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Churchmen of Hawaii Denounce Prohibition
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"I um against prohibition for Ilu-
wall. I took occasion to congrntulato
Mishap Ilestarlck when Ills letter oti '
thn plebiscite was published. I feel
that I can endorse practically nil that
ho said."
Theso are the words of lilt Lend
ship lllshop Libert, shclnetd of the
35,000 r.omnti Catholic, ehuruli rone
muntriints In the Territory o Ma Mill
Tim nttltildn of the lllshn.) In thn
por.dlrif, coinpntgn lnu been known
rfelionJly for Borne tlmo, hut this Is '
liU Ilrs! public uttcraniM on the ipi--
tlon to bo settled on (hu llith tiintuiH. j
"In the llrst plncc," continued lll-t j
Lordship, "I um one of the large
Kjoup of residents mid cltlrcns ntio
lesent the Interference of Mr. IVnolley
Id our iitfnlrt We f llnvviill run'
handle nil local problems-without ulil
from the outside mid should he per
mitted to do so. Mr. Woolley mil) be
a very wood mail monillj. In furt I
thing he Is u (food m.ui, hut lie luis'
no Interest heie mid Inning none he
should not mix In our affairs. I
,'! 'lime hud n life of nenrly tlilrt)
jri-urs1 here us prion! mid Ill-hop mid
hate Intimate relations tilth the im-
Uie people nnd vilth the families of
oiy faith ulin lime made lliclr homes
In llnivrill. ' ' (
"In (lines when Honor wns (aim to
tie natlies tney ncre greatly hnrinrd.
Taej minted freedom mid tlulr
aimvi-r to prohibition mis tlirfu:inu
ff.cture mid nhuse of llijiior In eicr)
, settlement,, hamlet mid neighborhood.
The situation Has ruinous. The lire
a temperate people. The Ilmviilliins
are not n nation of drinkers. Temper'
.Mice, work amongst them Is constant.
Ij carried on b) the Catliollc church.
rYn mi) to them "don't drink," but
neither the church nor the state, In
i:ir liidirmciit. has the rlirlit to use
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fjire In this mutter ulth or ugiilnst
tic until es or any other people. I
"The lliiuor truffle here can be con.'
1 1 wiled effectively mid fulrly by our
i.nn existing laws mid lints to be
unde by us iinlrmunieled In the fo
ld re, not by the radical noUous of
men who haie no real coucern for us.
I,et us lime lllierty. There will be no
i.biuto of It. '
"I'roblbltlon la Injustice to tho ma-'
Joilty. It hitmen on distinction be
tween thosa who get drunk to the In
jury of others, ami thosa who Ufco
liquor decently with the bulunco very
lunch In fnor of those who use It
decontly. Who lias tho right to say to
those using liquor In a harmless wuy
that they must become prohibition
(b(s? Drink Is no doubt tho source of
much oll, but much oxperlmcnt bus
proven that prohibition Is tho source
of much ovll und many great thinkers
und close obsorvors declaro prohibi
tion to result In more evil than well
regulated use of liquor.
"Chas .8. Dovus, M. A., Oxon, In
till powerful work on Political Ucon
oDiy, dcclures that It Is error to at
tribute to drink tho grcuter part of
penury, Immorality und crime und In
consequonco to believe total abstin
ence tho one thing needful for social
reform. Theso evils can und do exist
with prohibition. This Is undeniably
truo of the Mohammedans with their
total abstinence und abominable im
morality. Again these evils may bo
us much the causes us the effects of
drunkonuess, for hunger or over
crowding or deeds of shame may not
-' tollow tho gin bottle, but bo followed
by It us a boIuco,
"Let there bu sane and syBteraatle
education in the school and church
nnd homo against drunkonuess. That
Is tho euro, A man has u right to
drink or not to drink, but ho bus no
Tight to get drunk, for drunkenness is
wrong, Clirlstlunlty will pievont
drunkenness, but law will not, any
more thun it will ptevent driuklng.
"Now, hero Is Ituskln's dutlultlou of
educutlon." 'It does not moan teach
ing people to know what they do not
know It tenches 'them to behave as
they do not behave. It III a painful,
continuous und dlfllcult work 'to bo
nisiior
doiiu by klndncs, by watching, by
wnfiiliiBi by proclr.it und prulto, but,
ubov'o ml, by. uxafcjpteJi" , ( , -
'Thorn Is,' ipflioha Wind iif prn'lithi
tlon that hoidit out hope for tho fu
ture. It Is tlicloA- 6rtho''lndlvMuAJ
for'ulmscjf, "ItJacV-onT'?ari bo a pro-
hlbltlotilhl toTa!va.i It tiinvcrns him
self, and no one can lii'd Xuiit with"
hint for liU vlowi, The i.t.ilo' laws
may piohiblt tho r.ilo of luloxlcatits,.
hut that does not make the Individual
a total abstainer or oton temperate.
Until cac'i one becomes mi iidvuc.ito
of prohibition fur one, state laws will
avail .but little lu the cnuiM of tem
po rnnco.
"The best prohibitionist is the total
abstainer. He puU In practice what
olhem preach, und ho does It without
the uld of laws and without Indicting
his lown upon other.!.
"Our Ilo.uil system seems to bo do
ing good nnd It should be continued.
It Is moie .Hid more justifying Itseir.
rrohlbltioii has not vindicated itseir
nuywhero und It would bo a tiemend
ous mistake to try It here. All well
balanced men mo naturally opposed
BISHOP POTTER SAID
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"Our prohibitory Iivwb, whether wodcallng with the drink ovll In our
put them In operation on one day or
on nil days, mo ns tlnpld as they aro
lucffectunl. Jlost of our methods fur
OTHER CHURCHMEN
CARDINAL CIDDONS says;
"I um persuaded that It is prucllc-
ally impossible to put piuhiblilou linn
MIIKIIT
to violent c'junges In govt mint nt
Most of thopm!i who made the Col
Xinles free .wcie against tiny cjiang?
until tlulr. condition became lato'.er
ubliV Tt.cfe'ls'ilo'llqltor i-rlals l;i il.i
tfalLtgtf there were, the oM tlinc.de
liiV' of physlclul fcirce uirsijs n:drnt
Situwion Is still uudi'cldod Taereforo
I shy; and this liny ho nji iidvnuce
toply'Vi i-onie irltb-l v.. It I.i qui o
coiiceivnble that the most conscien
tious tnuiporauce advocate should fav
or and work for h.ulblo regulation
lu'Jii'j- thnn mi Impra.a'cablo abolition
of tluAiilghty liquid Irnllk'
"I love Hawaii nnd It pallia mo to
sio her illniuilii'd lv tui"i a nrediess
light us this. My cliii'-eli and my peo
ple are my life. I .1:11 fie frlmd of
cvory honest man of any religious de
nomination but I cannot extend my
uld or my sympathy or my couiifol to
a cause which I um certain will re-
suit In sin In I linn- In initiator, nn.l
suit in slu, in MJurj. lu Injustice und
lawlessness.
.No; jit ran nay for me that pro -
hlbltlon by Inrco mid by confiscation
of propel ty and by outsldo advocacy,
Is not for Hawaii nel "
daj nnd generation m tnlnted with
fnliPlitKJil, dishonored by essimtlal un
rt.alty and dlscndlted by whlespieivl
nnd consistent failure "
effect In any largo community. I.nvs
llko prohibition Hint nro certain to ho'
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Lutheran Church
Hc.d Opposes Plan
of Prohibition
MOSLEM STATES
USED AS
EXAMPLE
'To my mind then' Id lint ono wn.v
to l"-'k m iIh miccihs or lalluio of
prohibition, mid that is to compare
I mo l.os em and Clulrtlnn during past
centuries Ihn Moslems ure the onl
t peoil who Jiap tiled, prohibition long
enough foi It to bi Judged, and from
the lilrlory nf the two peopl's It must
bo grunted tint the Christian" wllh
his drink has done a larger work In
! the world that Ihu followers of Mo-
, hninnied."
j Such Is Hie broad view taken by
! Itov. Wllllbsld K"lmv. paslnr of (Jr
'man I.utlierun Church.
, Hi v. KH.my was reluctant at first
lo express hims if ou this quertliin
i which had so n.i'.rli ki do wllh local
inlltlcs. In v-v of tho .fact that lie
Is not an Aiuciiriii 'cltlren but owes
nlh'glr.uco to l)' nernian Kmporor.
and such a llnng ns prohibition If
link1" wu In (lermnny.
i lie said tint he could nnderntan 1
tlho uu rti'iu finm an American stand
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point but that from a Herman one
"" ''' "0'- a,,ch ,hi"S aH a '"'
n,a,k' ,aw for coutrolllus the cousiimp
on ()f ,(lm)r waR lul!ulI)Wl , 10
( T,llltonIc tllIU,
; ..( Cil eo inw n()m , ,,,,,,, ca
believe In prohibition us the best!
thing to control the tianio and Tcun
seo Just ns well how others can seel
i no good In such a piohlbitoiy law," i
I ho said. 'Tor myself I do not think
That such regulation should come
I from n law but It should bo from n
I mnn's own Inner self, ho should bo.
' tl.n k.ia ,. .In.l.tn !,,. nllnutlnti It
ISSSiSKSflHIIilHiHI
HLj? J't., .fciBM
IIIV UIIU i umnc IHU iiivniiuii. - ... . .. in null lltliuim num. l
should bo one of education and not of business. A man has a natural right
drastic law, which wherever It lina lo mnkn or sell beer or wine. The
been tried htiB failed to prohibit, state has n right to tax for the pur
"In America oit have had prohl. lso of revenue or regulation, or both,
billon for how many years, little more I hear In various districts of the pre
than a generation." That Is not long valence of blind pigs. Tho conditions
enough to arrive at n conclusion even1 existing In the Islands nnd the charac-
If no liquor of any kind hud been soil,
in nil that time, a condition which
lina nnl nvlatn.l I nm Inl.l
mil uir,,i..ii, u... -..
"I look at tho question from the
standpoint of history, and Moslems,
nro tho only people who have had ah-
solute prohibition, and this under re-1
Ilglous belief What has become
tho' Moslem nations? In early history
they wcro powerful, especially In war,
and they hnvo gone down steadily,
while tha Christian nations have come
to the front morn and more, and all
over Europe the Christian nations
are nations of drinkers."
Hov Telmy did not care' to express
mi opinion ns to tho effect of pro- syntom, connected with isilltlcs, as It
hlbltlon here. In tho Territory except exists In the cities of tho United
In this general way looking at the States, Is one that Is 11 disgrace mid
success of the prohibition lifea through I ohamo. nnd too often fattens fio mcon
centuries rather than through years, nlvs,nco with lawbreaklug.
"I am In fnvor of tcmiicranco in nil j in considering this subject it should
tilings, drinking as well ns everything be borne In mind that there was a kind
clso," I of prohibition In operation for many
"I am nf, tho opinion of Wshop Ites- years In this Territory under which
tarlck In the mutter of drink," snhl there was a large penalty for selling
he, "and I think tho DIshop expressed or giving Intoxicating drink to Hawal
a fnlr opinion In tho matter. I do,ans. In talking lately to Mr, Luther
not believe, however, that churches j Severance of Hllo, who was Sheriff In
should tuko decided stunds, that Is I .that district for many years, he said
don't think that ministers should' that when this prohibition law was In
prench prohibition or nntl prohibition
from tho pulpit. 1 nm Bony that the
churches urn divided unriug them
selves over U1I1 question It makes
a bad impression upon both chinch
goers and non-chuirh goers. I Imvo
never mentioned Ihu suhjeut fiom my
piilpltuor would I do bo, nnd I do not
knpw howt.my congregation feol about
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PROHIBITION JSm
WRONG HE
SAYS
lllfbop ItiMtnrleh of the Proleitant
Kplscopnl church In llawnll, has writ
ten a letter to the organ of I'rohlbi
tlon end 'olle)lsm fully setUng forth
his views In npjiosltlon to the Prohi
bition propaganda. The letter follows
In full:
lCdltor Advertiser: In n recent Ir
sue of your paper I was quoted ns be
ing opposed to piohlhltlon. It was
said t lint I was particular to statMhat
this was my personal opinion, und Hint
the Church over which I preside In
those Islands, while constantly preach
Ing rlglitrnusness, yet abstained from
cnmiulttln Kitself us a body lo any po
lltlcul method, leaving tho method to
the Individual conscience and Judg
ment. This statement was substan
tlally ronect.
lu view of the fact that without my
uniFcm n conversation was printed lu
a paper which you qimlcj, I should
like space lo evpre?s my opinions as
nn American citizen
I like the spirit lu which the advo
cacy of prohibition has so far been
conducted heie. nnd tie names of tho
committee of one hundred Itud me ti
Iwllnvo tii-it It will be contlnuod with
I mil in" nouse nun viiupuruiion which
usii'illy prevail lu contests of the kin I
which wv now face. Hut to ous thing
I object.- Thoso who believe that there
me better ways of piomotlng tvtupe-'
euro thnn prohibition lire ronrluntly
said to be "on the side )t the liquor
. Inleivts, ' A great many temperate
men who nro oppose.! to prohibition
i dlsliVe to stale publicly their opinions
i lii'i
because of Ibis, Juat ns many good men
l:c Ji out of politics became of I lie
abuse so often heaped on thoso who
tnku an Interest In them.
For myrelf, I am eppoted to prohjbl
(Ion for several reatoni, which satisfy
my reason and my co-isclerce, .If I
im said to be "on the tiie of the
liquor Interests," I remember that the
Matter whom I try to serve was sale!
to be a "glutton and wine bibber,"
"a friend of publicans and s'nners'
hv trf p,,r ,.., , ,,,, tm lufe
,hal those on the committee of on
hun,fred uwh? know me "nd mtn "
"Y who know me will agrse that
tnDae who f8ek ,obrlety and temper
anee may differ as to the lws which
are the best for the prlmotlon of these
virtues.
It Is objected that by licensing the
soiling of liquor we. ns citizens, be-
come partnors In evil. I take license
In Mid way the wonl ts used, to bo n
,lx Tor example, u man has a natural
rlslit to keep a dog; tho st'lto has a
right to mnko tho keeper pay n license
fir I II V Kfl It lu U'ltl. In.llul. lfln.1. ..f
tor of thn country Itself make It dim
cult to suppress (heeo. Again, under
I llin nrnunnt ui'iitrtm it imlln 11 la Ini.
1 - ,-.-.. .Vh.... w. ,.w.,vw . i im -.
isjsslblo to enforco the present liquor1
law, and It would bo still more dim-
cut to enforce prohibition. Tho only
lxillce system which can be relied un-
ofjo nto enforco law In any community'
where there Is a strong minority sen
tlment ngnlnst Its enforcement Is n
stnto or territorial imjIIco system, In
dependent of politics, ono In which tho
men are enlisted nnd In which there Is
n stated Increaso of pay for length
of service und n. pension to which men
can look forward. Tho ordinary pollco
force a worse condition prevailed In
Hllo than at any time slnee. He said
that with a bag of sugar, a few hops
and other Ingredients, certain stuff
was brewed which from the amount
consumed did more harm any any
i drink now purchased and drunk, W
O, 8mlth who was sheriff on Kauai
during the same period takes the same
view as Mr, Severance. Many other
men, white and Hawaiian, have made
ttatcments to me.
my own experience in port on5
of the United Statei where proh.ln
tlon laws were In force, I believe that
a ttrlct and rational regulation under
such a law vie new have, in the
hands' of Judicious and right minded
men will do more for the cause of
true temperance than prohibition and
will be far better for all concerned
Whenever prohibition Is voted upon
many drlr.klrg men favor it. They be
lieve It will help them. Many modul
ate drinkers, earned away by proces
Ions of children and the prayers of
women vote for the meaiure. It has
been my personal observation that In
a thort time many of these men be
come sneaks ard liars and lawbreak
ers to get a drink,
II hits been my persnml experience
that III any conimrnlty cviu wllh n
conf Id' ruble minority against prohibi
tion that It Is IhijosrIIiIp to go t n Jliry
to convict In cares hrnhgbt to trial
This all resu ts In evasion of the law
which brings nil law Into contempt. At
s. penplo we are In grent danger at the
present time from n dliregard or con
tempt (if law. It strikes at the foundA
I ton of our government so far reach
ing Is II In lis -results.
It Is all very well to say: "Tho taw
punishing I holt docs not prevent slnal.
Ing." The casi m are not unnlmtous To
steal Is by n'l men acknowledged to bo
a crime pgnlnst society To drink n
glass of beer or wno Is believed to
lllSHOr ItKSTAItlCK
be admissible by iuIlIlcniii.-yoj by n
vast majoritj nf the best men and
women, mid 'lions of the best Chrli
tlnns In '"e 'vorlil l'nililhltlon pni
hlblls I'm vheh n majority or men
dn nit hoi e ( to bo wrong. This will
always make It difficult of application.
This Is shown I ntbe way lu which, lu
the past sixty years, States have pass
ed iiii:I abolished prohibitory laws in
ISM when John Ktuart Mill wroto bis
"Ks;iy-m Mboily" nearly one-half
of the l.'nlto'l Htatcs had prohibitory
laws. State nftor Btnto lia.s tried nnd
hns ivjeclcd Buch laws. Many of the
Southern Slates becauss of the negro
population Imvo recently adopted pro
lilhltory laws. Already tho signs nro
Hint tho experiment will not lust long
unci that other mnlhnds will prevail.
In 'going about thn Islands lu the
past few months and talking freely
Willi all sorts und con lltlons of men
I Imvo found n nurge number, who
while they nro not total abstainers
nnd while they do not hllovo In tho
prlucjpln of prohibition, say something
llko this: "Drink Ih killing off the,Ha
wnllan pcop'o nnd Is thn cause of
mucn sunonug unit crime: 1 um tnore
foro In favor of abolishing the sn
hKiu."
They soptn to bo of the opinion that
prohibition Is tho only way to arcoin
pllsh the hotlerment of conditions.
Mnny of tho men who talk Ibis way
nro nob totnl nhstulnors, and they (nkn
a position In rhvor of prohibition 'out
of n laudable mid htch-mlndod deslro
to lil-lii tlulr iullowmcn, Somd of theso
who tuko this stand are employers of
lubor, who feol 'deeply tho lutempor-
anco of (heir men and desire to holp
them. All honor bu to thorn.
Thcro wero null recently nmiug
thoso who fuvoiod prohibition hers
men whuuxpveted In get wines ami
beer from Kan Francisco for huuse
bold mo ,Tbo lateht platform of thoso
who fuvortd piohlhltlon sets the mat
ter in Its truo light. It was stated
snniq time ngn In Thn Advertiser. In n
signed letter by Mr. Tliurstou, that
this was not n question of the right or
wrong of ulng lutnxlcitlng drinks
nor the use of them, hut 11 question
of saloons or no saloons. Now tho)
platform puts It dually that the In
tention Is in prevent Individuals tn
their homos 01 anywhere else from
drinking wines und bier and bo on as
boveragus. und tu Accomplish this by a
federal law prohibiting Importations.
If the question were tho closing of
saloons, t rnulil ho done under tho
excellent law under which wo aro now
ssssBimssssslI
working This has been shown, we
are "ill nn K ilia I.
Mj p nnnil opinion mav be worth
Utile hut sliicij iqy ninic lias beert
used I would like to any that tun city
lull a New York for example, much
may he snhl nbout n certain class nf
u'ihiii being thn poor man's rlub, but
.lint can not Im said of .country sa
loons In itifMi Nlinds. and 'I believe
It would bo for tho best interests of
Ihe pea pie If they were aholinhp.l nnd
the peddling of liquor nn plantations
made an offense punishable by lmprls
onmelil.
The Issue was said to b "siloonsi
or no saloons." Tho difference of on
Inlon wa largely how this cf.ihl be
accomplished. I believe, wllh many
imn I nthls Territory, that It could
Im accomplished best under the exist
ing law.
So far I hnvo spoken on the prac
tical side I nm. however, npiMised to
prohibition o not her grounds. What
ever may be sild prohibition does In
tend to stop nbsolulely tho nso of In!
tnxlcatlnc diluk ns beverages in this
Territory.
There arc thousands of men on these
Islands who believe that l.t a part
of their Individual liberty to drink
beer or Wine or liquors In their homes
and they believe that to deprive them
of that right, which It Is the Intention
of prohibitionists to do, would be an
act In interference with their personal
liberty and rights. I am quite familiar
with the statement of thole who favor
prohibition. I know that courts have
decided that the State can prohibit.
I but I believe that on,) of tha dingers
iJwhleh besets us as a nation Is that
maorlt'les often forget that democracy
I may Invade Individual rights and be
'come tyrirnlcil Jutt as readily as an,
I autocracy may do so;
.-r.ty it men good at this time
t- 'imi' IfVi Stitut Mill's "Essay on
LLihriy 'ihiTd (lua.fliids the matter
nigued In tho clear .logical style, rjf
which Mill whs mas'ler. In reviewing
the nrgumeiits for prohibition he says
, "htj'e are far morn dangerous than ntiy
alngl" interference; with lineriy ineri'
4 no vlnlniinn or liberty winch iilie
argument would, nut Justify. Thty
Hcknrivvlodgii nn right of any freedom
vvliHltycr except perhaps to holding
opinions In secret. Tho doctrines (.or
prolilhlllonlcts) ascribe to sll mankind
-t vested Interest lu each others moral
Intellectual and physical perfection to
he -UlUicd by each claimant according
to his own standard "
He points out also that "whorover
I'm linns liuvp been sufficiently power
ful, nu In New Knglnnd and In (lreat
Ilrltaln under Hie Commonwealth, the'
have endeavored with considerable
success' in put down nil public anil
nearly all private nmusomenta, espec
Inlly miiBlq, dAncliig and public gamon
nnd the thenler." They did this bo
ruuso they believed them destructive
of moral fiul religion. An old Con
giegatlonal minister once told tho
writer that he would rather see. his
sou drunk In tho gutter than to sen
hlm dunce: With his Ideas of pro
hibition he was of coursu in favor of
u law prohibiting dancing.
A physician told mo that tobacco
did moru hniiu t" tho human rce than
liquor. Pass n law therefore' to pro
dibit It. Yet I know sovcral on tho
committee of on hundred, confirmed
smokers of cigarettes. I saw ono of
them smoke ten cigarettes during a
dinner. Another physician told m"
that he was convinced that tho exces
slve use of meat In tho UEltcd State
cnuced morn human misery, more Irri
tability, bad temper, vlolenco, dlseuro,
unhappy homes and divorces than li
quor dues. 1'rohlblt the use of meat!
Leckey, In his groat work, "Democ
racy and Liberty," reasons the mat
ter of prohibition at length nd shows
what tyranny a majority tn ft democ
racy may oxcrClse If the principle of
tbq Puritans Is ndpiltted.
Acaln It Is 11 fact that Hie Almighty
has made us free moral agents. Our
iievelonmcnt towards perfection Is not
brought nbout by miking It Impossible-
to do evil, but by giving men the re-
gponslblllty of choice. Cod .shows man
in many wnyH that wrong doing dc-
stroys body, mind nnd soul. Ho puts
all kinds of restrictions of natural law
nn,i clvlo luvv and public opinion but
j0 joes not remove tho possibility of
choice Cliurnsfor Is butlt'np only by
tho exercise of choice A man does
not ncqulro tho quality of sobriety by
having taken from him the possibility
o fnnother caurs. A man or woman
I ,i00s not acquire the quality of elms
tity by being rendered Irtoapable of
i.ulnir unchase. It we attempt by hit
man enactmeuts tn go ueyonu me
laws of Rod ns shown In nature ami
history, wo nre making futllo efforts,
Tho Biirvlval of tho fittest. Is said to
bo a harsh law. It Is a beneficial law,
Tho race could not Improve If It were
not for thn freedom of choice and
tho survival of tho fltlost. We may
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