The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-03-28

tered. and more particularly if thSX
tend to entertain the tourists who are
being brought here at great expense of
time and money. Referring specifically
To baseball l submit that it is a moral,
edifying and amusing game, and as it
is scientifically played is at present
denied to nine-tenths of our popula
ton. whose daily grind begins at
o'clock on Monday morning and ends
at o'clock on Saturday night Base
ball on Sunday is to be seen in Homo
lulu wherever vacant lot is to be
found played by gamins or juveniles.
But baseball as the national game is
played where quality not quantity is
required. where the brain-weary busi-
ness man, can find relief from the
cares of the week, and the laborer rest,
in recrea ton, for his tired muscles, can
only be obtained where the contestants
require to charge some fee, to defray
necessary expenses of field and appara-
tus. and a guarantee that any element
inclined to be bawdy could be excluded.
AS an employer of men l maintain that
if baseball on Sunday or any other
manly outdoor sports, fee or no fee,
will quicken their steps, brighten their
eye anu ClSttI lilG VI an AOI tIiSlI
weeks work, L will leave no stone I'M
turned to help secure it for them.
Your excellency I don't desire to
burden you further with this but I
want to plead with you for a rational
Sunday, such as I believe the Quinn
bill provides. Two years is not a long
period of time and I favor giving the
law and the people a trial"
McInerny called upon George w.
Smith, president of the Merchants AS
ISOLATION, who spoke for the bill. He
said that the modern tendency was in
favor of more liberal Sunday laws. He
had the highest respect for the gentle
men who had opposed the new law in
the last meeting on the subject, but
did not think that they We're in con-
tact with the whole people. including
laborers, as much as some of those
present this morning. If there were a
referendum, said Smith, the vote or
the people would be overwhelming in
favor of the new law.
Steamers load and ply to and fro
on Sunday said John Hughes, the
next speaker. Railways and street
cars are operated. Plantations and
other large concerns keep going all
over this land. Why should not the
laboring man, the mechanic and the
clerk have a few hours on Sunday
afternoon for innocent recreation? I am
opposed to this bill if it interferes with
the rights of the humblest citizen to
spend Sunday how and in what man
ner he pleases, if it makes the hours
of labor longer, if it will tend to lower
example to our children"
Fred w. Macfarlane spoke on similar
lines. He said that the law now on
the statute books if enforced would be
a hardship to all. Frank Thompson sup
ported the Quinn bill, saying that it
was happy medium between extreme
views of the Sabbath question. w. c.
Roe presented a resolution unanimous
ly adopted by the employees of the Ho-
nolulu Iron Works in favor of the
Quinn law.
a. Hooking spoke for the new law,
saying the old law had been satisfac-
tory only so long as it had not been
enforced. T. Catalan, representing
local labor organizations. said they
We're unanimous in favor of the new
law.
Father Valentin next spoke. He said
he did not like to oppose what other
ministers had supported. There were
at least half a dozen reverends at the
last meeting, but he was the only one
here. He was glad TIC state his posi-
ton in favor of the Quinn law, with
the consent of Bishop Libert.
George Markham was the last speak
er. He wanted the governor to secure
a permanent place in history by sign
ing the new law.
Governor Carter addressed the gath
ering on somewhat similar lines as he
spoke TO the previous meeting stating
that he would study the matter and
that his action would be with a view
to the best interests of the whole COM
munity. He thanked those present
for their expressions of views, and said
he always liked to see such demonstra-
lions, showing an interest in public af-
fairs that was creditable to the citizens
of the community. The governor ex-
pressed himself enphatically in favor
of enforcing the laws as they exist,
saying that he did not make the laws,
but that it was his duty to carry them
out