The record-union., 1892-01-20
Lotterv and Lfnnor.

Ids. RECORD UNION: Your recent ed
itorals on the Louisiana lottery have
moved me to again ask space in Every
body's Column TO express myself.
want to ask the good people of Sacra-
mento viii they let this "Cry from Mace
donna" go unheeded? VIII they turn q
deaf ear to this call for aid in the strug-
gle against this giant lottery evil? Shall
we be content with saying we hope the
Louisiana people will prevail against the
lottery" and then go on pursuing the
even tenor of our way without so much
as hitting finger In their behalf; or shall
we bestir ourselves and set on foot some
practical measure for their assistance?
why should we not have q grand mass
meeting TO agitate the matter, and start
subscriptions III aid of the Anti-Lottery
! League? Or better still, endeavor TO
have grand mass meetings held sinulta-
neously in every city and town through
out the Union, with eloquent speakers to
address them, and arouse the people to
that spirit ana degree Of antagonsm that
the evil merits, raise what money can be
raised by collections at these meetings.
and start subscriptions for further means.
Such meetings alone would exert pow
erful influence, not only in the encour-
agement they would give the struggling
Louisianians, but in moldiDg the senti-
ment against the lottery OF many Of those
who viii otherwise vote 10 sustain it,
while the funds raised will enable the
war to be carried on with renewed vigor.
We are told that many good people of
Louisiana favor the lottery ON account of
/ the revenue derived from il by he state
| 1t certainly must be through lack of in
formation as TO the vast extent Of the
| evils Of this great intamy that coed peo-
| pie are deluded into accepting this blood
/ money as an ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS the
great need in this connection is the circu-
lation Of literature giving facts, figures
and proofs of the awful results of this
huge SWIndle; but the compilation, print
ing and circulation of literature, as well
as all other lines Of work iii the cause is
expensive, and the whole people o. this
| cOmmonw should respond literally
with their means. II anything is done,
however, it must be done quickly, for the
time is short.
am greatly pleased to see the manly
stand taken by the RECORD MON on
this question. There is another great
evil that exceeds the evils of the lottery a
thousand fOld-ay. may | not say ten
thousand fold. All the debauching and
damnable influences and evils OF the lot
lery are but few Of the attributes Of the
liquor traffic.
1t is said of the suppression of the
liquor traffic. ''Y on CANT do it, for peo-
| pie will drink" AS well say of the sup
preston of the lottery, You cant do
| it, for people will gamble" Is it said,
sit is only the abuse of liquor and not its
moderate use that is chargeable with it's
evils?' Then we may as well say lit is
only the abuse of the gaming spirit and
not its moderate indulgence that is
chargeable with its evils" Our good
Christian people say, "ChristianiZe the
drinkers-that is the best remedy for the
! ills of intemperance. AS well say,
''Christianize the purchasers of lottery
ticllets-that is the best remedy for the
ills of the lottery" and in the meantime
let the lottery and the liquor traffic run
and do their worst.
Again, it is urged that ''high license is
the remedy for the liquor evil" Yet how
wonderfully do the evils OF both lottery
and liquor traffic flourish under the
highest of high license.
60 on, RECoRD-U UNION, in your manly
tight against the monster lottery evil l
would like to see an editorial on that sub
ject in every issue of the RECORD UNION
until the people awake to full apprecia-
ton Of the monster evil now on trial
II. NJ. L,