The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-04-19
BILL.
IS RIPPED
House Passes Liquor
Bill to Second
Reading.

was of such length that the members
had time to pass the newly numbered
liquor bill (No. 222, which is the orig,
| inal bill as introduced by the House)
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
ton concerning the licensing of shows
and other entertainments. Despite the
efforts of Quinn, Long, Harris and
others to give the Honolulu legitimate
Snowman 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
to pass a 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 it. The
Senate would have to come to time. The
trouble was because the Senate had
ripped up the bill the House had pass
ed.
Greenwich arose again to request that
the bill be passed to a committee. He
favored a suspension of the rules to per-
NIT 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
los. the bill had already been passed
its fourth reading.
Harris reiterated that the bill had
been amended by the Senate and 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 matter.
the granting of divorces on the ground
of Ieprosy, 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,"
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 it 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 cratic in
the bill now. The case was |
this: The ones who wanted a 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 a man in the town |
who would not say the bill was rotten. |
The liquor men themselves were OPP |
posed to the bill passed by the Senate. |
The Senate had inserted a clause call |
ing for ten cents a gallon for distilling |
liquor Revenue Collector Chamberlain |
told him such a clause made it prohib-
tory to distill liquor in the islands.
The House passed a fair liquor bill, |
and the Senate played it, and the
people. When public sentiment was
aroused the Senate asked the House to
AXE half the blame. He believed the
House should pass its original bill
lgain. The liquor men said the bill
hen was good. The House committee
vas assured of this. and also that the
Governor would sign it. The original
,ill is conceded to be a fair bill
tripped of the Senate amendments.
therefore, there was nothing to prevent
he House from reintroducing the bill
gain. If the House overrides the Gov
rnor's veto. what guarantee has the
louise that the Senate will sustain the
louise? The House should go on rec 1
I'd as believing it had passed a fair
i'll. in its original shape.
In my judgment, the Senate amend
rents are rotten" said Harris.
'.Kokua'' said several members in en-
orsement of his remarks.
Sheldon at this juncture moved to
the rules 10 permit the Solons
, smoke their Havanas- The request
as granted.
Ay!ett inquired whether if the House
lssed the new bill. there was any as
france of the Senate treating it right.
Harris thought that the Senate be-
eyed it was ashamed of itself for hav-
~ had the temerity of passing such
bill. Some Senator's had told him
}. In answer to a question. Harris
id he had no assurance that the Gov
nor would sign the new bill. but he