Jasper County Democrat, Volume 8, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 December 1905 — THAT LOTTERY RULING. [ARTICLE]

THAT LOTTERY RULING.

White County Democrat: It is said that according to a new ruling of the postofhee department a newspaper mentioning euchre clubs where cards are played for prizes, or publishing a list of prize wiuners at such contests cau be excluded from the mails; and according to the same antilottery law the postmaster who buys a ticket in any sort of a guessing contest may be removed from oflied for such offense. Now, to be consistent, why not exclude from the mails all daily and weekly papers giving an account of the annuul lottery at Washington in which the natiou’s lawmakers are allotted seats through the medium of a blindfolded page? No bigger game of chance nor one with more possibly far reaching consequences is played anywhere than that which takes place in the National Capitol at the beginning of each session of Congress.