The Hawaiian gazette., 1905-04-21
LICENSE BILL
IS RIPPED
House Passes Liquor
Bill to Second
Reading.
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to its second reading, and to rip and
tear the license act to pieces. The IL
cense bill called for all degrees of
oratory, most of it dwindling down to
"talk talk especially over the Sec
tion concerning the licensing of shows
and other entertainments. Despite the
efforts of Quinn, Long, Harris and
others to give the Honolulu legitimate
Snowman a license fee which would not
cut deeply into his nightly receipts, the
majority favored having him pay So
a night for every performance. AS
one legislator expressed it, 'We have
got to have every cent we can get to
pay our county expenses"
HOUSE NIGHT SESSION.
Holstein said If the House wanted
10 pass liquor bill why it should go
ahead and do so.
He said he did not care a snap
whether the bill passed or not, but If
the people wanted it, it should be pa s.
ed. The House was up against II. Toe
Senate would have to come to time. The
trouble was because the Senate had
ripped up the bill the House had pass
ed.
Greenwell arose again to request that
the bill be passed to a committee. He
favored suspension of the rules to per-
init the bill to pass its second reading.
He did not desire the bill rushed
through irrespective of rules.
Cox said the bill was identical with
the bill already passed-No. 165. 1t was
revived as No. 222. He wanted to know
where the House was at.
Harris said the bill was an absolutely
new bill under the circumstances.
Kaleiopu said If 222 was the same as
165 the bill had already been passed
its fourth reading.
Harris reiterated that the bill had
been vetoed.
Kaleiopu said the House could force
the Senate to pass this bill.
Andrade said the House had estab-
lished a precedent in such a matter,
the granting of divorces on the ground
of leprosy, which is a law. The case
was parallel to the liquor bill. 1t was
nonsense to waste time as to whether
or not the bill was to be acted on. Let
the bill be passed to its second read
ing.
He favored passing it the second
time by title.
Aylett thought it improper to bring
in the new bill now. There Is no veto
on the bill yet. C'Not on No. 222, u
said various members). He was OPP
posed to taking up this measure. In
the case of other bills placed before the
House in substitute for others 1t was
after the veto was received.
Mr.. Aylett was reminded that the
Governor had already vetoed the bill,
and notice thereof had already been
received, but consideration of the same
had been deferred to IL a. m. Wednes-
day.
Aylett said he came to discuss the
taxation bill, not a liquor bill. He
favored working on the bill in the day
time.
Harris could see nothing erratic ir
considering the bin now. The case was
this: The ones who wanted IA new
liquor law were the ones who would
suffer. The people of the territory
would be the gamers by taking away
the power in the matter from the Gov
ernor. There was a joker put in the
bill by the Senate which killed it.
There was not man in the town
who would not say the bill was rotten
The liquor men them selves were OPP
posed to the bill passed by the Senate
The Senate had inserted a clause call
ing for ten cents gallon for distilling
liquor. Revenue Collector Chamberlain
told him such a clause made it prohib-
itory to dstill liquor in the islands.
The House passed fair liquor bill
and the Senate played it" and the
people. When public sentiment was
aroused the Senate asked the House tc
take half the blame. He believed the
House should pass its original bill
again. The liquor men said the bill
then was good. The House committe
was assured of this, and also that tn
Governor would sign 1t. The origina
bill, is conceded to be a fair bill
stripped of the Senate amendments
Therefore, there was nothing TO preven
the House from reintroducing the bi
again. If the House overrides the GOV
ernor's veto what guarantee has tn
House that the Senate will sustain tn
House? The House should go on rec
ord as believing 1t had passed a ia,
bill in its original shape.
In my judgment, the Senate amend
ments are rotten" said Harris.
"Kokua." said several members in Ell
dorsement of his remarks.
Sheldon at this juncture moved
suspend the rules to permit the Solol
to smoke their Havanas. The reque
was granted.
Aylett inquired whether If the Hou
passed the new bill, there was any a
surance of the Senate treating 1t rigl
Harris thought that the Senate b
leved it was ashamed of itself for ha
ing had the temerity OF passing su
a bill. Some Senators had told h
so. In answer to a question, Har
said he had no assurance that the Go
ernoE would sign the new bill, but
believed the Governor was In favor
some liquor legislation and might {
tend the session If necessary to ha
il done
Aylett said he had, In no former s.
sion. seen so many vetoes, and the
fore he was I'm doubt as to what
Governor would do.