The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1885-12-18
STILL FURTHER REASONING.
LETTER FROM "NoTA BENE. +"

The times are out of joint!
Oh! cursed spite,
That sd. NJ. c." essayed to set them
right.
have neither the time nor the
ink to spare in following friend
Crowley in his bee-like flight over
the face of the globe in search of
drops of prohibition honey material,
but will content myself by extend
ing to him a little of that generous
feeling which the liquor men of Ohio
extended to the prohibition fanatics,
when they voted with them for the
passage Of a local option law. He
tells us of certain gentleman,
living somewhere in Australia, who
will not allow the sale of intoxicat-
ing drinks within the confines of his
domain or garden! Now, I will
generously and fearlessly strengthen
the hand which my literary anita
gonist has raised against me, by
imparting to him the fact that no
spirituous liquors were allowed to
be sold in the Garden Of Eden, in
Solomon's Temple or the Pyramids
of Egypt Mr.. G. asserts in the
--LATEST terms that the liquor traffic
is not in the slightest degree repro
ductive. In the kindest manner
possible, / request him to carefully
read the following extract from a
New York paper: "Neal Dow has
been for years notorious as the
champion of the cold water fanatics
in this country, and more especially
in the small State of Maine, his
native earth. To-day this leader
cannot find much comfort in the
fact that this great liquor trade, on
which he has wasted his life's ener-
gies, is the most important industry
in the Union, and the one that gives
more support to the general govern
ment and more circulation to the
dollar than any other. 1t is clear
to the liberal mind that liquor, with
all its faults, has many virtues.
With Prohibition, high license, blue
nose, cold water, narrow-minded,
unjust and really unconstitutional
measures which Dow and his fol-
lowers are advocating would soon
result in sinking us to a fourth or
fifth rate position among nations.
We cannot consent to be ruled by
fanatics suffering from bad livers
and contracted craniums. Prohibi-
ton acts like the cold hand of death
wherever it strikes. 1t kills trade
and gives the place a grave yard
effect"
After indulging in lengthy and
jumbled up mass of cuttings and
gleanings from printed to order
sources, which 1 openly stamped as
being totally unreliable, and from
which his uninteresting three-chap-
ter discourse appears to me to have
been mainly made up, he cody in
forms us that "total abstinence is
the motto of every athletic club to-
day." and that "the champion oars
man and champion shot of to-day
are water drinkers y If friend
Crowley attaches any Importance to
his being regarded as sane person,
or one whose word is worth the
breath required to utter it, he will
at once take back such unfounded
utterances. From boyhood 1 have
taken a lively interest in athletic
sports and exercises of every des-
cription, and in my prime l had but
few equals as long distance runner.
For thirteen years l was an active
member of one of the leading
athletic associations of America,
taking part in nearly all of our
private and public exhibitions, and
my name may still be found among
the list of retired and honorary
members of that body; therefore,
when friend Crowley wishes to throw
total abstinence or prohibition dust
into the eyes or ears of the public,
as to the mottos or hygienic customs
adopted or followed by athletes, he
, should make sure that the old man
is away from home. "The cham
pion oarsman and champion shot are
water drinkers" are they? Why,
the same might truthfully be said of
every living creature. If those
statistics (?) that he so complacently
proffers for my perusal contained
no more valuable information than
he seems to have been able to CLEAN
from them, the farther off he keeps
them from me, the better it will be
for the cause he has so lovingly
espoused. However, as one kindly
meant offer deserves another, 1 will
again, with my usual magnanimity,
strengthen the hand of my antago-
mist by imparting to him the as
founding intelligence that all oars
men and all swimmers, champion OF
otherwise, invariably decide Their
contests and wagers on and in water