The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1892-09-06
Reply to Mr.. Bishop.
EDITOR BULLETIN ::

EDITOR BULLETIN -
did not see Rev. S. f. Bishops .
article under the caption of grip |
ping hands with the devil" until after .
the reply to the Advertiser was writ
ten, and ask leave to answer him. .
have the highest admiration for the
intellectual attainments of my dis
tinguished critic; have read with
pleasure, and | hope with profit
many of his contributions to the
foreign press; articles remarkable for
their perspicuity, and showing so in
innate an acquaintance with scienti-
fic research, combined with eloquent
originality as to place their author
in the van of modern thinkers. This
is not fulsome praise, but simply the
sincere expression of one who voices
the sentiments of the reading pub
lie, who have for years recognized
the rare mental and moral worth of
the man. | read his letter in late
issue of your paper ON the lottery
question, and although | honestly
differed from the views therein ex-
pressed l thought it had the clear
ring of the pure metal of personal
conviction, and was greatly surprised
at his last letter-a letter that | can
Only describe as puerile, and excuse
only on the ground that the gentle
man deemed it necessary to descend
to the mental level of one whom he
considered incapable of controversial
argument. Otherwise | cannot I'M
derstand by what parity of reason
ing he places the crime of Chicken
stealing" in the same category with
lotteries, That style of argument
has been worn threadbare by Prohi-
bitionists and other vapid disputants,
is wholly unworthy of man of the
mental calibre of S. e. Bishop. In
his former letter he says that if the
lottery is established our proposed
exhibit in Chicago will be stunned
''as nest of leprosy.' Will the
seeker after the curious, the costly
and the beautiful, find nothing, then,
to admire in the displays of Ger
many, France, Italy, Colonial Spain
and Mexico? Do not all of these
nations sanction the conduct of lot
teries under official surveillance!
Nay, | cannot believe that America
that tolerates Wall street in New
York, a Stock Exchange in San
Francisco, and billiard halls, race
tracks and varied games of chance
in every prominent city in the Union
will express the 'concordant abomi-
nation" for Hawaii should the bill
pass that MIR. Bishop asserts. | dc
not believe that Mr.. Bishop or any
of his colleagues will patronize ;
lottery. No man who resists tn,
allurements of the gambling game
now conducted here will purchase
single ticket. The patrons would b,
IuOSe WHO SdllDie HOW dllS litl
speculative losses would simply be
diverted from the che ia lotteries o
the Asiatics to legaliZed corporal,
lottery, paying the Government
bonus of half million dollars yea
for the privilege of locating here. II
the above allusion to local gambling
the Advertiser is my authority;
have no personal cognizance of tn
existence of a single game of chanc
on these Islands. In conclusion
wish to say that | have no present o
prospective connection with the pro
posed lottery, am not acquainted
with its promoters, and should hav
taken no part in the present discus
sion had it not been for the Advel
Users action which was tantamoun
to declaring every man who signe
the petition in its favor to be
criminal, although the signers ma
have been honestly, if not wisel,
convinced of the expediency of tn
scheme. RALPH TURNER.
Honolulu, Sept. 4, 1892.