The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1890-07-23

SDan drink hQuOr e-and by some one
will say bring IN q bill to regulate
church-going. | believe the bill is
brought in for purpose. Ii will be APP
piled to native Hawaiians who have
made themselves obnoxious on political
grounds.
Rep. knudsen - | believe the bill is a
good one and will have good results. l
remember long ago in my own country |
such law was passed, and young men
who were drunkards were pat in by their /
own parents and cured of their illness
for illness il is. L hope that all friends |
OF humanity will vote for this bill
Rep Nawahi was i'll favor OF the in |
definite postponement OF the bill. We |
want to pass good bills, but this is liable |
to abuse. The members of this House |!
| had better be careful. They go to par
ties sometimes and after while they |
talk pretty fast. Perhaps they will be
| digging pit for themselves. A member |
of this House may be the first to be lock-
ed up under this Act.
Rep. Brown-The member misunder-
stands the effect of the bill. An order TO
show cause why one should not be COM
mitted as dipsomaniac will be issued
| and his liberty cannot be restrained I'M
til an order for his committal has been
| issued. The person making the COM
| plant will have to prove it, AS he would
| in an action OF assumpsit, and the party
complained against will have an appeal
to the Supreme Court in banco. In
every civilized country in the world there
are homes for inebriates, and they are
only committed after such proceedings as
l have described. and none can be ar
rested and locked up under this Act as
the member from HiIo imagines.
Rep. White-I am in favor of in
definite postponement. Thurston and
his Cabinet have gone out of office but
they have a representative here in the
member from Honolulu who has taken
the bill under his protection.
Rep. Marques-When l first read this
! bill l thought it was excellent. The
second time | was more doubtful. l was
} very glad to see it referred TO special
committee. l must confess am disap-
pointed at the work of the committee.
The bill will open a door to abuse. The
dipsomaniac can be committed on the
complaint of any person. This gives
any person q right to peer into other
, peoples houses. The bill does not saw
how one is to prove that he is not a
drunkard. 1t also gives the physician
+, power to recommit without process Of
b. law which is very dangerous. | cannot
4 endorse the bill in its present form, and
8 l favor its indefinite postponement.
8 Rep. Kapaehaole-When l first read
g the bill l was opposed to it, but when
o one considers what the word dipsoma-
e MAC really means, what strong word
r it is, think the objections to the bill
y lose their force. The district judges
will have no jurisdiction, and therefore
r there will be no chance for abuses, so
Q far as they are concerned. The idea of
e the bill is good, but l agree with the
honorable member from Honolulu rep.
Marques) as to the power to commit on
complaint of any one. The bill ought to
e provide punishment for persons who
make unfounded complaints. | there
e fore move that when the committee rise il
r recommends reference to a select COM
n mittee.
Rep. Kanealii-I am opposed to the
e bill. l consider it on a par with the
leprosy bill and others which cause the
D Hawaiians great trouble.
Rep. White moves that the committee
s. rise and report progress. Lost.
y Rep. Brown want to speak on the
t. motion to rise We can vote on the
y matter in FIVE minutes, and either kill
the bill or refer it to committee. 1t is
% a good bill and we ought to help it.
n Rep. Lucas This matter can BIZ
fetched up at some future time.
l. President Walker object to this
y manner of Misunderstanding and doins
e. nothing. The House has done nothing
d 1t appears to me that there are men her,
i who have nothing to do but to stay her,
& six or eight months The idea OF ad
'e journing after all this talk without doin,
e anything is ridiculous.
" Noble phillipS Il oUrpa with tbo hon
orable Noble Walker. There are mum
% Der of men in the back seats who have
rs terrible faculty of talking a great dea
h and not saying much, They remind m,
s. of Josh Billings and the Deacon. JOSH
had terrible habit of swearing. ii,
20 was once called to account by deacon
Well, deacon, you pray good deal ant
Is l swear good deal, but we neither o
us mean much. People don't seem t,
n know what dipsomaniac is. He is
man who has no control over the crav
ing, and when he begins to drink doesn'
know when to stop. man is not
dpsomaniac merely because he get
drunk Saturday night and stays SO al
Sunday. This law is taken from thu
IL Massachusetts Act, and what is goot
|: there will be good here. | am in favo
a. of the section passing as in the bill.
Rep Nawahi-I am afraid if this Law
to goes into effect the honorable chairman
O. of the committee (the last speaker) ma,
be one of the first to suffer under it.
lie think the little that we have said is sufti
We cient to show that the honorable Noble il
n very far astray.
IN Noble J. NJ. Horner-What | under
L stand by dipsomaniac is a man wht
to can't take care of himself. This Law
tries to restore his manhood to him.
n Rep. Kapaehaole- The honorable
ct Noble Phillips has just told US that thi
cs is an exact copy of the Massachusett
ry law. Now the Minister of the Interior
ne report states that the Massachusetts Law
he is far from perfect. Calls of question.
to Noble Phillips Did the honorable
lie member from Molokai ever know of
of human law which is perfect. He want
OF a select committee. What for? He ha
of had the bill in his possession two week
lie already. Calls OF question:
al Rep. Kapaehaole said that it the hon
a orable noble wanted perfect law drawn
a. up he would be glad to lend his assist
ance.
ed Rep. White began to speak, but tn
cries OF question were SO incessan
n that he had to yield the floor
ee The motion TO indefinitely postpon
d. was. on rising vote, a tie land the Chair
I'd man voting with the negative 1t was lost
The motion to refer to special com
lg mlttee WAS carried