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Seventh-day Adventist Missionary Society · Oakland, California · May 19, 1881

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 7, No. 19.

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CHRISTIAN PRIVILEGES.

THE Oakland Times says that Mayor Kalloch "vetoed an ordinance for the suppression of lotteries, on the ground that it would impair the revenue of the churches. He declared that he was a minister as well as a Mayor, and that he should protect the rights and privileges of the sanctuaries."
Thus it seems that, in Mayor Kalloch's opinion at least, the lottery is one of the church's especial privileges. We notice, however, in another paper, that "four Chinamen who were convicted of conducting a lottery game on the corner of Dupont and Stockton streets, were fined $40 each in the old Police Court."
It seems, that, as heathen, Chinamen are not entitled to the rights and privileges of Christians. Possibly the Joss houses do not depend on lotteries for their support.