The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1888-07-16

The misery engendered, the pow
erty suffered, the disgrace endured,
the violence committed, the costs of
courts in their prosecutions of rum
criminals, and the maintenance of
asylums and prisons for their pun
ishment, are all TO be credited to
rum, as so much loss to the com
munity.
Mr.. Smiths claim that of our
people are in favor of the rum traffic
is too far from the truth to he
noticed. He objects to our claim
ing temperance rs part of Christi
anity. Then sneeringly gives us
sample of Christianity as displayed
by Trinity Church of New York,
that allows upon their immense
estate 764 gin mills, and 9G sin
mills of prostitution. These startl-
ing figures show how absolutely
necessary prohibition is, as that
would shut all the gin mills and
most of the sin mills on the premises
of both saint and sinner. Prohibi-
tionists are not responsible for the
unwise actions of men of professed
| Christian churches, nor for the acts of
the rum element that still maintains
itself in Portland while the whole
State Of Maine outside of two or
three towns have adhered to prohi-
bition these many, many years, nor
are they responsible that the rum
element hired enough ignorant
voters to restore the 1000 grog
shops to Atlanta. They wash their
hands of all such disgraceful things,
and if possible prevent them.
Mr.. Smith objects to the prohibi-
tion weapon being used CHATS the
weapon that made the slave power
tremble), also their mode of opera
ton, recommends that all weapons
be laid aside except moral suasion.
He says, "educatc the general mind
to q clear comprehension of the
necessity of temperance, and your
battle is won" We can see this
clearly, Mr.. Smith, and we can also
see that if we turned the water all
out of the ocean we could 90 down
into its depths and gather up the
treasures supposed to lay upon its
bottom. One is about as hopeless
as the other when, according to Mr..
Smiths showing, there is an aver
age Of $50 Gin mills and sin mills
teaching immoral suasion day and
night, TO one church teaching moral
suasion n short time on Sundays
only. Moral suasion and other
weapons have not been abandoned,
as they serve to agitate and school
the people, to scouer and show the
beauties and brightness of truth,
but having been tried for genera
tions with no promise of success,
Prohibitionists have now stepped
upon the highest round of the tenn
perance ladder, and taken up the
prohibition weapon that Mr.. Smith
objects to. And the rum interest
fears. We don't wonder the rum ele-
ment is agitated, and their stomachs
weakened by our choice of weapons.
All combatants naturally object tc
superior weapons in the hands OF
active enemies.
We want "LocaI Option" "Par-
entail and religious teaching" state
constitutional prohibition, ETC., as
prelminaries for agitating the tenn
perance question, but we aim al
national prohibition, nothing short
of that will satisfy, and we expect
to agitate until it is adopted; and
when it is obtained it like slavery
must be put forever at rest by a
national constitutional amendment.
And for this high aim we are called
'cracked brained".
Let me illustrate by two or three
true stories how other people have
acted when they wished to abate q
nuisance, or a abolish an evil.
JNO. Nj. IORNER.