Honolulu Republican, Volume IV, Number 497, 15 January 1902 — HONOLULU'S SOBRIETY. [ARTICLE]

HONOLULU'S SOBRIETY.

Then was only one case of drunk- , tino«« on the police court docket yesterday. Anyone who watches the poll, .- court records must have noticed with satisfaction that sobriety is cn-atly on the Increase in Honolulu. Not bo very long ago it was quite customary for as many as twenty, or even thirty, inebriates to be lined up every morning before Judge " ilcox. the -.ally average being between twenty and thirty ■ aaes. Sow it is seldom that more than halfa-dozen unfortunates . an be found waiting to pay the reflation tine and usually there are ,no three or four men who have ov.-ri-tepped the bounds of temperance. Wilcox has often noted, from .... i -n. h. the improvement in the c ii.-ral sobriety of Honolulu. He at- • i i.Mica it to the fart that there are Hcens* d l>-er saloons in the city and that men can drink beer without ( ad results; whereas they used to im ;.!!).■ bad spirits and soon be overcome in the days when the beer saloon, by It-elf. was unknown. The Judge has also gone so far as to say that he would like to s.-e more beer saloons, as he believe* they would be followed In- still greater indications of temperance. To a certain extent Judge Wileox may 1h« right, ‘but we think that a share of the credit for the greater rvhrlety existing in Honolulu is due to the w rk of the temperance organizations in the city. These bodies have conducting a vigorous anti llqt or campaign and they gain more inllu- . nee among men by offering some evening attractions and amusements to keep them away from the saloons, whereas in the olden days the ternIterance work consisted in telling a man he was an outcast, without any pra. tical effort at reformation. What . ver the cause for the greater sobriety of the people here, the city of Honolulu is to be congratulated. —~ZT~- ~ Boston has l>een holding pro-Chl-nese meetings. Are the Filipinos entirely friendless now on the mainland? Hon Edgar Stanton Maclay. erstwhile naval historian, professes satisfaction at his retirement into public life. President Roosevelt refuses to recognise any more claims made by •h w who state that they received certain promises from President McKinley When Congress ascertains the act ual iost of producing sugar here and n Cuba it will be better prepared to proceed with the consideration of reciprocity—Chicago Record Herald. Yes —when it does. Although Hon. Dick Croker posses- -. s a desire for a ruslu English life, he is kicking like a steer because Tammany is no longer bossing the New York dives. Bandmaster Berger’s welcome at the Capitol grounds on Sunday afternoon shows that the band was missed and that the people of Honolulu appreciate good music.