The Hawaiian gazette., 1908-04-03

telligence and Self-intereSt of the citi-
zens; front, to get the law and the
officer; center, to get out the educa-
tional value; rear, to secure respect
and enforcement. All prohibitory leg
islation must be embedded in a peren-
NAL campaign for total abstinence, and
loyalty to law because it is law. And
as the mountains are round about this
city, so the public schools, the churches
and the homes of this Territory are
round about every hope of moral prog
ress.
Having first obtained the permits
sion of the Superintendent of Public
instruction, L have visited practically
ell the schools on Oahu, Kauai. Maui
and Hawaii Except Puma and Kohala,
which unfortunately had to miss for
lack of time), to speak to the chill
dren about the physical effects of al
conolic drinks and the nobility of gov
eminent by law, scrupulously, of
course, avoiding politics and religion.
The teachers without exception well
coined me, and the work was quite
the most fascinating and compensat-
of the cosmopolitan little audiences to
hear and to learn. the almost tragic
depth and exactness of their knowl-
edge already gained, the promptness
and enthusiasm of their response, the
pathetic background of their history
and environment, and their outlook,
made an impression on me that I de-
spair of making anybody understand.
The teachers, 1 believe, had not ne
elected to teach the common learning
on the subject, but the voice of a
stranger and the novelty of first-hand
facts about other States and countries
sharpened the accent of the good reg
ular work of the teacher.
81 distributed over six thousand
badges, the gift of Mr.. John S. Huyler
of New York, in answer to letters from
the children, to be worn, not as pledges,
but merely as declarations of inten-
ton not to drink anything alcoholic, on
the ground that abstinence was the
safe thing for self and the helpful
thing on account of others.
"No badges were given at the time
of my speech. nor ever without the ap-
prevail of teacher and parent or guardi-
an, shown by a letter to me, inspected
by the teacher and by him forwarded
to me with his own requisition for the
badges required The English exer-
else was excellent for the children and
the letters received were mine of
human interest.
81 do not doubt that many lives have
4. liraatlxy ipAnanaal for nOnI
but my chief purpose was to get the
subject up in the homes, with the chill
dren as promoters and missionaries, and
l have ample evidence that the plan,
as to that, was very successful.
Gin connection with this school cam
paign | have spoken to the conventions
of native ministers on the various is
lands, and met personally the most in
fluential people of the sections visit
ed, and / believe the anti-saloon SEN
timent is general and growing. Nota-
BILE meetings of this kind were at Lii
hue. Koloa. Eleele, Lahaina, Kahului,
Makawao. Paia, Waikiki, Ulupalakua,
Huelo, Hilo, Kealakekua, Waikane and
Waialua.
"Far too often in my travels, / met
the wretched fallacy that the Hawaiian
people wish alcoholic drink and will
have it. But / am not afraid to brand
that claim as false in the nature of
things and unsupported by any peril
nent facts. Our issue might confidently
be left to the Hawaiian voters alone,
if they could have it uncomplicated, on
the merits And l am very free to
say that, all things considered, this
Territory might well be proud of its
native citizens. and that it would be
d long step toward the needed house
cleaning in territorial politics if the
white people would stop misjudging and
the Hawaiians and be-
gin to set them a better example.
Frequently. too. am against the
mouldy nonsense, that "men will
drink" and "men will get drunk. ~
That IS a lie, and its author was the
father of lies. If the good, dominant,
white men of these islands will abstain
from drink and teach abstinence, on
principle and by example, and make
conditions favorable to abstinence, in
business and in legislation, the tenden-
cy Will be for men not to drink, nor
to get drunk. Too many of your good,
strong, prosperous. masterful white men
use these drinks in their clubs, in their
homes and in public places, and the
men that fail THROUGH, drink are boys
who tried to do as they do and were
not strong enough to 30 the gait. The
crying need of these islands is clean
breathed and clean-handed white men
to prove up brotherhood and Christian
democracy in social and political life.
"My travels have put the league un-
der obligation to many. for entertain
ment, transportation and practical help
of many kinds. Everybody has been
so helpful that detailed acknowledge
ment is scarcely possible.
"There is nothing in the year IS rec
ord to induce vanity, but l myself
have been so helped and interested that
| feel reasonably satisfied. But | think |
my further presence here is contra in
dicated. There is a prejudice against |
men that are new, and especially |
against nOn-residents. interfering with |
island problems, especially if it can
be charged that they are in any sense
professional refOrmers At the same
time there are more extended lines of /
influence on the mainland where I could |
be more usefully employed. according
" offer my resignation, to take effect |
at the earliest convenience of the
league
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