared
in the New York Times of August
9th, and has been reprinted in the
San Francisco Examiner. 1t affords
confirmation of the belief held by
many here on other evidence, that
the lottery scheme lately introduced
in the Hawaiian Legislature is a
fraud and swindle apart from all
question of the right or wrong of
legalizing lottery.
1t is simply scheme to get
charter from the Hawaiian Legisla-
ture, in the hope that it would be
eagerly bought by the Louisiana
Lottery Company or some other
syndicate of gamblers in the United
States. This fraudulent scheme was
suggested by the news current for
year or so back that the Louisiana
Lottery, being outlawed at home,
was looking for location in Mexico
or some other neighboring country.
We do not say that all of those
residents of Honolulu who have
identified themselves with this swim
die have done so with their eyes
open. On the contrary, there is
reason to believe that at least some
of them have been made dupes of
by outsiders. One cause for harbor-
ing such kindly belief of the gen
tlemen in question is that when
interrogated they are seemingly
totally ignorant of both the stand
ing and the resources of their for
eign associates. Now that they find
themselves and their associates re-
pudiated by the President of the
Louisiana Lottery himself, who de-
nounces their great scheme as a
''fake sensation pure and simple"
they will doubtless make haste to
rescue their names and regulations
from disgrace by publicly declaring
they are done with the dirty bust
ness. Following is the telegraphed
interview with President Conrad:
New Orleans, Aug. 26.-President
Paul Conrad of the Louisiana Lot
terry Company was interviewed to-
day about the despatch regarding
the company's attempt to purchase
location in the Sandwich Islands.
He said: ''It is fake sensation
pure and simple, or malicious con-
coction, designed, perhaps, to preju-
dice the company in the minds of
the people of the United States by
creating the impression that our
business is to be removed from the
legal restrictions and accountability
it is now under by virtue of the laws
of Louisiana. We're the Louisiana
State Lottery Company to become a
Hawaiian instead of Louisiana
concern, of course it would be prac,
tically an impossibility to enforce
claims against it; whereas, being q
duly chartered corporation of this
State, it is amenable to the laws
Obligations can be enforced through
the courts against it the same as
against any lawful and responsible
company"
But what are the company's plans
for the future2 Might not their nego
tiations be carried on without YOU
knowledge2"
Scarcely. Such vast sums as are
talked of are not carried in ones
vest pocket nor expended by one
member of concern without con
sulting his associates. The owner:
of the Louisiana Lottery are now
scattered over the globe seeking
peace or pleasure, according to theil
condition or taste. Mr. Morris, will
friends, has been for weeks cruising
about on his yacht, and | doubt i
any one has communicated with hin
on business of any description. Ger
tainly he is not giving himself an,
concern about lottery business, an6
| repeat there is simply nothing il
this alleged San Francisco story ex
cept idle gossip SO far as | know
and | think | know all the facts
The Louisiana Lottery Compan,
will live out to its allotted time a
fixed by its vested rights, say
couple of years longer, doing it
business here as it always has anc
abiding by the popular decision il
the recent contest"