Hawaii Holomua, Volume III, Number 130, 4 June 1894 — Puritanism. [ARTICLE]

Puritanism.

Wheu Mr S. I}.D<>le eau stand uj> in the ci>uslitnti<>nal couventiuu and idvoeate t’ue g»ggiug f the j>ress the muzzling of sj>eech it is han.lv t»> be wondered «t, that he eaa heeome ie<|>«>nsible f«>r the rotrogressive aml absurd :nove t«> cnforee the aucient nud suj>er:ina;ited Snnday laws whieh :ire yet on the statutes of tbis highly civilized ‘*Republic ’ The poliee h ivc b«:en instruete«l to sh«t up everytLī»g ou Siind;tys, «nd to pvt the eommunih to tlie greiit«.st >ossib!e iucouveuience. They havo ol>eyed orders. No sIiH\e, nt cigars, no cigarettes,no . caudy, o drinks, no joy in the future. Honolulu on a Sanday is ; dead to tl«e world, that is, that portion whieh doesu’t s\vear by : the p. g The j>reacher ean |»1 v his and earn his salary bv preachiug t«) the se!ect —the cig.«r de »ler is tabo«>ed. The Waikiki resorts euu make their raouey, >ever mind how, the candy soller &nhiiot. The post office and ihe governinent printing shi*l> ean be iu full biast aod the enipl >yees deprived of their needed rcst aud t!ieir recreation —the barber caunot shave you. ; Messrs. Daraon aiul Hatcii c:«u “set uj>” the w iue at the Hotel for lnter-Col«>uial «lelegates—y«>u cannot buy gingerale. The i Portnguese baud, the nHemen at Makiki, t ie target hitters at Ka- I lihi ean niake ail the aoise they desire, y>« d royalist c.an’t even staud and talk quietly ou the coruer of Eiuinu and Paneh- j bowl streets without sorae j>. g. poliee ofiicer coming around and | disperse Ihe boys-becau.se it is S<uiday. lsn’t it about tiraetbat [ the p. g- took a ivef iu their flour-bagged m.ade sh ls, or does : • Mr. D«>;€ reallv wants a breeze whieh wi.l tiil his whiskers \vith sufiicieut force to blow hiiu and ! his Si»teliites away from this q«arter » f the giube? Let ali ; retrugres> ive moves eeaae. aiul ; • Jet us try eveu uuder Do!e, to be j • eivilized i.ud live up to the sentiiueuts o£ tbis, thejtn de *iecle. ~