The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1891-07-28

the Republican party have for some
time past been trying to repeal the
prohibitory law of Iowa, for poll
teal purposes. The article from
the Des Moines Leader contains
many misstatements and errors.
The great majority of the bankers,
business men, real estate agents
and others have given their pub
lished testimony that since the pro
hibitory law of Iowa has been in
force, the state has prospered and
all its people have been more sue
eessful than before, except the
liquor men, most of whom have
quit the state for places more con-
genial for the conducting of their
neiarious business. Governor Lar
rabee, who was not elected on the
temperance, but on the Republican
ticket, gives a ringing testimony in
behalf of prohibition. A few years
ago, when passing through the
state. l heard many of the passen-
gers on the cars eursing and damn
ing the Iowa authorities, because
they couldn't get 4 drink. Prohib-
ition was not then and is not now
an imbecile failure" 1t does pro-
hibit and they know it, and so do
the liquor men know it, or they
would not spend their time and
money in lighting prohibition. Ii
prohibition does not prohibit what
does the Pacific Wine and Spirit
Review OF recent date mean by
saving: " The rejection of the pro-
hibition clause by the National or
Peoples party is & cause for con-
siderable satisfaction. Had the
party adopted It, there was chance
of prohibition becoming national
issue and it should be the constant
effort Of the liquor interest to con-
fine il to the state lines at least.
There is yet DO means Of determin-
( ing to what limits this new move
ment may reach and it is best for
| all concerned-and certainly for
( the party itself-to start without 4
prohibition ball-and-chein II the
I ankles.
England and other countries
/ have tried TO solve the liquor prob
1 lem for over 200 years by license,
/ but it has been 4 failure. Iowa
( tried to solve it by license till 1855,
when she tried q new method, that
[ Of prohibition, and so successful
and satisfactory has it been TO the
people-not the 'trade'-that in
June. 1892. the people gave in
favor Of Prhibitory amendment
to the Constitution, q majority OF
! 29.759 votes. Iowa is not trying
solve problem that has
already repeatedly been solved,
( but Is solving 4 problem that has
/ everywhere failed except where
/ tried by prohibition.
The probibitorY laws are not as
perfectly enforced rs they might
be, but they prohibit, and would
prohibit more efectually if "tem-
/ perance man" and others, gave
| their sympathy instead of their
opposition. to the enforcement OF
/ the law. We give our sympathy
to the enforcement Of the laws
against murder, burglary. arson,
/ seduction and even Chinese gam
bling. Why should we not give
/ our aid to the enforcement Of pro
/ hibitory liquor laws, when licensed
/ liquor houses are the nursery OF
ali crime and criminal undertake
ings?
/ Mr.. Editor, too am temper
ance man. but [ am also on the
side of that woman vino lives in q
wretched howell, worse than wild
owed. with her worse than orphan
ed babe at her breast, her heart S
blood dripping away drop by drop,
because of an Incorporate husband.
I am on her side and vote with her
against the liquor shop, whether
licensed or unlicensed.
T.S.S.
Honolulu, July q, 1891.