St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-02-13
THE LOTTERY NOT An Issl;E,


. letter. which Fepreeents the seati.
ments OF his associates - veil y
his own. addressed to the people 81
Louisiana. Withdrawing his proips''
sition to contribute 81. 25O, 900 Ia
the fiscal fund. and by which cs'@-
pact he should receive IN exten-
sion Of the lottery franchise ~
twenty-five years from the let d
January, 1885.
Whatever the construction placed
upon the recent move In I.osisiana
politics. and whatever the motives
that may be assigned. there Is one
thing that Is certain, and ahs'n'
which there eau he ND dispute. smd
that is 1t Is = great surprise.
1t may look strange that i. cor
poration would yield up what haa
been described ~ > handsome prize,
upon the very eve II enjoying III
fruits. hut Mr.. Morris says what i
equivalent to this, that he Offered
the State > handsome hssmass for ~
enterprise that until recently ha.
been considered by all classes y
Legitimate. The offer he's provoked
So much antagonism and snim0sity
that he fears that after hc b award.
ed what he seeks by . majority 81
the voters in the State, he vail b
constantly embarrassed by c0nten.
tion and strife, and that hc would
rather save the State further tr0ss.
bic by revoking the offer, and hat
done go.
Mr. Morris made his proposition
upon the advice II men who are
we'll known and rel'uted to bc vice
in political philosophy. Some d
these same advisory counsel have d
latc been high in authority in oi'l's'-
sition to the acceptance Of The
bos,,ls. and have taken the field "a
opposition to the very measure that
they hcve proposed. he SAYS. with
reference to the offer made:
AS the Supreme Court VI the
United States has declsled the anti.
lottery postal law I" be constiiu-
tion.l. 1t is my purpose and that u
my associates to respect the law,
and abstain from vsolatias It in any
manner.
''Our offer Was prompted - much
by desire Ia l,enelit the people ri
the State Of Louisiana - by the
prospect of proilt to ourselves froM
the grant n > business proposition.
NY associates and I are CLOSELY
identified with the interests II the
people Ut Louisiana. - We own
much property within the bs,rders
Of the State
One thing can he predicted viii.
certainty, and it Is this: that :his
sudden change in the sspect u
Louisiana politics will sooner VI
later cause great regret tD some II
the State House Ring politicians
who have not weighed the conse-
quences OF the evil that they have
in part caused by appealing 10
and fanatlcism, and BY
ascribing to patriotic influence the
promptings Of private ambition.
The greatest sufferers will be the
taxpayers and the riparian prOpfie-
Iors who live along the hanks Of
streams, and who have
askctl in vain for governmental pro-
lection.
But rs politicians in Louisiana,
through cowardly tear and fanatical
zeal, have sought to encourage the
intermeddling OF alien voices and
alien pens, and as the diatribes and
lalsehoods against the lottery have
become diffased throughout the
State BY politicians who want office
Md ignore the financial needs II
the State. Mr.. Norris has decided
70 be charged No longer with being
Inc cause Of further discomfort and
strife, and thus concludes his let
er:
Convinced that the granting of
mother lottery charter in the State
1OuId be the cause Of continued Az.
alton and discomfort upon the part
Il number Of the citizens OF Louis.
ana for the entire period for which
'ucl charter might be granted, We
sonld he unwilling to accept such |.
.l'arter. even though It were given
o us without the payment Ut one
|Ullar license tax"
This settles the lottery issue for |
u time. and completely removes |
his wedge that has split the Demo
ratio party. There b now no res
IN for further division, bnt astute |
have already found .
wig to cling to. and insist On think.
e that the Morris letter is . no
tical trick, and that the writer IL
Ut sincere In his remuneration. To
'fectually kill this last subterSage
I the ring politicians, the Demo-
ratic party should put its indorse-
ent on the Morris lstter, Thus
hitting It beyoad the reach u his