The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1910-02-18

information he gained was the last that
there are 5000 alleged blind pigs in
Maine and 1900 in Kansas, both prohi
bition States with the liquor houses
all getting around the State law that
created Prohibition. Therefore he plac.
ed himself emphatically on record in
favor of the substance of Doctor Scud
der's resolution.
wilmington an Anti.
D. l.. wilmington was the first to
throw cold water over the proceedings
which he did promptly. He spoke in
favor Of harmony between congress
and the local bodies and called atten.
tion to the many terms of Doctor Scud-
der S resolution which tended to de-
stroy harmony. He particularly point
ed out the clause for women suffrage
and showed clearly that they were
foisting something on congress that
would be~-a deal bigger thing there
than it was considered here and also
that it weakened the direct point they
desired gained.
General Discussion.
Oleson arose again to answer him
and stated that in his opinion, congress
had handed Hawaii lemon, which
the rest at once agreed with. He
favored an enforcement of prohibition
by the federal government and an APP
preparation which would give the Gov
ernor here capable force of officers
with which to enforce it. w. A. Bowen
followed him, backing up his argu-
ments.
Paul Super then pointed out other
grave errors in the proposed ballot
showing that the three questions would
cause endless confusion. He said that
two questions would be far better, but
that three so similar could do little
else than mix the voter up and render
many ballots useless.
Scudder arose to defend his resolu-
ton, saying that in his opinion the
questions were not confusing. Ed
Towse was the next on the floor with
telling argument in favor of the
point raised by Super. He called at
tention to the fact that many ballots
would have to be thrown out through
contradictions and otherwise and
Towse, in his turn was followed by
Wilmington.
Wilmington stated that in his opin-
ion prohibition was immoral and when
the others laughed at him produced
statistics to show that immortality often
followed prohibition. He advanced
other and stronger arguments against
it, following up the lead made by
Super and Towse.
For Local Option.
He outlined his own attitude on the
matter, which was against all systems
hitherto proposed and came out fat
footed for local option, infusing that
into the discussion. He said that il
he was faced with the ballot proposed
by Doctor Scudder he would vote as
not in favor of prohibition, no against
federal enactment and yes in favor of
enactment by territorial law
eyes" said Towse, "and they ID
throw your ballot out"
Then Towse proceeded to show that
voting in favor of enactment by terri
torial law after voting against prohi-
bition would be a contradiction and
would condemn the ballot. Wilmington
sat down discounted but it clinched
the point That form of cablegram
was Immediately discarded although
Bowen fired few parting shots in its
defense.
Women Jonans.
Scudder offered new resolution re-
'ducing the three questions to one by
saying "Believing that prohibition by
territorial enactment is useless, petit
ton congress to submit to voters of
Hawaii question, 'Are you in favor of
prohibition by federal enactmentf'
The meeting then proceeded to tear
this up. Perley L. Horne was the first
to whack it and asked that the clause
for the vote for women, which had been
left in, be eliminated. Scudder once
more attempted to save it but the meet
ing finally decided to stick close to the
main point and the request for women
votes in the plebiscite was stricken.
J. P. Cooke then arose to remark
that the local legislature did not appeal
to him, calling forth the first applause
of the day. He added that if the vot-
ers of Hawaii at the plebiscite wrote
on their ballots the order for the next
legislature to create prohibition act,
the saloonkeepers would see that men
were elected who would make that act
most lenient for them. Then he went
on record for Doctor Scudder IS amend
ed resolution,
Confession Feared.
Oleson was the second to take out a
hammer for the new form of cable.
gram: $50 we," he asked, "want to
start a campaign with such confes.
sion as that and there was a scurry
for cover on the spot.
Scudder stated that we had a pretty
good law now and that he had rather
have the present system than a prohi-
bition act by the Hawaiian legislature.
In this also, the others agreed and
Scudder then amended his resolution
to read more mildly, saying "less en-
forcement," than "useless - Things
had now boiled themselves down to the
last point and another amendment by
Robbins B. Anderson and it stood as
afterwards approved.
Definition Demanded.
President Castle then arose to com.
ment on it and in the course Of his
short talk happened to mention
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