The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-02-02
ANARCHY FOR TEMPERANCE.

Intemperance of speech and action
has always been the bane of the tenn
perance cause and it seems likely to
continue so while partisans may be
found among leaders of the total alb
stinence movement for such fanatics as
Mrs. Carrie Nation. Mrs. Nation, who
naturally halls from Kansas, the land
of cranks. makes it her business to
smash the furniture and other equip
ment of saloons and get herself and
her companions into Jail. How this
accomplishes anything or can accom-
plish anything for temperance we have
yet to learn. A saloon does not go out
of business when its furniture is broken
or it's plate-glass splintered. 1t simply
buys more furniture and more plate
glass with the insurance money or with
the extra dollars made from those
whom the notoriety of the assault has
brought to view the ruins: and having
a remedy at law the owner of the in
vaded saloon also has the person re-
sponsible for the harm done to his prop
erty sent to jail or to the insane asy-
lum. Thereafter just as much LIQUOR as
ever is sold; Just as many licenses are
issued; just as many drunkards are
produced and the moral prestige of a
liquor drives men and women to crime
and disorder is lowered by the spectacle
of the advocates of that cause fragrant
Iy breaking the laws and making vir-
tue of rowdyism in the public streets.
We have among US a female temper
ance agitator named Cougar who has
spent a good many years in trying to
make men virtuous by act of Legisla-
lature In that field of effort she is a
mildly interesting person. albeit a use
less one. Naturally she admires Mrs.
Nation and thinks she does great
work" naturally, also, .she dislikes
Francis Murphy, whose habit of Undue
ing millions of people to stop drinking
without his using a legal club in the
process makes him as unpopular with
Prohibitionists as Abraham Lincoln
used to be with the abolitionists. Mrs
Cougar is quite sure that Mr.. Murphy
is a friend of the saloon although the
effect of his great movement years ago
was to cut down the public revenue!
from drink, as prohibitory laws nevel
did or never could cut down the private
revenues; and she is reported as saying
that while Mr.. Murphy was accorded {
great reception in this city by Ger
tain Glass; he did not give ~satisfac
ton to the representatives of tn
churches"
We feel called upon to say to Mrs
Cougar that the certain glass" whic1
received and made the most of MI
Murphy was that which sustains tn
Evangelical churches of Honolulu; tina
church members filed the largest audi
tory of the city whenever Mr.. Murph
spoke and that the great evangelist LEI
here with an amount of public regar
and respect which will never be accord
ed to any person, male or female, VIII
comes here to teach the anarchy c
Mrs Carrie Nation. Honolulu is law
abiding town; it has very small Pre-
portion of cranks; its saloons are fewe
and farther between than is thefcase
any Mainland city of 10000 people; an
its people are not much given to pei
suasion by force. It proved to be
good field for the gospel temperance
Francis Murphy; but it win be yer
unpromising one indeed for those VIII
try. for their own advantage and tha
of their narrow cult. to disparage hi
and his worId-reaching methods.
What a pity 1t is that great mor'
movements attract so many Ions
haired men and short-haired we
men; and that their progress
hindered and delayed in proportio
to the activity Of these abnormal cres
lures. of whom Mrs. Carrie Nation is
conspicuous type.