The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-04-04
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TIE IovnsT TRAFFIC
INroxIcAsr COMMITTEES De-
CLARE AGAINST pIsPENs-
AIRY BILL
An Array Of Objections Filed Against
the Messare-sum Appropriated
Believed lnsuf6cient-Repart Was
Tabled-Minoeity Report to Come.
An Array Of Objections Filled Against

Commlttee on lnt0xicanIS, ref4tfng II
Senate Bill No q. the Dispensarl
bill. was submitted to the Legislator,
in the upper house yesterday. TIT
report is Is follows:
To Honorable Nicholas Russell
President Of the Senate.
Your Committee on Intoxicants aftel
careful consideration Of Act No. a
entitled IAN Act to regulate the man,
ufacture. transportation and sale Of
liquors, opium, ava and other intoxi.
cants within the Territory Of Hawaii.
after careful consideration, We submit
that the main questions to be consider.
ed before recommending so radical .
measure are:
L Are any similar laws In operation
In other parts Of the world?
2. L so, are the social conditions OBJ
tanning In communities where they are
In operation similar to those existing
here?
5. What have been the results, soci.
ally and economically Of their introduo.
ton?
4. II the law we're introduced In this
Territory, would It be acceptable to .
majority Of the electors?
5. Would 1t conflict with any provi-
sion of the United States Constitution.
s. Is 1t calculated to promote tenn
perance In the use Of intoxicants!
Z. Are there any special or peculiar
conditions existing in this community
to which the law would be inapplica-
BILE?
8. Would the sum Of 100000. pro-
posed for carrying out the provision Of
this Act be adequate for the purpose!
Ffrst-we find that government
monopolies Of the liquor trade have
been attempted in State Of South Caro-
lima, U. s. A., under the title Of the
"dispensary SYSTEM" in Sweden under
what is known as the "Gothenberg sys-
tenn" and In certain provinces of Rus
sia.
Second-The social conditions in
South Carolina are to some extent SINH
lar to those existing in this Territory.
and in other respects they dtffer ma
terially. The community Is for the
most part an agricultural one. devoted
to the production Of sugar, cotton, etc.:
and it is composed Of mixed social ele-
ments. But the characteristics of the
negro race. which forms a majority Of
the population are essentially different
from those Of any of the races con-
shutting an important element Of the
population of this Territory. 1t is un-
derstood that the actuating motive for
the framing Of the dispensary law by
the Legislature Of that State was the
demand Of the white popu-
lation for some restriction upon certain
proclivities Of the negros which had
become notorious, and which were TO
mented by the abuse Of liquor. No such
motive exists in this Territory. Liquor
cases and crimes Of violence resulting
from the abuse Of liquor are rare in
our midst. whilst crimes Of the particu-
lar kind which aroused the indignation
Of law-abiding citizens in South Caro-
Ina are practically unknown here. The
social conditions obtaining in Sweden
and in Russia are wholly different from
those with which We have to deal. The
traditions Of the great mass Of the in
habitants Of those countries are such
that they will readily submit to what
may be termed "paternal legislation"
never having been educated up to self
and an appreciation Of per-
sonal liberty. as these are understood
IN the United States, they would not
be likely to resent the imposition OF
such q law "a an infringement Of In
dividual rights.
Third-Upon the results Of the opera
ton Of the Law In other communities
we do not propose to speak exhaustive
II, because fnli and reliable infornsa-
tion thereon Is not at the present time
In our possession. We. however. con-
slider it imperative that such knowledge
b. placed before you in ordsr to detar-
mine intelligently whether this Law II