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Show MIIM.l AIIUNM'MUIttl.S. The iUestlon whether the Louisiana, ljottery oominny next spring la to lie allowed lo rinnw lla charterforanother twi'nl)(lveytaniliaaust ftliout takeu posaiMloncfthuHtatn, It ha been a lea ling sutject of debute for seme time, but It was too one-sided tobuovsn noisy until now. The money side of the contest had jopularoplulonso thoroughly In Its grip that tho moral slJo did not count to uny serbiu extent. Hut a llttlo agitation from die moral stand-ilut stand-ilut In thu face of another twenty-fWo etra under the degrading de-grading Inilurncif of IhU inammoth evil ha had woudru roaulta. lt has brought Into tho Held on Iheshleof the anils, a the men of the upivsltlon aru Urmed, a forcu that sevuis to havo takiu the lottery euple by surprise, Tho election 1 over half a Jiur henco aud the air of tho Hlato I lurid with httery lltlc. Tlio antl are thoroughly organised for war. To tlulr ranks havo rallied many of Iho leading men of the Btatr, Democrat mil rrpubllcaut. Uovrruor Mlclioll ha long liven una of their stalwart. Tho vullro church elemeut I anil, without a Urau back, uud the Kariners' Assxlatlmi makes anti-loltery the sub. JeclifasaUnl plank lu It platform. The pro-lottery people aro beginning to show their hands, but they trvmble. Their plra for n continuation Is ol coursu based uion 11 money argument. They how with their million and a luartvr annual CDntrlbulloii to tho Htato treasury to bury tho moral feature fea-ture of tho content enllrtly out of sight. They are succeeding on this line among tho colored gentlemen and the reoles, hut wllh Intelligent citizen citi-zen II ha lost Its tuihantnient, It would l unsafe lo predict what will bo the outcumu nf the struggle. Thu Wialth of thu lottery company I enormous, Anl wHulbotrill!0ttloulo use It for cor-ru cor-ru ting 1 ubllo opinion or tho billot or au)thlui( else that might ranfront them as au obstacle to their reinstatement, reinstate-ment, 110 man can know what they might accomplish. Hut whether they gain Ihelr olnt or not, tho vigor aud determination with which the butter lvop!e nf thu Htato have arisen to opput-o thrm la a mighty uiiieu nf good and glvi to Louisiana .1 rt-spectablllly aud msjesty which was ueiir before accredited to her. |