The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-03-24
AGAINST THE
QUINN BILL
Carter Gives Hearing to
Opponents of Sum-
day Law.

The Governor still has the Sunday
law in his hands, and is considering it,,
Notwithstanding the report that grew
and spread all over town late yester-
dav afternoon that he had vetoed the
| bill The rumor of a veto has been
persistent in the air about the Capitol
building for some days past. 1t is said
that the Governor will veto the bill,
Houses over his veto. In fact, so strong
has the rumor grown, that Chaplain
Desha made a special prayer in the
House yesterday morning for votes to
sustain the veto.
Nevertheless, Governor Carter has
not acted. The bill is still here said
the Governor yesterday afternoon late.
Il must act upon it one way or the
other within ten days. The pocket veto
does not apply until near the close OF
the session. 1 had a big delegation be-
| fore me to protest against the new law
this morning.
AS a matter of fact, the Governors
office was filled with Sunday law pro-
testants at $3.50 a. M, the gentlemen
presenting their arguments at great
length. Those at the meeting were:
Messrs c. NJ. Cooke, c. H. Atherton,
P. L. Horne Rev. ]. L. Hooper, Prin-
, cipal A NJ. Merrill, w c. Weldon, D.
L. Al, G. P Castle, c. Hedemann, l..
X. Kakani. j. A. McCandless, U.
.! Thompson, Rev. E. B. Turner, DR.. j.
NJ Whitney, L. A. Dickey, F. A.
Archer. Judge Humphreys, P. c. Jones,
]. 4. S. Kaleo, j. Mana, s. Kanahale,
w. L. Castle, w. o. Smith, D. Scudder,
II. Meheula, ]. Mahiai, S. Kahohala-
haIa. w. E. Kahao, D. w. Mahuahua,
Mr.. E. Benner, w. A. Bowen, j. I.
Cooke, B. F. Dillingham;, Rev. w. L..
Iona, T. Richards, c. ]. Day, Rev. j.
w. Wadman. ]. NJ. Martin, w. w. Hall,
Rev. S. L. Desha, H. C. Brown.
Very nearly all these gentlemen
spoke against the proposed Quinn law,
the most significant speech being made
by w. o. Smith, perhaps. Mr.. Smith
said that he had heard of no great de-
mand for a change in the present law
from people on the other islands, nor
from people in the outside districts gen
orally He thought, if Governor Car
ter signed the Quinn bill he would be
acting in obedience to the desires of a
minority who wanted the law changed
for purposes of their own. There was
no great public demand for a change.
He thought, indeed, that the people had
not been heard from at all. The enact
ment of the Quinn law would be an en-
actment therefore of a statute pro-
fessedly in the public interest upon
which the public had been given no
chance to be heard.
And the argument, it was apparent,
had weight with the Governor. Chap
lain Desha of the lower house, said
that he had prayed and would pray
for the preservation of the present law
and a little later he did. Mr.. Bowen
began the presentation of the case OF
the opponents OF the Quinn law, max
ing a strong case along the lines that
he has already been publicly heard
upon. 3. f. Dillingham; followed him,
saying that he should be very sorry to
see Sunday made the same as other
days. Sunday laws might work hard
ship upon some people whose early
training did not incline them to some
respect for the day, but he thought
Sunday observance was essential to the
best interest of any community.
c. NJ. Cooke, ]. P. Cooke and many
others spoke in favor OF a stricter Sab
bath, and George Castle said he had
been told that the plan to change the
Sunday law was in the interest of those
who wanted to gamble on baseball.
You are the son of a missionary"
said F. X. Archer to the Governor,
and 1 appeal to you to be true to the
| teaching and not. sign the bill. You
| know and 1 know that the breaking up
OF the Sabbath is the beginning of the
downfall of people"
There We're many other addresses
along the same lines, J. a. MeCandless
! saying that if Sunday We're made more
! open, the laboring men, instead of
| being given a day of rest, would find
themselves compelled to work the
! harder.
Governor Carter yesterday received
petition signed by eighteen journeymen
BARRIERS asking him to veto that Sec
| ton of the Quinn law allowing barber
shops to be kept open until II a. m. on
Sunday. and also to have the present
provisions allowing barber shops to run
until d. m. repealed.