The Hawaiian gazette., 1910-04-01

Of the disparaging view taken by some
of our own people of the compromise
which is represented by the joint reso
luton. 1 assume. however, that thi.
was the result of lack of full informa
ton about the matter. MY own opinion
is that what we have secured here OF
are practically certain to secure is bet
ter for the Islands and the country
than what we set out for. The CRY
of home rule would have been Sc
rious matter in the Islands and IL wa,
very effective here. AS IL is we have
silenced that and apparently made Ku
hio, our ally and our friend.
Unmixed Blessing.
"The campaign win be an uumixet
blessing to the Islands, and I have nc
question about il being successful, will
the consequent increase of knowledge
and conscience. enforcement will be en-
HANGED and the Territory will come
fully into the current of the reform
The Legislature will not dare TO ignore
The voice of the majority, but If il
should, the plebiscite will amount to
an emphatic instruction to the licens.
ing boards. Assuming that federal
prohibition is the goal to be reached,
it is my opinion now that it is much
better for us to reach il by these two
steps than the one step proposed.
At the end of the plebiscite we
shall have the good people of the Is.
lands behind us, as friends united, we'll
informed and massed for effective &C,
ton. Congress, meantime. is committed
by this leg station to desire for prohi.
bition in the Territory, and have been
assured by numbers of members of both
houses that my agreement with Kphio
was wisely made, and that if we should
have to apply to congress for relief, it
will be promptly given.
elf there had been no question of
money for enforcement, I could have
driven the Curtis bill through congress
but it was the opinion of my friends
in the senate that with a more or less
unfriendly popular sentiment on nc.
count of the violation of home rule,
a large sum of money would be neces.
sary in order to make the law effective,
and congress, at this session, is indis-
posed to be liberal with the public
funds
Congress for Temperance.
"I beg of you to get our, people to-
gether Immediately for great cam
paign. The public sentiment on the
mainland continues to grow. This will
accrue to us now and hereafter. Cnn-
gress in both houses is in reality u
temperance body, and we shall never
appeal to it, with any reasonable prop
osition in vain. shall leave Wash
ington about the 25th.
"When the join resolution came up
for passage in the senate the point was
made against it that it caused congress
to embark upon the philosophy of the
ate committee, with our consent, chang
ed the language of the resolution by
substituting the word requested for
instructed This obviated the obiec-
ton and made no difference in the eff
feet of the resolution, for congress does
expressly direct the Governor to call
the election and request of major
ity of the electors is to all intents and
an instruction to the. legis-
lature. -.
Honors Hawaiian People.
81 enclose copies of the resolution
as it passed the senate, and as it now
stands on the house calendar. I am
satisfied with it and indeed much
pleased.
'It honors the Hawaiian people. 1t
is respectful to the Hawaiian legis-
lature. 1t gives the missionary ele.
ment the best chance it ever had to
conduct great religious revival
throughout the Islands in the name of
good politics,
Business Man for Reform.
GAS one of the many citizens of Ho.
nolulu interested in the liquor traffic, l
would like to offer the following sug-
gestions as means of aleviating some
Of the socalled evils of the traffic" said
business man yesterday.
my idea of reform is right in the
hands of the license commission and is
along the following lines:
First Reduce the number of saloons
to, say, ten, within the city limits. In
selecting those who should continue in
business let there be a survival of the
httest, and the commission should make
1t its business to learn from personal
contact and observation just who are
the fttest.
"Seeond-The ten saloons should be
located on the main streets of the city,
and the interior of each and every one
should be open to the gaze of the pass.
ing public. Abolish the doors, screens
and curtains that now shut out the pub.
lie gaze, and ninety per cent of our
young men who begin to drink on the
sly by stepping into a saloon when no
lone is looking, will steer clear of the
saloon altogether.
"Third-Much is said, and with good
reason, about the laborer spending the
major portion of his weeks wages In
the saloons on Saturday afternoons and
nights instead Of providing necessities
for his family.
81 would say, mr.. Commissioner,
try closing the saloons, hotel bars, and
wholesale houses al noon ON Saturday,
10 remain closed until Monday morning.
The average laborer means 10 do well
by bis family on pay day, but the glad
hand at the saloon door catches him
before be reaches home, and during the.