The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-04-23

ture If this is wide open town I
don't want to conduct business here. I
don't See how a member so imbued
with religion can introduce such
measure for the sake of revenue. I
am not a Christian; I have not seen
the inside of a church ror twenty
years. But this would make the poor
man poorer. 1 am against it first, last
and all the time"
Monsarrat-"I would like to ask the
honorable member (Makekau) il he
KNOWS 1T to be a fact that the police
are receiving brides from the gam
blers?"
Makekau-''No; but ru1nors are
about and 1 believe it to be the case,
or the game of che ia could be stop
ped"
Dickey-'I think 1 ought to say a
few words. I am sorry that the Hon
orabie Makekau has expressed such
views on gambling. 1 had very high
opinion of his character. and I am
sorry to hear him talk this way. Why
did the Organic Act expressly prohibit
gambling? 1t was because it debases
the young and takes money away from
legitimate trade. The dispensary bill
was voted down in the Senate. put If
1t had been voted first in the lower
house, l am sure We should have voted
down the saloons.
When rum was tabued Hawaiians
died, 1T is true, but not so quickly as
as they are dying now, where in the
towns they have access to liquor"
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Dickey-"Oh, nonsense. Because the
policemen don't do their duty, that is
no reason for passing bad laws. The
man that bets should be arrested as
| readily as the child playin I'll. Po-
| licemen who do not arrest people i'm
mediately, not only for riding on the
sidewalk, but for all breaches of gam
! ing laws, poker or anything else,
should be fined. Every dollar brought
into the revenue by gaming will help
to pay the price for lost souls
Aylett also objected to the measure.
day." he said, than pass such meas
ure. The example of the older folks
will train the children to initiate. Rev
enue might come in and help the gov
eminent, but not US. Since che ia was
| first introduced I have seen homes
mortgaged and people once rich
now walking the streets poor men. Su-
gar stock selling by the we'll dressed
young men on McInerny's corner is
just as bad form of gambling as
! Ill
Mahoe-'I am going to support this
bill. I am not or ever will be a gam
| bier. We must study if by passing this
bill, whether we are contrary to the
| Organic Act or not. That is the only
plausible reason for killing the bill.
the report of the committee does not
include all games of chance IN the Or
ganic Act, only the Louisiana Lottery.
Since the Act to prohibit all gaming
was introduced in 1859, nothing has
changed. Those who are born rich VIII
/ be rich; those who are born poor, will
be poor. To say that gaming VIII have
a bad influence, is, | think, aside from
the truth. The argument that it Will
make the children follow the example
I,f 10 dow ma. La &c NJ n CT q -
gument. 1t is only the poor people
who are being touched by the enforce
ment of the law; not the rich. To say
that hardship will be produced is a
guess. The proof of the pudding is in
the eating. Let us run the bill for two
years. 1t can easily be repealed II 1t is
bad. One of the main reasons is for
the revenue it will bring. We come
here asking for appropriations, yet
none of US have provided ways and
means; not one of us.
Dickey-"HoW about the per cent
income taxi"
Mahoe-"I see that seventeen licenses
are to be granted, bringing IN $4,000,
which plus the 10 per cent from the
gambling house, will bring in a pile
of money to build courthouses, bridges,
roads for the members from the Fourth
District and from Kona. The only way
to get this money is TO pass such a
bill. For instance, take salts, they are
not pleasant but do good; so with this
measure. It may not be wholesome,
but it is good. Let US not commit
murder by killing this bill mere. Let
the Senators kill it if it is not good
Dickey-'I ask for the ayes and
noes"
Prendergast got up and sat down
again.
Makekau-.I second the Honorable
Mr.. Dickey's motion"
The motion was carried on the mo-
ton TO indefinitely postpone. Several
doubtful votes were cast, and Makai-
mai changed. his vote to the affirmative.
The motion was carried. 1916. Hoogs,
Gilfllan. Kaniho and Kawaihoa were
absent; Robertson sat in the specta-
tors gallery.
Prendergast voted an adjournment,
which was carried the House being
bothered with MOSQUITOES, and Prem
dergast raising a howl against the in
diligence Prendergast has delicate
tenor voice of the bubble and squeak
order. which requires careful nursing
in order to make his resolutions on
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