The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-11-25
HARTLEY ON
THE SALOON
The People Should
Make Protest
at Polls.
GREAT POWER
IN TREASURER
Anti-Saloon Address at Central
Union Last Night-Tremen.
dous increase of Saloons.

~ EV. L. NJ. HARTLEY. president of
n the Anti-Saloon League. address
an 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 a large
number of representative business men
and the students of the Kamehameha
schools as we'll 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
encroachments 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
fuence on the future of the traffic.
He took his text from Proverbs, 14:S4.
righteousness exalteth a nation, but
sin is a reproach to any people" He
said that Congress had given Hawaii
full 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 citi-
zens Licenses had been the system for
regulating the traffic for years and two
kinds of licenses had been issued, those
for 81, 600 and those for $3.50. AS to
was and is a question. but the trend
and tendency of the liquor traffic now
seems to be in the small saloon as in
dicated 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 were four or five years
ago. Saloons had not only increased
in the saloon district, but outside even
on the waterfront. and they we're build
ing next to the Kamehameha schools.
It 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 were also asking that
the price of the licenses be 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 well
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
temperance matters must therefore be
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 a 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 |
cob nnIg
agitation, and he therefore advocated |
that all must continuously stir up the |
temperance organizations, pulpits and |
the press to keep the people informed |
and interested in the question. Wen |
dell Philips said: Agitation is the |
marshalling of the conscience or the |
state to enact and enforce its laws" I
MI Hartley was emphatic in stating |
that the law of the Territory had placed !
exceptional responsibility and authority /
IN one man, Treasurer Wright; that he !
mas almost unlimited power concerning |
liquor licenses, and hence the temperance |
people must not hesitate to express to |
him IN wise and proper ways the will /
Of the majority concerning the matter |
While the treasurer had issued many IL |
censes recently. Mr.. Hartley said he had /
reason to believe he was willing 10 re- |
ceive and consider the proper expression |
OF the VIII Of the people In any neighbor- |
hood from whence the application has |
been filed. There had been several cases
recently where proper petitions and pro- |
tests of residents and taxpayers had |
been used to advantage, precluding the |
Issuance Of certain licenses. Let one side
present the applications for licenses. and |
let the other side present the objections |
ana give the treasurer an opportunity to
say no. and give a good reason for
saying It.
The laws Of the Territory had many
good temperance enactments, more than |
are utilized or even dreamed OF. some !