Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-06-19
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WANING ON
HAWAII
Especial Correspondence,

HILO. Hawaii June 1.-THE Home !
Rule party will have nothing to do
with the prohibition question; 1t will
take sides neither for nor against II, .
This Is what Charlie X. Motley, the |
veteran leader of the Home Rule party !
said last week. when he visited Hilo |
for few days. ''
Personally don't drink" said Not. !
ley. when asked about his par.
ty stand on the prohibition ques. |
ton. 81 was taught to leave liquor
alone. and am teaching my children
to leave 1t alone This, I believe
is the very best kind of prohibition.
81 did not take very great In.
terest In the prohibition agitation. but
recently, in order to familiarize my.
self ON the subject, | went to Acting
Governor Mott Smith. and from him
got the various laws on the subject OF
liquor was rather surprised to find
that the present law gave the Liquor
Commissioners absolute powers on the
subject, and asked Mr.. Mott.Smith
how under these circumstances there
could be any reason for wanting pro
hibitlon laws, when the Commission
ers could enforce almost anything
they liked.
80 far the Home Rule PARTY has
taken no interest In the prohibition
question. and have advised the men,
bers of the party, through my news
paper, that every one of them must
take his own stand on the question
and vote according to his own convic.
lions at the plebisclte Even after
the pleblsclte has been taken. no mat
ter which way It results the. Home
Rule party will hardly take a stand
on the prohibition question. Each
candidate for the legislature must de.
EIDE Tor himself how he will vote on
legIslauon on that subject. II is true
That a number of Homo Rule leaders.
such as Kalauokalanl. ST., and Ka-
lua, as well as others, have taken Il
prominent part In the fight on the
side OF the prohibltlonists.- but II must
be thoroughly understood that they
are .aetihg as: individuals in the mat
ter and :theiF actions are not binding
on the party"
/. Mr. Motley went on to say that the
Home Rule County convention for this
island would probably this year be
held In Hilo. as last time II had been
held at Kailua.
It seems very clear that in Hilo
and the surrounding districts the
cause Of prohibition is not able to
stand on its own feet. At least, as
soon as the Honolulu organizers, Ma
kookoo and Mossman, left for other
pastures, the newly started prohlbi-
ton clubs went into peaceful Stun.
Der and II does not seem probable
that they will wake up again unless
some more itinerant workers come
and prod them.
In the meantime there has been
some alarm on the part OF those of
the politicians who believe that the
prohibitionists are endangering the
self-government idea by their methods.
This excitement Ia due to the report
lndl lUt Nhtii
for signers for their pledges, included
not only women, but that they took
the signatures of school children as
well. in order to make showing. All
was grist that came to their mill, and
many politicians fear that this bunch
of signatures can be used with some
effect in Washington, when their true
nature there is disguised. There Is a
predominant note OF lack OF conf
dence in the methods Of the hired pro
hibltion workers, who. It is generally
believed, will stoop to any trickery
to carry their proposition through. II
IL certain that the cause Of prohibi'
tion has lost ground In this commun'
ity during the past month, and the
funny part of It is that the prohibi'
tionists themselves are responsible for
this. as the liquor men have been
nowhere in evidence.