The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-08-03
Afternoon.
Re-assembled at L o'clock.

Re-assembled at l o'clock.
Spirituous Liquors.-Second reading OF
the bill to better prevent illicit traffic in
spirituous liquors, continued from yester-
day. Section taken up and considered.
Rep. Kamauoha moved that section be
indefinitely postponed.
Noble Smith moved that the whole bill be
indefinitely postponed.
Noble Hitchcock said that opposition is
chronic with Noble Smith. The first sec
ton passed, with a quiet talk yesterday
on account of Noble Smiths absence.
Noble Smiths it section or Noble
Smith that is being discussed?
Noble Hitchcock am discussing sec
ton 2. All sorts of liquors are for sale in
Chinamen's stores in KOna and Kohala
He would ask Noble Wight if he can not
buy liquors in any Chinaman's store in
Kohala.
Noble Wight beg your pardon, can
not.
Noble Hitchcock Will take the hon.
Mobiles word for it if he says he has tried
them. Under the present law it is all but
impossible to get conviction, however
notorious the offence, against anyone en-
gagged in illicit traffic. Liquors are kept
for sale in back rooms, and owners escape
the penalty by alleging that such liquors
are for their own private use. 1t IS for the
this illicit business even if we should have
to abridge individual rights to some extent
Rep. G. Brown said that wherever liquor
is sold, every constable knows. and can put
his hand on it any time. If the police at
tend 20 their duty, the present law is sutfi-
GENTLY operative to prevent illicit traffic.
Noble WaterhOuSe moved that section 2
be referred to a special committee
Minister Green said be was always OBJ
posed to the indefinite postponement of
bill especially if it can be amended by
reference to committee. This BILL how
ever, is wrong in principle. If passed, it
will only put an Act on the Statute book
that will be dead letter.
The motion to indefinitely postpone the
bill was lost on the following division:
Ayes-Green, Robinson, Young, Jaeger,
Smith, Motley, Wall, Bailey, Richardson,
Makee, Hustace, c. Brown, Mcguire, Ka-
mauOha, Nakaleka-15.
Noes-Austin, Warehouse. Luhiau,
Townsend, Hitchcock, S. n. Wilcox, Dole,
Naone, Kauhi, F. Brown, Deacon, Kamai,
Kinney, Nawahine, Helekunihi, Horner,
Kawainui, A. S. Wilcox, Rice, Gay, Ka-
paehaole-21.
The bill was referred to a select commit
tee, consisting of Mobiles Waterhouse and
Dole Minister Ashford, Reps. Kawainui
and Naone.
Ales, Wines, etc.-Second reading of the
bill ." to amend section II, chapter Al of
the laws OF 1882" introduced June Is, bv
Rep. F. Brown, and the substitute bill,
submitted by special committee, July 81,
t." to amend sections II and Is, of chapter
Xiv. of the Session Laws of 1882, and to
insert therein new section, to be called
section Is B."
Rep. F. Brown moved the original bill be
laid on the table Carried.
The substitute bill was taken up and
considered section by section. Section 1
passed.
Section 2, providing for the closing of
places where spirituous liquors are sold by
the bottle or glass from 10 o'clock at
night to 5 o'clock in the morning, except
in the case of a hotel where sales NAV be
made up to eleven at night, was discussed
by Noble Smith, Reps. Helekunihi, Kauhi,
and F. Brown.
Section 2 and the whole bill were referred
back 10 the select committee that intro
duced namely: Mobiles Hitchcock and