The Hawaiian gazette., 1907-06-28
A WOMAN S
PROTEST
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ployers In that nelghborhood and al
had agreed that saloons and not swip'
FONTS were required tLSre.
No one appeared either for oil
against the Encore saloon, of which
L. d. Warren Is proprietor, and the
application OF Fred Kiley, for a res
taurant license, went over on his own
request.
The general protest against saloons
on the waterfront was read to apply
to the application of f. l.. Berndt, 124
Eorth Queen street. Gear, his attor-
ney, wanted to know IL the board wae
going to consider general protests.
Certainly, the board will consider
any protest" said the chairman,
whereupon Gear explained that the
protest failed to apply in this case
anyhow, because the applicant did not
cater to the sailor and stevedore trade.
He gave Berndt a good name as a
law-abiding citizen against whom no
charges had been made to stick.
Gustav Cordes, of 209 North King
street, was not protested against, but
the general protest Of the Waialua
plantation and a number of residents
was read when Leong Chee's applica-
tion for a license for Waialua came up.
A. NJ. Brown represented the applicant
and announced that the protest was
news to him. He asked for time to
bring some witnesses to refute the
charges, but was told that the protest |
did not make any charges and that |
there was nothing to refute. He fear.
ed that the board would attach some |
weight TO the protest, nevertheless, and
asked for time. Brown also represent
ed S. osaki of Waialua, whom he
thought was entitled to license be-
,ause there were so many Japanese at
Waialua requiring some place to
rink, and also Tanigawa Ichitaro of
A protest against the grant
ng Of so many licenses at Waipahu
vas in, burt Brown thought that there
houd not be any limitations.
THE number should not be limited
o one or to swo," he said. The more
here are the more competition there
viii be and the better service win Ne
iven the public"
The application OF GCnsalves & Co
Or wholesale license was not con-
csted
X. @. Condor, of the Greater New
ork saloon, was the next on ths list. "
| bis own behalf he stared that he
as law-abiding and n good citizen,
18th money invested in his saloon. The
'otest of the Hawaiian Evangelical :
oard against him was read.
II will leave that matter TO the :
Dard of Commissioners, said Conion, :
ting down.
Where is Palama Rath, I Thought
was going to do something about $
is?" asked Lucas, when there was I
response to a call for more protests. L
THE KEwALO PROTEST.
Jacintho Miguel, ot the Kawalo n
loon was next, a. V. Gear appearing =
r him as counsel. Mr.. Gear said that /,
ere had been no. Protest entered :,
ainst his client He noticed a wo- :,
IN sitting beside Mr.. Ryder and =
ard that she was going to protest, "
t wanted to say first that her hus- -
nd had signed the peition for the
ense. The saloon was in the vicinity II
the government stables and its chief -
irons We're the men fran the road u
d garbage department Sam Johnson t'
Is very much in favor OF the saloon u
ing there for his men then could get II
cd liquors and tho best of drinks Ill
stead of having to drink swipes. The't
e unf Jrtunate thing was that there II
re many children who persisted in.t ql
wing about the saloon. Miguel had st
ed to drive them away and now the. h,
'orcement of the curfew law was n,
ping him. OF
irs, Kalilikane entered a protest. d'
r. home was just opposite the Ke- to
10 saloon, where men and women.
drunk and used vulgar language
ere others could hear 1t. Her hus-
Id got drunk at times and came ne
ns and beat her. Sometimes he Al
ught drunken friends home and w
ir language and actions were ter tn
ing aud not such as she wished loo
children to see or hear. For the ST
e of her children she wanted no Is,
nse granted to that saloon, She as
not know II her husband patronized hi,
saloon or not, but she had seen
men drinking there Not in the
,on itself but in a house behind it
led by the saloon keeper. she had bo
er seen children actually IN the 30
,on but playing around IL She con- phi
'eu 10 uTllhlils uSrsell, Dul lHouBHt | 81
1t would be best for her and for
neighborhood If these were no NJ
'On around.
NJ, Martin also protesred. His at- Ht
tion had been called to the fact thSt
saloon had not been properly con- AZ
ted and he had visited the place
eral times to see for himself, He ay
seen children both inside and odt-
; the saloon. He contradicted the c,a
ement OF the attorney that sam
nson wanted the saloon there, for y,
lad refused to sign the petition and
stated that he didn't care whether o.,
re was such n saloon or not. The
ssa he. Martin. objected 10 the 50,
'on was because IL got more OF the
ley of the road men than their
es and hildren got ",
artin said that he kept track OF
lo of the visits he had PAID and
li furnish the Board with the dates
hey wanted them llo had inter- ca
Vei many of tho women In the
,hborhood and everywhere heard r.
husbands spcnt their earnings In
saloon aud not for the home lie
tried to got snmo children "a come 4
testify but they had been afraid ma
l,lnT whipped II they appeared. 50.
II that the reason none nf those re-,
urn Nuu ton about Gomez asked hel