The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1881-05-21
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To the Editor of the Pacific Commercial Advertiser:
LAHAIsA, 18th May, 1881.
Mr.. EIToR In your last issue 1 read an
article on temperance-headed, God Speed the
Plough with a request that Marshal Parke,
be interviewed as to where all the liquor goes.
Now 1 wish to say to you(through your paper
that hundreds of cases of liquor come to
Lahaina, and that at any time during the day
you can see an intoxicated person in our quiet
streets. The police are thoroughly demoralized;
and 1 must say, our Deputy Sheriff is the right
man, in the wrong place. will cite one instance:
On Sunday last, the entire police force were in
a beastly state of intoxication; one Of them had
a touch of the horrors, and our good deputy
procured a bottle of 3 star brandy for him, be-
lieving that he had the cramps or pain in the
stomach, but the citizens who were present told
our good deputy that it was a frst-class case of
drunk. Now our deputy does not drink or use
liquor in any way, and the question naturally
arises, where did he get the brandy from? 1t
is quite evident that there is liquor for sale here,
and that a sheriff or his deputy can purchase it,
as well as any one else. Mr.. Everett, could not
give any more information, (as to where the
liquors goes tnan MS deputy, S1r. Newton. On
Monday, the police force were called up before
mot his honor y but Mr.. Newton, and the de-
cision was that they all be retained, except one,
although they all acknowledged they were
drunk, the one Newton procured the brandy for
was discharged because he had the d. rs, but
the others who were equally guilty were re-
tanned. Now, Mr.. Editor, why were these men
not brought before the Police Judge, and if
found guilty of drunkenness fined as others are
(only doubly so because they were policemen)
and all dismissed from the service. 1t has been
rumored that our Police Judge can be influenced,
and our Deputy Sheriff says he cannot get a
conviction but L believe if these four policemen
had been arrested for drunkenness and Sab
bath breaking, that our Police Judge would
have fined and dismissed them from the force,
which would have been in the opinion of our
law abiding citizens perfectly just. l ask, what
kind of law and order can we expect from such
a state of affairs ? l will further state, that two
of the police on the same day, were on horse
back. tight as lords, and huiuiuJuiag in the pub
lie streets. Where was our Deputy Sheriff at
this time? Echo answers where.
If our good Deputy would exhibit more
activity then he does, and see Lahaina Us it is,
he could stop a great deal of liquor selling and
drunkenness.
Now, Mr.. Editor, 1 ask, and an joined in my
request by all good citizens for a live and active
Deputy Sheriff, for Lahaina, as the presence of
such a Deputy in and about the streets would
have a tendency to stop to some extent the sell
ing of liquor and drunkenness. HEMA.