Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-04-08
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PROPERTY E|G9IS
Great Industries And
General Prosperity
Threat 4ned
THOROUGH DISCUSSION or
COUNTRY'S GREAT PROBLEM
Good and Bad Men To Be Found Ev-
crywhere - Why Condemn
Good for Evil Done
by Badl

rider who can look with tears upon
Or distress and without charity OF
reason upon another kind, that this
is no appeal for the pcrpctuation ul
immortality: neither Is 1t an excuse
for any kind of dGpravity. Let me |
say to the OnC.sidCd halt.thOughtIul |
people who maintain that morality Is |
a quality of the human being moved |
by external force instead Of thermal |
conviction, that the sO-CallCd temper |
ance movement, which seems to have |
caught the "lynch.cry" Of thousands, |
is the most intempcranCc Juror that |
has for decades threatened the dearly |
acquired rights OF American citizen
ship
That most of the laws passed by
out legislature in answer to the de.
mand Of highy.paid leaders and fran
tic lobbyists for this fad, are palpa.
bic invasions of the established prin'
ciplcs of human right Is an unquali'
fed truth
The personal and property rights
of the citizens of many states have
been invaded in direct cunuavcntion
to the purpose Of our constitutional
measures TO protect them. The peo-
plc of this country have conceded
many incursions upon the premises
of their personal rights, as legally
defined, and have remained passive
from the inception Of a bad law until
some notable incident secured its re-
peal, but while the individuals will
often permit the loss of some minor
right as TO personal conduct he Will
instantly assume the aggressive in
defense of his property rights. Our
laws, as respects property rights, are
more closely followed. mainly because
the chief aim of most Of our citizens
Is the requirement ,of property, and
this uniformity Of purpose bcgets a
respect for each others rights of this
class and better understanding OF
them.
Considering the universal under
standing, how Is It pos,i1.n Tor man,
who would sCorn to steal or wrong
fully deprive another Of HI, property,
to advocate law which uniCst}y con
fscatcs lcc'umately acquired wealth
from part of our citizens and propose
no compensation therefor?
No government which fails to safe
guard. in every particular, the rights
of iJS citizens to the peaceable pos
session of property and the unmolest
ed enjoyment thereof, could ever hope
for continuous national existence o.
the tranquility which our Republic
endCayOrs to promote. This. is truth
maintained by the blood of the foun
dCrs of these free states, and for
which all the power and principles oi
their union operate.
Arfl h. If =
there Is, in the entire scheme of oul
organic law, but one process by
which citizen can forciby be dis
possessed of his property. This II
the privilege reserved by the govern
ment, known as the Right OF Emi
nent Domain" under which restTiC
ton all property held by the indiNld
ual Is subjected to. II Is the right o
the state to forcibly take propcrt,
for public use or service. But bcfor
this can be done it must be clcarl
established that the service to tn
public in question Is of bonalid
value. Then a fair appraisal OF tn
value of the property taken Is mad
subject to review by court commits
sioners and the state must pay owe
to the owner this compensation ia
the loss he sustains, The iairncs
of the procedure is not denied.
But what of the system by whic
the agltators OF prohibltory measure
expect to indirectly coniiscatc mi
lions of dollars of property in TIL
country from the brewers and saloo
keepers and pay nothing for II? Ism
IL highly probable that eventually IN
courts will afford relief to the Owner
of this property? 1t certainly woul
be nothing short of justice that
should be paid for. The owner OF
brewery which by reason OF II
reasoning temperance legislation
thus rendered useless for the avowC
purpose of benehting 90 the publ
should collect in full for his lo
from the tax payers.
The loss to him is the same whet
er It be one law or another whi'
Operates to deprive him of the vail
of his property. A brewery, haVil
been built for special purpose,
useful only as such, and to depri
the owner of the right to employ
I'm the only way 1t can be OF seryi
to him is to deprive him of his pre-
erty-is virtually dispossession.
When we proclaim the great pr
ciple of property rights, are we
infer that one class of property Is
be deprived of and another class
property subject to the protection
the Wanted square deal that u
government Is supposed to give eve
one? II this system of Invasion
property rights proposed by prese
temperance legislation is to be
plied now to one class of proper
where will the application cease a
how soon will some other class
property he under the ban of
next popular fad, misnamcd reIor
we have had numerous reform mo
ments which presumed to prodt
other Arcadian condition by a chan