The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1902-04-08
NEW FRIEND
COMES OUT
Oldest Paper West
of the Rockies
Enlarged.

. The Fr,ld. eniarred and with new
otto pare. came out saturday under
T the management ~ thp Board Ul thc
+ Hawaiian Evangelical Association. \
picture of tha Rev =. q. Damon. ~ ID.
who founded the paper in 1913 appears
as "a frontispi,ce. la his salutatury the
editor says.
Under the new manaEcment a. VIII
/ remain distinctiVciy "a religious paper
4 it viii be devoted to the presentation
Z of faCts and discussion OF questions
+ that relate directly and indirectly TO
/ The social moral. and religious life Of
/ the Hawaiian Islands. I'm this field
/ IL VIII find it's realm OF service. 80 far
as Il may refer to politics. ID viii aim
3 to be nom partisan and To discuss men
and measures on their merits alone.
| II viii ny To give full aud frank dis
cussion OF temperance issues. and Will
/ lend Itself to the extent OF it's power to
J the cultivation OF temperance senti-
ment. In matters of religious belief IL
will endeavor TO present such facts and
| maintain such a spirit as will be con-
ducive to the upbuilding OF Christian
faith and character. In its theological
I position IL will strive to be progressive
without obscuring or minimizing the
great facts Of the Gospel that quicken
| conscience and promote the personal
religious life. In "A word, its ambition
/ is TO be "A helpful influence I'm the
maintenance here Of intelligence. good
order. pure morals, and a helpful
Christianity. steps are already being
taken to greatly increase it's circula-
ton: and, as experience Is gained, It
/ will be adapted To the meeting of such
needs ana opportunities as may pre-
sent themselves within the sphere Of
I it's influence Former readers will be
I glad to know that the recent editor
~ ms
ed with the paper as an associate edi-
! tor. The page devoted To the Record
/ of Events will be in his care. and other
contributions from his pen will appear
from time To time. His many friends
viii join the managing editor I'm the
hope that ne may long be spared to la
Dor In this connection.
GENERAL FEATURES.
The subject of Americanism. as It
I affects Hawaii. is treated In a thought
/ full article which concludes as follows:
The limits Of this article do not ad-
NIT OF further discussion, but enough
/ has been said to show that the prob
/ lem of developing this Territory along
traditional American lines" az Pres
ident Roosevelt puts 1t. lies right at
this point. II this should be found TO
be impraoticable then the test OF
Amerlcanism Will come In ascertaining
whether or not 1t can be developed
along untraditional lines.
The liquor business will be a special
object OF The Friends attack. Under
this head the paper says:
II VIII be Seen that The Friend ex-
poets 20 devote generous portion of
\ space to the subject of temperance.
| THIS is done because We believe that
the suppression OF the liquor traffic is
one of the main objects to be achieved
before this Territory can enter upon
any career OF progress that will be
substantial and embrace all the people
In our article on "Americanism for
Hawaii" we have tried to show that
Americanism must be developed from
within, not imposed from without. We
must cultivate morality, Intelligence
aud Industry as the basis for the
American superstructure. The liquor
business strikes directly at these quail
tiles and undermines every one of
them. In another column we print the
law recently passed by Congress for
the protection of the native races in
certain of the Pacific Islands. In view
OF the passing OF this law, we venture
To make the suggestion to our temper
ance people that, in addition to the
effort for suppression put forth here,
mat we unite with the Reform Bureau
through whose fundamentally, large
iy this law was gotten through Con-
sfeEs, and with other temperance Or
ganiZations in the United States. in an
effort to secure its extension to the ISL
ands directly under United States con-
troll Let the facts be made clear and
reiterated before the American people
until II Is thoroughly understood to
what a degree this traffic is causing
the extinction of our native people and
what an obstacle II presents to all
substantial progress here. in the hope
that the only power that is really ade-
quate to suppress it, namely, the Unit
Cd states Congress, may be led to act.
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