The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1867-11-16
Government md the Liquor Trade.

Nh. EDITOR SIR Il wish to show to the public
through your valuable paper the following facts,
and l shall endeavor TO give you the reasons for my
belief that under this Government one man is not
entitled to equal rights and privileges with another.
have tried for the last six months to get a Retail
Spirit License in the limits of Honolulu. l have
been refused three different times. The first refusal
reads as follows:
Mr.. Charles woolIey :-sir-I am directed BY His ExceIency
the Minister Of the Interior TO inform you that your application
OF this case for a Retail Spirit License VIII not be granted
IL 4. WIpDEnaSS, chief cfsrk.
I then wrote a letter to His Excellency DIR. Hutch
ison, almost begging him to reconsider the above
decision, as had on hand and in bond a large
stock of liquors, wines, &c, besides furniture, which
/ had bought in anticipation Of getting a License
The second answer reads as follows:
MI. Charles wooley .-Sir-Iam directed by His Excelency
the Minister Of the Interior to acknowledge receipt Of your
favor OF si,h u': And to say in answer tina. he n. duly
the present, no new Retail Spirit License will be granted.
-FOUR 0O'a''"i m NV 4. W3iDDrx.xs, CHIEF Clerk.
AT the same time DIR. Hutchinson told me he wished
to, or was going 10, curtail the Licenses. L then
waited patiently until the 9th day of September last,
thinking in case he did curtail the Licenses they
would have to be pnt up at auction, and that would
give all men equal chances. Now, sir, how does he
expect to satisfy the international law of the different
countries, unless he gives all men equal rights and
privileges?
Just after he had renewed two more Licenses, one
the 81 Commercial the other the Bartlett House.
1 came to the conclusion that His Excellency
would certainly grant me a License. As it seemed
as though he had altered his mind about curtailing,
I applied again. Answer the third, reads as follows:
September 9th, 1867.
Mr.. Charles woorey :-Sir-In answer TO your application
% inst. for a Retail Spirit License, l am directed by His EN-
crllrucy the Minister 81 the Interior To refer You 10 the answers
given to the same application on the 23d Of April and LIST Of
MAY q this year. Respectfully yours
II. 4. WIDDENASN, Chief CLERK.
then called on the Minister Resident Of the United
States, as my last recourse, and asked him if he
would lie 80 kind rs 10 do me a favor, as the season
was close at hand and l was anxious to get opened.
| told him 1 did not call on him officially, neither did
/ expect him TO DO any more than to call on His Ex-
cellency the Minister Of the Interior, and see if he
could not get the License for me, or learn why l
could not get one, all which he offered to do with
pleasure, and told me / was entitled 10 one. At his
request l called en- the Minister Resident the next
day he told me he had seen the Minister of the
Interior, and that he talked very clever, and promised
to send for me the next morning. The second day
after | SAW his Excellency the Minister of the Int
rior. He asked me where l wished to open a Hotel.
| told him on Nuuanu street, the lot where the