The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1890-09-18

all IN The hon. member from Wal.
luku bis imog nation. The speaker
had twenty years experience in The
outer districts Every vessel, a.
had uecu said. carried liquor to the
other islands, anl Portuguese and
Japanese had followed the Chinese
into the Illicit trade. There were
members in the House who could
bear him out in saying that drunk
enue9s had decreased in districts
when licensed saloons were opened.
THIS was because when there were
no licensed places, unlicensed deal
crs sold rooster brandy aud molly.
grub gin that killed. This bill was
drawn by pronounced prohibition
lists in Honolulu, who held that il
was a decided step towards temper
ance. Ia the south of France where
wiDe-drinking prevailed there was
no drunkenness, while in the north
where brandy was made the evil
was common. Seventyfve thou
sand gallons of spirits were taken
ont of the Custom House last year,
most of which went TO the other ISL
ands. The speaker quoted prices
of brandy from SO TO 81 dozen
and brand of Gun 81 dozen. He
displayed bottle of brandy, saying
physicians told him half bottle of
1t on an empty stomach would be
liable to kill n man.
Noble j. Nj. Horner gave his rea-
aons for moving the indefinite post
poment. lie opposed the bill on
physical moral, and financial
grounds. The quintessence of the
bill was in the first two sections,
which provided for the distribution
of wines and beers all over the ISL
ands. The rest was merely details.
There would be fifty of these places
for distributing this drink.
Noble Marsden-Who told you
there would be fifty!
Noble Horner-Iou sit down.
When the saloon licenses were is
sued first there were only TO be
three or four, but the number ran
up to about fifty. 1t was said that
this was temperance measure. He
would believe this when convinced
that evil was good, that darkness
was light, and vice was righteous
ness. The history of saloons show
ed that their nature was only evil,
and the leopard cannot change his
spots, nor the Ethiopian his skin.
These saloons-put down the word
would be distributing points OF
distress and poverty 10 the people.
They were not to supersede but 10
supplement the saloons already in
existence. The increase in the con-
sumption of wines and beers, and
decrease in that of stronger drinks
had been accompanied by an i'll
crease in drunkenness and crime
Statistics in the report of the Chic
Justice showed that drunkenness
had increased, but these only REFER
ed to evils that came before thu
courts. There was a great dea
. more damage done that never cam,
, into the courts. The speaker citeC
the cases of drunken woman VIII,
fell from her horse and lay sprawl
ing on the ground exposed TO TIA
, vulgar gaze, of another woman VIII
fell from veranda in Honolulu ant
l broke her neck.
= Noble Marsden-Was ii beer sh
drank?
| Noble Horner-For anything tn
{ hon. Noble knows, it was only sod
and sarsaparilla. If soda and sar
| saparila had such effects, wha
t might not be expected from beer
/ percent alcoholic strength. Anothe
\ woman was pounded to death 8
: Diamond Head bv drunken mer
a The speaker mentioned case 9
: Kukuihaele.
g Noble Marsden-Is there saloo
: at Kukuihaele?
f Noble Horner-You just hold o
r till I'm through, then you ca
i speak. Hundreds of Hawaiians ha
8 been sent to drunkard's graves b
+ the liquor business. There are fou
: strong men in Oahu Jail for KILN
v one poor little Japanese. The wa
in which justice had been vindics
:. ted in that case was an honor to th
country. If the life of this Japanes
j. was worth twenty thousand dollars
q what value should be set on til
q hundreds of Hawaiians killed i
,s these licensed slaughter houses
The King and themselves had th
). power to stop the destruction, an
q were responsible to the higher pow
). ers. IL was for the weak and til
q innocent that he asked protection.
i Rep. Richard called attention I
IT the rule limiting speakers to te
l. minutes, saying the hon. Noble ha
v spoken fully half an hour.
Noble Marsden would vote fl
# giving him all the time he wanted
O Noble Horner-Thank you; L
l. give you the same.
II Noble Muller suggested recess.
Noble Homer, after further r,
II marks, concluded by asking u
re House, earnestly and with energ,
l. to indefinitely postpone the bill.
a Recess from ll:55 TO 1880.
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