The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-02-05
LU AND PROHIBITION, Federal AND OTHER

The idea which has put holding meetings of COM
erca bodies to discuss without discussing
Prohibition quite impossible 1t is true that there is another
important nvoedhat of federal interference in matter up
this time regarded local problems the meat of the PROPOSE
ton is prohibition or prohibition 49,
meet and consider an important legislative matter due IN advance 70
lay aside the real probemupdn which they do not agreend act
cal nanis There is therefore nothing to discuss here Il ap
pears the other question: of Prohibition, differences of
that exactly the contrary view is right that the existence of sharp diff
ference additional for discussion and effort decide
The any local merchants give the sub
ect the Wooey Prohibition bill will expression for
or against prohibition Hawai- fuo sentiment favor OF f0
rnateraby opposed to federal interference in such matter
pared swallow their objections for the sake of the benefits hoped for
from the expected new law
the remarkable local sentiment favor of Proibi
largely feeling protection Hawaian
ng them from Of the greatest harms which the white brought
there suggestion of mferoy in tipossb quite
otherwise In the scientific view of heredy that the
of the white drunk the of the Hawaans
ddnhnce differing physical constitutions when comes to the in
Auences of noxicants.
AS sample Of local public sentiment this matter may
honsts One former member of the legislature and of standing be
yqd QUESTION + spoke r as @ s e wa &
prosperity and today he of the survivors of the Hawaiian
properties and threatened with encon the whites had he
put robbed natives of their looked
continuation of the downfall due liquor evils from which the
fair deal cried for Pobonand ready himself
s 4 % very ong a the , Tsfn qmn as as
sights opposed unanimously by the
Territory But Prohibition, if fedea-wel he
eoae himself took liquor and then but if the seemed
require for the good of the community willing forego
Use OF liquor and Join in the general Prohibition
These the They street
any day. for they pemea community. Star
has stood for absolute Prohibition against
considering them be the the evils
traffic But impossible not to realize that this community
Prohibition More than two stated the belief that
the electorate here could be carried for Probtonand
oed at If vote taken would carry more nearly
UNANIMOUSLY than proposition has carried before the
of
work We might quote another Cizena official
total abstanerto the effect that will kill Hawaians very
rapidly because will send of them back
potato juice rotten pineapple juice ncompeenbe
mixtures by which deprived of ordinary liquors satisfy
seveswe recall instance of sailors getting
several OF them fatally on something they made of the used
in their work.
However whatever be the results quite positive that Ha
wall going Prohibition by
legislature If it be federal if it wasg-
ing such law to be constitutional mpoaions
from the Mainland the experiment will be of interest But
such law is probably unconstitutional shall
ton for the and good deal might be
One thing is certain: For reasons which it would take
TOO much space to give Honoulus business
those opposed to have the courage themselves
Scarcely disneesed voice has been raised against when
merca bodies call meeting discuss matter opponents of care
FULLY avoid discussing it. The Pohibonsts are eadvj
and willing to discuss it. That there side with
sufficient do than declare that the must be
ignored at the meetings called only
lon not worth considering 1t is deaddled by the Saloon
Secretary Woods sacrifice mutton chops on his grand
oriental tour may have been sympathy with the boycott
mainland
The news that tariff with Germany avoided by an
agreement with that country the matter that threat
ened to become serious international complication war with
Germany would have been most unpleasant
would have led naturally, to hostile sentiments.
THE SALOONS OF HONOLULU