The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-03-23


derstood by only portion Of his flock,
thus 1t was that Rev. Desha at this
mornings opening of the House of Rep
resentatives made a special plea I'm the
matter of the Sunday bill now before
the Governor for final action. Desha
had just attended the meeting held
up in the Governors office and
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fact that man, considered as a mel e
machine, cannot work 1855 days in the
year and retain his health. belieN e
that as long as a man does not disturb
anyone else, his methods of recreation
on Sunday should be largely left to
himself" Sunday laws might work
hardship on some people whose early
| training did not incline them to any
respect for the day, said Dillingham;,
but he thought that Sunday observance
was essential to the best interests of
by the old law.
Manager Hedemann Of the Honolulu
Iron Works was called upon as a large
employer Il was not informed" he
said, that this was a meeting for the
| purpose of opposing the new law, 9TH
erwise I would have been prepared TO
speak. 1 am not familiar with it's pro-
visions, nor altogether familiar with
present law. / know that occasionally
| it is necessary to do some work on
Sunday such as the repairing Of a
transfer. steamer that may call here,
or repairing Of plantation machinery.
| We have no work at the Iron works on
Sunday except such as is necessary"
The t,tle of the bill ought to be
changed began j. A. McCandless
when called upon, ito describe It as an
acc to compel poor people and iaoorers
to work seven days in a week" Nc
Candless said that IL the way was 20
be opened for Sunday loading of steam
ers and other similar labor, the electric
light company would be ,compelled to
work larger forces Sunday and things
would open up generally. "Asiatics are
only waiting for a chance to work 1865
days in the year." he said, land others
who compete with them will be crlven
to do the same"
| F. X. Archer a Hawaiian made an adj
taught the observance of the Sabbath.
| close. He said that Hawaiians up to
"a years ago had had no Sabbath but
| that "a years ago a party of Ameri-
| cans had landed at Kailua and h
| taught tn observance of the Sabbath.
THE Hawaiian people took their ad-
vice and kept it up to date. 1 remem-
! Der as a boy in Kona that we would
not even go after water or ride horse
on Sunday.
you are the son of a missionary"
| Archer said to Carter, "and / appeal to
you to be true to the teaching and do
not sign this bill. You know and
known that the breaking up of the
| Sabbath is the beginning of the down
fall of a people"
! c. NJ Cooke agreed with Bowen and
others and said he believed in letting
well enough alone. ]. p. Cooke also
heartily endorsed what had been said.
George Castle said he had been told
that the plan to change the Sunday
laws was in the interests of people who
want to gamble on baseball.
Principal Horne of Kamehameha
school said that the enforcement of the
| Sunday laws had already made ire
mendous differences in the regard they
hold for the Sabbath. He favored the
stricter laws as of benefit to young
men. Rev. S. l.. Desha spoke on the
same side.
w. o. Smith spoke very forcibly a.
gainst the new law. He said It was
impossible to frame any law suitable
for rigid enforcement, but that execu-
tive discretion was necessary. The
proposed change was not an American
idea, he said, and he referred to the
Sabbath laws enforced I'm Washington,
New York, Chicago and other cities. ~
believe that the present law is all suf-
fcient," he said. Smith also said that
there had been no public demand for
a change and that it was a piece of
arrogance for the legislature to at
tempt to make 1t. In vetoing the bill
the governor therefore need not con-
slider that he was opposing the will Of
the people.
| Addresses on similar lines We're made
by DR.. Scudder, Rev. j. w. Wadman
and Messrs, Weldon, Brown, Day, Mar
rill and others. Those present at the
meeting were c. NJ. Cooke c. II. Ather-
ton, p. L. Horne, Rev. J. l.. Hooper,
Principal A M, Merrill. W. c. Weldon,
d. l.. Al, c. p. Castle, c. Hedemann, l..
f. Kakani, j. A. McCandless, u. Thorn
pson, Rev. E. b. Turner, DR.. j. M.
Whitney L. A. Dickey f. A. Archer,
Judge Humphreys p. c. Jones, j. A. s,
Kaleo, j. Mana. s. Kanahale, w. l..
Castle, w. o. Smith, d. Scudder, II.
Meheula, ]. Mahiai, S. Kahohalahala,
w. e. Kahao, D. w. Mahuahua. r,
Benner, w. A. Bowen j. p. Cooke, b,
r. Dillingham;, Rev. W. l.. Iona, r.
Richards, c. j. Day, Rev. J. w. Wad-
man, j. M. Martin, w. w. Hall, Rev.
s. l.. Desha, II. c. Brown