Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-07-05
JACK JOHNSON" ABSTAINER."

of prize fights but the worst yet Is
the discovery by the morning Prohi-
bition organ that Jim Jeffries lost the
fight by going the cocktail route and
Jack Johnson won because he is u
total abstainer.
II the history OF Jack Johnson's life
Is correct he would rather pay his
honest debts to Honolulu hackmen
who carried him all over the place
during his brief stay in the city, than
have II said that he is total abstain
or. Jeffries would be glad indeed II
he had known that the Demon Rum
and not Father Time was the individ-
ual to whom he could charge his de-
feat That would give him much
easier way out of taking licking and
losing a few honors for the sake of
adding to his fortune some one hun
dred thousand dollars.
II is quite true as the Prohibition
organ says, that athletes while train
ing should abstain from alcoholic bev-
erages. johnson didn't do 1t. Il Is
also true that athletes have, during
their period of training. to refrain
from indulgence In other things, in
GLIDING mince pie. II the matter were
fully threshed out we have no doubt
that Jeffrles' defeat might be account
ed for by the secret indulgence by the
white champion in good feed OF pie
and cake, even the kind that mother
used to make.
But after all the foolish things have
been said in the attempt to tack a SER
mon in Prohibition onto the result Of
the prize fight at Reno. what has that
to do with the Prohibition that the
Woolleyites and Thurstonites are aim
ing to saddle upon the people OF the
Territory of Hawaii.
They don't figure n single item OF
total abstinence in their scheme OF
Prohibition. They are simply strug-
Cling to secure the endorsement OF a
law that will necessitate Jack John
son bringing his long cold bottles
with him when next he comes to Ho-
nolulu to practice total abstinence
They don't want to gain for this Terri
tory law that will bring about any
such calamity as enforced total alb
stinence for Thurston and Woolley.
Between Thurstons dissertations on
tigers, snakes, mongoose and turkey
buzzards in their application to Pro-
hibition, and Woolley hustling all who
do not follow his devious trial into
the corral Of guerrillas of evil and
timidity, the public has become de-
cidedly mixed on the real benefits of
Prohibition.
But now It is informed that cock
tails and not mince pie or Father
Time did up Jeifries. and that Jack
johnson is total abstainer, so the
whole thing Is settled and that dizzy
platform of the Prohibition League IL
as clear as the mystery of who Of
fered Aylett SIG.
Incidentally, just to let the usual
truth in upon the childish falsehoods
of the silly Prohibitionists. Jack John
son has been drinking everything al
coholic that came his way. During
his brief stay In Honolulu he de-
youred cocktails and champagne In
Quantities that would really make
many OF the members OF the Commit
tee OF One Hundred feel faint, and not
u few of these Prohibition" gentle
men have records which prove that
irrespective OF a visit from johnson
the demand for intoxicants from San
Francisco would steadily increase
under the Prohibition that Thurston
and Woolley are working for.
y y 4 49, ~ - y
loins OF the drunkard." and the indict-
men thus framed against excess has
been repeated in many forms. Prob
ably for the first time, the question OF
its accuracy has recently been sub
jected to strict inquiry; and the re-
suits, SO far as results have been OBJ
tanned, are set forth in recent pub
lication issued by the Francis Gallon
Laboratory for National Eugenics
The investigation has been conducted
! by Miss Ethel NJ Elderton, Cation Re-