The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1885-05-27
Tomporanoo Fsnatics.

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Rev. Phillips Brookes said reesptly .sNever
shall my voice pen be used against The so called
temperance fanatics II ever a cause justified
fanaticism Il is the cause of temperapceh Verv
lev people IN tins world like TO be called fanatics
and Few enjoy tho epethet yrforlier especially
women. YET there are those who in view of the
great evils OF intemperAnce are WILLING even TO he
called fanatics, If they come By the name in their
enofts 70 10 something to arrest the evil The
evil they are fighting is not a little thiuc-it is
hard TO make Roadway against il even with n de-
yoion to Its reform which scarcely falls short Of
fanaticism lntempersnee is the most common
vice OF Sntis'.an countries II rolls along like
mighty hood, and handful of earnest men and
women are attempting 10 lift up a standard against
IL Ire very inequality of numbers aud the I'M
equainess OF the battle are enough to make them
neht win the desperation and devotion OF the
Spartan heroes Of Ihermopylae. No one in Chris
tan countries causes such misery wrecks 50 many
bright lives, IS so insdous in its beginnings and
50 hopeless and fatal in its end. and at the same
tine mas 80 many respectable supporters and apo
octsts as the drinking habit. To know the mum
bef OF men drink Is running even in this small
city OF Honolulu is enough to make one fanatic
have IN my mind five young men, possibly all Of
them under thirty years OF age whose futures
promise to be the dark one of Tie eonfrn,ed
unkard. They are intelligent and sdapted To
the business they seyerally follow. aud three of
them are known by their employers 20 be men
ABOVE me average IN ability aud business capac-
lily. Ana yet because intoxcants are an article
OF licensed and common merchandise because it
Is SO easy TO get all the drink the disens.l anne
ute OF the habitual drunkard crayes-in a word
because there Is not prohibition of All sale OF in
to1icants these i've young men are going fast to
ruin. They cannot drink With moderation The
hrst glass makes them mad for more. They have
no VIII power to abstain under pressure Of CON
slant Invitation from friends to drink and lest the
"hoerty OF some who car use spirits with temper
ance should be infriuged there is no law which
would save these and others like them. If this
greatest good TO the greatest number were the
principle on which laws were enacted Il prohibit
DRY law would be passed the very neNt legislature.
These young men are already like ships stranded
by the storm. 1t is any wonder Mt sight of such
wrecks of what might have been noble, useful
men, there should be found men and women fight
ing against the DESTROYER with almost fanatlcal
earnestness! There are boys in Honolulu TODAY.
who, If the present liquor law exist. will in a few
years have 10 pass the same ordeal OF temptation
under which these young men have fallen. VIII
they prove stronger! There Is no assurance chat
they will. They are not of better blood CT better
training. They will have more pride or selfres-
pect than these fine young men have 1t VIII BE- for
the Interest of the saloon keepers of ten years
hence that some OF the boys of To day shall be
more than moderate drinkers-that they shall be
heavy. drinkers and drunkards. Can any mother
afford to sit still for fear OF being called fanntic
and run the risk of its being hef boy who shall
support the Saloon-keepcr! If anything could
make mother fanatic, 1t Is that which threatens
danger TO her child. Where liquor is legally sold
any boy Diight become its victim. And 50 since
there Is danger 10 the young III it, and since ii de-
stroys men, body and soul, and ruins the happi-
ness of women and children, and because liquor
is such an uumitigated curse to the human race,
there are men and women against it with all their
might.
with malace to none in their heart, they work
with an enthusiasm which the matter demands,
and with a noble uusel6shness. What does it
matter if they shall be called fanatics and reform
ers by those who do not understand them, and by
those interested in the liquor business? By-0nd-by
the end Of theis efforts will crown their work