The Hawaiian gazette., 1907-10-18


/ special ear, making speeches and some
times talking in the same towns as
Mr.. Roosevelt and Mr.. Bryan, and often
talking to larger crowds and making
better speeches. We counted at that
time on polling vote Of 100000 but
when the votes were counted we had
only 100000, which was 8 great dis
letter from this same woman telling
me- that was trying TO DO too much.
l attempted to kill the liquor traffic
and it was killing me, that I had made
her home hospital for drunkards, and
had deprived her OF everything, and
never advanced a step in the cause, or
saved man from among those in whom
had taken a personal interest She
said that the country wanted whisky
and would have it and that the churches
would never fight the liquor interests.
In closing she stated that she had just
been watching the men coming from
work, each one to his home, and that
she wanted me back to do the same.
That she wanted the people in that part
Of Chicago to know that she was neither
a divorced woman nor widow.
Il replied that there was no chance
for argument. I had had small signs
of success but asked her should I come
home if she would be proud to point
NE out saying: There is my husband
coming. He is a reformer and start
ed out TO kill the liquor trust but found
out that it was hard work and he is
not the kind of 8 reformer who sticks
TO a hard task"
81 got an answer very quickly, tell
ing NE never to come home except for
rest, that might get back into
the fight once more. I kept on and
I hope that I shall live to get my foot
on the throat of the liquor traffic OF
the country, SO that there Will be no
such thing as a legaIized saloon, 10
debauch the manhood. insult the
womanhOod and defiIe the childhood
of my country.
You can not blame the saloon man
entirely. He is sold so much Of the
public virtue for his good money. The
man who sells him the license can not
be blamed entirely. He is authorized
10 commit this legal crime. The mem
bers OF the legislature can not be
blamed entirely. They were elected by
the people There are crooked political
leaders because their constituents are
not as good as they ought TO be. The
people are the power and il the en-
tire country should be under the pro-
law it would be failure unless
the people were behind the movement
The saloons are all right. they
know better than anyone else how TO
cater 10 the comforts Of a man, know
what he likes TO eat and how he likes |
10 be comfortable What We want 10 |
do is 70 drive the alcohol out Of the |
saloons and make them such that q |
man viii feel that they are lit places
70 which 70 take his wife his son or 4
his daughter. No. prohibition does not
prohibit. in the hands OF a red-uosed /
chief Of police, or OF a man who is 4
seeking office, and for reasons that are
perfectly obvious.
I believe that it Is shame that
YOU women have not the right 10 vote.
DO not know what effect it would
have On the temperance question In
Colorado il had none, but, independent
II the effect, I think that the women
II the Uuitrd States have the right 10
themselves at the polls Now.
Il common with Indians, idiots, and
convicted criminals, they are denied
he rights Of the ballot box
IF the people Of this country would
pend half the time looking for some
hing right that they do for something
:asy. It would settle the entire ques-
ion Of IegaIizsd liquor traffic in q mo-
uent