The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-08-13
Mr., WOOLLEY'S
PLAN Of ACTION
viii Not Conduct a Prohibition
Campaign, but Help Build
Up Sentiment.

Attention has been called to the ar
rival of Mr. John G. Woolley. the dis
tinguished reformer in Honolulu. He
was yesterday formally admitted to
the bar of the Territory of Hawaii and
has taken an office in the Judd build
ing, all of which indicates that his
sojourn here will not be merely tempo
rary. -~ita ~
In Great Britain and the United
States Mr. Woolley has long been
known as one of the most rational and
reasonable, and, for these very reasons,
one of the ablest opponents of the
licensed liquor traffic. On the plat
form he is logical, convincing and elo-
auent. There is about him nothing of
the professional agitator. He is, on
the contrary, courteous and cultured
gentleman, with the manners and ad-
dress that might be expected in a man
of this type.
He has been living for the past fif-
teen years in, Chicago. His sons are
grown and established in life, and, as
he put it, he and his wife have lived
so long in an atmosphere of agitation
and strenuous activity, that they turn
ed gladly towards these islands, with
the possibility of continuing their labor
under more moderate conditions.
Mr. Woolley, as has been said, has
nothing of the angularity and dogma
tism which so often nullifies the in
f1uence of good and conscientious peo-
pie who unselfishly devote their lives
to the public veal.
When seen at his office yesterday,
he was asked what had brought him
to Honolulu, and he replied:
For twenty years, agitation has
been going on upon the ground that
the beverage liquor traffic should not
be licensed on any terms.
TWO DEFINITE OBJECTS.
"That agitation he continued, had
two things in view. First, and most
difficult-to get the attention of the
good citizen to the subject. The people
naturally opposed to the liquor traffic
are. busy people, interested in all good
things, and, consequently, their. atten-
ton is more or less diffused; while
the liquor dealer is peculiarly and re-
markably a man of one idea. OF that
he is a master, and upon that he medi-
tates day and night.
''The second purpose of that agita-
ton is, that the agitator is to apply the
awakened public sentiment in practical
ways to defeat, or curtail, the liquor
traffic.
Il have never doubted for moment
that once the thoughtful, patriotic,
home-loving men and women go to war
against the liquor traffic they will de-
stroy it.
For more than fifty years the cam
paign to get attention has been carried
on, and. in my opinion, that fight has
been won.
THE minister of the gospel, the So
cfologist, the physician, the teacher
and the parent, speaking broadly, are
thinking about the liquor problem and
giving practical aid toward its solu-
tion.
1T remains now, for all the enemies
of that traffic to compromise their
differences, as far as possible, and CO.
operate in constructive work to ex-
press the great moral sentiment in
terms of practical politics.
THE FUTURE HERE.
This quieter constructive work.
Mr. WooIley continued, ''after years or
strenuous agitation makes a very
strong appeal to me personally, and'
being familiar with the conditions IN
these islands. and believing that good
work is being done here In serious ana
reasonable ways, I was very glad TO
accept the invitation of the Anti
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