The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1892-09-24
The LOTTERY OFF FoR HAWAII.

1t is our hog. No mistake about
it. The ear-mark is there, clear
cut, well defiued. And no other
hog in Cliristendom has one like it.
There are the spots on the bans
and left shoulder; that's his grant,
sure; we would know it ia herd
of ten thousand. Il is long ways
from home, bat THAT makes no diff
ference, and we are ready to swear
to the identity.
Yes, sir. it is our own L. S. L.,
and away out at the S Slndwich
islands. A bill was presented in
the Lagisla uce at Honolulu the
other day, granting an exclusive
franchise TO certain lrties to es-
tablish lottery in Honolulu. The
company is to pay for ihe franchise
$500, 900 per annum in quarterly
installments- There is nothing un-
usual about that. Anybody can
apply for a lottery charter. But
IN ark the reading thereafter:
"The minister of the interior to
disburse this sum. for the follow.
ing purposes: Ocean cable be-
tween Honolulu aud any port OH
the North American continent,
connecting with the American tele-
graph system, $3.50, 900 per annum;
a subsidy for the constructor of
a railroad around the island of
Oahu, $4,000 per annum; sub
sidy for a railroad around the is
land of O thu, $50, 900 ner annum
"A subsidy for a railroad throngi
Hilo an Hamakna, Hawaii, $780,
per annum; roads, bridges, l.nd-
lngs and Tharves in the Hawaiian
kingdom, $175,000 per annum !;
improving Honolulu harbOr, $780,
600 per annum. If, however, the
reciprocity treaty with the United
States is abrogated, the last two
items are to hn applied to building
dry docks. The last item is $25,
600 for the encouragement OF tour
list travel and immigration,'
Now if this we're not away off in
the middle Of the Pacific ocean We
would almos discern the hand of
one of the distinguished New
Orleans attorneys of the old chari-
ty dispenser. Wonderfully like
our charity ordinance, is it nots
So many thousands for levees, so
many thousands for schools, so
many thousands for the veterans,
etc
1t is catchy. It sounds better
and looks bigger. 1t is a great
bait for the poor devils who have
been working all their lives for
Claus Spreckles. 1t will enable
tile natives to have little fun for
awhile trying a new game. The
4-11-44 sehtme on the nickel
basis will no DOUBT take splendidly.
1t is jnst the spot Of earth to
transfer ''the octopus" 1t can b.
surrounded with regal splendor,
and Queen Liluckalom can grace
the drawings with her presence.
And then, tO3, there will doubtless
spring up a princely order of the
knights of the wheel. We had Sir
Cl ms Spreckles, why not Prince
John? Poor old Kalikaua would
have taken the whole stock com
pany into the ministry at once and
got gloriously drunk with the boys
every drawing.
The faithful news cbr0nIcler say 2.
"The till has caused much dis
cussiOn, and though there is strong
opposition the appearances are in
favor of the passage of the bill.
If it were not so far away we
should imagine the ward bosses
that run the legislative branch OF
the kingdom had heard from
Loaisiada, and were not satisfied
with the "divy."
OF course it does not go out
there as IL Jeffersoman Democra ic
measure, and there is no candidate
for the throne to be backed up by
the doodle. liz is clean square
deal direct with the lawmakers,
and the share coming to each
ought 10 be very respectable. We
do not wonder that there is "dis-
Gu u>sion.v And the chrouiclrr i.
right when beexpresses the opinion
that it twill pass
The only feature of tho new de,
parture of our loved aud lost l.. s
l.. is that the sible queen of the
distant islands will not permit the
coBcrrn to take over American
citiz-ns to .ssuperintend' ths
drawings. she names the two
probably reserves the place fol
some of her poor relations, but she
do not tax the company for Z
salary larger than 5000 per annum
1t may he she can get generals oul
of her army Of seveuty-two mel
rank and fl, TO work for tina
figure. New Orleans Delta.