Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-01-22
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effort. giving time and thought ant
strength and money, all to help the city
nercial interests OF the city at heart
and in hand. The end. as all the workers
saw il. was good. unQualifiedly good. +,
was worthy If Ill they could do for it,
Could they do too much'
The end; yes. But the means? Let
US look little ut the means employed
AS Mr.. Chadband says: Let M in n
spirit of love inquire" Though Dickens
famous words. are written in burlesuue
il is in all seriousness that l sneak ,hem
An inquiry like this. if made in any 9th
or spirit than that of friendlness. of 4
ncighboGly desire to help. is better I'm
made. And this reminds me-. as Mr..
Lincoln used to say: FIRST. of Mulvaney' 5
famous answer when asked by his col
onel how he managed the raw recruits so
wonderfully. Wild persuasion and tn,
buckle end of n belt" says Terence. Note
that he puts persuasion first. Second. OF
an admirable article in q recent Outlook
by Frof. Brander Matthew'S; an article SO
timely and sc fully in sympathy with
the spirit in which we wish TO make our
inquiry that | cannot refrain from read
ing you some extracts from II. ext.
Dear friends and neighbors, it is in
this spirit. believe me, that l ask on to
look n little with me into the methods OF
raising money employed in the recent
fair and more or less in all our large
for sale. various and attractive. These
were sold at Il fair price. We never here
in Gardiner expect to ask at sale twice
the value of an article. as is often done
elsewhere. There were entertainments of
various kinds and-there were Schemes
l do not know whether lottery is made
any better by calling it scheme. T
think l will stick to the plain name.
teries of one kind and another. The Cen
fury Dictionary tells us that lin law the
term lottery embraces all schemes for
the distribution of prizes by chance,
prize-concerts. raffies at fairs, etc. and
includes various forms of gambling"
Our own statute is even more compre-
hensive and definite. Both state and
private lotteries have been forbidden BY
law in Great Britain and in nearly all the
United States. Louisiana ard Kentucky
being the two notable exceptions.
Since this article was written. as you
ali know, the iniquity of the Louisiana
Lottery has been swept away and,
ina CINE, that of Kentucky also. if had
time would go into that extraordinary
story OF. the Louisiana Lottery. that si-
santic. scheme of fraud. stretching
through the whole extent OF our country !;
was 'bled. millions and untold millions
going into the pockets of q handful of
INSCRIPTIONS men; till at last the hour
OF reckoning came and Louisiana re-
deemed her fair fame and banished the
evil thing from her borders. The cues
ton Of the renewal Of tine company's
charter came before the people. A cam
paien against it was carried on success
fully in 4 burst OF moral indignation. The
company offered to pay the state and
million and "A quarter of dollars every
year. but the bride had no effect. and in
1888 this gigantic structure of lawless-
ness and corruption was swept out of ex-
istence forever"
They tried to establish it in Mexico,
but that sturdy republic was ready for
them and drove them out They tried
Honduras. but even Honduras would not
have them. Then. i believe, they gave
UP the fight and went under.
But ! have Travelled 4 long way from
the home lotteries which to many Of my
good neighbOrs may seem entirely harm.
less, matters of course such as have al
ways been and in the nature of fairs will
always be- What HARM l was asked
the other day, do they dO:
What harm does any kind of gambling
do? 1t rouseS the gaming spirit. the de-
sire to get something for nothing, which
has always proved baneful 20 man wher-
ever it has appeared. Ii rOuses 4 kind
Of excitement which is disastrous 10 SIM
pie life and to honest labor, making men
discontinued with the small return of
their every days work, filling them with
wild visions of luxury and amusement.
Is this not so?
At the risk of being tedious let me read