The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1900-08-07

Of the weak. rather than the strung-
fer the higher the standing Of the in1i-
viduaI in the community and the
greater his wealth the sxifts- aud
sursr should the punishment BE-
Investigate Liquor Sailing
II has come TO the information Of this
court and I charge you 20 make dill
gent inquiry into the fact that at the
hotels and resorts on the oe@ch 4
Wafkfki. liquor IS sold On SUNDAYS -
omen violation Of Law; and II II =
r.e-eSSa-v. 10 arrive az the truth ei
This charge il Kill BE- your duty 20
summon every person boarding az
these hotels or resorts. and every per
son Who visits them on Sundays, to-
zether with the employees OF such 10
,eIs and resorts; and If you are salts
fed that the Law has been or is beng
violated in this regard il will De your
duty TO take proper action IN regard
thereto. II you are satisfied that any
OF the persons summoned before you
TO testify as 10 these matters are
swearing falsely you should promptly
indict them for perjury
And moreover. II you believe that
the granting Of liquor licenses TO per
sons on that beach is calculated and
does in fact depreciate the value of
property Whereabouts. and render il
less safe and desirable as place nj
abode. or. IL it is calculated TO make
that neighborhood a rendezvous for
questionable characters, you may IL
your final report comment thereon and
direct public attention thereto
II you find during the course OF your
/ investigations that any retail liquor
dealer within the Jurisdiction OF this
court has in his employ in and about his
bar-room any minor, then that would
be a condition proper for you TO COM
ment upon. and to direct public at
tention thereto if you so desire
Must Enforce the Law.
It may be that this court does not
believe in the enforcement Of laws
which prohibit the sale OF liquor On
Sundays at these resorts. Possibly you
do not. If you disbelieve in the policy
of the law. and desire 10 have il re-
/ pealed. the very best way to secure IFS
/ repeaI is to enforce il. You are 70 Sc:
| aside your private personal opinions
| as TO the expediency. fairness or lb-
| crafty of the law; il is your duty, and
YOU are bound under your oaths, to
/ fairly and impartially enforce the law.
! Public sentiment made the law
| X is but public sentiment crystaliZed
] r~ t. oil
say that mere public sentiment alone
! can repeal it. Public sentiment put 4
| on the statute books II it comes OF
| the statute books it must do so by
public sentiment, properly crystallZed
| into a repeating statute, and | charge
! YOU TO make careful and thorough and
searching inquiry as TO alleged viola
lions of law in the sale of liquor on
| Sundays at Waikiki.
In the Hawaiian Islands the number
of liquor licenses that may be obtained
in a given district or city are limited.
/ | believe. speaking offhand, that the
/ price OF a liquor license in Honolulu
/ is one thousand dollars. In very many
communities throughout the United
/ States a license fee of two thousand
dollars is charged. and not only that,
but before man can secure license
TO retail liquor he must obtain in some
cases the signatures OF two-thirds Of
the property owners living in the dis
I trict wherein ne desires to engage in
| the sale of liquors. In other instances
/ he is required to obtain the signatures
| of one-third OF the freeholders within
! the district. and in still others mere
majority. In many States of the Union
a liquor dealer is under tabu; he IS
not permitted to serve as a juror; he is
required to give heavy bond before
entering into business. and the law
places many limitations for him on the
| privileges which others enjoy. It is
within the competency Of a State, or
| Territory perhaps. to restrict or even
wholly prohibit the sale of intoxicating
! liquors.