The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1910-03-05
Woolley Will
Be Editor
Reported That Noted PrOhib=
itiOniSt Will Edit Star.

When the prohibition campaign
starts, provided congress passes the
joint resolution, it will be a warm
one. This is certain, if the report
that John G.. Woolley is to be the
managing editor of the Star is cor
rect.
Temperance Leader Woolley, ora
tor, organizer, leader and writer fol
the antisaloon forces, is now on his
way back to Hawaii from Washing
ton. According to reports he will
conduct the local temperance cam
paign and edit the Star at the same
time, thus ensuring a wider circula-
ton of his views and expressions OF
them than could be secured through
speechmaking campaign only.
Whether the prohibitionists are
to have an official Hawaiian organ
or not is not known.
There has been considerable spe-
culation among newspaper men and
others as to who would succeed Mr..
Henshall in the Star editorship. 1t
was generally supposed that the
choice lay between Supervisor Logan
already on the Star staff and the
Nestor of the local press, and some
imported Coast journalist.
Last night, however, it was init
mated by one in the confidence of
the antisaloon workers that Mr..
Woolley would Griye the editorial
quill of the afternoon publication.
If he does, there can be no doubt of
the local prohibition fight that pa
per will put up. Mr.. Woolley is one
of the cleverest speakers and one of
the most forceful and caustic writers
of America and, in campaign
brought on principally through his
own efforts, his pen would be parti-
cularly forcible.
The antisaloon leader agreed with
the delegate concerning the plebis-
cite to be taken in Hawaii on the
question of whether the people here
did or did not want the local legis-
lature to enact a prohibition law.
His contention before the senate
committee was the majority of Ha-
waiians wanted a prohibition law,
as well as requiring one. He pre-
sented petition after petition to con-
gress and had these supplemented
by the writing of thousands of per-
sonal letters from Hawaiians to
congressman asking for the enact
ment of the Johnson Bill, the ori-
ginal prohibition measure.
The first excitement concerning
prohibition into which the commun-
ity was thrown has quieted down,
the announcement that the plebis-
cite is to be taken on the enactment
of territorial instead of federal
law proving wet blanket on the
prohibitionists, some of the most
ardent supporters of the original
prohibition suggestions declining to
grow enthusiastic at all over any
local legislation. The liquor inter-
ests have kept up their work against
prohibition in any form, however,
which had been started as soon as
the possibility of a prohibition law
became apparent. The first argu-
ment was against the invasion of
the home rule principle; the pres
ent most used argument among the
,Tawaiians is that the prohibition
Wv, if the plebiscite is called for
and the prohibitionists win, will be
one to keep the poor man from ha7-
ing any booze while the rich man,
usually designated as a mission
ary"-will be able to have his eel
lar full for the use ef himself and
his friends. This class legislation
argument is having some effect.
There is a plan on foot now, pro-
posed mainly to keep the question