The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-05-21
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LEAPS To THE DEFENSE
MIR. STURDENANT REPLIES FOR
THE REV. II. W. PECK.
What He Knows About Wine-The
Clergyman's Record as Lobbyist
I-n-f-a-m-o-u-s.

Star Newspaper:-In your articl
on Rev. II. W. Peck last evening yol
make use of the following very con
vincing argument;
Now the would-be director of legis
lation tits his lance at the Ministe
of Finance, in re abatement of dut,
on light California wines. Here he i
able to see but one narrow side of tn
situation and urges his faulty view
with the hot foot ofthe unreasonin,
and unobserving pusher of one idea.
No doubt such conclusive senti
ments will settle the question in tn,
minds of the thinking people of Homo
lulu, but you must consider the few
thousand persons OF this city who d,
not think rs you do. ! am one Of
them.
THE Star is for temperance. as /.
Mr.. Peck, us is Mr.. Damon. No good
citizen can say that there is good in
l't"''' i"' 'Ntiy iiNnu VI temper
ance, every enemy of the saloon
should be able to see that the light
wine plan is a reform advance worthy
the name, worthy entertainment and
adoption. Use of light wine is an in
surance against the drunkenness, de-
hatchery and dissipation incident to
consumption of heavy alcoholic bev-
erages. This has been proven by the
experience of hundreds of years in
various countries"
| | have lived in the state of Califor-
mia for some years Mr.. Star, portion
Of that time in Il town where large
| quantity of this Light wine" is made
and all the time within three miles of
II winery and il is well known and
admitted fact there that for an ugly,
fighting drunk no liquor is equal to
wine.
Men get maudlin, silly drunk on
beer and sullen on whiskey, but the
brutal assaults and murders are com
mitted under the influence of wine.
Mr.. Damon said IS per cent alcohol
is necessary to keep the wine. II he
did not know better he ought to.
Thousands of gallons of wine is i'm
ported in here, containing only from
II to II per cent alcohol and who
ever heard of it's spelling? 1t is not
because the liquor dealers don't tell
| it for we are continually hear of
losses of sake.
"Lightest wine free Of duty for Ha-
wall just now is polite. II will please
California. 1t will please large sec
ton of the Republics citizenship"
"Ah. that is the true reason of this
bill then. Then il the unwise act
must become law, label it right, call
it political pap for California and for
the Hawaiian liquor dealers" Don't
insult the cause of temperance by
calling il Temperance measure"
II is not.
Now as to Mr.. Peck.
During the present session of the
legislature he has been little less than
n common nuisance. II is extremely
doubtful IL even the jury which ac-
quilted Julien ID. Hayne would do
the same for the Reverend in an ac-
tion properly presented as the case is
now brought"
Well, Mr.. Star, the courts are open,
bring your charges.
"He has had the good taste or for
bearance or perhaps only lack of fa-
cility to avoid worrying the Upper
Branch with acts of the character
with which he has caused the House
to be deluged. The Representatives
have wasted days upon fool measures
for which responsibility rests at the
doorway of Mr.. Peck. The bill to
stop Sunday target shooting and sew
eral kindred acts were backed and lob
bied by the Senate Chaplain. They
caused ill-feeling in the community
and consumed House time only TO be
finally consigned to the waste bas-
| ket. The absurd Social Evil bills
travelled the same route except one
that is not worth the paper II is
written ON that is already "a dead
letter and that was passed more to
get rid of the opportunities of the
lobby than for any other reason"
Indeed. Perhaps little enlight-
eminent on this matter would have
saved you from laundering as did our
very worthy Minister OF Finance.
| Mr.. Peck has ''lobbied" five bills,
with what result?
The Sunday shooting bill petition
was signed by a majority of the lead
| ing business men of Honolulu, in all
473 signers. The contra petition had
57s signatures and the bill was 'con-
| signed to the waste basket"
The two absurd social evil bills
were presented and one was rejected,
| although the man who has for fifteen
years been superintendent of the
Board of Health as well as several
physicians said il was much better
than the existing law
The other which you say is a dead
letter and passed TO please the lobby
was passed unanimously by both
houses and you will find how very
lively corpse il is one OF these fine