The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1898-11-22

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We prIat olaeshefo the rcmarks
made 90 sunday mornine in the CHRIS
len church by Professor Arbill
% Do only another specimen ~ tho
many aud ridiculous attempts " peo-
PIE. devoid 81 wisdom 10 reform man.
Mind By short cuts" just a. "a Was
done In the legislature 81 Kansas last
year a few members introducing a bin
making The Ten Commandments the
law Of the state
The w-making power Of this Re
pubhc makes the business Of selling
liquor ~ legitimate as that Of selling
food or producing sugar u may be
that the law IL bad one. But the
sovereign power has made H. and to
defeat It's operation Is simply In the
nature Of treason against the state,
Just a., on the other hand. any attempt
to defeat the opium Jaw Is also sub
versiye OF the State. President Dole
has sworn to support, and not to de-
feat the law OF the land. He cannot
nullify it, or defeat It, either al his own
will. or at the demand Of any set of
men, however excellent their motives
are. IL Is not President Dole who Is
"hobnobbing with the saloon keepers
II is the law-making power Of the state
that has done It. That Is. It Is the peo-
pie who caused the law TO be made.
These people who are willing to break
up the reign OF law, because they do
not ike II, must quarrel with the peo'
pie. and not with the men who have
sworn to execute the law.
To the men who are chosen TO ex'
ecute the laws. all laws are morally tho
same. Any, the slightest, attempt &c
discriminate, is an attempt to set vi
their judgments against the judgment
Of the people who make them.
Let these unwlse persons who would
like to see law despised and broken
because they think 1t is a bad law, rea'
what the Prohibition Convention %
Maine has recently said about thos'
who are breaking the Maine liquor law
because they do not like II. II says
1--we declare that the State of Main'
presents a condition Of lawlessnes
that dlsgiaces it's civilization. that null
LITIGATION OF the liquor law Is wide
spread and open, that whole commune
ties are compelled to consent to {
shameless Illegal traffic, that count,
ohcials work the law for the purposes
OF revenue, and that long-contlnuct
familiarity with Illegal rum-sellint
has begOtten In considerable mum
Der OF citizens a disrespect OF the au
thority OF the law In general"
II Is In this State that prohibition
has had full swing for fifty years. Herr
is a bitter complaint against "lawness
ness" that Is, disobedieDce OF law. Nov
come an honest. well meaning body o.
men. and virtually recommend law
lessness" here. that Is, that law of thu
land shall be regarded as "nefarious.
The prevention OF the innumerabl'
evils resulting from the sale and abus'
of liquor is not here discussed. NJ
pen can adequately describe them. Blu
the evil will not be prevented by fool
ishly declalming against those who are
bound by oath to administer the laws
Agitate as much as you will for the
repeal Of a law you do not like, but
obey, and respect the statutes. Other
wise you SOW the seeds Of anarchy.
When the saloon keepers cooperate
with the Executive in enforcing a Law
to the best advantage for the entire
community, they show an example o
good citizenship. which is not shown
by short-sighted men who want t.
have things their own way, and defea
the requirements OF statute.