The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-04-16

VA any city Of sae fenssesa States Il
used 70 BE szId twenty years ago when
th@ Asntgcky lottery was a lezai.x@G I'm
stlsufaon and tbs Louisiana tossery main
.Sise1 It's sxfxtsaee A. q pretended bens-
lAfssr to educational institutions. that
louisville and New Orleans were the sxo
greatest towns fog the sale Of lottery
poafcy tickets IA this country.
Ssst IA Exaes Hash Mea~y.
This reputation was maintained in pro-
portion To population until perhaps af-
teen years ag0~ Then when the letting
ont OF licenses for unlawful occupation
hsss began 10 reach the dsguity Of q
trade and local legislators and executive
oHfeers saw that fas people were inaider-
eat. toe bsxs began 10 grow apacs.
sporadic raids have been made to keep
ap sensbiance Of atsemptfng 90 enforce
the law
AZ soon as the Maxes committee gets
well under way and after IL has hives
u2ass1 the corruption fund of GA ss
when r. sad TO have been sent sa Albany,
and after II has heard the testimony Of
po1sSmsn hTaF. enough tn risk their
nseks BY telling the truth, IL will IL Il
gets the evidence enter an inquiry Of
TIE Tribute paid by 3.ssg policy lottery
shops In thu city Of New YORK today
IL tbs committee goes deeply into this
subject IL may be abie TO discover that
the gambling dens. the green goods joints
TIE vsosafurS OF the Sunday Iiauor law
and the keepers 81 places o. questionable
resort, DO not IL the aggregate, contrib
ute more than 81 per cent, over and above
tie hackers 81 the policy shops. where
the poor and ignorant sggandsr their
dimes and nickeas.
Aay 0iseoseP Mach
II IL goes a iitsle fsrtaer-asssi one nnem-
Der says if Whit IN posztl4ie that II may
discover In a presumably reputable basl-
nsss house the go-betweerl for the policy
dsaisrs and the capitalists who protect
them The person who occupies this po-
sition has been known 20 the police for
years He carries on. SO far ar appear
aRses are concerned. z legitimate avoca-
lion II brought before tae committee by
subpoena ans. compelled To testify he
VIII reveal what must he most aston
ishisiE condition Of quiet blackuaaii that
has been pursued for more than a guar
ter century. and which no legislative or
municipal investigating committee has
YET given any probing tina; It's serious
ness deserves
a million dollars a year is a conserya-
tive estimate OF the receipts NJ the deal
ers in lottery policy In the Greater New
York. or THIS amount ~ per cent. is
gross profit, of the NJ per cent. NOT less
than - to 20 per cent. goes for ordinary
expensss and what has come to be known
az protection" This includes the en-
ploymenf al attorneys where policy writ
ers are arrested and their places temper
arsiy broken up The outlay for legal ad-
vice comes next 10 the protection item
unfamiiias with u.
Chairman Maxet IL not familiar with
this phase Of metropolitan wickeaness
which he il coming To investigate. II is
subject that has besn kept pretty well
under cover. The chairman aud his as
socisies will. at the beginning pay more
attention 10 the police corruption fund
and give that their vigorous and undivid-
ed consideration. Then they VIII so into
ethe gambling houses. or. IL the policy
shops should bob up 70 the surface with
sufficient voluntary evidence. they viii
receive chief attention. II they do. the
committee may expect To be surprised
The investigators are likely 10 receive a
list Of between I5o and iso OF the most
notorious policy shors In New York. the
existence of which already has been com
planned Of. but without avail so far a.
their suppression is concerned. They be-
long to- the highly protected class.
What rich mines they are only those who
derive the profit can tell.
Croker May he Called.
Whether Richard Croker viii be a wit
ness before the committee is a matter OF