The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1910-03-01
Reported That Fighting Leader
of Antisaloon League Will
Turn Writer.
is NOW ON HIS WAY BACK
Some Suggestion That All Parties
Could Agree on a More
Stringent Law.


When the prohibition campaign
starts, provided congress passes the
Joint resolution, it will be warm one.
This is certain, if the report that John
G. Woolley is to be the managing edi-
tor of the Star is correct.
Temperance Leader Woolley, orator,
organizer, leader and writer for the
antisaloon forces, is now on his way
back to Hawaii from Washington. Ac-
cording to reports he will conduct the
local temperance campaign and edit the
| Star at the same time, thus ensuring
wider circulation of his views and
expressions of them than could be secur-
ed through a speechmaking campaign
only
Whether the prohibitionists are to
have an official Hawaiian organ or not
| is not known.
| There has been considerable specula-
tion among newspaper men and others
as to who would succeed Mr.. Henshan
in the Star editorship. 1t was general
ly supposed that the choice lay between
Supervisor Logan, already ON the Star
staff and the Nestor of the local press,
and some imported Coast journalist
Last night however, it was intimated
by one in the condolences of the anti
| SALOON lHdJ NOOiltN Wbuio
drive the editorial quill of the after
noon publication. If he does, there can
be no doubt of the local prohibition
| fight that paper will put up. Mr.. Wool
| lev is one of the cleverest speakers and
one of the most forcibe and caustic
writers of America and, in campaign
brought on principally through his own
efforts, his pen would be particularly
forcible.
The antisaloon leader agreed with the
delegate concerning the plebiscite to be
taken in Hawaii on the question of
whether the ~people here did or did
not want the local legislature to enact
a prohibition law. His contention be-
fore the senate committee was that the
majority of Hawaiians wanted prohi-
bition law, as well as requiring one.
He presented petition after petition to
congress and had these supplemented
by the writing of thousands Of personal
letters from Hawaiians to congressman
asking for the enactment of the John
son Bill, the original prohibition meas
ure.
The first excitement concerning pro-
hibition into which the community
was thrown has quoted down, the an
nouncement that the plebiscite is to
| Dt ldhtH OH VI tViiA-
torial instead of a federal law proving
a wet blanket on the prohibitionists,
some of the most ardent supporters of
the original prohibition suggestions
declining to grow enthusiastic at all
over any local legislation. The liquor
interests have kept up their work
against prohibition in any form, how
ever, which had been started as soon
as the possibility of a prohibition law
became apparent The first argument
was against the invasion of the home
rule principle; the present most used
argument among the Hawaiiaps is that
the prohibition law, if the plebiscite is
called for and the prohibitionists win,
will be one to keep the poor man from
having any booze while the rich man,
usually designated as a Emission
ary''-will be able to have mis- cellar
full for the use of himself and his
friends This class legislation argu-
ment is having some effect.
There is plan on foot now, proposed
mainly to keep the question of pro-
hibition out of politics, whereby a COM
promise liquor bill can be drawn up in
joint council of representatives of the
political parties, the antisaloon league,
the wholesale and retail liquor dealers,
the civic federation, the commercial
bodies and any other organization of
weight enough to allow of it being
considered.
At such council it is believed that
an improved liquor bill can be drawn
up. the main features of which will
be: An enlargement of the powers of
the license commissioners; a high IL
cense fee; limit on the number of
saloons; restricted Sunday privileges to
places of repute; a provision whereby
the liquor dealers will cooperate with
the authorities for the suppression OF
blind pigs, and, probably, clause
whereby the possession of a certain
amount of liquor stored in place of
public resort will be prima facle evil
dence of the fact that it is being kept
for sale. Another suggested clause Is
one whereby the possession of an in
ternal revenue tax receipt by anyone
not licensed to sell by the Territory
will be evidence that the holder Is
in the business Of selling liquors ille-
gally,
II Is reported that tho liquor deal.
ers have practically agreed 10 such a
bill and II the temperance leaders can
DO brought into agreement, meeting
may be called. II is thought that IL
such bin can he drawn, satisfactory
alike 10 liquor aud temperance inter-
esis, both the Republican and Demo
cratic pAfliaa Hiil agffe ia their plat
forms 10 paas IL AZ the neat sesai0n or
the legislature, Ia this way the quesi
ton VI nnN liquor laW alll not OBJ
iuldp during lhs regular campaign
this fail and ihe campaign can lie
fought agi on other lsanes Il lH ether.
Wlfn hRfsed thai ihe eaWpaiaa Nlll 10
ane ~ prohibition and aatlnf0hlblllnH,
"A hsng iatfn faf ggRnifa ~ lbess
proposing tie mniaal Hsfaamfnl plaH
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