The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-05-30

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await the outcome No citizen worthy
Of the name has the right to dodge
the issue. The Christ calls upon every
| one of His followers to express his
| solemn conviction. first by using his
influence before July % on the right
de and second by voting. Even the
/ women may not escape. In the provi-
! dence Of God they too hold mighty
| compelling forces and by their use OF
/ them may Influence the Nation as pro
! toundly as the men. The sacredness
/ Of the obligation imposed upon Us men
and women Of Hawaii can not be over
| stated. As minister of Jesus Christ in
! this historic church | should be false
! to the Master if I did not employ
! every possible personal and official in
! tluence on the side of eternal right in
! this decisive conflict
The call Of the Christ in this pIebis-
| cite is a demand for Justice We of
! the white race are responsible for the
| Introduction of liquor here. Our al
| coholic drinks eXtermiuated the royal
! family and the high chiefs, and have
/ almost destroyed the entire Hawaiian
race. The remnant is being killed off
( 50 rapidly now that unless liquor is
/ banished, the pure strain Will soon dis
/ appear from earth If we are not ruth
/ lessly to murder whole people we
must call a halt TO the terrible traffic.
| 1t is late in the day to show justice to
| these Islanders. 1t is very meager
justice to deny alcoholic beverages to
| those of our own race here in the hope
( Of NO ba la1+r1.4io #
waiian brothers. And the Author of
the Golden Rule leaves no alternative.
| Infinite pathos breathes in the Christ
! call of the plebiscite. The story Of
! Hawai- S children is one of History 3
beautiful but tragic poems. Coming
| out of the far southwest to these bliss,
| full isles, fighting their way up from
| savagerv to settled rule under the
! first kamehameha, opening wide their
| hearts to men of every race with a
| hospitality never before known on
earth, their minds so ready for truth
that when it dawned upon them they
| welcomed it with an avidity and an
! aptitude for its ultimate corollaries Of
law and order, Justice, equality of
| privilege, universally of education,
stability of property rights, extended
| suffrage and religious freedom unex-
ampled N history, vet stabbed to the
death by the strangers whom III love
they pressed to their bos0ms, and now,
a mere handful remaining. summoned
| to decide a question as moment0us as
that which the Jewish people faced
when Plate babe them choose between
the Savior and the robber, while
about them buzz bevy of destroyers
who for paltry gain of selfish dollars
exhaust the arts of demagogy, false
| hood and bribery to seduce them to
| demand the Barabbos of drink whose
sole purpose it is to fitch away their
very lives-where will you find its like?
The Jew made his fatal choice away
off in one corner of the world. Who
thought or cared what become of himq
But the Hawaiian is deciding his life
or his death in the amphitheater Of
twentieth century mankind whom
divine sympathy has bound into a
sacred community of interest. It is a
! dramatic spectacle of strange power.
! And we white men may help our
brother choose Alright.
The cali Of the Christ reveals a
| fundamental question with but one side
| For the past few weeks the columns
OF our daily press. have been open for
| free discussion. Both sides have avail
| ed themselves Of the privilege. But
not one single argument worth an hon
est man s consideration has been urged
| in favor of the drink trade Outlawed
| by our most august tribunal. the SUI
| preme Court Of the United States. os-
! TRACKED by the Nation 5 industries,