Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-07-24
CONVEDTIONOFA NTI.SALOQNLEAGUE.
OF AMERICA REPORTED BIG SUCCESS

CT the membership oflsfhe House Of
Representatives Of the last Congress
for the courageous stand taken in the
consideration of the Joint resolution
calling for the submission Of prohib-
itory amendment to tie legislatures
of the several states. din which 1877
congressman recorded 1heir votes in
favor Of this just prime Pc, as against
189 who opposed 1t. co -.
I'VE hail with delight the entry in
the prohibition arena Of the mannfac-
turing and business interests Of the
nation.
I'VE rejoice at the advance which
has been made in the effort to give to
organized labor the truth about alco-
hcl and its relation to, the industrial.
workers safety and welfare, together
with the increasingly encouraging re-
suits which this effort is bringing.
I'VE commend the President of the
United States for his steadfast refusal
under evident terrific pressure to take
back or renounce the sentiments in
favor Of prohibition as shown when
the governor of New Jersey, in his let
ter to a Texas citizen favoring prohi-
bition for Texas and other states
where sentiment is sufficiently strong
to maintain and enforce it.
I'VE petition the President of the
United States to remove from office
the members of the excise board of
the District of Columbia who have so
flagrantly nullified the so-called Jones'
Works law, enacted for the better reg
ulation ofsthe liquor traffic in the Dis
trict Of Columbia, and appoint in their
places men Of unimpeachable charac-
ter who will faithfully strive to carry
cut the spirit and intent Of the law
for the better protection of the nation
al capital from the baneful effect of
the beverage liquor traffic.
No Liquor In Mails. &
1--WE believe that the Congress of
the United States should bar all insl
foxicating beverages from Interstate
commerce and should prohibit the use
of the United States mails not only in
transporting intoxicating liquors but
also in carrying liquor advertisements
and periodicals containing such adyer.
easements into prohibition territory IN
violation of state laws
I'VE favor the passage Of "a law to-
require all applicants for federal IL
quor tax receipts to state in their ap-
plication that 1t is not unlawful to sell
intoxicating liquors as a beverage at
the place named in their application,
and we urge that the federal statute
be amended to require the federal
LIQUOR tax inspectors to furnish the
evidence they receive against liquor
law yiolators in prohibition territory
to the local and state officers to aid
them in the enforcement Of the law.
Y 1--WE appeal to Congress for a
prompt passage of a law prohibiting
the liquor traffic in the District OF
CoIumbia. We further urge upon Con-
gfess the Importance of enacting pro
llibitory laws in the Territory OF Ha.
wall. Alaska and Porto REQ. and We
Insist that IN the treatment of the
Philippines this nation should be gov
erned BY at least the same shumanel
consideration which the federal gov
eminent has given to the Indian wards
of the United States. Laws prohibit
ing the sale of intoxicating liquors in
all Indian countries should certainly
be extended to take in the Philippine
islands, where there is even greater
need for such protection than on the
Indian reservations of the United
States.
Ask Vote Of People.
1--WE confidently appeal to Congress
to submit the question of national pro-
hibition to the people Of this nation
by adopting joint resolution submit
ting prohibitcfy constitutional am