The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1914-02-07
kNTI-SAL00N LEAGUE
And MAJORITY RULE
Rev. Wadman Writes On Subect-"Liquor Traffic
Is Doomed" Claims He Has Right To
Say What Others Should Drink.

Ana 90 we not remember tnaJ Wnen
these Islands were annexed to the
United States, the people of Ha-
waii" petitioned the Federal author
tiles for laws forbidding gambling,
importation of opium and the whole
liquor traffic. Laws for the first
two were enacted at Washington,
while the latter was referred back to
the Island for local adjustment,
since which time the liquor inter
ests here and on the mainland have
so dominated the political life of the
Territory that I'VE, the people of
Hawaii" have found it impossible
to have our say and this has
been the sad condition of the ma
tiyes for the past 100 years or more
as their history shows. Is it not
high time for them to have "a
right to say"? If all outsiders
would agree to hands off," there
are many intelligent people who be-
lieve that in 4S hours the Hawaiians
would settle the question now and
forever more. Why not try it?
4th-"No man should have the
right to say to another, You shall
not drink. - We "woosers," as
you call us, don't say that.
Smokers may continue to smoke
and drinkers to drink, though we
do claim the right to say W ha t
our fellow citizens shall smoke and
W h at they shall drink. The
smoking of opium is forbidden by
Federal law and row we seek Fed
eral Prohibition of the drinking of
alcoholic drinks. The Supreme
Court of the United States has
handed down its decision to the
effect that: There is no inherent
ri gh in citizen of the United
States to manufacture or sell intox-
icating liquors. 1t is not a privi l.
eg of a citizen to do So" What
higher authority is needed2 What
clearer statement is desired? More
over, the Supreme Court at a later
day handed down the following de-
cision: "The statistics of every
State of the Union show a greater
amount of crime and misery a
public Expenses attributed
to the use of ardent spirits obtained
at retail liquor saloons than to any
other source" Following closely
upon these two decisions bearing SC
directly upon the question of mans
individual rights to which yor
refer, the Federal Government
passed laws prohibiting the traffic
: in all Indian countries, in all mill
, tary forts and posts, in the entire
| Navy, in the National Capitol, il
: all National and State Soldiers
/ homes, But why should the Su
preme Court and the Federal au
thorities of our country interfer,
with personal rights? Have no
the people of the United State
through their representatives Il
J much right to settle the Nationa
evil Of lntemperance as they had t.
settle the National evil of Slavery
How many managers, book
keepers, drummers, bottlers, team
sters, gaugers, bartenders, walters
wine-makers, grape-growers anC
other people, who make their livinl
out of the liquor business, will b
forced out of employment and, pos
sibly, the country, by the passing
of the Prohibition bill2 How man!
japanese laborers will leave tn
country also, if they are deprived
of their daily drink of sake2 Thes
questions will be answered in tn
future in a very decided manner, j
the Gronna bill does pass"
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