The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-05-22
HIGH LICENSE.
AND LOCAL
OPTION
Association
in the Fight for
Temperance.

Il Temperance had it's innings yester-
day in the councils of the Evangelical
, Association. After devotional exercises
of deep interest Hon. C. H. Dickey out
lined in brief the history of the past
six years campaign against the sa-
looEf First came the attempt to OBJ
taih State control. then an effort to
secure local option by special elections
and, falling this, last years endeavor
to induce the Legislature to pass
thorough going local option law. This
failed by a narrow margin. The Sen
ator next sketched the program of the
Civic Federation as recently printed in
the Advertiser. The two slogans 'Lo-
cal Option and High License caught
the heart of the association. which i'm
mediately and with enthusiasm unani-
mously adopted the following:
The Hawaiian Evangelical Associa-
ton heartily endorses this action of the
Civic Federation and calls upon all the
churches of the Territory to center
their prayers and use their utmost in
fluence in behalf of this splendid ad
vance movement.
The interest mounted still higher
when it was proposed to put the pro-
gram of the Civic Federation on a
Ieaf1et (using both Hawaiian and En-
glish languages and back it up with
the endorsement of the association and
the request of Governor Atkinson to
tine members to do all in their power
to send men to the Legislature to re-
form the present liquor law. 1t was
voted to- issue 10,0 eco of these leaflets TO
be put into the hands of the members
of the association in order to scatter
them throughout the Territory to vot-
ers The English part of the leafiet is
as follows:
FOR GOD, HOME AND HAWAII NEI
LOCAL OPTION AND HIGH IL
CENSE.
The Civic Federation of Honolulu ap
peals to the voters of the Territory to
demand that all candidates for election
to the next Legislature pledge them |
selves to enact into law Senator Dick |
ey's Local Option Bill and so to amend |
the present Liquor Law:
First That all f1fth-class licenses be
abolished (s10O)
Second. That the annual fee for |
fourth-class licenses be $1,000 (Now |
$50O)
Third That in every case of appli-
cation for license the Treasurer be di- |
rected to publish the fact of his receipt
OF such application for four consecu-
tive weeks before issuing the same, in
a newspaper having general circulation
in the precinct where the license is TO
be exercised
Fourth. That opponents of the grant
ing of a license be given the right TO
arbitrate the decision on the same
terms as the applicant
Fifth. That signers of petitions for
licenses be restricted to real estate
owners within the prescribed limits
Sixth That saloons be not allowed
within 400 feet of a church, chapel or
school.
Seventh. That licenses be issued TO
citizens only
The Hawaiian Evangelical Assoc1a-
ion heartily endorses this action Of the
civic Federation and calls upon all the
,hurches of the Territory to center {
heir prayers and use their utmost in
,uence on behalf of this splendid ad- /
-ance movement
Acting Governor A. L. c. Atkinson t
eauests every member of the Evan t
-elicaI Association to help send men [
o the next Legislature who VIII vote
o reform the present liquor laws. 8
The Association next memorlaitzed Y
he Anti Saloon League to appoint p
Temperance Evangelist whose duty 1t o
houId be to visit local Associations q
md all churches, so as to arouse all s
lasses of the population to deep in
crest in the reforms proposed. Owing
o inter-island jea ,ousies the vote upon
his point was a narrow one. hardly
nore than half of the members being I
Wiling to express themselves. s.
At this point a pleasant incident a.
ranspired in the entrance of Rev r
,aniel McGilvary for more than thirty n
ears a missionary among the North =,
.aos people in SIAM DR.. McGilvary is II
all. SPARE and of impressive mien with g
now white flowing beard. The Asso- n.
iation laid aside its business to lis \
an as he de scribed the land which =,
,e missionaries opened to the world OF
$ the King of Siam is wont to put it. y;
he Lords Prayer and hymn both
, the Laos tongue delighted ana p
loved all present of
After the presentation of very IN 20
resting report by Rev r. g. Dodge
Maui. a number of routine ques- ri
ons were rapidly concluded. Finally VS.
,e following were chosen as officers NJ
n 1867: Moderator, Rev. II. H la
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