The Hawaiian gazette., 1901-11-26
The People Should
Make Protest
at Polls.
(From Mondays daily.)

nEV. l.. NJ. HARTLEY, president Of
the Anti-Saloon League, address
N sed the congregation Of Central
Union Church last night on the liquor
traffic situation and the way to meet
it from the temperance standpoint.
The audience was composed of u large
number of representative business men
and the students of the Kamehameha
schools, as well as the usual congrega-
ton. Mr.. Hartley spoke at length ON
the evils of the liquor traffic, the alarm
ing increase of the saloons and their
encroachmcnts on the purely residence
districts, and suggested means by
which the citizens, if they so desired,
could unite in a protest at the polls
which would have considerable in
nuenre on the future of the traffic.
He took his text from Proverbs, 1894
Righteousness eNalteth a nation, but
sin is a reproach to any people" He
said that Congress had given Hawaii
fun territorial option in handling the
liquor traffic, and the cause was i'm
portant to the honor of the state and
the welfare of the people and there
fore all persons should be interested in
the developments. 1t is a work of the
church, and the work of patriotic clti-
zens. Licenses had been the system FOR
regulating the traffic for years and two
kinds of licenses had been issued, those
for 1000 and those for $3.50. As to
which of these was the most harmful
was and is a question. but the trend
and tendency of the liquor traffic now
seems to be in the small saloon as in
Dictated by the great increase in the Ii
censes issued and the liberty with
which they are located.
There are now three times as many
, territorial licenses, to say nothing of
the more numerous United States Ii
censes, as there We're four or five years
ago. Saloons had not only increased
in the saloon district, but outside, even
on the waterfront, and they were build
ing next to the Kamehameha schools
1t was apparent to the speaker that
the saloons were having their innings
at present, and they were even now
asking for further favors. They want
ed expansion, applied to the residence
districts, and want licenses for more
saloons. They We're also asking that
the price of the licenses he reduced
and to be allowed to sell on sunday.
1t was his opinion that the govern
ment and the people should resist these
encroachmentS with vigor. The way To
meet these cases was to study the
enemy's attitude and strength, to an
ticipate and defeat its tactics. He said
the temperance people were now we'll
united, we'll organized and increasing
in strength. The application of morals
and government has been in the past
and must be in the future largely a
matter Of obligation. Education in
kept up increasingly in the Band Of
Hope, Sunday schools and Christian
associations. He was glad To announce
that the superintendent Of Public
Instruction recently promised that the
Congressional law, published few
weeks since in the Advertiser, which
requires scientific temperance instruc-
ton to be given in the public schools
by every teacher, shall be carried out
as far as practicable. The work of
education is not only a matter for the
| schools but also a matter of public
agitation, and he therefore advocated
that all must continuously stir up the
temperance organizations, pulpirs and
/ the press to keep the people informed
! ana Interested in the question. Wen
dell Philips said: Agitation Is the
marshalling of the conscience Of the
state TO enact and enforce its laws"
Mr.. Hartley was emphatic in stating
that the law of the Territory had placed