The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1908-03-17

the declarations 81 war against the
lsOuor traffic 81 the Territory made
/ by the speakers az the union mass
ulsstinS Of voters called by the Anti
/ Saloon League for last night in the
/ Central Union church, a. which the
/ principals were Hon. A L (. Akin
son and Hon John q. WoOllsy.
Rev. !. W. wa6Insn presided over
the meeting, which. On account Of the
he2vy 6ovnpoUr Of rain through the
| whole day. was SHINY sttsnisi. on
| the platform with him being the TWO
speakers. Rev. DIR. Scuddsr. Rev. \.
/ {. NcEesver. Rev. n. W. Crane. ".
/ r Castle. Senator Dicksy. 2. H Trent
and Mrs Whitney, president OF the
W. c :. L.
AIN OF THE LEAGUE
Mr.. wadman. in introducing Mr.
Atkinson. the 6rst speaker. said:
The Anti-S2lcon League, under
/ whose auspices We are convened in
this church tonight. through The kind
ness Of its pastor and officially for
which We feel deeply grateful. is not
= religious body. nor s. political party.
nor q social club. nor a secret So
cisty. Its membership includes per-
sons Of all kinds Of religious beliefs.
political principles and social posi-
tons We are a league in league for
definite ohject-namely. the over
throw Of the saloon as a licensed in
Sriturion by the government Of our
country. and that, too. for conscience
sake as well as other considerations
Towards the accomplishment OF this
object We differ as members among
ourselves. as intelligent men are bound
70 Do. as 20 the hest methods 70 Dc
pursued whether by moral suasion.
/ legal enactment OF intellectual train
ing some advocate lccal option.
others high license. others ars not SAT-
isied unless il is prohibition. with q
As Ieasusrs. We think and let think
among ourselves. and Yet all the while
quietly. unobtrusively. ensrgeIically.
We seek 70 awaken and educate pub
lie opinion. believing that Just as soon
as public opinion is inIelligently
awakened and properly organized. the
saloon is doomed and its long train OF
evils banished from the face OF the
earth As a practical demonstration /!
Of this truth. please witness the wave 7.
OF public opinion now sweeping over /
the United States. as vel as England I,
ana her colonies
We are not fanatics. though great I
- men and women than we have been i
so called because OF their enthusiasm 1
in good and righteous cause We
are not cranks. though cranks are 4
Necessary fO- leverage in the creation I
o, mechanical results. We are not 1
false prophets. and Yet We dare
prophssy that our children viii surely 4
live TO Sc national prohibition obtain
IN: IN the United States as a Federal 1
enactment upheld BY an overwhelming
public conscience and enforced by an
oVe-povering public sentiment"
LOCAL OPTION HIS AIM
Mr. Atkinson. hr-; called upon by
Nj Tsiman- spoke briefly but to the
point. stating clearly the position upon
which L. has taken his stand He
sait:
''Ths rising tide Of temperance has
already commenced 20 beat on the
sbOres Of Hawaii
We have all read that the liquor
irate l. prohibited BY law in half OF
she area OF the great United States
containing more than third Of the
population. Another interesting devel-
Opnent - tie fact that the governors
% no fewer than thirty-seven states
vtthia recent months have attacked
the saloon or endorsed prohibition, and
do not be surprised IL our worthy and
able governor does the same thing az
10 distant date.
'tWhile there are numberlsss things
- b done tOT the public good-every
citizen has lis imitatiOns-the wise
nan picks upon what be considers the
best erOrt 20 Be made.
Il an not a Temperance bowler nor
a preacher, yet there 10 good deal Of
Truth IL the saying that he can preach
the better who hasn't praetised.'
fIhe most moving Of all Temperance
sermons, though, do not come through
the nzils OF the scho0lrooms. nor yet
from the pelpIt nor from the lecture
platform They are driven in, IN brutal
y blunt terms, by the conditions which
confront every man who has a living
70 earn II IL becoming increasingly
difficult for drinking man 70 find en-
pigment In many ways prohibition
Is brought home 70 the pocket nerve
Industry 10 longer t0lerates intern
psranes- The man who drinks habftual-
y and excessively can nowhere find en-
pigment. No railroad company, no
manufacturing establishment, no mer-
camille hOuss. careful IN its relations
With the pebble, VIII give a place to
2 drinking man Nobody will intrust
expensive machinery in the hands Of
nan IL the habit Ct getting fuddIed
through drink Likewise. the day Of
the drinking professional man has pass
ed melody viii consent 70 place his
ss % subject them % an in
firm Or Bnstsadv Judgment. |,
In the modern world, in truth, there