Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1906-11-05

ly that no man can appeal to lawless'
ness among the voters without for 4
(eiting the vote OF the law abiding.
Y. A. Douthitt said:
With regard to the liquor law have
no apology to make so far as that liz.
uor law is concerned: neither do dc. I
sire to defend II. There was not only
the clamoring of the liquor dealers
for the passage OF the law on the ques-
ton. hut there was as you can sec
from the public prints OF that time
the popular clamoring Of everybody. /
They wanted a new bill: they said, |
Here, there are too many Of these
blind pigs In evidence; We must put
them down" And why were there
blind pigs? Simply because the II.
censes were high. and these small deal
ers could not afford to pay the H.
censes. and therefore they sold liquor
illicitly.
Can you wonder, fellow citizens.
that there may have been some mis-.
takes made at that time? Can you
wonder? We all may be wise after
the horse has left the stable: then We
oil know how to take precautions; but
|
cause II has turned out badly are you
going to condemn to eternal damna.
ton and purgatory the Republican
party. Do you know that when the
bill In question was passed the Inter.
raj Revenue Collector, Roy II. Cham.
berlain. was at that time collecting
over two hundred more license fees
tor Federal licenses than were collect.
ed for Territorial licenses?
Now, In conclusion. I will state 1t
Is very unfortunate thing. as I said
before, that there were number OF
things left out Of the law In question.
namely. the allowing OF women upon
saloon premises which was in the Act
under the old Revised Laws but unfor-
tunately was lost In the shuttle and
not embodied In the Act In question.
Now, say to you. fellow citizens. that
Act 81 Of the Session Laws OF 1905
was compromise measure. Because
one Act out Of the entire session Of
1905 happened TO be defective. are you
going to lose sight OF the fact that
from the Legislature Of 1905 you no.
oelved your Revised Laws? Are you
going to lose sight Of the fact that out
of the Legislature OF 1905 You receiv,
cd your County Act. that great boon
which you have been imagining and
wanting since the year 1901, when Il
was knocked out by Home Rule
Legislature?
, The charge Is made that gambling
is allowed to continue unbridled. Now
when you take II into consideration.
, no i,,at ak,,t Pho ait I'm tinn. no inst IN
r Arthur NJ. Brown and Just to the po'
, lice department When You take II
into consideration that there are ap'
proximately 10000 Orientals. a great
many, here In Honolulu. how can you.
, how can I. how can Mr.. Brown or any
, other sheriff that may be elected, how
can he stamp out the gambling evil in
/. this Territory? You know as WILL az
/ !. and I ask any fair minded citizen, !
, ask any man with any common sense
who knows anything about the Orient
!. al and the ordinary and every day ar
|. fairs Of life. II you might not Just as
well try to stop q Chlnaman from
r gambling as you would to stop the sun
s from rising? (Appause)
|. There are n great many other
g things upon which could address you
: this evening In regard TO police ar
, fairs, but ! am just informed that my
Ic time IL mp. Suffice II TO say that when
q you take into consideration In these
4 statements anything of the kind that
]. has been made by our present sheriu
Il you will see that he Ii a competent
A. man. an honest man, and even II wal
a stated In the paper the other day b,