The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-05-04

proposition advanced by the liquor in
terests that the right of individuals to
dring includes the right to sell or give
liquor to others, and he favors legisla-
ton which win enforce the law against
treating
In Nebraska county option has be-
come an issue and Mr.. Bryan believes
that the people of each county should
be permitted to exclude the open sa-
loon when they see fit to do so. The
exclusion of the open saloon does not
necessarily deny to the individual the
right to use liquor in his home or un-
der other Restrictions it simply closes
the public sale of liquor when, in the
opinion of the people of the county,
the public sale is detrimental to the
interests of the county.
Whether the people of a county
should, in the exercise of thier rights,
close the saloons, is q question entire
ly separate and apart from the right
to do so, and Mr.. Bryan is no more
willing to deny to the people of a
county the exercise of clear and I'M
deniable right, merely because they
may make mistakes in exercising that
right than he is to deny people the
right to vote merely because they may
vote the republican ticket.
Is there anything undemocratic 0r
revolutionary about the propositions
! The above measures relate to Ne
braska; there are certain phases OF
the liquor question which are national
Interstate commerce is used to over
ride state laws. What democrat is
willing to put himself on record a
gainst the proposition that the right
of the people of a state to control the
liquor traffic is more sacred than the
right of liquor dealers to dispose OF
their product in dry territory and IL
violation of the law?
3 Mr. Bryan believes that congress
should pass a law recognizing the
right of each state to prescribe the
conditions upon which intoxicating
liquors can be transported, sold and
used within it's borders. He also be-
leves that the federal government
should dissolve partnership with Law
breakers and no longer issue licenses
for the saleSof liquor in communities
where local laws prohibit its sale
If it is thodght unconstitutional to
discriminate, in the issue of licenses
between different communities thu
same end can be reached by reducin'
the license to nominal figure and re
quiring the applicant for a fedora
license to give written notice to the
local authorities, and newspaper no
tice to the local public of his inten
ton to apply for license.
Now let those who oppose these
propositions meet them with argu
ments.
1t would be no answer to say tina
Mr.. Bryan intends to publish pro-
hibition paper, even if it were true
and it is not true. He has no though
of starting or conducting a prohibi'
ton paper. 1t would be no answer Il
that Mr.. Bryan wants to inject the
prohibition question into national po-
litics. even if it were true, and it is
not true. Hee has no thought Of ad-
vising notional prohibition and loes
not expectto see it a paramount is
esue during his lief time. But he will
exercise his right to- oppose DONNA
ton of state, county and city politics
by them.
The advocacy of needed state an(
national legislation on the liquor ques
ton will in no way change his posi-
ton on other questions or lessen hi
earnestness in urging the reforms
outlined in democratic platforms.