Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1892-02-18
THE LOTTERY.
A Graphic Resume of the Louis
iana Campaign.
The Varied Tactics and Subter-
fuges of the Lottery Lead
ers Reviewed.
when Brought to Bay They Resort to th'
Withdrawal Dodge which Cannot
be Accepted in Good Faith.
New Orleans Nav Delta.


New Orleans Nav Deta.l
Mr. Morris announces to the people
of Louisiana that he has withdrawn
the proposition embodied in the
amendment proposed by the Legisla-
ture.
TO pass that amendment he and his
cOadjutOrs corrupted the peoples rep
resentatives, subsidized the press and
maintained an army of lobbyists and
heelers.
To secure that amendment he spent
thousands in the litigation that cul-
minated in the three to t,cO decision OF
the Supreme Court and obtained, at
last, its promulgation by the secretary
of state, and his bribe- stained bantling
stood before the people for their suf-
frage.
Then went forth the band of lottery
canvassers. The fatted calves were
killed, the kegs of beer were tapped,
and to the people who assembled at
their barbecues, whether tempted by
curiosity or by Doodle and free tickets,
these lottery orators poured forth their
lamentations.
They sang of languishing schools
and broken levees. They wept over
the INDECENT insane and lamented for
poor old Confederate soldiers. They
unblushingly declared that our people
were unable to support their govern
ment. They falsely represented the
condition of our State finances and OF
every public institution.
Who does not recall that precious
band of wandering minstrels, who sang
of Louisiana's poverty and of John A
Morris munificence
Along with these lottery Orators(9,
went the Times Democrat, the Plea
yune and the small fry lottery news
papers, all glorifying Morris and his
Doodle.
But the people could not be bought
nor deceived, and a few weeks of trial
sufficed to satisfy Mr.. Morris that his
amendment scheme was doomed to de-
feat.
Then Mr.. Morris changed the tune
and his same orators and newspapers
began, in unison, to prate of "straigh
Democracy" "white supremacy anG
"Sam McEnery."
The lottery amendment was found
on trial, to be too nauseating, and Nc
Emery was introduced as the gelatin'
capsule to disguise the poison.
/ Through McEnery, rih McEnery, i,
McEnery and by McEnery the artfu
Morris felt secure of the safe lodgmen
of his lottery schemes for twenty-fv,
years to come.
Then came the meeting of the Stat
committee, when the ward bosses, til,
lOtteryites, and Mr.. Boatner's'' middle
disIen-new- made efforts to force Mr.
Morris white primary schemes and Mr.
Morris'cOde of rules upon the DemOc
racy of the State, but Caffery, Stubb
and Cunningham were there and Mr.
Morris was foiled.
Soon followed the beer, Doodle an(
boss procession and the primaries, an(
in due course the State convention
met. The followers of Adams an(
Foster then, in order to preserv,
Democratic unity, made demands fo
the death of the lottery. They sait
to the followers of McEnery, Give u
an anti-lottery policy with guaran
tees that it will be carried into effec
and you may nominate the entire Stat,
ticket.
The demand was rejected, and the,
and there the scOrld became ddrised hd
the fortunes of John A. Morris, and hi
lottery schemes, rere dearer to the Nc
Emery men than Democratic unity o.
Democratic principle.
Then came the rupture. For th,
State and her honor, for her dead an(
her living, for home and country, til,
unbought Democracy put forth th'
Foster State ticket, upon platform
that was open, direct and defiant.
: The followers of Morris nominated
McEnery on a platform that mean
nothing. Then came McEnery's let
ter of acceptance, with its declaration
that lotteries are not evils per Sc, tina
if Morris amendment be not accepted
) the burden of taxation will have to b
, increased, and every lotteryite in tn,
!. State forthwith ranged himself befor
the McEnery alignment.
t The lottery newspapers, the lOtter.
managers and bosses, all declared fo
McEnery, and the lottery supplied til
J "boodle" and "foOted the bills"
! Meanwhile Morris kept up his resist
ence to the Federal anti-lottery pos
tai law. In his service all manner {
' devices for defeating that law wer
4 found, and lottery matter, despite il
t provisions, passed through the mails
: In Dakota, in Texas, in Massachusett:
in New Jersey, Morris and his lotter
associates are under indictment b
O Federal grand juries, and under bond
n to answer, as malefactors, for the
S crimes against the law.
Q At last they "reach the end of I'll
tether." At last justice overtak,
, them. At last a tribunal of the higl
n est in the land, utteIs the mandate
Q an outraged law. Morris and his hir,
lings cover beneath it.
= The insolenee, the swagger, I'll
. buster, that erstwhile assumed {
dominate sovereign State-where al
these to-day 7
, Where be, to-day, these lottel
: kings, these builders of broken levee
y these promoters of schools and cha
q tiles, these patrons of straight Den
oeracyfn ~