The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-10-26

ute to your personal standing in the
Republican party and your power, sin
gle handed, to win over all of your as
sociates to your views on this impor-
tant question.
You then proceed to ask why the
! Democrats did not shut out liquor from
a Democratic meeting at Waianae last
week Saturday, and you declare that
our leading candidates, including the
| candidate for Sheriff, We're present,
and that drunkenness and carousing
was carried on through the night.
! am leaving this evening, but l have
asked Mr. Mccarthy to present a full
! statement of what occurred there that
night, and no doubt his affidavit or
| statement will appear with this letter
| You will note that in my letter to
! you | did not claim that either party
could keep liquor out absolutely. What
l did contend was that the Democratic
| County Committee had been so en-
phatic in their protest against the use
of liquor that there had been but very
few occasions where that injunction
was disregarded in their own party,
and though, as l understand, the mat
ter at Waianae might but for the ex-
istence of the campaign, be eXcusable,
it would have been better not to have
had the liquor there, though in that
connection | suggest that you, MI.
Smith, have INDUCED quite freely in
the eXaggeratiOn and overstatement,
which has so shocked you when APP
n Of a Z
tiser, in stating that on the occasion
in question drunkenness and Carous-
ing were carried on through the night"
As to the presence of drunken per-
sons az Democratic meeting on Liliha
street without even charging that the
larty obtained his drink at the meet
ing CT from the Democrats, it is hardly
worth answering, except perhaps by
descending into the matter of party
repartec and suggesting that an exam
inatton of the drunken man ly ng de-
serted on the ground probably would
have developed the fact that he was
wearing your button, Smith, and had
in his pocket a ukase from Sheriff
Brown suspending the laws for thirty
days and allowing him to enjoy HIM
self. Yours very truly
w. a. KINNEY.
p. 5. one thing more, Mr.. Smith, if
you will permit. Now tha, you have
declared yourself against the use of
liquor at political meetings, cannot we
feel you on your Judgment as to the
declaration by Sheriff Brown that he
Brown should be voted for because he
was easy i'm the matter of enforcing
the law for drunkenness and kindred
offences and that Iaukea would act
otherwise, if he was elected; particu-
larry as to the prOpriety of making
that argument to the disreputable or
vile or to large numbers of children.
What do you think of that, Mr. Smith,
as sound and wholesome doctrine to be
put up by a party that claims to pre-
eminently represent the moral, sub
stantial and law-abiding interests of
this Territory? If we press you on that
matter for the next ten days or so, |
can we get from you a public state |
ment that you do not approve of such |
particularly addressed to |
the tenderloin district?
One thing more, and I will close:
You said that the beer that his been
furnisher at Republicans meetings was |
part of it furnished by candidates. Was
one of those candidates the first peace
officer of this county Sheriff Brown? |
If we can get a favorable answer on |
Browns sentiments as to the enforce |
ment of law and Browns furnishing
beer to the disreputable and vile I |
think 1 can subscribe myself with more
than perfunctory feeling as your ODE.
dent and most humble servant.
w A. X.
In affidavits made by c. ]. Mccarthy
and F. r. Harvey it is alleged that
when the Democratic candidates went |
down TO Waianae, they were entertain |
ed at luau supper given by Hui, one
of the Democratic candidates for the |
legislature At this luau there was no |
liquor of any kind. The political meet |
ing began at o'clock in the evening |
and lasted to in the morning, during |
which time there was continuous ora
tory but no liquor. Some of the can |
didates We're entertained at other pri- |
Vate houses, but most of them waited |
for their train at the residence of Hui |
During this wait demijohns of wine |
were furnished to the considerable num- |
Der of people there, but none Of the |