The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1905-04-25
THE SENATE.

Yesterday afternoon the Senate pass
ed the new liquor bill on third reading,
after debate that was marked with
some acrimony, and after an amend
ment that may, or may not, meet with
the favor of the 1overnor-if it gets
the concurrence of the House.
Consideration of the bill came at the
end of long days session, and at
first it seemed extremely probable that
no amendment would be permitted be-
yond those reported by the Dowsett
committee, and which were believed to
have the sanction of the Governor. A
number of efforts to amend the bill
while the clerk was reading it were
made, but Senator Dowsett, who led
the fight for it, seemed to have
his majority well in hand, and these
efforts were all voted down.
When the reading had been con-
Guided, and the vote was called for,
Achi moved that consideration of the
bill be indefinitely postponed because,
he claimed the provisions of Section "a
made a criminal of an innocent per-
son, and under the law of the Ter
ritory he said that could not be done.
Section 81 was the one most strenu.
ously objected to, but the Senator had
objection also to Sections AZ and 40,
and to that section which provided
that man twice convicted of drunk
enness should be considered as an ha-
bitual drunkard for the purposes of the
act.
McCandless also spoke against the
bill, and Paris said he would rather
have the law as it is now than vote
for the passage of this act.
DISAPPOINTMENT BEATEN.
The vote then came on Achi's mo-
ton to postpone indefinitely, and it
was beaten, IL to 4, as follows:
Ayes-Achi, Bishop, NMcCandless,
Paris-4.
Nays-Brown, Dickey, Dowsett, Gan.
dali, Hayselden, Hewitt, Isenberg,
Kalama, Lane, Wilcox, Woods-11.
Then Hayselden moved an amend
ment to the law by striking out the
offensive Section "a, saying that if the
section were out he would support the
bill. The motion carried, and the sec
tion goes out. The section is as fol-
lows:
Section 81. When a minor, habitual
drunkard, or any person to whom it is
unlawful to sell or furnish intoxicat-
ing liquor, is convicted of the offense
of being found intoxicated, he shall be
/ detained bv the Judge or District Mag
istrate before whom he has been con.
victed and shall upon oath before
, such Judge or District Magistrate, at
the time of such conviction or as soon
, thereafter = as possible, disclose the
places where and the person or per-
sons of whom the liquor producing such
intoxication was obtained and the cir
cumstances attending it, and if he
does not so disclose when required to
do so, he shall be imprisoned until he
does disclose, or until discharged by
the Judge or Magistrate, on motion of
or with the consent of the Sheriff or
Deputy Sheriff of the District.
THE BILL PASSES.
The vote then came on the passage
of the bill, and it was passed by pre-
cisely the same vote that defeated the
Achi motion to postpone indefinitely.
| The bill, as it has passed the Senate,
now goes back to the House ON consid.
Grafton of the Senate amendments.
The Ways and Means Committee re-
ported favorably on the bill to ap-
point commission to revise the tax
laws, and the report was laid on the
table to be considered with House Bill
1879.
There was the usual batch of com
munications relative to bills from the
House at the opening of the session,
The House failed to concur in the
amendments to House Bill 1876, and
asked for a conference. Hayselden,
Lane and Kalama were appointed SEN
/ ate conferrees. The House likewise
asked conference on House Bill 1873,
and the same eonferrees were appoint
ed.
A communication from the Chinese
Y. M. G. A. asked for the passage of a
law exempting its property used for
religious purposes from taxation. The
petition was received and referred to
the Ways and Means Committee.
Senate Bill l06, to repeal Section
26S5 of the Revised Laws. relating to