Show the lattery cue washington sept 17 the case of the united against john L and two cases of the united states va geo W dapro will come ap for argument at the october term of the united states supreme court ebach of thes cases han application for dis charge by writ of corpus from arrest for alleged violation of the legislation of the united states in mailing lottery advertisements judgment waa against tha defendants and the cases were appealed to tha supreme court attorney general miller has prepared his brief which be will submit on behalf of the cov emment ii it can ha demonstrated sa the brief that to prey up in crp fell ownien by means of a lottery is 1 human the and sermon on the not to mention the declaration at independence to be rewritten at cuce 1 I maintain continues the attorney general without fear of successful contradiction that whatever acts or enterprises terp rises baa alie power to make in the district of golam bia or tem tonea it may refuse directly or indirectly to aid encourage or abet in any detate without violating any dobli gation either to the citizen or state any state may make the practices ot this lottery company or even the of its tickets within arh intent to sell a crime in the exa chae of this bowa of ls 3 lalioo in to mails as in the ix r else of kanj of its other agi atie powers alie holli ehst Coneie sa has a arv arad dipret n ni to whether it shall act ast all and if BO when and to what dbent AI d for what it shall act the attorney general than argues to show that Cony raes hia undoubtedly the kirbt to legislate fur tie common good and bays suppora Sup posa as i now an early probability a postal telegraph bould he established establish ej is it true thaltha united would be under obligation to transmit oer ita tele graph lines messages ia reference to all busi nessi or not indictable to common liw t r not known to alie law books BC could it no refuse to transmit a b idly relating to gambling upon farind n wheat or cr ing alie nd eale of buttery tickets or in regard to any business which in the exercise of a fouad discretion coureas Co to be contra bonos inores upon the of of alie petitioners petition ers tb zt the publishers of news papers have an absolute to cairis age in the mails ard any discrimination against them 13 the freedom of hie press then all postal regulations by which letters are precedence newspapers might be held to be the freedom ci the press |