The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-04-26
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the influences dominating the licensing
/ power In any land lease the OCCUPANT
may hold his rights by paying the high
est amount bid. The lessor, the same
government. gives him this equity, but
applying this principle to the case in
point, it was refused to the man who
was minus the necessary pull" the
privileges were wanted for men closer to
the licensing power, and his rights were
invaded and his request dismissed with
out even the common courtesy of being
given the opportunity Of taking what was
! TO be issued under the new conditions
and terms. The injustice of this must
appeal to all and the committee thinks
substantial relief should extenu to Mr..
Gilman and will so recommend
Another case in which there was di-
rect loss of property, in effect the con-
| fiscation of the right to operate under "a
license paid for and in force, is that of
H. A. Juen, who was burned out in the
sanitary fire within three months after
he had paid $1,000 for spirit license
After the fire, within a month, Juen
and his attorney appeared before Minis
ter Young and asked that a privilege be
given him to open saloon in the Or
pheum block, as the loss to him was
very heavy. Minister Young said that
no more licenses would be granted on
Fort street; that he would resign before
locations were tried, but the Govern
| ment would have none of Mr.. Juen's
choosing. After he had been out of bus
mess for more than six months, ne was
permitted to open in Aala. Three months
later, when the 44censee had taken a 20
year lease on the property where his
business was he was refused renewal
of his license for the reason that the To-
cation was outside the prescribed limits.
He a license wi IA
condition that he remove within the linn
its named by the Government before the
following year. But this was not the
only loss of the licensee. His goods Civ
en- in charge of the Government at the
time of the destruction of his place of
business, were held for four months and
disappeared to the extent of one-half the
original quantity. And to make matters
seem more unequal to him, licenses have
since been granted for the two places
for which he made application previous
ly.
| The application of Jose de Melo Pedro,
for license at Holualoa, Hawaii, is one
/ instance where hardship attended the
attempt of some Americans to establish
themselves in business. With the en-
dorsement of all good citizens of the dis
! trct and the approval of the sheriff,
! Pedro who is now the lessee of public
lands, and, of course, must be a respon-
sible citizen, was granted a license, but
almost Immediately thereafter the same
was withdrawn. Since that time, accord
! ing to the testimony of his attorney in
the case. a Japanese has been granted a
license for place in the same district
and nearer to the church and school
house than was Mr.. Pedro's, and an
alien enjoys the privilege denied to an
American citizen.
With all these facts before your COM
mittee, it feels constrained to make sew
eral recommendations, and to suggest
/ the passage of several resolutions to
make the same effective.
| First, your committee would recon-
mend in the case of II. A. Juen that his
license be extended for period covering
! the interval during which his license,
1 through conditions beyond his control.
/ left him without resource or income, and
in consideration of this concession he to
/ waive all claims against the Territory
for losses on account of stock.
| Second, we would recommend that W.
| c. j. Ottman be granted renewal of hts
/ license at Waikiki, upon complying with
J the usual conditions save that of distance
/ from licensed spirit seller. This license,
/ in the opinion of this committee. was
wrcngfuIiy taken from him and the pro-
2! visions of the law of 1898 should be and
are hereby suspended for this purpose.
! Third we would recommend that in the
| future no retail liquor license be granted
10 any wholesale liquor dealer or firm,
/ and that no agent of any such firm be
gwen license.
Fourth, that in taking bonds for liquor
licenses, the department shall accept
! Only voters and real property owners
y'ho reside in the voting precinct IN
which the saloon to be operated Is sit
u4ted. That no person or firm dealing n
/ quors may be bondsman for another
su-a firm or person.
| Fifth, that no license for the sale of
liquors be granted other than to citi-
zen of the United States.
! (Signed) A. F. GILFILLAN,
Chairman.
! (s.gned) ]. MoNsARRAT.
(Signed) JOHN EMMELUTH.
(Signed) JOHN K. PRENDERGAST.
(Signed) ]. K. HIHIO.
Resolved, That the Treasurer OF the
Territory of Hawaii be, and he is hereby,
directed to issue to w. c. ]. Gilman
light wine and beer license for MS
house. situated in Waikiki, near Kapio-
lani Park.
Resolved, That in taking bonds IN
liquor licenses, the Treasurer Of the
Territory shall accept as sureties only
voters and taxpayers of the voting pre-
cinct In which the saloon is located
Resolved, That no license for the sale
OF liquors may be granted within the
Territory Of Hawaii to other than a eiti-
zen of said Territory.
(Signed) A. F. GILFILLAN,
Chairman.
(S,gneD ]. MONSARRAT.
(Signed) JOHN EMMELUTH.
(SigneD JOHN K. PRENDERGASf
(Stgned) j. K. HIHIO.
BUSINESS RESUMED.
The translation Of the report on the
liquor license started in the afternoon
session 1t was very hot, very sleepy IN
the House, and the steady murmur on
the clerk,s voice waited Akina into inc