Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-07-07
PROHIBITIONS FAILING CAUSE.

PROHIBITIONS FAILING CAUSE.
On the whole, Il has not been good
for prohibition in the West. This is
the conclusion of the New York
World, which may be taken as an
authority az against the local Prohibi-
ton organ that discovered Jack John
son to be a total abstainer There
has been voting under local option by
towns in Illinois, Nebraska and Colo
RADIO and by counties in Michigan,
with obvious advantages to the thirs-
ty. In Topeka, Kan, there was no d.
rect liquor issue, but a Mayor was
elected who is understood to favor lie
ense.
In Illinois 80 dry" towns turned to
wet" while only 10 reversed that
process. Seventy-two wet towns
and 10 dry" remained as they were.
Decatur, which went dry" by 1920
two years ago, is now wet" by 500.
The cities generally remain with the
license party.
In Colorado the dry" voters made a
gain of two towns in 90 voting, but
the "wets" still have 10 of the num-
Der.
Twenty counties out of 80 voting in
Michigan returned dry" victories, but
these will close only 2S2 saloons out
OF 1,l6l in the voting territory. OF 26
counties, already wet" IA voted to
stay so, while of 10 dry" counties in
the voting lot two reversed them
selves. Kent County, including Grand
Rapids, repulsed the prohibitionists
by a 1900 majority after hot cam
paign. Wexford and Oakland Coun-
ties returned to the license column
after two years Of drought. An in
teresting dry" victory was won in
70 y .; .; .; .; q ~ .; - .. u u u u .; 8;
trial by jury was denied. One provi-
sion prohibited any sort Of liquor ad-
vertising, Another provided for the
impeachment of officers who should
fail to put the law into effect"
Such an ironclad statute ought, one
would think, to have satisfied the
Alabama prOhibltionists; but II didn't
They conceived u violent desire Il
put their statewide prohibition Into
the states constitution. They drew
up their proposed amendment accord
ingly, and submitted II to the people
The people rejected II; the adverse
majority was In excess of $1,000 vote,
IA humping big majority MS Ala
bama maiorltles go. That was thu
first unmistakable proof that the hoo,
had subsidized. Monday Of this weel
brought another proof. Mallory pro
hibitionist and O'Neal (nnti-prohibi
tlOnisD were competitors In the Dem
ocratlc State primary, each seeking
the nomination for the G0yernorship
and It's O'Neal who Is the nominee
His majority In Mondays primary rnl
up Into the thousands.
A decisive victory for temperance
the crazy idea OF universal prohibition
is passing, says the Richmond Times
Dispatch" 1t was inevitable that tn
pendulum should swing slowly bacl
toward readjustment, says the AT
lanta Constitution to which journa
1t also appears certain that open bar
rooms will never return TO Alabamf
as 1t is equally certain that open bar
rooms will never return to Georgia.
A mistake was made by the prohibl
/ tionists in forcing the fight for pre-
hibition before the people had bee
sufficiently educated for 1t, says tn
[ Savannah News" Alabama is civ
Ing South Carolina an object-lesso
on the evils of intemperance in leg
r islation, says the Columbia State"
r does not mean that Alabama has bee
| handed over to the liquor forces, br
4 1t does mean that the people of Ala
bama have set their faces against IA
; nnticism, says the charleston New
2 and Courier" IL forecasts the on
e OF the prohibition wave and the ~
a turn of the sane counsels, says II
( Louisville Courier-Journal,"