The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1891-10-31
OMEN TO MEMO.
EDITOR BULLETIN g.

ANtllo oiN OhSH hlho olioo uilC}
were taking up too much space at
present. Memo, with his usual mo-
desty, thought the BULLETIN had
thoughtlessly placed him, the "hum-
bic Memo" on "a high pinnacle of
glory alongside of Abraham Lincoln
and John Quincy Adams. There is as
much resemblance between Memo
and those illustrious men as between
the proverbial gnat and elephant.
Memo has to be fairly kicked before
he can see point. Mr.. Editor, in
this article / will sum up a few
points, show Memo some more of his
mistakes, and the nonsense of some
of his conclusions. | then intend,
with your consent, to give Memo Ha-
waiian Government statistics show
ing how the liquor business has rob-
bed and debauched the Hawaiians.
That will give Memo no chance to
dodge straight issue, for any one
who will figure can prove the truth or
falsity of any statistics for this coun-
try.
After that article, | shall only oc
casionally ask space for an article,
nor will it be necessary, for beyond a
few whisky paper clippings with a
tincture of barroom slang there is
little in Nemo's articles to answer.
Memo and have no dispute about
"the Ohio vote in 1888" He said
there were $4,000 prohibition votes.
He was forced to admit that 1928, 1879
Ohio men voted for straight prohi-
bition amendment to the constitu
ton. Memo then said it was union
of Republican and prohibitionist
votes. Changing his mind he said it
was coordination of prohibitionists
and liquor dealers arm-in-arm. Be
ing shown how silly such statement
was he (Nemo) says that | "helped
him out amazingly" To show that,
he makes statement that is not cor
rect. In no article did | say "thcre
were only 1862 prohibitonists in
Ohio" If Memo be a.man he will
correct that statement. Even if |
had said so, Memo doesn't seem to
be able to see that by his adopting
the 1862 votes for governor as cor
rect, he thereby proves his own
figures (28, O00) to be false. / claim
ed that the 1923, 1879 votes for pro-
hibitlon amendment to the OHIO con-
stitution was the true test of the
strength of the plohibitionists.
There can be no dispute, Mr.. Edi-
tor, with an individual like Memo
who shows that he knows nothing
about the point, and whom | have
had to poke from one hole to another
in his crab-like retreat. The state
ments about ''The Farm HERALD by
the New York Voice are correct.
Memo need not deny it. In 1890, in
the prohibition campaign in Neb-
raska, thousands of copies of The
Farm Herald filed with anti-prohibi,
ton matter, were sent free to the
farmers of Nebraska. On investiga-
ton being made, it was found that
The Farm Herald had no list of bona
,fl1e subscribers and was controlled,
as its contents indicated, by a
whisky association, whose editorial
office was in liquor establishment.
This same Farm Herald sent circu-
lars to the New York State post
masters for names of voters. Why
A prohibition amendment was to
have been submitted to a vote of the
New York State people. The Farm
Herald was to do its Nebraska work
over in New York State. Perhaps
Memo will now explain how it is that
this--as he says-''purely farm
paper" happens to be sent free and
by the thousands TO farmers just
during liquor campaigns. The New
York Voice is for prohibition openly,
but the whisky men sneak into the
farmers home under the false name
of farm paper. If the Farm
Herald's place of publication has
been changed, it was since its true
nature was exposed in the Voice of
April II, 1890.
On Oct. |, | gave the sworn state
ment of the Mayor of Atlanta, Geor-
gia, and that of the city clerk over
the official seal of the city that the
statements made in Nemo's article
about Atlanta, Georgia, were mali
ciously false. After a month, Memo
still has nothing to say about it. If
it were personal matter between
Memo and Omen that statement, so
left, would have ended the matter at
once as far as Omen is concerned.
1t is not personal, and Omen's object
from the start was to use the replies
to Memo as means of putting pro-
hibition facts before the Hawaiian
public. Memo has greatly aided
that end by making statements so
easily proven to be foolish that an
ordinary school-boy would blush to
have made them. AS if he hadn't
already made enough blunders, Memo
on Oct. % says: II have proved by
unanswerable United States Govern
ment statistics, page and volume,
from 1850 to 1880 Ga period of 80
years., showing a downward ten
dency commercially, financially,
socially and morally in every State
wherever prohibition has been intro
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