St. Paul daily globe., 1892-02-07
Friends and Foes Of .Louisi-
ana'S Peculiar Institution
at White Heat.
The Battle Will Be to the Fin
ish and May End in Blood
shed.
Editors Indulge in Bitter and
Exciting Appeals to Par
J tiSanS.
New York Hill and Cleveland
Men Are Aroused to Alert
ness.

New YORK, Feb. Ga private dis
patch received by Charles B. Spahr,
one of the editors of the Christian
Union, from Col. c. Harrison Parker,
editor of the New Orleans New Delta.
the organ of the anti-lottery party, says:
1--WE will push the fight to a finish.
1t is war to the death. We have no re-
lance on the Morris promises.
The Foster ticket will march on
to victory" Mr.. Spahr, who at
tended the convention at Baton
Rouge in December. has been follow
Ing the campaign in Louisiana with
special care, and has been in constant
communication with the leaders of the
anti-lottery movement. Speaking with
referece to the Morris letter and the
present condition of affairs, Mr.. Spahr
says: "UnlesS governor and legis-
lature hostile to the lottery are elected,
the business of the lottery company
cannot possibly be brought to an end
before Jan. l, 1895, and would then
probably
BE Allowed TO Continue
without authorization in the constitu-
ton. With the state machinery in its
hands. the lottery might easily call a
constitutional convention and secure
re-charter without submitting the prop
lottery people believe that Mr.. Morris
himself. who is a millionaire, with in
fiuential social connections in New
York and Boston, would gladly give up
the fight and retire from the lottery
business with the fifteen or twenty mil
lion dollars he is reported to have ac-
cumulated; but it would only be too
easy for him to dispose of his interest
to other men.
sin spite of the postal law, SIS, ,090, 900
or $50, ,0O0,0 600 year comes to the lottery
company from other states in the Union.
ShoSe who have been fighting the battle
against the lottery, therefore, appeal to
the friends of their cause in other states
TO help them in the struggle. The anti
lottery people of Louisiana have already
contributed beyond their means in car
rylng on the campaign aggresSively in
every corner of the state. The fight Is
not over; the hardest part of it is just
ahead"
Editors Excited.
New. ORLEANS, Feb. 6.-The arrival
of the rifles and ammunition consigned
to Col. Crandall, chairman of the Demo
cratic state committee, was noted yes
terday by the New Delta, accompanied
by strong editorial remarks, cOnclud-
ing as follows: ITO the Winches-
ter In the hands of the hireling
oppose the Winchester in the hands of
freemen. Let every crack of a lottery
rifle be echoed by the report of an anti
lottery gun, If the hoodlums OF New
Orleans are upon the streets of the city
armed with weapons placed In their
hands by this lottery committee, sweep
them from the face of earth. If the
streets of New Orleans are to be red
dened with blood, let it not be alone the
blood of her good citizens. If wholesale
murder has been resolved upon by the
lottery, let the people resolve upon
wholesale executions"
In reply the Evening States says Mr..
Foster, the candidate of the antis for
governor, was the first man who raised
the cry of rifles in this contest. Every
fve-bundred bill, meaning every pro-
lottery vote, he said in substance, was
TO be met with S25 rifle.
In view Of these facts, argues the
States. it is not astonishing that
the Democratic committee have tax
en- the necessary steps to protect
the freedom of opinion and of
the ballot. 1t adds: ''lf they had failed
to do so they would not be fit to hold
the leadership of party of American
citizens. Ballot against ballot, rife
against rifle. and by memories of men
who fought and bled for our constitu-
ton, it shall be rifles against fraud and
TaScality." 1t is believed that Gov.
Nichols will seize the rifles.