The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1901-03-15

were prohibited on Sunday previously.
As years passed by II was found that
many of the laws had become dead
letters. The last speaker made the
statement that the law was all wrong.
He differed with him Ii was the lack
of enforcement that caused the trou-
BILE. Everyone knew that the laws
were tlagrantly violated, and no one
seemed to take interest enough to see
that the laws are properly carried out.
Relative to, the Sunday sacred con-
certs he said that public sentiment
largely controlled the playing of mu-
sic. IL the present Sunday law was
left unrepealed, II being a Territorial
law, becomes binding upon the people.
even under county or municipal gov
eminent.
The entire, matter of Sunday law
should be left in the hands of the mu-
nicipality. The discussion of the OLD
Sunday law bill. repeating 1t arbi-
trarily and entirely, should be carried
on 30 rs to meet with public senti-
ment. | therefore offer the following
resolution:
Resolved, That 1t is the sense of this
committee that the Sunday law may
very properly be made more liberal;
that special committee OF FIVE mem
bers be appointed to recommend
amendments, and that House Bill 81 be
referred to such committee"
Upon motion made by Robertson,
which was seconded, the resolution was
adopted
The speaker thought that 1t was the
American people who introduced these
ing the Hawaiians bindly by direct
violation of the laws they were de-
sirous of now forcing upon them.
Kauawai said that in framing the
Organic Act it was thought best not
to interfere with the present Sunday
laws, but as the Hawaiians were still
bent on repeating these old laws, he
could not say that they were still
Christians. . lu ,
Makekau, who was occupying the
chair, called the secretary to the chair
so that he could make speech upon
the Sunday bill under discussion.
He said that Ii was the American
people who have introduced the pres
ent laws here and have lied US blind
ly' by direct violation of the laws
they are DESTROYS OF fcrcing upon US
IL this is the cry OF the Christian peo-
pie of the land to repeal a law Of this
kind, / think that IL we repeal these
old laws we are doing things contrary
to the action OF God.
The violation of the present laws by
the rich people was not sufficient rea-
son for repeating them The only
reason that our country was taken
from us was by superior force Of num-
hers, and we can well understand that
'he 'DJect VI tuhinS our country ITOtTf
us was for the purpose OF taking af-
fairs out of our hands, and as we had
no firearms to fight back with. that Is
the only reason 1t was done. And as
the average Hawaiian went down on
his knees, he prayed for relief from
the conditions in which he has been
placed. IT Is the very people who took
the country away from them who are
now getting 1t In the neck. think
that It was God who made the Sunday
laws for our self-protection. and In
order to back up my views against the
repeating OF these Sunday laws, I feer
that 1t Is the presence OF God that
kept them together. And even II the
laws are violated by the officials or
this Territory, let the man with the
red skin stand by the present laws ard
hope for relief with the aid OF Goo.