The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1890-09-19

license fee of $3.50, to compete with
them. Some member might be
disposed to move ON amendment to
this, exempting Honolulu for GER
tain radius from the city proper, but
he did not care to do so.
Noble Kauhane had promised his
constituents he would oppose any
bill of this kind. There seemed to
be disposition to pass such bill,
but license should not be granted
in o district against the wishes of
the people. He would therefore
move an amendment that no license
be granted except on the petition of
one thousand residents. The plan
tiers in Kau had taken the matter in
their own hands. When anybody
sent to Honolulu for beer he had to
notify the storekeeper at the land
ing, and when the package arrived
it was opened and if found TO con-
tain spirits had to be reshipped to
Honolulu. Certainly nobody in
Kau would ask for license, but
some outsider might and therefore
he asked that the license should
only be granted on the petition of q
large number Of people.
Rep. White asked il Noble Isen-
berg could inform the House wheth-
er H. Hackfeld & Co. did not have
$1,000 cases of monogram" gin in
the Custom House.
The President ruled that he had
no right to ask any such question.
Rep. White had listened with
great deal of pleasure to the speech
of the hon. Noble from Hamakua.
1t was the best effort he had ever
heard in that line, putting Mr.. Hell
enback in the shade. The hon No
BILE ought to give up sugar cane
planting and go temperance lectur-
ing. He had given up drinking five
years ago, but if they were going to
have good, healthy beer he might
begin again. Beer seemed to agree
with Noble Marsden and with Ser
geant-at-arms Nowlein. Noble Bald
win should not drink if he did not
like, but he ought to allow his
neighbor to do as he pleased. He
was in favor Of the first section as
amended by Rep. Brown.
Noble Isenberg protested against
the speakers use of the name Of H.
Hackfeld & Co.
Noble Burchardt moved an amend
ment that no license be granted for
any shop within two miles of any
saloon now licensed.
Noble Isenberg said that the use
of all kinds OF strong drink through
out the islands was working the
ruination Of the Hawaiian race. Cal
ifornia wines caused just as much
drunkenness as gin.
Noble Marsden--I say not.
| Noble Isenberg-1 say they do.
If you can make a law that will
stop the sale of drink altogether
will vote for it, but that would be
impossible. There is law to keel
opium out, but it still comes in.
Whether there is license or moi
liquor will be sold. The Portuguese
on the plantations are getting it and
they are selling. A police officer
told me that the starting of saloon
at Wailuku did not stop unlawful
selling, and one of the saloonkeepert
there told me the Same thing.
would vote for this bill if l though
it would lessen the drinking o.
strong liquors, but as do not think
so l will vote against it.
Rep. r. w. Wilcox cautioned thu
House against rashness in consider
ing such measure.
Rep. Nawahi moved an amend
ment providing that not more thar
two licenses shall be granted outside
q of districts where wholesale and re
tail licenses are granted.
Noble J. M. Horner thought they
should not open any more gates bu
shut some that are now open. AL
agreed that drunkenness was al
, evil. A petition had been received
from four or five hundred natives
, asking that no more licenses being
: granted. This was greatly to thu
, credit of the natives, as he did no
, think any similar petition had COM
: from white men. One petition CAM
j from Hamakua signed by a hundred
, persons, against more licenses b.
: granted, SO that the Noble iron
| Hamakua who was asking for NOR,
} licenses was not acting according I,
t the wishes of the people of his dis
t trict. The natives had been toll
; that if they voted for Horner h
J would stop all their beer and gin
3 They replied that they liked run
but it was not good for them, an,
! they voted for him. The drink pro
: vided for in this bill was DRUM
; drink. Whatever the percentage o
3 alcohol it was poison. The native
e would drink enough OF it to max
them drunk, as they were not salts
: fled with drink like white man
: they had to fill up with a drink.
2 Minister Brown had as great
D horror Of drunkenness as anybody
{ A habitual drunkard was better GU
r OF ths world than in 1t. The objec
= of this bill was to promote the con
' sumption OF beer and wine in plac
. OF the stronger liquors. This b
thought would he the effect of tn
: bill. Opponents OF the removal o
} the restrictions ON the gaIe of liouo