| Show why we decline there aro a few things that the editor of the news advocate has learned not to trifle with among them are a red hot poker a buzz saw a missouri Mie mule and undo uncle sam with the gentleman named an editor has hm to be ba careful as your uncle hiis has plenty of ways of or getting even A few days ago there was a drawing in this city which the post postoffice office department classifies as a lottery whether or not it is a form of gambling is no concern of our oun and we have no interest in the affair itself but uncle sam sas says that such affairs must not bo be given publicity and the ri nime ime of the winner must not bo be mentioned in the paper following the instructions of the postoffice post office department part ment we declined to prink print the n ime of the winner and give the affair advertising the penalty if wo we hid had disobeyed uncle sam and he lie had taken it into his head to give us a isson would have been the loss of our mailing privilege or at least the keeping out of the mails the is sue of the piper containing the objectionable matter with the consequent result that oil all our legal notices would have been void and would have had to have been published republished re and the red tape necessary necess aty to get re instated if wo had lost our privileges would have been exceedingly hard to unwind tha the party who asked us to break tho law would not think of asking a friend to rob a chicken house for him but the two requests would be similar in that the frie friend nd would receive all rall the punishment while the one who asked for the breaking of the law would be out of trouble wo we are willing to do favors whenever ib it is in ur power with out injuring out of proportion bionto to tho the aid given but asking asling us to break tho the law is going too far when the benefits are so small and the risk so great in dealing with this question recently the posto Oice gice department officials gave out t anc ne following interview with news stories the department does not find it so easy to deal the solicitor s office of the department holds that any anwa t otora arv ing a lottery must bo be barred from the mails under the departments ruling this means any story giving publicity toa lo 10 a lottery it does not have to be a paid advert advertised isem ent man news stories of european lot terms hive have been printed d recent which bich ap approach closely a violation of the law A story that mentions the name of a winner or winners of a lottery is held hold to be a distinct violation A Ator story too that might be expected to attract such attention to a lottery that readers would investigate vesti gate is held to bo be a violation A section of the law reads readi no newspaper circular let or publication of an kind containing any of an lottery gift enterprise or scheme of any kind offering prizes dependent in whole or in part upon lot or 01 chance or containing any list ol 01 prizes drawn or awarded by means of ol 01 any such lottery gift enterprise or 01 scheme whether said list contain contains any part or all of such prizes shul shall be deposited in or carried by thi the mails malls of the united states or be de livered by any postmaster or lette letter rier ier |
