The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1910-07-15


generation. But our State prohibition
is making good Yours truly,
r'W. W. KITCHIN,
"Governor. "
Mississippi.
"Your favor Of the 22d inst. stating
that on the Goth of July the people Of
Hawaii vote on the question Of prohi
bition, and asking for an expression of
views from me as TO tho good effects
of prohibition, received this morning.
L take great interest in all that per.
tains to the stamping out Of the liquor
traffic and in measures that will re-
duce it..
"Cheerfully complying with your re
Iuest will state that on the first of
January, 1909, our State went under the
operation Of the State Wide Prohibition
law, under which il is unlawful and il.
legal for any person to sell Intoxicating
liquors of any sort in Mississippi BE.
fore the passage of this law our State
operated under the local option meas.
ure. County after county was added to
tho dry column and when the
law went into operation there were only
seven or eight counties in the State
in which whisky, malt or Intoxicating
liquors could be sold legally.
GAS to the good effects of prohibi
tion l will say: There has been a
marked decrease in crime in every sec
tion of the State. The number of homi
cides traceable to the result of whisky
have been greatly reduced as have the
lesser crimes.
1ax uk thn 80 rrrl,s oh
is as well, or better enforced than the
laws against carrying concealed weap-
Ons, gambling, etc. i
"The large sum which formerly went
into the hands Of the saloon and dive
keeper now finds its way into legiti.
mate channels of trade and the neces-
saries, and many luxuries, are now pur-
chased by those who formerly turned
over to the saloon their weekly earn.
ings.
~ think large part of the prosper.
ity that is being enjoyed by Mississippi
and some of the other southern States
is due directly to the stamping out Of
the legal sale of whisky. OF course
there are some who will buy whisky
if it is possible to do so, and there are
some who will cater to their appetites
even when brought face to face with
the law; but the social drinking and
tippling has been done away with.
say God speed the day when not only
our country but the civilized world will
be freed from its greatest curse. Sin
cerely, "E. F. NOEL,
''Governor."
North Dakota.
"The prohibition of the sale of in
toxicating liquors as a beverage wa
placed in the constitution of this Stat
as a special article and submitted Il
the people separately at the polls. Tht
separate clause containing the articl,
on prohibition received a majority vot
of all the voters voting on the question
of prohibition, but did not receive
majority of all the votes cast at th
election, and hence it was claimed tina
a majority of the people Of the Stat
: were not in favor of prohibition. TIL
supreme court, however, decided tina
the prohibition clause was legally adopt
ed and is a part of the constitution o
the State.
! "The first State legislature after tn
i adoption of the constitution enacted
} strenuous prohibition law. A resolutio
for an amendment submitting the pre-
n hibition clause of the constitution wa
D introduced in the second legislative al
I sembly, passing both house and senate
D but was afterwards reconsidered an
. killed in the senate on account of othe
legislation; and no doubt there was
majority of the members of that legii
lature of 1891 in favor of resubmissioI
but the majority was very small. Th
same resolution was introduced in tn
third legislative assembly, but the ser
timent mad changed so in the mean tim
f that a majority of the members weI
n opposed to the resubmission resolution
e 1t was introduced in the fourth, fiftl
{ sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth and tent
/. legislative assemblies; its adherent
n growing fewer and weaker each yea
r. until the eleventh legislative assembl,
n when on account of the hopelessness I
q the cause the resolution was not i
a troduced, and prohibition has become
n settled law of this State.
a "When it was first submitted to I'll
- people as separate clause in the co
stitution, practically every vote it 7
"a ceived was for moral reasons, but
y has gained many adherents from pure
. business reasons. The big farmer w
!. tell You that when saloons were license
- and wet day came, his employees, pc
u haps right in the very busy season, we
10 to town and got drunk and the farm
suffered great loss waiting for the
II to sober mp, and that the banishme
n of the saloon has taken from the o.
s. ploye the opportunity to get drunk al
$, great many laborers come in duril
W the harvest season, when a day mea
IN great deal to the farmer, and hen
a, the farmer has become a prohibition
Id The merchant finds that with the ba
in ishment of the saloon the people gC
ie orally have more money to spend in I
49, legitimate channels of trade, and tn
al in consequence the collections are b
ur ter, and the people are better hous,
he better clothed and better fed and bett
IS schooled on account of prohibition, a
n so the business man becomes a prohi
ne Zionist because it puts money into
re pocket and at the same time it
of proves the moral condition Of the co
re munity.
AK "It is true that it is sometimes
IN, little difficult to enforce in commu
ties where the sentiment Of the peoI
as is against the law, but in spite of t
ny sentiment, there is general sentim'