The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-07-07
A LICENSE
IS REFUSED.
To be No Saloon on
Water Front.
IT WOULD ANNOY LADI les
c. R. Dement, Complains That He
is Disseminated Against in
the Matter.

The Executives Council recommend
ed yesterday that n license be refused
g. II. Dement, to sell liquors at 16 Queen
street. he having applied for a license.
The Governors secretary. Mr.. Halves,
said that the Governor and the heads OF
the Territorial departments who con-
stituted the Executive Council concur
red in the objections of Treasurer Lans
ing. The latter said that the saloon
would be too near the boat landing and
would be a source of constant annoy
ance to ladies. The following is COM
munication on the subject:
Editor Advertiser:--If you have space
will you be kind enough TO publish the
following. as l wish to call the atten-
ton of the citizens of Honolulu, through
your paper. to the state of affairs exist
ing at present in the government of this
city.
J The undersigned made application u
the Treasurer. Mr.. Lansing. for the Is
J suance of a saloon license. to conduct
said place at 16 Queen street, In Homo
J lulu, and IL was refused for the ostensi-
, BILE reason that the adjacent property
\ owners objected. and that 1t was not a
4. proper place for a saloon.
Il | desire to state that every large and
= ~ seaport cities. have saloons on their
4 water fronts. Why should not city
like Honolulu. with its warm climate
4 and large shipping interests, have a well
d. conducted saloon where the laboring
masses may quench their thirst and re-
ceive refreshment without being COM
! PEELED to go TO the middle OF town? And
again. why not have such public place
on Queen street. near the water front
and prevent the seafaring men from
travelling the length of the city and con-
| gregating I'm the principal business
J streets. 20 the detriment Of bystandersi
The general public will understand
] the real cause for the refusal of thu
J license by the following:
! Under our present law Mr.. Lansing
the Treasurer. has absolute power tC
grant or refuse applications for licenses
lie IL n shareholder and officer Of Pea
cocks liquor firm. Who are the Pea
I cocks? They are Australians who mad
their fortune out OF the liquor business
in Honolulu. and have gone TO Australia
10 spend IL. The following saloon II
: icenses are controlled by them:
Royal Saloon. corner Nuuanu AM
: Merchant streets.
Royal Annex. Merchant street
Cosmopolitan, corner Hotel and Nuu
anu streets.
Pacific. King and Nuuanu streets.
Moana Hotel Bar at Waikiki, directl
opposite a church ana school
This firm at present is managed by
British subject.
Were the reasons given by Mr.. Lans
ing for refusing my application the res
ones. or were there more intereste
ones? I will let the public answer thi
and whether such firms should contr'
the licenses and liquor trade under III
American flag when respectable Amer
lean citizens who are thoroughly capab
OF carrying on and conducting a legit
mate saloon business are deprived OF
living. I hope the time will soon con
when the Legislature will remedy u
4. despotism under which we are now III
ing. by enacting law giving an Amer
can at least equal rights in his ov
country with a foreigner.
g. X. DEMENT,.