The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-06-22

entirely of saloonkeepers and lawyers.
So far as there was any auriculaT
evidence, there was not single repre-
sentative in the audience of any
organized sentiment against the liquor
traffic. 1t was the first public hearing
under the new liquor license law for
and against the granting of specific
liquor licenses. Forty-two times Chair
man Ballentyne of the Commission ask
ed if anyone had objections TO offer to
the granting of the applications for
license under consideration. Forty-two
times silence was the only response. 1t
was very great surprise to the mem
bers of the commission, especially after
all that has been said of the evils
growing out of the old law and the
gratulatory expressions made by those
opposed to saloons, as to the power the
new law gave them to restrict the
traffic.
1t looks as though the whole crowd
that want the number of saloons cut
way down, and the traffic restricted,
were very willing to throw the whole
burden of doing it on u.s. said one of
the Commissioners.
The meeting of the Board of License
Commissioners yesterday afternoon was
called for the special purpose of giving
public hearing as to whether or not
specific licenses should be granted.
There were forty-two applications up
for consideration. As to each or any
one of them this meeting was required
by the law, to give opportunity for
any objection to granting of the Ii
cense. But not an objection was made.
The proceedings resolved themselves
down into little more than a calling
of the roll of the forty-two applicants
whose applications were on the calendar
for this meeting. All the members of
the Board of License Commissioners
were present. There were forty or fifty
other persons present, as has been
stated mostly saioonkeepers and law
yers. The application of the Hoffsehlae-
ger Company was the first on the list
Chairman Ballentyne called it off and
asked if there were anyone represent
ing the Hoffschlaeger Company present.
A representative of the concern re-
sponded
Will you be good enough to state
why the Hoffschlaeger Company should
be granted license?" asked Chairman
Ballentyne.
The representative of the firm was
clearly little disconnected. The whole
proceeding was new and unusual. Per
haps, too, the form of the question was
a surprise, for his reply was, 'tWell,
the Hofsehlaeger Company have always
had license,' as though to his mind
the only pertinent inquiry could be
Why shouldn' t they have hcense?'
<'They are well known in the trade, he
added.
The chairman then asked If there
were any objections to the Hoffschlaeger
Company being granted wholesale IL
cense. No objections were voiced, and
none have been filed.
The application of E. S. Cunha for
a license for the Union Saloon was the
next on the list. No one appeared
either for or against. Perhaps 1T had
never occurred to Father Cunha> either
that any reason other than the Union
Saloon itself was needed to be urged
for it, or that anyone coutl possibly
object
w. c. Peacock 6 Company S applica
tion for saloon license for the Pa
eific Saloon at King and Nuuanu streets
was No. g. C. W. Ashford said that he
W. G.. Peacock generally,
though he had expected Mr.. Peacock
to be there. He knew of nothing re-
guired to be said other than that al
the requirements of the law as to con.
sent of adjoining property, and as to
form and sufficiency of bond, with otf'': |
requirements, had been complied with |
Nobody appeared to object to tn: |
Pacific Saloon.
w. C. Peacock G. Company's applica-
tion for a wholesale hcens.. for the'- |
place at No. SO Merchant street cam: |
next. Ashford said that what he had /
said as to the other application would
apply to this Nobody objected to W
C. Peacock & Company's wholesale
place
Aisaka s application for a saloon at
Aiea and NJ. Saiki s for q saloon IN
the same locality came next. A. Nj.
Brown appeared for each. OF Alsaka
ne said he had been in business at that
place for two years and had maintained
a reputable place and good reputa-
tion. His application had met all the
of the law and it had
the approval of the manager of the
Honolulu plantation. NJ. Saiki came N
for practically the same avouchment.
Y. Suga, applicant for license for
a saloon at 119 Iwilei road, the Banzal
Saloon, opposite the Palama station OF
The Oahu railway, was also represented
by a M. Brown. Suga, he said, had Il
been six years in the saloon business,