The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-01-31
THE SALOONS


,,,,,,,I,.,. .,f. il,,a. Interested iu pbfI-
..pfbr,ui. work attended tho meeting
hold .by tb. business mon Oh the Town
,..gt.r,iny aftaruuuu iD Castle and
,t,,ls..s assembly hgu for fhs purpos,
off discussing the saloon question along
prnrtirlI business lines.
n J. I.ovrpy presided over the meet
inr. npaninr with "a few remarks ON ia,
salmon question and what action might
be- taken i'm Inc matter. adding that the
rmpInyers of labor were anxious as to
ths rastiIf he himself houiug that the
result wound bp restrictive action by
tba Legislative and axacutiya authorf-
dies.
Governor Dole smoke at considerable
LENGTH stating that the results of prohi-
bition or restriction were ALWAYS
brought about by political issues and
determined by votes. no minority. how
ever earnest i'm their work. ever sue
rrsdinr i'm connecting the majority To d,
Without liquor when that majority
fhoupht otherwise. He Thought thar
some of the ruuor dealers should have
been asked to- speak and stated that
the If1lIor deaIer should NOT i'm his Opf-
ni9p ba. sadlIad with The whole blame.
any more than the man who ordered
the liquor.
The remedies suggested by the cover
nor were two. tpmueranrp education
and local onion. lie nupgl for this
latter state of affairs and that IL would
be such that women would be entitled
To- vote. Limitation of licenses and
substitutes for Iiuuor saloons i'm places
similarly furnished but selling no all
cohol with light wine and beer saloons
where liquor of low alcoholic strength
could be furnished at a low rate. were
the final suggestions of the speech.
w. A. Bowen read an arress on "Ou1
Liquor Problem from a Business Stand
showing the increase i'm imports. IL
censed saloons and drunkenness of the
last twelve months He smoke I'm Main
common sense fashion of the evils phy-
steal and mental. brought abour by in.
diligence in the LIQUOR traffic and the
strong objections entered bv large cor
pOrations to an1nIoyinr men that drank
IiuuOr 1.-THE demands of business
would prove the strongest factor in nj
timateIv supprpssfng the traffic"
e. w CampbeU i'm a Daper entitled
"Heredity as Related to The Ifouor
Traffic" furnished a lengthy argument
against the use of Iiouor and lis in
variable accompanfment of degenera-
ton of physical and mental well being
taken from statistics furnished Inv care
full observers operating purely in the
cause of science and in no yav CON
nected with any temperance movement
The DaDpr showed the heavy nercentage
of criminals whose misdemeanors were
direc+, tracea HE tn drink NVaissr,a NJ 6
theory of heredity. i'm which If is ar
gued that only the nervous organiza lion
| fayora HE I'm acouisitions of narticl,la,,
characters can be transmitted TO noster-
| ity and that environment and general
| force of circumstances acconnIisbes
the rest was uuoted i'm concIusion
The Rev. W. d NVesterveIt road a
| statement from Warden Henry, of Oah,-
! iail on Prison Statistics and Fxpe,.r-
! ences ." giving q tabuIatad record SHOW
! ing a great Increase i'm the nercenrape
| of drunkenness foi. the biennial neri9d
| of 1900 and 1901 Seventv-ffve per cent
of the prisoners in the iaiI have answer
| ed that they had been accustomed more
or less to the use of alcoholic stimuIants
! Statements from two prisoners one
! serving a life sentence for murder and
another a term of several wears were
appended to the iailers' report. in which
! both conyicts stated tbe main rause of
| their Imprisonment to have been the
Al the evening conference held I'm the
! Y. NJ g haiI " r Castle vas tba