The Hawaiian gazette., 1896-04-07

they passed the last quarter)
Representative Bond announced thu
oct TO restrict large; shooting on Sun
.iay as the next subject on the program
for the afternoon.
Rev. II. w. Peck enjoy games of al
kinds, and none more than shooting.
fel quite proud OF belonging to the
Sharpshooters, and when | was actively
connected with that organization of be-
longing TO the first team. / want to SET
target shooting go on, but within GER
tain legislative limits. | do not object
10 men going out for quiet Sunday
shoot as long asthey do not interfere
with the rights of others. The act at
tempts to regulate matters so that men
may go out to shoot and not be nuis-
ance TO those who do not like such act
| ions. Seven years ago nothing of the
kind was in vogue here. People who
wanted to shoot went out to places
where they would not be a nuisance.
Sunday shooting, as carried on today
I'VE might as we'll come right down to
it,, was not carried on until after jan
uary 18th. 1893. or from the coming in
to power of the Provisional Govern
ment. The plea has often been made
that it is matter of necessity that the
supporters of the Provisional Govern
ment know how TO handle the rife. In
the first place, those interested started
practice out at Diamond Head and other
places where they interfered with no
ones rights. Since that time the ranges
have crept closer and closer to the city.
In talking TO the natives they offer this
as reproach and say that such thing
was not known before the advent of the
present Government. | want to refer
to one thing in particular, and that is
the fact that the nuisance did not be-
come such until the coming into office
of the present acting head of the mill
tary-until medals were offered for
rifle competition by the Colonel. /
went around with a petition some time
ago and visited the principle places of
business for the purpose of getting the
signatures of the leading men on the
of the nuisance now under
discussion. The President and the Min
listers were in favor of it, but there was
no law, and no one seemed to like the
idea of putting himself ON record as be- |
ing opposed TO Sunday shooting; so the |
went on. All that the proposed |
law asks is that the people who want |
TO shoot shall not interfere with the |
rights of others. The educational effect |
is an important factor in relation to this |
subject. Children get used to seeing |
men packing their guns on their Shout
ders every Sunday, and come to regard |
it as being along in the ordinary run
of things. There results a breaking |
down of the law, for the thing is clear
ly against the law. Now, then, how |
about strangers who have heard that
the existing Government is the best one
the islands have ever had? When they
see such things will they retain that i'm
preston? There is a still more serious
aspect to the subject The Citizens
Guard and Volunteer companies are
made up of the men of the city. Soon
here will be a Withdrawing of men who
believe that Sunday shooting is wrong.
Rep. Robertson-Mr Peck, is it not
barely possible that the people outside
the proposed three-mile limit may OBJ
tCl DIS DluCn do lIOoC
Rev. C. NJ. Hyde must speak for
he native Hawaiians on this point.
they are a people who believe in the
Institutional side of religion, and they
must surely be affected by the fact that
his state of affairs exists by authority
# the Colonel. If the thing is allowed
o go on there will be an inconsistency
II the claim that this is Christian
Government.
w. A. Bowen-I received a letter
rom a Hilo man recently, a bright,
parking letter, that bore marks of sar-
,astic utterance all the way through.
lie spoke particularly of the opportu-
lities that Honolulu has, and the OPP
,ortunities that the other districts do
lot have, and closed with the following
IS a sort of parting shot:
THE instruction that your Colonel
Commands that the Fourth Command
nent shall be observed so far as it does
lot conflict with his authority is rich.
j. S. Emerson-Rifie shooting is only
hould be recognized in the law. II for
'atriotic or other motives people should
want to fire off crackers on certain days
hey should be made to go outside of the
ity limits. Voice from the row of Rep ,
esentatives-And waste their sweet
less on the desert air. / refer to such =.
avs when they happen to fall on Sun
ay.
Rev. H. w. Peck-I want to call at
ention to certain things that were said
lere yesterday. DR.. Myers made the
tatement that from seventy to ninety
were examined every week,
nd he was backed up by Attorney GEM
raj Smith. inspected DIR. Monsarrat's
looks and found, as l suspected, that
hey were mistaken. The reports from
he beginning of the year to this pres
mt time show an average of about fifty
tx. | merely mention this to show that
bears out my statement that the
fomen are examined on an average of
bout once in two weeks.
Rev. II. w Peck COMMUNICATIVE
.ttorney General stated that the Gov
rnment was doing all in it's power to q
revent prostitution. Under the con-
ention which provides for the importa-
ion of the subjects of His Imperial
japanese Majesty into the realm NJ EIic