The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1892-11-16
AFTERNOON SESSION.

Inc House rG-dSSeE1DleU aI lou L. NJ.
Third reading of Bill 1876, to entrust
the Board of Health with the duty to
enforce the Act to mitigate.
e, Passed.
Third reading of Bill sc, to encour-
age manufacture of soap.
Passed.
Third reading of Bill 1S6, an Act TO
provide for re-registering of brands.
Passed.
Second reading of Bill 65a, light
wines and beers.
A report of the Temperance Com
mittee was read. 1t sets forth that
the government is powerless to pre-
vent Illicit liquor selling in the coun-
try districts and recommends Bill 65a
to passage.
z The bill was taken up section by
section.
SECTION 1 1t shall be the duty of the
Minister of the Interior to issue licenses
for the term OF one year each, for the
sale, at retail only, of wines not to ex-
coed twenty per cent. of alcoholic
strength, and Of beers and ales not to
exceed eleven per cent. of alcoholic
strength. Not more than ten such Ii
censes shall be issued for the District of
Honolulu, and not more than three for
each of the other judicial districts of the
Kingdom. Provided that where such
district shall consist of more than one
voting precinct of any election district,
not more than one such license shall be
issued for any one such voting precinct.
The committee recommend an
amendment fixing the license fee at
$3.50.
H IL - Id:
tute election districts for judicial dis
tricts.
Rep. Smith moved to add provi-
sion that no such license be granted
within one mile of the Bell Tower. !
Noble Marsden moved to amend by
making the limit as to wines q, in
stead of 20 per cent.
All these amendments were adopt
ed and the section passed.
SEC. 2. No such license shall be is
sued until the applicant therefor shall
have filed with the said Minister writ
ten petition for the issue thereof to
such applicant, which petition shall be
signed by majority of the voters fol
Representatives in the voting precinct
for which such application is made
Such petition shall be certified by the
Deputy Assessor and Collector of Taxe
of the district embracing such precinct
and by member of the Board of Inspec
tors of Election thereof, and such certifi
cate shall set forth that the signers O
such petition constitute a majority @
such voters as aforesaid.
Rep. Waipuilani moved to amend
by requiring one hundred petitioner
instead of majority.
Noble Marsden opposed the motion
The majority should rule. That wa
the position they had always beel
contending for
Rep. Waipuilani said the object o
the bill was to encourage drinking
light wines and beers, and this Nigh
fail if a majority were required.
Rep. Smith moved to amend b.
requiring the petition to contain tn,
names of majority of the women il
the district, as well as of the men. n
one was as much interested in thi
question as the women. 1t affecte
their interests and happiness NOR
vitality than any other class of tn
population.
Rep. Kamauoha moved to strik
out all after line 5. How could tn
deputy-sheriff tell whether wome
signers were above Is years or not
He was sorry the introducer admitte
these amendments, which would re
suit in killing the bill.
Rep. Kaluna thought the bill shout
not be tinkered with.
Noble Kauhane thought the bill
should be carefully considered. i
would tend to bring about a genera
illicit selling. a great many peopl
simply drank to get drunk, an
they would say: 60 don't want you
old insipid beer; give me somethin
strongn He favored the motion c
Rep. Smith. This bill was a baske
of eggs which would hatch brood {
evils worse than the mongoose.
Noble Marsden said the hon. Nobl
for Kau was sincere, but he did nc
know what was going on; 171,0C
gallons of spirits were withdrawn fror
the Custom House last year. Wa
that drunk in Honolulu? No, not
quarter of it. 1t was sold by Portu
guese, Chinese and japanese in tn
outer districts. The quality was {
the vilest. 1t was imported at co:
of 75 cents dozen. Only 10 convi'
lions for illicit selling had been oil
tanned in the last two years. Thel
had been 500, 900 offences: conviction