The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-07-16
Mr.. WApMAN,s. REPORT

Mr.. wADMAN'S REPORT
LEAVING Honolulu January Is, 1916, |
after a sail of four days and five !
hours, including the difference in time !
] landed in San Francisco on the twch- !
tieth and reached Washington, d. G., !
Just one week later, and at once began I
nay work as your representative in or !
der to secure congressional enactment !
to rid the Territory Of the burden and
bane the blight and curse of the liquor ,
traffic
Introducing myself TO DR.. f. G.. Din I
widdie, the National Legislative super
intendent of the Anti Saloon Teagnc |
Of America, and to Hon. w. B. Wheeler, |
the national counsel Of the same, who's
Offices are in the Bliss Building within |
a stones throw of the Capitol, ! was
mos cordially received and had extern
ed to me the privilege of desk, keys
to it and the office itself, as well as
the assistance of their steuographers
when needed, for which kind favors 7
felt deeply grateful, being ever care
full not to abuse these eourtesies in any
way, and in return for the same held
myself in readiness to assist in any
way in the more general work of thesc
estly and enthusiastically engaged in
big drive to make America "dry."
Essential Assistance
Nor was even this the full measure
of their kindness to me as your repre-
sentative. Indeed, had it not been for
their able, hearty and unselfish cooper.
alton from the very first of thp cam
paign to the very last, il would h
l. q.
single handed and alone, to have Sc
GOOD any action Of congress favo""''
to our proposition, when We consider
the manv difficulties peculiar to. ohr
own campaign which confronted us and
the peculiarly hard undertaking of Sc
curing the sympathetic attention Of
congress during ~ period when great ma
tiorN and international questions Ue~'
Pressing for consideration with inere"s,
inglv vital and far reaching impOrtap""
/ am quite sure, therefore. that J
voice the sentiment Of the league IN
stating that we are greatly indebted
TO these national LEADERS, for their
timely and patient assistance, ass'Iripg
them thHt while we rejoice in the vie
tory which ultimately crowned our. eff
forts. We are not unmindful of the part
which these good friends Of orrs '""'
in the campaign for n saloonless Ter
ritorv.
Gronnn Bill Substitute
At the time Of nv arrival in Wash
irgton the so-called GrOnna Bill had bee"
introduced into the senate. providing
fr- ftr"ight prohibit On in Hawaii. ~"
referred to the Committee on Porto
Rico and the Pacific Islands. Th"r
vas no bill penling in the house. At,
ter comforting with onr friends. II wa
decided to have Senator GroDna sub
stitute for his the biz which Mlt
Hemenwav had provided for us before
nv departure. and to request Repre-
sentative Randall to introduce the sam"
into the house Of representatives. Th
vas accordingly done.
then began my work ip the l0bhr
- that Of a personal canVass, frS'
rnnnng the members of the two cOmriit
tees in charge Of the bill, and then
in move general wav. among tie 10
resentativpS and senators themSe|Rn"
In doing this, I was requested by the
League : national officers 10 seek n
Lest could, and as far as possible
10 asrertain the views of these men
on the question Of Prohibition in gens
cral and on that of Prohibition Law
for the District of Columbia in parti-
cnlar - since n movement was then ~
ing promoted in order to secure. the
passage Of n bill for a "drv" CapitA
IN doing thil, as it took perhaps Ut
tie more time vet it was recognition
On our part Of ~ '"H"% which thee"
Irau Rad shown us while the suryev
which your representative made at thai
tune. Ps reported to You in more or less
I"tpn hp"om" permanent five in, Pp",
Woshino tnn office and formed hasie
Of operation not only for the campaip"
in behalf Of a dry Capitol but the hg
ger drive for the National C"nstitu
ti"nPl amendment which was ultimate
w adopted by both branches in Decen
her last.
Worked On Broad Lines
And p"rhnue it is onlv right thH'
Won should know ~ ea"Ce that
-.h"Ppvpr onrnrtnnitv occurred who"
II did not seriously intcrF"rr with ""'
own campaign, did all J could r"
promote both movements nm1 ~ dom
so responded to MANY i"vitatioNs f""
public addresses in Washington am
elsewhere. In d0in0 this had. o.
course. an Opportunity to Keen ",''
own campaign well before the public
and after all it is the pressure of
public opinion more than any Other
one factor which plays an important
mart In such campaign 49, n"s. CO"
gressmen hesitate to refuse to act
when they know that vox Popull de
Inands it.
believed In Plebiscite
II was not long, however, before we
discovered as we pushed the canvas
for the passage of u so called strAIgnt