The Hawaiian gazette., 1884-07-16

CURIOUS 10 know kos Gordon vii be res-
eued Meanwhile the spigrammatic motto
Of Grgnville's Egyptian policy Rescue
ard Retire may b Interpreted as Wreck
ard run away
We have yet hopes that the above news
nay Be consradcted
THz GRAVITY Of the crisis cannot be Il
nored But 1t Is darkest before dawn We
d. not believe tiat tins country L On the
verge Of rum, CT anything Of the sort.
There are TOO many men Of sense and
Judgment. there Il too much intelligence
II the country TO allow is public affairs,
from any existing evil Influences. TO drift
tar astsru The present Legislative A.
sembly l. fa- the best which the country
has seen. certainly since 1854. the date Of
the present Constitution.
Il VII not be until the session l. over.
that people generally viii come 70 know
that while q -Uod deal Of dangerous legis-
latiUu has been thwarted, much excellent
law work has been done by these law
makers.
The gold currency bill which has been
enacted may not be free from serious de-
fects. bot Il l. a great Improvement upon
the former absurd AMI annoying Law
The repeaI Of the Intermediary Court Of
Oahu. NAV lessen lawyers fees, but the
benefit 10 the community Of removing this
Useless dsiay and expense Of litigation VIII
be considerable.
The law sndgwing char Of Natural
Science II Oahu College * i step In the
right direction The Improvement that
vii BE- secured n prison discipline, IN the
manner OF cCudrctIng elections. n the
granting 0f corporation charters, the wise
changes uads II the law concerning the
descent Of property. ars few Of the posi-
tive good results Of the session. Let u
hope fIr still more before the session ends.
4 Localized LOTTERY. Has II euns 10
this It appears to have done 80, for last
Saturday. tie Hon L. Ah0l0 read for the
first time a bill relating 70 the HzEaiian
Endowment Association In plain words
the object OF the bill l. to establish lot
terry II Honolulu There can only be one
opinion By right thinking men upon tins
subject. and that l.. that however specIoGi
the money argument may be, the legaliz
Ing Of lotteries l. morally VICIOUS, and
more especially VICIOUS n population
such a. We have N HAWAII rei. It l. per
tsctfv true. a. l[r 4hOIo advanced that
European cuuufriss have used them and
| do use them. but that gentleman did mo-
touch upon the fact that they have been
/ condemned again and again By the fore
most and most successful nations Of tn
earth.
Lotteries originated n Florence aboU
/ IjjJ. were legalIzRd n France N 1853 anG
soon spread over Europe. During cuupli
/ Of centuries they were n full swing al
I over Europe. bot every now and sgaIl
some Statesman who had power wUUlC
/ rry 70 stUp them altogether a. Pope Bene
Dict XII from 1174 TO IT30- or would st
tempt to keep them within bounds B.
means II yearly Licenses, as the Act o
George III n HIS But II 1866 the eEi
Cf lotteries WIS felt to Be 80 great that tn
English Parliament appointed a commit
ties 10 enquire how far the evils attendIn;
li1t1sries had been rgmedlsd By laws n
suectiuE the same Nov mark the reporr
The COMMITTEES said=
--Ths T1'ulfTtiJa u tie Lgttery ystzt isso rid
icay sirjJas. tut y0u- cJB8ai--ss FEET -sariace
tint uad- no Fysts7a 81 regulations ti.Tt srz
,is1iael. rtU q Be possi5ls f5r P.r-idfmsllt {
f'flDt q 90 "a g5far'ats ig,rrE u rsrsaHe. Ead
Ft tie suas tiHe h dfrsat q u al tis sriZA-e
ri55i q Efs GtiertJ prsrsti 90 5,r1sTlI soarrs.
We have here before IL a solemn Ear1
ug Why should We wiIfaIIy throw on
selves INTO a scheme which has been cor
demned by one Of the first LsgIslatIv
hodies IN the world as beng RADICAL
VICIOUS" The men who reported IN $50
had 10 lack Cf experience IN the sabisc-
Over hundred and fifty years Of eIPer
eucs Of lotteries lay behind them and L
Stances sprEafln- over 4 considerable POI
tIou Of that time were cited IN the fl
report
4 thing which l. Erglg had better Be ne
at once; It L 10 Use TO compromise Wit
L lie Lottery system L Vicious and V
G1hea RtIugfy pronounce against Is pr .
EIthf69 gong at al deeply into the bII
We merely write a. the Legislative rspol
gives rs knowledge
We are quite aware that many zrgu
uents may be brought forward Of a sps
cI0Us character which arr liable 70 cate
the anvary- One Of these vas advance
u ourselves II VII help the Newspaper
lotz Of advertising and PRINTING, said On,
True But u vii sap the moral fibre q
eouuH1Itg such a outs
II We begin to legzIIze lotteries far u
sake q certain peeuniary advantages tia
are to aecrue- We might Just a. vel az
Vaice a step farther and legzIize a hand
some gambling Hell at waikiki Al th
hlachegs- pigeons and sgoatfss Of tire
continents would flock here during Ii
season and money would be sczttsre
ruUud Ike water
But L tins what Hawaiian men L Iii
what these vino love Hawai- arr stTugZiIn
far, L tins 70 Be the end Of all the -el
sacrifice that has made HaEzI what Il /
No a Thousand times no. II We w1ul
keep this country pure and clean We VI
have nothing b do with even the thin Fl
Of the wedge a. Presented % rs low
One Of the worst features Of the ana
! II that the Ein comes INTO the Havana
Legislature supported By the MIniztr,
i Il shows how thoroughly demnrzlzed Il
minds Of these men are Let Hz trust III
Z other advisers nay knd place II the c1ul
els Of the King who VII meet this ma
: ter "a It ought 10 be net
-
VIZ do not say behind ones back an.
J thing which va are not ready to say to h
/. FACE For many weeks there has bee
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