The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-08-15
THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY.
Sixty-fOurth Day.
Tuesday, Aug. IA.

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ton, Ashford; Mobiles Dowsett, Jaeger,
| Young, Baldwin, Richardson, Campbell,
| Widemqnn, Makee, Bertelmann. Dole
| Reps. Dowsett, c. Brown, Deacon, Kamai,
| Kinney, Mcguire, Paris. Minutes read
and confirmed.
PETITIONS.
Rep. Nakaleka presented a petition
| from % occupants of the fish market, that
the weekly and monthly rentals of stalls
| be abolished, and that the stalls be sold at
| public auction yearly instead of half-y yearly.
| Referred to Committee on Public Lands,
| etc.
Rep. F. Brown presented petition from
H. G. Crabbe, for $500 compensation for
| services as a police officer. Referred to
| the Finance Committee.
| REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.
Rep. F. Brown reported a bill printed.
| NEW BILL.
Noble Hitchcock read, a first time, by
! title, bill to encourage the cultivation
| and manufacture of ramie.
ORDER OF THE DAY.
Opium.-Third reading of the opium bill
| (prohibitory). Passed.
| Sale of AIeS, Wines, etc.-Second reading
| of the bill relating to sale of liquors, con-
| tanning the section, known as - the screen
| law"
Noble Warehouse said he wanted to be
| placed on record as a supporter of this law
| for the purpose of restricting the liquor
| traffic, especially for the good OF the native
| Hawaiian.
Noble Townsend said if it is matter of
| doubt whether the House ought to con-
slider the liquor interest or the peoples in
| terest, he would give the benefit of the
| doubt to the party who care for the home
rather than to the party who care for the
saloon.
Minister ThurstOn was for striking out
| the section. He believed in prohibition
and he believed in temperance, but this is
not the time for prohibition. There are
broad constitutional questions to be settled
in this country first, and it is foolish for
those who are DESTROYS of laying q solid
foundation for the SuperStruCture of the
future Government to rest on to divide up
on social questions. When the problems
| that agitated the whole community last
year are permanently solved, it will be
time to attend to matters of this kind.
| This bill does not abolish the saloon; 1t
does not prohibit the liquor traffic. 1t is
simply nagging liquor dealers.
Minister Ashford said he would not have
introduced this bill himself nor, if he had
! been consulted, would he have advised
anyone else to do so. But it is here and it
must be attended to. The provisions of
this bill are i'll force III several of the United
States. There are three questions on
which he is determined to stand right, (D
temperance legislation, (2) responsible
government, (3) Chinese restriction. And
If he has to be showed under he would
rather have it on these questions than any
other.
Noble Townsend said some members
were tender on doing anything to offend
the liquor interest, but considered it no in
consistency to do nothing to carry out the
views of that portion of the citizens who
are opposed to the saloon. He did not
come here to vote for his reelection. He
would vote with good deal of satisfaction
for passing this act.
Rep. KamauOha believed in keeping up
the screens to keep persons out of tempta-
ton. Young people seeing the snowy in
terror of the saloon from the street would
be more apt to enter than to stay outside.
Solomon says, Look not on the wine
when it is red" He thought Solomon had
got it down to pretty fine point and knew
what he was talking about. And he did
not want young people to have the chance |
of looking on the liquors on the saloon |
shelves. Noble WaterhOuse puts his fine |
goods in show windows to attract buyers, |
and to take down the screens in bar rooms |
wonld be likely to have similar effect.
Noble WaterhOuse asked the Attorney |
General If his report was submitted to the |
Ministry before it was published? The |
Noble here read from the report, page 10, |
as follows; Il would also recommend an |
amendment to the present liquor law com
polling the closing of all saloons at 10 |
O'Clock, p. m, and that trial of the anti
Attorney-General-Tha is from the
MarShal'S report.
Noble Waterhouse-Yes, but 1t is sup
posed to have been submitted to the Min
iStry. 1t should have been struck out then.
AttOrney-General-Tha report was not,
SO far as l recollect, submitted to the Min
istry.
Rep. Helekunihi said he favored the bill
He wished to preserve the small remnant
still existing of the Hawaiian race.
Noble Young said he was an ont and ont
temperance man, but he would have to
vote against this bill. Any fool can knock
his head against stone wall and dash his
brains out. Persons who advocate I'M
showed under" for their pains, seldom
accomplish much. If this bill passes it
will be the biggest stroke for the benefit of
the whiskey ring that can be made. If it
were possible, he would have a wall twenty
feet high round every saloon and no door
in it either. He did not believe it would
do any good to the youth of the COM
munity to have saloon doors thrown open
and the interior exposed to view. Let hell !
be closed out of sight. If the doings in
saloons are to be opened to the eyes of our
children, and to the eyes of simple-mlnded |
Hawaiians and Japanese, the effect must |
be evil and not good.
He moved indefinite postpOnement
Rep. Kauhane was in favor of the bill as |
measure meant to control and regulate
the traffic.
hep: +. Brown SAID that probably mem
bers of the House are not aware that there |
are number of dives in Honolulu. And |
the effect of the clause in this bill COMPEL
ing saloons to close at 10 o'clock will ONLY
be to give these dives an hour and half
longer to ply their business
Rep. PaehaOle spoke in support of the
bill.
The motion to strike out section 16B was
carried on the following division:
Ayes-Green, ThurstOn, Robinson,
Young, Jaeger, Smith, Motley, Wall,
Bailey, Richardson, @. n. Wilcox |
Hustace, Kauhi, F. Brown, Deacon, Kin,
ney, KamauOha, Homer. Kawainui A. S.
Wilcox, Nakaleka-21.
Noes-Austin, Ashford Warehouse,
Luhiau, Motley, Townsend, Hitchcock,