The Hawaiian gazette., 1906-10-26
A Reply to
Mr.. Smith
Continued from page /.

] knew. Mr.. Smith. you would con-
denim Il. | knew you did not believe
In 1t. our point was that you should
say so. and you should have said so
three weeks sooner than you have.
You and had the honor OF voting
,iBhoulder to shoulder In the Legislature
iof 1ssssforiun election law which made
It criminal offense to "'provide a
voter" with either ''meat. drink or en-
tertainment' for the purpose OF "influ-
encing such person TO vote or refrain
fom voting for ANY particular person
| or party" And what you and l and
| a mass OF other legislators unanimous
ly thought should be guarded against
| in the Penal Code in 1858. / knew you
would not be condoning when 1t came
| to the scratch in 1906. vale" beer.
whether at political meetings or wheth-
er confined in one key or n dozen.
| Shake, Brother Smith.
Now, as to- the two leading candi-
dates on the Democratic ticket who are
| saloonkeepers. In the first place. I as
sumo that you will recognize the diff
. ference between the sale of liquor in
licensed saloon according to law
| by the way, Republican law-and the
! furnishing of liquor outside of sal Don
| at political meetings, where the pur-
pose is to reach the conviction and Sc
/ cure the spontaneous support of the
voter by the enunciation OF Sound doc
/ trine." In that penal provision that
| you and I voted so heartily for in 1888.
against treating the voter with meat,
, drink or any entertainment to inf!u-
ence his vote, you surely recognized the
a tr,t ftyrav nd
the sale of liquor in a licensed saloon,
according to law. Moreover, these two
candidates Mr.. Harvey and Mr.. Nc
Carthy. stand pledged to higher IL
cense and to local option in regard to
the opening OF saloons, position as
advanced on the liquor question as
either party demands; and unless you
challenge the good faith of their pledge
in this respect your appeal against
them contained in your letter can only
mean that you would not take the help
and support of an intelligent and re-
sponsible saloonkeeper in securing the
very amendments to the law that you
yourself desire, or else II is mere APP
peal to a general feeling against the
business itself.
The Democratic party, in it's plat
form has recognized the licensed sale
of liquor under strict regulation and
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grown up under the present Republic
can liquor law. And these two saloon
keepers on our ticket stand Pledged to
make good that plank in the platform
by their votes IL elected, and ! do not
think there is a reasonable minded vot-
er III this country 'ha' hno"s riahA
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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
1 suggest that you Mr.
smith, have INDUCED quite freely IN
The exaggeration and oVerstatement'
which has so shocked you when ap-
pearlng In the columns OF the AdVer-