The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-02-01
PRACTICAL TEMPERANCE WORK

Governor Dose's address 0a ne I4E0
question. Z stenogrspasc abstract Q
which Ezs printed yesterday. has II
ring Of sturdy eou-non s@ns=
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voting minority that = %
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compel q voting majority that il II "a
yor Of il 70 accept any form d E,roni-
bltsO-l. Tae majority may b sd1ca1e1
70 take wiser rieS of things b1'
there g sta~ present or probable m
der or form O< government 70 eonp=
II 70 foreyo its rights u Legislature
By fnadre-rence Or deception passes z
Iio10r law II favor u the minority, the
rext majority Legislature VIII hasten
70 repeal i and IN the nsao1i1nes ne
Law VII b. more or less sTadsd q e.
rored- Hence Tie absolute need, as
frEf step towards reform. Of educating
The public
But the main work Of education
should De among the young Governor
Ode wishes as we d. that the Old
Tashingtoniaos had gone 20 work for
Temperance among the American youth
and kept IL Up TOP many temperance
movements begin II cant and end II
hysteria- few are ever lasting II rnslr
results those which succeed are The ones
9z-fty pubic sentiment behind them
To achieve majority support Il is bet
ter 70 appeal % the coming rather than
the going generation The older folks
are hard 10 change Their views and
habits are set But the young are sens
five 10 impressions and tasir views
and habits are waiting 70 De formed
Nobody knows this better than the
Roman Catholic church. z body whose
power Is derived. speaking in the earth
~ sense, from men and women whose
opinions the church has shaped from
childhood The fact that temperance
reform should begin early Is admitted
By Congress IN the laws requiring the
pubic schools of Territories TO teach
the effects OF alcohol upon the human
system
Rut ali this involves hard. united.
continuous, tiresome and non-spectac-
ular work II does not suit those who
want 70 wave Aaroa'E rod and see a
miracle come, or VINO think z blizzard
of reform does more good than gentle.
fructifyiag rains Of moral influence The
miracle idea has held temperance re-
form back for generations What Is
needed IN its place is the educational
process which is building up Christian
ify. The religion Of Christ does not
move forward nog By special dispez-
sation- Its growth is the result Of
patient teaching. beginning with the
child and continuing with the youth
and the man II religion which saves
the soul is given this long foreground |
Of effort is il too much 10 ask for tenn |
perance which saves the rnorals2
Gov. Dole believes with the Advertis- |
CT that great good might be done By |
substitutes for saloons We have been
oyer this ground several times and find
ourselves in perfect agreement with the |
executive The social instinct brings
more men into the saloon than thirst |
Strangers, especially those who have
no family ties. go 70 the saloon for /
company, knowing that they will be /
welcome and viii find men of their |
own sort In the poor mans club no |
one can be blackbaIled. there is no ad- |
mittance fee, there are no women or |
clergymen about TO cause restraint. |
and everything Is free and easy. Men
go there TO break the monotony of life |
in a strange town. Many OF them drink /
merely TO pay for the social pleasure !
they get; and If these could be diverted |
into temperance saloons, where the
surroundings, minus alcohol. are the |
same as in the other kind, the custom Of
the rumshops would be SO curtaiied (;
that many of them would go out OF !
trade.