The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-02-23
FLORIDA AND THE LOTTERY.
The Subject Brought Up in the Senate
by Mr.. HOar.-

Senator Pasco Expresses the Opinion
That the Efforts to Establish the
Concern in His State Would Not be
uecessful-Senator Vest Tells of
What he Saw During His Visit to
Tampa.
Washington, Feb. 22-There was no
business transacted in the Senate to-day
beyond the passage of House bill TO ex-
tend the time for building street rail-
road on the military reservation OF Fort
Riley, Kansas.
A small discussion was started by Mr..
Hoar, rep, of Massachusetts, of an arti-
Gle in the New York Times, relating to
the establishment, in the state of Florida.
OF the Honduras lottery, survival of
the Louisiana lottery And then the
days session was wound up by the
reading of Washington's farewell adj
dress. twas the third time in late years
of the observance Of that ceremony, Of
which Mr.. Hoar is the author. On tho
first occasion Mr. Ingalls,. of Kansas, was
the reader, on the second Mr. Manderson,
of Nebraska, and to-day Mr.. Martin. of
Kansas. There were very few senators
present, and at the close Of the reading at
l:35 o'clock, the Senate adjourned until
Monday
When the lottery incident was pending,
MIR Hoar asked Mr.. Pasoo whether he
knew anything on the subject He was
informed by that senator that the matter
had aroused great attention in Florida.
and that he did not think that an effort
to estoblish the lottery business there
would be successful.
VESTS VISIT TO TAMPA.
Mr.. Vest said that he had been In
Tampa, Fla, during Christmas week. and
had noticed large brick building there
which was known as the printing Office OF
the Louisiana lottery. He had been in
formed that the superintendent and sec
retary of the company had gone to Hon.
duras. where the drawing took place,
and then came back to Tampa and had
the returns printed
Mr.. Pasco said that every effort would
be made to prevent the establishment Of
the lottery business Ia Florida. He was
utterly opposed TO IL. The state of Flor
ida was receiving no benefit from IT, and
it was the prayer of the state officials and
all the good people generally that the sys-
tenn should not have any root or founda-
tion there.
Mr. Call, the other senator from Flor
IDA. declared that neither the people OF
Florida nor the laws had any connection
with the lottery business, and were not
responsible for it in any shape or form.
HoAR DECLARED INCONSISTENT.
Mr.. Washburn, rep, of Minnesota, sug-
gested that Mr.. Hoar was very incon-
sistent in appealing TO the federal legisla-
ture TO put down gambling in Tampa,
after his opposition in the last congress
to the bill TO prevent gambling in ''fu-
lures"
Mr. Hoar repliod that the two things
were very dissimilar He had called at
tention this morning TO an article in a
New York paper setting forth, with great
detail, the importation from abroad Of
certain implements of gambling; and the
senator from Minnesota gravely asked
how that differed from permitting a con-
tractmade in New York or Chicago to be
performed in Minneapolis
Mr. Washburn-Never to be performed.
These contracts are not contracts. They
are simply stakes or wedges.
After some further colloquy, the subject
was dropped.