The Hawaiian gazette., 1910-07-22
CRIPPLED BOY
DEFIED SALOONS
Young Orator Creates a Sensa-
tion at Big Meeting in the
Kakaako Section.
PROHIBITION WAVE RISING
Business Section Of City viii
Give a Majority Against the
Saloons and Liquor Men.
PROHIBITION WAVE RISING
(From Thursdays Advertiser.l


Putting himself up against the might
of the liquor interests, a crippled Ha-
waiian boy last night delivered an ora
ton to the voters of Kakaako on the
necessity for prohibition for Hawaii
that impressed the great gathering in
and around the Kakaako Mission. This
boy, who appeared unannOunced and
who timidly asked to he allowed to say
few words, created with his impas-
stoned words and plain logic veritable
sensation, being cheered and cheered
again and urged to continue by those
who listened. His was the speech of
the prohibition campaign and the hit
of the big meeting.
The young orator, who gives his name
as Henry Z. B. Kekahuna, spoke for
several minutes, going into the various
phases of the antisaloon campaign and
being unsparing in his condemnation OF
the. traffic that has brought so much
misery to the Hawaiians. He made his
address in English and carried his hear.
ers along with him on his flood OF
eloquence.
Last night Is meeting in Kakaako was
one of the biggest of the campaign, so
big that the word was passed around
among the liquor sellers, who hurried in
and skirted the crowd in their automo'
biles, taking stock of the situation de-
veloping in what they considered one
Of their strongholds. From appearances,
| the gathering and the enthusiasm dis
played was as alarming to the dealers
in booze as it was encouraging to the
prohibition workers.
Parade on Sunday.
The prohibitionists will have street
parade on Sunday, preliminary to an
other mass meeting in Aala Park. The
1 leaders think that after the local brew
cry had its Beer Sunday" there can
be no objection made to their having q
Prohibition Sunday" in the same
streets. The prohibitionists win rally
at Kawaiahao church at half-past SIX
and, after a short meeting there, the
forces win march to Aala Park, where
another meeting win be held.
This meeting will sandwich between
two booze rallies, the liquor sellers hav
| ing secured the use of Aala Park fol
Saturday night and for the night be
fore the taking of the plebiseite.
A canvas of the business section Of
Honolulu during the past two days con
firms the report that there win be I
substantial majority against the salool
in downtown Honolulu. At one time 1
was thought that the city vote woult
be largely against prohibition, but late
information brings the idea that Homo
lulu will be for prohibition probabl,
stronger than any other part Of TN
Islands. The Portuguese voters, upol
whom the booze sellers counted as sur
allies in their effort to fasten the saloOi
shaekles still faster on the Hawaiians
are now said to be rather for thai
against prohibition and such a thin
as a clean sweep among the Portuguese
for the saloons Is pau. The liquor sell
erB have rather over-reaehed themselve
in their statements that the Portuguese
J can not do without wine and would no
do without it. The Portuguese Tesen
this slnr upon their race and intend I
express that resentment at the polls.
The Hawaiians have not been hood
Winked by the silly campaign lies toll
them aud they are inclined TO reEer
the idea expressed by the booze aiivs
oates and their organ that any old kin
Of idioey, II II Is only repeated ofte