Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-08-11
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year.
In this issue there is page de-
voted to "Honoiulu's Welcome to Johu
G. Wooley."
"In glorious weather" OF course the
Prohibitionist was driven to the beau.
tiful home of Professor Richards, one
OF the associate editors Of the stand
ard Encyclopedia Of the Alcohol Pro-
blem."
Then the first thing Mr.. wooley
iran into was a newspaper discus
sion as to whether my room wouldn't
be better than my company"
About our Governor and other mat. /
ters
"There is real man in the govern
or's chair in Hawaii now, and a cross
matched legislature. The territorial !
government is utterly Republican.
There are no Democrats here but a
few for seed-which l think will not
grow. The Republican party is the
whole thing. A manly. honest gov
ernor. just now, Is awkward, for the
'wide-open' element had planned to
take possession Of the paradise Of the
tenness, and the Republican machine
was not in position to offer resistance.
The day after my arrival the legisla-
ture passed a liquor law boldly throw
ing off all restraint, and going in for
a debauch Of everything. including the
CO ~. hn fnr a
saloon to be opened anywhere, at $3.50
year. BY anybody twenty one years
old, or upward, and even in places
where under possible local option law
saloons might be forbidden, providing
that a "hotel" with five rooms could
defy the local will.
The people began to be aroused, and
Prohibition revival opened itself
straightway, and, as I write this, IL
gathering Roadway, which means trou.
Bile for the legislature and the grand
old purveyor Of vice for revenue. The
governor and the good newspapers arc
able and sound, and the enemy is scar
ed.
The end Is not yet. We start today
for the great volcano and q tour OF
the Islands, and shall take up the work
here again next week. The chances
seem favorable for the liquor interest
n this session of the legislature, be-
2ause the good people did not wake up
,oon enough, but in that case terrific
reaction Is certain, which will put the
erritory in line with the advanced
sentiment of the better Of the states.
The welcome prepared for us here
was Of the heartiest and cordialest.
Nothing could surpass the quality or
quantity Of the hospitality that has
taken us in charge and made every
hour Of our stay tropical island of
rest and refreshment for body and for
mind. The home we are in Is SO per-
feet in its spirit and appointments as
to challenge one to look for flaws.
There are none visible. II is a minia-
ture Christian Era on an acre OF
ground. strict but sweet, busy but rest
full. with true Hawaiian atmosphere
that turns to rainbows on the slightest
touch OF storm, and with a sense Of
humor that keeps place and people
antiseptic through and through.
II really seems as II God had given
one Of His sure, good angels charge
over us on this journey. From the day
we set out everything has gone we'll
trains and boats, the weather, the sea.
II almost seems as II nothing had ever
been out Of Joint. Sleep, so long de-
MED me, has returned to my eyes, and
my twitching nerves at last know what
II is to rest"
How inconsistent and inadequate are
our laws and their administration In
regard to certain crimes!
Here some time ago man who
ought to have been sent to the insane
asylum or, at least, to some place for
his evident degeneracy, was sent to
the penitentiary at hard labor for .
term of months, for writing and pub
lshing a libel.
There were and are twenty men who
knew the mans history and could have
testified that he was irresponsible. in
all respects unbalanced. What he wrote
was probably dipsomaniac's inspira-
ton.
And the source was so personal and
the writing so untrue in ali Its length.
that 1t would have been better not to
notice 1t and thus feed the delusion of
importance which relgned in the writ
er's mind. and has controlled his ac-
tion for years.
On the other hand, only a few days
ago man in all his senses; normally
constituted person in good health
knowing right and wrong; who has
traded in things, tested the value Of
money, is sent to jail for ten months
for stealing in the most scheming and
barefaced way some $4,000 from the
United States government!
Last week a poverty-stricken old man
in New York was sent to jail for three
years for stealing piece of meat.