The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1885-08-19
Temperance Work Done.



| The 10Th annual meeting of the National lem
/ perance Society WAS held in New York on Tues
/ day, the 18th. BY the reports made it appeared
that during the year there distributed 5i5 900
pages of books pamphlets etc. The entire receipts
from memberships, legacies, etc. were S. SS97.O5.
Ihe missionary work in the year caused an outlay
OF SI2,VlO lhe treBsurer's report showed the en-
tire receipts for the year to have been $50 2S9 ~
/ II was also stated that during the year three
| States-OregOn, Rhode Island Tennessee-had de-
clded to submit prohibitory amendments to the
! people. Resolutions were adopted congratuiating
! the friends of temperance on the great advances
| the cause has made and the widespread and
| rapidly increasing interest in it. Temperance
organizations throughout the world were uryed to
mite IN monster demonstration on the centen-
NAL anniversary of the Inauguration of the tenn
! perance movement next September.
HE hrst public meeting in New England of the
National temperance League was held in Ire
mont Temple, Boston, the llth of July. The
| President, Rev. DR.. Daniel Dorchester made the
| opening address, and was followed by Mrs Mary
! A. Liyermore, Rev. DR.. E. E. Hale, Rev Dr. T. L.
| POulsOn of Baltimore and Mrs. j. Ellen Foster of
! Iowa. Inc several sessions were largely attended
| and as whole, the meeting was of character
that must have satisfied the promoters of the or
ganization that the expediency of forming into
league was justified.
The AHiaHes Neirs states that Mr. Samuel Nor.
ley having gwen up his position in the House of
Commons, will concentrate his oratorical powers
and Weighty influence to the furtherance of the
temperance cause.
4ne L Iulautlpllh' Id.i liquor dealers, are we'll
organized, and propose to Keep record of every
congressman, legislator, councilman, and Judge
who fayOrs laws or acts that affect their business
unfavorably, and to seek to defeat the re election
Of such individuals by all honorable MEANS
A prohibition club has been organized in Cum.
6erland, Nd, with Mr.. John l.. Thomas as presi.
dent. At the recent city election one ward gave
% votes TO the prohibition candidates for CITY
council. The same ward gave st. John votes
lhls ratio OF increase IN the nation would give
the prohibition ticket 100000. According to the
same ratio, in four years the prohbtionists would
have 100000.
The temperance education law of Maine went
into operation June 4. AL children are required
10 be instructed as to the effects of alcoholic
drinks, st1mulants and narcotics upon the human
SYSTEM and no certificate Is to be granted to any
teacher who has not passed satisfactory exami-
nation rs to such effects.
There were 500 fewer commitments for drunk
euness in Boston during the last year than in the
year preceding. 1t Is thought that some of this
reform Is due to the establishment of attractive
coffee houses, where the best of coffee and tea and
good meals can be had at very low prices.
The rise and growth of the anti-slavery princi-
pie as represented by the popular vote cast for
candidates for president representing that princi-
PIE, Is as follows: $50, James q. Birney, 1860:
ls44 James g. Biruey, 62,JOO; lS4S Martin Van
Buren, 2Jl,463; 1852 John +. Hale 1918; lSJ6
John q. Fremont, ,3il ,262; 1850, Abraham Lin
coin, 1865 securing lS0 electoral votes which
and growth of the prohibition principle as repre-
sented by the popular vote for candidates for
president representing that principle; 1872 James
Black, 5,GQe; lcI6 Green Clay Smith, 9522: 1880
Neal Dow, 1896 1884, john p. st. John, present
estimate, lJU,OQ0.-LgiHiruTe SigHqH.