Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-04-15

out and we'll attended.
He said:
The aphorism of the ilIustrious au-
thor of Noyum Organum. knowledge
! is Power" is as true and comprehen-
sive today as IT ever has been
knowledge Is power" II enlarges
the mind gains ascendaHcy over the
. laws of nature; acquires languages;
deciphers hieroglyphics; discovers
the mysteries of, the ages 1t even
enters the temple of the Eternal;
reads and consults the oracles of
divine truth; communes with the In
finite and gains the heavenly shore
with triumph and rejoicing.
knowledge is power" Chains
cannot bind it. Dungeons cannot
hold it. Inquisitions cannot destroy
it, nor can prison chains long hinder
It in its onward, upward, royal
march.
The thought of this age, more so
than any other, is diverse and in
tense. The distinguishing feature of
this days world Is: The average man
thinks. Hence IT is essentially a pc
Rod of unrest and transition. On all
subjects human thought is widening
deepening and assuming more reason
able and permanent forms. Science
today is argus-eyed. 1t has attacked
ignorance with merciless onslaught,
and torn from the breast of supersti-
ton many a worthless tradition and
lsenseless fable It deciphers the al
lphabet of the rocks and reads the
Language OF the stars.
Geology commands eloquent
tongues and learned pens. AS
ltronomy holds its enchanted de-
voice on the blue breast of night. As
trology is summoned from the mys-
| tic shades Of centuries The chemist
grows pale in his laboratory study
! ing the mysterious Transformation of
matter. Botanists are walking amid
the flowers and grasses. Man has at
last learned the sesame that opens the
Ilong-closed doors leading into the
corridors and chambers of the physi-
cal world, as well as human life.
No longer natures priest" as
Wordsworth calls man, he has be-
come natures inquisitor," demand
= ing of mountain and sea and air and
tstars in their tireless flight the. Sc
lcrets they have held under the seal
Of an imposing silence for thousands
of years or more. W. !r..e- 1
And because OF this widespread en-
|lightenment and practical intelli-
gence, man as man, is coming more
and more into the rights and prfvi-
leges of his very own. Too long have
kings reigned by divine right. Too
long have parliaments ruled for the
benefit Of the few. Too long have
the rich oppressed the poor. Too
long have the multitudes been taxed
and enslayed. Too long has the
workman been denied the privilegesI
of thinking for himself and asserting
the sacred rights OF citizenship (which
belong to him as a rnembersof the |
family of God and the brotherhood of |
man. Much naturally as a result Off
this awakening of manhood ain mani
as man, there have sprung into exist
ence organizations of mutual. sympa-
thy and common purpose such as isl
here this eyening-an orr
ganization OF Brotherhood, of equal
rights. equal privileges, an organiza-
ton based upon what many of its in-d
telligent leaders believe to be thel
simple. practical Interpretation of the
teachings of Jesus, applied to condi-l
tions now existing in the world, and
which If realized in social, businessi
and political. life would greatly bene-
fit mankind as a whole and the work
ingmen in particular; an organization
with qualifications extending to thei
extremities of the earth andI
greatly affecting life's conditions in
every land. And because Socialism,
the interests of the work
ingmen and women and its member,
ship is largely made up of people who
earn their bread in manual toll and
is fitting that we should give some
attention at least to the relation of
The Workingman tosThis Great Tenn
perance Movement" sweeping so rap-
idly over the face of the earth and af-1
fecting more particularly the peoplej
of the land we love so we'll | wish,
therefore, to show briefly in the firsti
place the position which has been in
diligently taken by certain organiza-
tons of the working classes in re-
cent days in regard to the movement
to and then in the second
place to refresh your memories as to
the results gained by the movement
and the part played in it by the So
called wage-earners
In a recent editorial of the United
Mine Workers Journa! occurred these
eve object H. the labori
being tied 10 the TIL Of uhel
brewers kite. We mus. steer labor's
bark as far away from the saloon as
possible Labor uplifts; liquor crush
es. Labor makes free: liquor en-
slaves. Let us arise and cast off these
works of darkness" In a subsequent
the writer states: The sa-
loon is the laboring mans mortal en-
Cmy and he will never rise to MS prop
er place. will never stand erect in
pride and power if he allows the liquor
traffic to hang around his neck and
strap upon his back this cursed thing !
which men call the saloon" Organ
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