The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-01-31


| all opinions this is the composite re
! suit of their opinion through the bal
| lot LIQUOR is out of the category o
general merchandise, and some believ
it must be under the control of VIVA
is called the police power, as are othe
substances regarded as dangerous
They agree to certain restrictions am
!. such control as shall safeguard tn
community. I think he does not g
farther than that. In other words, h
objects to the control of liquor that il
! based on moral grounds, because h
says he has as much right to decide
! that question for himself as any ont
else. Whether he is right or wrong
for the present emergency, makes very
little difference. The fact is, the ques
| ton is not decided by right and wrong
but by political power. I don't see how
a minority of voters, no matter what
| their character is, no matter how high
their principles, 1 don't see how it is
possible for them to compel the ma
! iority when the majority does not want
! TO be limited in the use of liquor. 1t
| never has succeeded. In some cases
| LIQUOR laws have been passed which do
not represent the majority, have been
passed without the majority knowing
it, or by strong pressure on the legiS-
lature when the question did not pre-
sent any consideration during the cam
paign But such laws have generally
failed l wish there were some liquor
men here this afternoon, and it is my
opinion some of them ought to have
been on the list of speakers. 1 think
Mr.. Dee or Mr.. Ned Macfarlane could
have spoken informatively on the ques-
ton from their standpoint
1.-The saloon is an evil, and yet We
cannot in a hasty manner condemn the
saloon-keepers altogether. The govern
ment is as much to blame as they. The
government obtains a revenue from the
sale of liquor. Under the laws it must
protect the public and protect the bus
mess interests of such saloon-keepers
as are furnished with licenses. Under
some laws the government has no dis |
erection whatever and cannot refuse |
license because if the government does
refuse some licenses the courts Will
them to be issued. So you see,
the law and the courts and the execu-
tive are in the business, and 1 think it
Is a waste of words to say the respon-
sibility for the evil is entirely with the
No man is responsible
'or the whole of it, but the community
s responsible for it, and every man
Who goes to a saloon to buy glass OF
liquor or orders a case of wine from a
Wholesale liquor house, or who tele-
,hones to his grocer for bottle of sher-
y, which must be obtained from the
aloon, is doing wrong as much as the
liquor seller. 1 am satisfied I have
ainted a discouraging picture. I know
'ou have asked me what is the remedy
or this evil. There are two: One can ,
ot act Immediately, but will take
ime; it will act gradually. That is
emperance education =
II believe that if in the time of the /
Id Washingtonian movement the re- t
ormers had put their time in edu c
ating the school children and the mat t
er had been pressed, the abuse of liq-t
or would now have been very far be-
Nv what it is. do not know of any plan U
campaign which is more logical than a
} do that. We are doing something of v
MS nature in the government schools. a
We have a book devoted to the sub o
ect. 1 have looked it over and find it Q
good. 1 am conscious that the eff
ectiveness of the book will depend .
pom the interest which the teachers L
Ike in the subject. b
Another thing for us. to do, which 1 n
link will have immediate effect, is local e
ption. We have no law for it. 1 wish
'e had. The government adopts the I
rinciple now to a certain extent in re- r
ard to the applications for licenses. b
Where we find a community does not V
ant a saloon then we act accordingly.
ometimes government officers are re-
uested to canvass district to obtain
ne sentiment of the community rela-
We to an application. / hope we will
ave a local option, and that such will
women to vote. (Applause). S
Another thing to do for the immedi- v
tie amelioration of the question is the L
Ugh license. In Honolulu the number
saloon licenses are limited to
ghteen. Formerly the number was =.
)urteen, but it was deemed advisable /.
ltely to increase the number. This a
ives the saloon-keeper a sort Of mo- Il
opoly. The advantage to the govern
lent is this. We are able to select the e
lass of men to hold licenses, men who ',
re responsible and recognize their re- .
ltions with the government. 1 have
ad several meetings with the liquor I,
callers and talked the matter over o
18th them frankly. and they under q
tand that if they transgress, their Ii q
enses will not be renewed when they .
IN out. 1 think the Limitation of the :.
lumber of licenses advantageous in u
honolulu. c
Another point is to give the drink Il
IS liquor of a low alcoholic strength
cheap rate. This has been expert j.
tented upon in light wine and beer sa- II
ons. They are orderly as a rule,
here people can go and have ale and NJ
ines of a light strength. RI
Another plan 1 would rely upon is a 81
Institute for the liquor saloons. A 81
-eat many people in Honolulu, work 90
g men recently come to the city, have "
} homes, no place to go; there is little 80
nusement for them where they can
lax after the laborS of the day. a 1
loon with its light cleanliness, social
atures. smoking and hilarity attract L
lem. To offset this there should be
sort alongside it, furnished in like %
amer so that even there the men -
ay have an opportunity to find some M
taxation. 1t is not drink that men of
into these saloons for. 1t is the So pc