The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-04-04
No ATTACK ON
THE ADVERTISER
Rev. w. B. 0Ieson, on Contrary.
Strongly Commends Policy
of This Paper.

In spite of report in circulation
and a faxed Transcription in the Buile-
tin of his remarks before the Christian
Endeavor rally of Friday evening, Rev.
W. b. OIeson made no attack, direct or
indirect. upon The Advertiser. That
any such was made is warmly denied
by Mr.. OIeson by Rev. Dr.. Wadman
and others. Yesterday. in order that
the matter might be cleared Up, The
Advertiser sent a representative to
secure a personal statement from Mr..
Oleson, who wrote out the following:
Editor Advertiser:-On Friday even
ing last at the Eudeavor Union rally
at Central Union Church, l was one
If the appointed speakers on PrOhlbi-
ton. The spirit Of NY speech was
one of Observation-Disclosures that the
people at last were to have the privilege
Of voting on the question of prohibit
ton; second, that they We're TO have
this privilege without any complication
with other issues and third. that there
were most encouraging signs that men
Of differing views on temperance laws
and expedients were getting together
gradually among Us IN favor Of PROM
bition.
In the course Of my remarks | held
up 4 cutting . from the morning news
paper. containing my friend Towse :
plan as a substitute for prohibition,
and en1eavored 10 show the insufficient
cv of the regulation which he proposed
Thus when he urges - Hunt out the
sources of supply of Dago Red aud
suppress them. | maintained that that
should ne done now, and because It was
not being done, that fact argued
against the efficacy OF regulation
Again. when he urges "Djyorca bottle
selling from the retail business, |
maintained that if he meant that the
bottle selling should be by the whole
saler. the changed regulation would not
lessen the evi! sought to be remedled
Again. when he urges that the author
itv Of the commission he ga real. i've
logical. workable. rational thing. /
maintained that we had now as good
and as efficient a commission as we
were ever likely to have.
Again, when he urges ''Curtail the
privileges of the clubs or add TO the
PRIVILEGES of responsible hotels |
added: ''And this is what the Propos-
ed regulation brings us to, as sub
Sritute for prohibition. viz. the in
CREASED privilege of responsible hotels
TO sell more liquor I closed wit h
the statement that the people had tried
regulation long enough, and that II was
time to try something else.
7 made no reference to The Adver-
tiSer other than that above. The cut
ting had only Mr. Towse'S plan on 1t,
and | referred very briefly and as
above 20 his four points.
7 make this statement at vonr re
quest. Mr.. Editor. It can be substan-
tiated by reputable citizens who were
present. Ny points were few, and were
all made in a spirit Of Cancellation,
my object being to draw together men
of different views for united action on
this supreme issue.
Had | differed from the policy or
The Advertiser on this question | would
not. have hesitated to state wherein l
differed; but as I have heartily ap-
proved of The Advertiser : course. such
a thing as criticizing it would be so
foreign to my mood that | am utterly
bew;ldered as to how il was possible
for vour reporter to have gathered any
such impression from anything said by
me On that occasion.
The reference to myself in an edi-
tOrial note of your Saturday : issue is
matter of minor Importance Your
present courtesy in requesting state
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