The Hawaiian gazette., 1910-05-31
HAWAII PROHIBITION DISCUSSION AND
FORMATION OF CAMPAIGN CLUBS

HILo, May 24.-The Tribune says:
The work of the prohibitionists on this
island seems to be success or fail
ure; it all depends on your point of
view In Puma, according to President
Nalxookoo of the Hawaiian Prohibition
League, the work of organizing anti
booze clubs has been a huge success,
while in Hilo, according to those on
the other side, the proposition has been
fiasco.
Assa matter of fact, there seems to
be something in the persistent reports
that matters are not working out as
satisfactorily for the Hawaiian Prohi-
bition League in this city as had been
expected. However, Nakookoo says
that the apparent reluctance of the
Hilo Hawaiians, who have so far been
very shy about flocking to the stand
ards of the prohibitionists, is due to
mistake. He appears to feel conf
dent that once this mistake has been
eradicated, the work of organizing q
club in Hilo will be comparatively
plain sailing.
'They have had wrong impression
here, +" said Nakookoo last week, when
asked if it were true that the work of
organizing a club had not been a par
ticularly glorious success. "The Ha-
waiians here thought that we meant to
stop them from drinking altogether. OF
course, that is not the idea. Even if
the bill we are working for passes, the
people here will be able to import all
the liquor they want from the Coast.
All it means is that it win close up all
the local liquor houses and saloons. -
Nakookoo had at the time just re-
turned from his trip to Puma, where
he went to organize antibOoze clubs
He stated that he had met with much
success in that district, having organ.
lied no less than seven clubs, and he
expected to organize four more there
at that. At Kalapana, Kapoho and
Opihikao two clubs had been organized
in each place, one for the men and the
other for women. The seventh club
was at Pahoa. The four clubs which
had not yet been organized would be
located at various points in the Olaa
section. NakookOo said that he would
spend some time in Hilo in order to
| get things running smoothly, and
would then continue on his trip around
the island, but he had not decided as
to whether he would start by way OF
Kau or South Hilo.
In the mean time "the others" were
last week having considerable. enjoy
ment out of an incident which occur
red at the meeting of the local lodge
of the Kauikeaouli Society. 1t ap
pears that at the meeting last week j
p. Hale moved that the lodge endorse
the proposition of the Hawaiian Pro
hibition League and that its members
sign the pledge which is being circu
lated by the league.
One of the officers of the lodge OBJ
jected strongly on the grounds that II
would not be proper matter for the
lodge to take up. He added that he
felt certain that the lodge of the SAINT
society in Honolulu had taken no &C
ton, and he did not see why the HilC
lodge should 60 on record as being the
first Hawaiian lodge to take the
proposition up.
Nakookoo, who is the president OF
the Kauikeaouli Society on all the Is
lands, and who was present at the
meeting, was asked about the matter
He admitted that the lodge in Homo
lulu had not taken up prohibition, but
added that, as the lodge had been or
ganized on Christian principles, he di1
not see why it would be improper foI
it to do so.
Hale insisted on having the matter