Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1882-10-28

would bc necos,iutrd TO aeek more legid'
mate means n livelihood. and would thus be
the mean, NJ aiding the sugar and other indu,
ttal enterprise ~ the Islands, But, the idea
~ curing such an evil, and accomplishing .
better result by including the Chinese In fc
lihciion, which already existed in reference To-
the native waa booked upon with diaiavot Ny
The ministry II IL was feared that tutd pa.
hbition would bring ioo much opposition from
The strong element NJ Europeans and Amcfi
rtn, In out community, certainly such On alio'
native would have been better than the one fc
.oued ~ 10 cure the notorious evil The
ministry claimed 10 have been able TO amy
fis H0nr they did carry It too, In favor of
"trcc Liquor and against prohibition.
member n the present cabinet, some time
since, when elected 10 represent The people u
tAhiint. once remarked In the House. when
discussing ihc h1Do, gbcfi,o1 that A law
,h, statute nuuk and ahoull hc repealed. ,ha,
II could tend no other way than To bring the
executive into contempt, II such ia pfoposi
ton generally applicable. the existing law, a'
at present conducted can bring little glory to
the present executive, fot breaches ON arc no.
toriou, and common Many drunken people
ON the streets, unless they be foreigners, are
allowed 10 go unmocatcd and oncndcr
again, law and order Al night and on the pub.
lie highways, after having been interviewed by
| the police have been quietly told TO go home,
the reason assigned fot not aucsting offenders,
being In certain eases that they had already
got punishment enough from each other We
are not the executive, but such Occurrences A.
these have frequently been presented to us
without seeking for orspying them out. What
| then Is that executive worth who, being paid
ior attending to these things Is 80 grossly neg
ligcnl Of It's manifest duty ns to bc blind tc
occurrences which they are paid to hunt down
and expose, when they are so plain as to pre-
sent Themselves unsought to any Observer
The fcircshment saloons, whose pntronag,
is chiefly from the natives find their receipts
greatly diminished. Employers Of native labor
like the draymen, carriage drivers, and such
find drunkenness increasing in numerous in
stances Men that have been sober for years
have drunk to excess, are either unli, for labo
OF quit work for days at time. Natiy,
masters Of vessels and the crews are, at times
80 drunk that vessels cannot leave port, OF IL
vessel does leave, owners and friends hav
great anxiety, lest they have some fearful los
Of life and property, with captain or scanci
under the influence Of liquor And so, on
kind Of employment after another will cease Il
be open to IIawaiians because they can not b
trusted, and we may have Chinese sailors ol
our inter island coasters, Chinese draymcn an,
drivers. The poor native will drop down in,
a shiftlcss degraded vagabond. A professionn
man, who has much to do with natives ever
day, says that, while formerly it was the rul
that no native under the influence Of liquo
ever came into his Office, now the fact is tina
every native who comes has been drnkin
liquor In both of the native churches ,hi
week there have been sad cases Of loss Of goo
name and church privileges from gross intoS
: cation and attendant wckedness. The result
so far Of the new liquor law are only evil-no
one good result can be mentioned One pro
lessed object Of the law was to secure pure ur
adulterated liquor, but the viles, stuff is sold
and there is no government official to prever
it by analysis, trial and punishment. Curse
loud and deep must accumulate on the head {
whoever is in any way responsible for the ir
PRODUCTION and enactment Of this law.