Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-04-08


ioyic,nta Rut nature has prepared
NAM wnvs tn nroJncc natural and
,r,iGc,ai FOOD and drink for us. some
nf which is NOT 90 good for us as the
rcst and n cannot seem anything but
toolisb IN ro,v uuon law instead OF
neraunsion and general tutelagc to
chow tho vouth of this world what is
GOOD and what 10 had.
After they have been taught, then
4, 10 a matter nj their own will power
and moral force Moderation, TEN.
perance I'm all things. marks the man
the real man. He requires no hand
made laws IN guide him to the right
or enforce choice of natures food or
drink when be is hungry or thirsty.
If tho half man the unbalanced weak.
ling. should fail TO choose wisely In
Find or quantity and thereby be led
10 commit n misdcmeanor, he should
bc punished Not that law hates or
socks vengeance hut that law must
rrotoct tho rest who have chosen
more wisely. The fault lies In the
abuse. and law Furnishes why
sbould law restrict or punish those
who do no, misuse or abuse? II Il Is
not right TO punIsh tho millions OF
pcople who use beer moderately, by
what nrocess of reasoning should VIC
nunisb those who make If for or sell
II To Thorn? II is plain that a saloon.
keepcr is culpable when he sells II.
nuor To an IRRESPONSIBLE person whom
he knows habitually dcbauches him.
self and cndangers the peace of the
community lint there arc many sa
Iloonkeepers who will not do this.
There are many saloonkecpcrs who
arc regular attendants at church and
more deyout Christians than most of
tboir traducers who may sheer at this
statement but who can only be of
,hat class who do no investigating.
| large majority of them are good
citizons and educate their children
To bo temperate and honorable: far
better citizens in fact. than those
who misreprcsent facts to the degree
oC absolute faIschood: than those
who In the bitterness of their attack,
use inyectiye and vituperation
AGAINST ,hen and nnint the worst of
| them b,acker than they are.
or course there are bad saloon.
keeners nut what fairness is there
In nronosition TO punlsh all of them,
tho good as we'll AS the bad. by dc.
nriy,ny ,bam of tho fruits of their I'm.
dustry Inv conf,scat,nr their busi.
noeso Tboro AFRO more acknowledgements
than almost any other class of bust.
ness mon and II Is small wonder that
come are bad But oven they work
loss harm to the community than
would n law which Furnishes the in
nocent Aside from the valuable in.
Justice of sucb n code of punishment,
| I hold that n Is an absurdly wrong
and upiust nrincinle to give one man
Tho right 70 vote another man out OF
business In other words, Local Op
iion is n mower which should not be
given tn The voter. Taking away a
mans propertyl Is plainly a judicial
question that calls for careful delib.
Grafton Our beople are engaged in
many kinds of. business and human
sel6sbnoss does not encourage a Judi.
ciaI frame of mind in the voter when
Ibn votes IN abolish another mans In.
come The majority rule means much
in this country hut Il does not mean
that wc should allow the average vol,
or TO act as both accuser and Judge
WouId we allow the prejudiced PEG,
ME who vote on Local Option to set
ON n iurv TO decide this question? Be
sides the rule of the majority con
terminates mstice TO everybody, and
does not intend oppression to tho
minority
Too much liauor harms; too much
tight Iacing harms: too much corr
beef and cabbage harms, and so OF
down tho line. WHY not suppress the
seller of vegetables and the farme,
who grows them? why not suppress
the corset maker as well. II is not 9
matter of supnressing any one. II 1.
simpIy nm 10 the people not to max,
fools Of themselves in the use of wha
Cod gives them for necessities OF
measures some people do not wan
} beer and some do not want corsets
, and with these, whose COX Is no
gored." the fearful devotees of tn,
prevailing fad find their converts.
! One who mas heard little eyidenc,
! IN the case. none of Il under oath
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