The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-02-04

lfB representative of the Advertiser
She said she wished to repeat
with emphasis what she had said OF
Francis Murphy and his temperance
work. but said she, "I did not, as the
Republican states, say that Francis
Murphy's audiences at Central Union
church We're composed of the rabble
of the City. l said no such thing. ]
was not here and 1 do not know. 1t
stands to reason, however that such
audiences as would attend Central I'm
ion church would not be from the rab-
bic. What I did say was that Francis
MurphyS lectures would appeal only to
certain class of people. 1 have moth
ing to say against pledge signers, for 1
have had most satisfactory results with
pledge-signing in my own work, but
as | said before, l do not believe in
Mr.. Murphy's idea of pledges signing
only and the condoning of saloons, and
believe that that sort of method works
great harm to the cause of temperance;
any one who talks pledge-signing only
and condoneS saloons, or advocates the
absences of saloon screens and that
kind of thing is not true friend of
temperance and is aiding the saloon
men.
The papers here that have taken the
stand so aggressively against me are
evidently the friends of the whisky
men and they do not wish the saloons
to be hurt. In case of any temperance
legislation in this City you would find
these papers standing with the whisky
men. No, I do not intend to speak in
this City or take, up temperance work
here at all. / did not come here for
that purpose and / was misquoted when
they said that l would speak l came
here simply as a traveller and I can not
say that 1 have been received by the
press in the courteous manner that
guests of the City are entitled to- I
represent several prominent magazines
and papers and the papers who have
treated me in this discourteous and
unfair manner will find that they will
not benefit by it.
I am sincerely glad that, if in the
poverty of things to discuss editorially,
l have furnished these papers with
something to fill their columns with,
just from pure charity. AS to the things
they have said, it does not trouble me
at all. am used to these whisky
fights and little things of this kind are
an old story. l expect people who stand
with the saloons and the whisky men
to say such things, and 1 am neither
greatly surprised nor grieved over the
matter All wish to say to the Homo
lulu press is this, that if 1 cared to
enter into the temperance fight here
would give them plenty to discuss
and there would be a very lively time
indeed. However, 1 did not come here
for that purpose and because of the dis
courteous and unfair treatment I have
received at the hands of the press,
do not see that 1 should be expected to
be particularly interested in the welfare
of the City.
Did have the time 1 should like to
have done some work here, as I should
like to in every city visit, for the sake
of unfortunate humanity. But 1 go to
Hilo tomorrow and shall remain away
until within a day or so of our depar-
ture, so there is no opportunity, even
If l had the inclination to enter into
vigorous campaign. 1 will say this for
the work of Francis Murphy That it
is better for his work that he has gone.
l believe he imposes upon Christian
people and that if anti-saloon legisla-
ton were started here he would come
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men and would try to defeat the tenn
perance work by his Injurious method.
speak from my knowledge of the man
and have no apology to make for any
thing have said. L am an experienced
worker along these lines and I never
speak without knowing what am talk
ing about. 1 wish only to say that
those who use the word Illegal in con-
nection with Mrs. Nations crusade are
not informed as to what they are talk
ing about. Mrs. Nations husband is a
lawyer and Mrs. Nation acts under le-
gal advice. There is a provision in the
Kansas prohibition amendment author
izing any citizens to take any means to
destroy the illegal saloons and '.joints"
when the officers of the law will not see
to it.
Mrs. Nation is simply striving to
create public sentiment strong enough
to compel the enforcement of the law.
I believe she is right. I know she is
within the law. IF she is not. why does
the law not punish her? They cannot
do it. Whisky papers and whisky men
are always ready to stand for lawless-
ness and the destruction of the people |
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