Hawaii Holomua, Volume II, Number 35, 29 October 1894 — CORRESPONDENCE [ARTICLE]

CORRESPONDENCE

("•> ilo uot LoM ourst‘lT«s n»s|x<u<<ible for the opinion» or the ntt«r«nivs t ,f our corrp»jH)n(U'nt»i. J EdITOR HoLOil t'A: Allow me througb your eolumn» to enquire whv the saioons have boen ordereil closeil toilay and the Jobbera alloweil to keeptbeir store« opeu'’ lu the first plaee 1 ean see no reasou why the saloons shouUl be closed on accouut of such a kind of eleelion wliieh is taking plaee todav. The (>eople take uo iuterest in the issue, biKause there is no opposition and the goveinment ticket will go in straight. The element whieh at former elections of a more exiting nature inight beeome noisy or even rowdv are not in the field today. Tfce masses are at work or at home as usual. and the saloons wonld only do their ordinarv every day business if tbey had been allowed to keep open. But if it was considerod neceasary to eloee them the jobbers »hould cerUinly have been plaoed under a similar order. The retail dealers pav a far higher license than the jobbers and should be entitled to »ome oonsideration. lf the use of gin waa considered dangerous today tho jobbers should eloee because any man ean go in aud boy three botlles at a time or a do«m of beer. I think that an injustice bas been done to the aaloon keepersand an unwarrant®d favontism ahown to the jobbera. Bab Ihe Salvation Army drove the derilaont of Kaumakapili Church la«t evening. Tho reat of the congregation noarIy siiared tbe fat« of the devils.