The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1908-03-17
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I - no place for drinking man. sud this
fact works amazingly for self-eoatrol
and for temperance
! Drinking Is no longer fashionable.
7 No gentlemen : club toleratcs a
Z drunkard.
I 1T i on the other hand the fashion
70 conserve and develop one : physical
powers and 20 hold them on the basis
| Of high efficiency. Even "a sunday
Z baseball must &c given credit that il
[ has given 20 our Young men new and
better standards OF conduct in the mat
Ter Of drinking and other things vital
I in relation - physical health and vig,r-
Il believe that the great movement
for the absolute control Of the liquor
traffic Is upon Us. and I want 70 let
vou know where I stand.
Il believe the present liquor bill Is
the best We ever had. I believe that
tks liquor commissioners have done
their duty and that the old liquor ring
has lost its power. think our first
duty viii be 70 maintain the present
bill.
II believe a majority Of the citizens
should have the right bv casting their
ballot 70 decide whether saloons be al
lowed in the precinct in which they
live.
II therefore favor a liberal Local
Option law and let ne tell YOU when I
say believe thing. mean 10 let
YOU know l believe in working for il
by al legal means
wOOLLEY'S PLAIN TRUTHS.
Mr. wOOlley spoke az length. eIo-
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personally the fight against the LIQUOR
traffic He spoke. as he said. not 70
me ones who needed the help them
selves. but 70 the ones who could ex-
tend the help 10 those who did need IL
some Of the most telling sentences
Of the temperance leader in his adj
dress were:
I believe that liquor drinking is a.
good as liquor selling: I believe that
iOuor selling is as good as license
selling; I believe that license selling
IS as good as passing license laws.
and believe that passing license laws
hs as good as voting for a man who
viii do IT. We are all mixed I'D in
this matter and none can afford to
throw stones al the others"
The liquor evil is a milli0n-footei
centipede. with the virus of sorrow.
shame. greed. insanity and crime drip
ping from every foot
a victory for temperance in these
islands would stir the heart Of the
mainland We can not bridge over or
dry up the two thousand miles OF blue
Pacific. but We can close up the ranks
Of temperance and make the move
ment a truly national one
I am minding my own business I
have business and a right 10 be pres
ent at any spot on this planet where
men and women are reaching out for
the throat OF the liquOri traffic"
We mus; confess with shame that
az this time. when the great white
feet, the most powerful fleet that ever
sailed in this ocean, or any ocean.
sails into the harbor OF Honolulu and
the vessels drop their anchors and
twenty thousand boys become the
guests OF the city, the greater part Of
the hospitality towards them VIII BE-
represented BY half a hundred drink
shops / understand that the brewery
here il working overtime 20 manufac-
ture beer that the supply in the sa-
This ought not TO be so. II ought not
10 be permitted That brewery should
not be allowed 10 belch its black
breath out into these blue skies and be
such a Dissertation 10 this wonderfully
beautiful community"
We are going to win this fight I
am past middle age. but expect 20
live 70 get my foot on the neck OF
this traffic and y see the day when
no saloon will be allowed TO insult
women, staTVe children or debauch
men"
There Is but one thing worse than
the liquor traffic today. and that is
scOlding- Seolding wives send their
husbands back TO the saloons; scOIdfng
fathers drive their boys away from
home; scolding preachers. scolding
teachers and scOlding agitatOrs are IN
intelligent and unpatriOtic. From
them. Good Lord. deliver Us all"
There IL not enough Of brotherhood
in Honolulu There Is not enough
brotherhood between the Caucasian
and the Oriental. between the we'll
TODD whites and the natives. between
those who live on the hill and those
who live on the beach
Men, help the man who would be
az good a man as you are II he had
the same chance you have Women.
help the women. just a. good as you
are. 70 have husbands Just a. good as
yours are"
Praying is not the way 70 fight the
saloon men"
No man who drinks. sells OF votes
for liquor has any business bOfherins
God about bIotting out the trafic-"
This community will never Be clean
ed up BY hired help"
Sing II you wans 70. but BE- mighty
careful that your vote sounds Ike your
hymns." -