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Show VICTORY FOR THE LOTTERY. Tli. Sfier.tary of Stale Oritur. il to Frnuiul-g.te Frnuiul-g.te the I'rupuited Auiauilifient. Xkw Oi.T.rANs, April !27. At the last session of tbo legislature John A. Morris Mor-ris aud associates made application for the renewal of the Louisiana Lottery chart?!' for twenty live years, offering to pay tho hUte. more thau a million dollars per annum for tho privilege. privil-ege. A b'.il eiubodying the amendments amend-ments wns adopted by a two-thirds vote of tiie legislature and by courtesy a copy of. the act was sent to Governor Nichols, who vetoed it, aithoueji the friends to the measure argued that he had no right to do so under the constitution. Secretary of .Slate Paving refuses to promulgate the act. Morris A: Co. applied fur a mandamus mand-amus compelling him to promulgate the proposed constitutional amendments to be voted ou by the people tit the next general election. Tho district court today to-day rendered a decisiou in favor of the lottery company, Judge Watkins reading read-ing the opinion. Chief Bermudezz and Associate Justice McEvery concurring. Each read opinions, while Associate Justices Fentier and Breaux read dissenting dis-senting opinions. |