Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1882-09-30

too unsafe to Admit ~ liberty, IL has al,a bccn
deemed tao nrcecssaN and unavoidable To- allow
II suppression
Tho nrN question: b., iihs the h,cnse sy,.
tenn been suu,rs,hl IN reasonably mhlliug be-
ptuic,sions ami iutcutiunsl ~ Ui,con ON
sweN in the negative Government has a.
tumrl Tho responsibility oi the traffic, and has
shown itself unable to meet that responsibility
II ht, nc,rt muud thuss who vuuld stand
hmly At thu noud gate, IT license Those en-
gagcl IN IN, tmfi, almost uniformly avail
Themselves VI he law, so itt a. u aid, them,
hW dtstegai vs. uncomfortable restraints.
They az nnt a. elias, Law abiding men They
afr glad ut It's admission anil sanction Ia th,it
usihc and ready to iuigt, i's limitations
Even The expectations founded IN The selfish
ness W the ttsde have failed, The licensed
dealers s,hinm interfere with thusr selling
without license The mnu the mcrdtt While
hcrnsc system develop, M inherent di>posi
lion io thks catr Of itself II s nut easily taken
care Vt Nv outsiders, Temperance men ats In.
di,posc,l to cnlorrc partial and insufficient leg
i,lhtion. The, ohiett to shuuidcung vehicle
wht,h They cannot push tlrvtd. and which
has powerful tendrn,, to- go bach on them.
The, claim th,N have no call io pvt % thumb
to q tap which lhrt yan neither c1,ut NOT clu,r
~ ka,.om admits that h,,nsc law, have vt
time, somewhat reduced the evils ut nttmpct.
anre. ot ouur, the, du hl io a measure, but
we've They tail prohibition Wunld Ail much
mpte completely The h,,u,c system Is not
perfect and sometime, when o man like ~
Howard tm,hi Ia rvrd faith has stepped lof
waul tu Champion such laws. both IN what
the, give and withhold, the result, have been
disappointing \ license system, says lt
f4aI a
IL, restraints; it leaves undslutbcl those who
Art inclined To sc,ial indulgence and ndider.
cncc, to tcgari Temperance as hniucsm, and
ntcmpctrncc a. the inevitable, It's administra
ton Is seldom, of lot any length el time, Ia the
interests ot any thorough restraints the morally
progressive and aggressive Temperance sonti
monl ol community Is rctplcNcd and dis.
Outraged lay license system So Il /, hy the
ugidiiN aud embarrassing Inconsistency ct times
oi prohibiion system
III nascum believe, that, granting Eve are
not ready forptohihiuon. the only way to yet
ready Is 10y the long and hracing conflict In
which Temperance men shall win permanent
working majority. hw4aEg,.
The Young Mems Christian Associations
year book Tot ISIS, has been published by
the international committee. and /, contains
deal Of interesting information, Several pages
ot illustrations give views vt some " the asso
citation buildings, and there is a short historical
sketch " its growth, These statements show
the condition oi the ASSOCIATION and its hranchc,
in the United state, and Canada: Seven
hundred and scvent, nine associations report
membership NJ 81, SyS; ioi own buildings and
real estate with net value vt S., ,SS, 600,
adding TO this, the value OF libraries, furniture,
etc, the total value of property reported is So
10000, The annual expenditure ol the socie-
ties i ahow SSoo,ooo, The International
and state committees expended IN 1881, SIy,.
ccoi ass persons arc employed as general sec,
tetarieS of local associations. and VI the state
and international committees; IA college as
sociations semi in reports 81 railroad branches,
at as many railroad ccnicIs, report excellent
progress during the past year, and the railroad
corporations benefited Nc appropnatins over
$50, 600 annually To their support
Charley Ctccket, a, he was Familiarity known
in the early days of san Francisco, was one of
the projectors OF the Genital Pacific railroad,
and is to-day hale and hearty and worth per
hapS one hundred million dollars After his
wealth had accumulated To more than, in his
boyhuods widest dreams, he ever imagined
he would possess. he determined To take a trip
around the world. lie took particular pains
however, TO impress upon every one he met
that he was " self-madc man. Probably to-
day he "oulj iofego that luxury. While pass
ing through the Red Sea on an English steamer.
he again and again impressed his travelling
companions with the fact that he was self
made man, lie carried his theory 50 far one
day as to come To the table with his coat Off
saying that a selt.made man did not need a
coat with the thermometer at 10 to 90
Our English cousins were 81 much disgustcd
thai the captain was requested to see that Mr
Croker resumed his coat again. Charley took
in the situation and very politely complied
with the request, but as he returned to his
place al the table he could not refrain from in
SiSting that he was a "seli-made man" \
quiet old Enghshman, who, with his wife and
daughter, occupied a seat next TO him, gazed
al him critically for a inmate, and then re.
marked: "What a responsibility the Almighty
was relieved OF when You made yourself ~
.Nesc York Yon.