The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-06-25
SOME SHARP TALK
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go beyond this. It was true that in
this case the manager of Honolulu
Plantation was opposed to the granting
of this license, though favoring the
granting of certain others. He thought
that altogether too much stress was be-
ing laid on the approval of the man
ager of plantations. Lucas said that
the Board was more disposed to grant
licenses where they could be under po-
lice control than in places like Hala-
wa off of the main roads where they
would not be.
But it was the application of A1f. o.
Rosa and others for the Wigwam
Saloon in Kakaako that created the
keenest controversy. P. w. Ryder has
filed a protest to the issuance of a Ii
cense to this saloon. Judge Perry,
representing the applicants, said that
he would ask the Board as to it's proce-
dure. Whether it would require him
to go on and present his evidence and
testimony to contradict the unsworn
and ex parte statement of Mr.. Ryder
first, or whether the Board would re-
quire Mr.. Ryder to first present evil
dence in support of his statements and
then hear the applicants to the con-
trary. Chairman Ballentyne said the
have the hearing. Judge Perry replied
that he was merely inquiring as to
procedure; that he was ready to fol-
low whichever method the Board de-
cided on, though he thought that as
the applicants had in their application
been required to make oath to their
statements they ought not to be re-
quired to present evidence to an un-
i1a1
been presented in support of it. For
instance, he said, one of the state
ments in the protest is that the pro-
prietor would have been convicted of
selling liquor to minors if the testimony
of a child six years old could have
been received. The inference from this
was that such a child had been pro-
duced in court to testify and his evil
dence had been excluded. But as a
matter of fact no such thing had hap
pened.
Chairman Balientyne said that the
proceedings would be the same as in
the past that the Board would con-
slider the protest before it and if Judge
Perry wanted to put in anything it
would be considered.
NO replied Judge Perry, 'sthe law
provides for a public hearing. That
means that there must be a hearing
according to recognized methods in
other similar bodies. Sworn testimony
must be heard if offered, on any point
bearing on the fitness of the appllca-
ton. We must have the right to cross
examine their witnesses, and they ours.
am ready to proceed now or at any
time the Board fixes and in any man
ner it desires, so that there is a hear
ing"
1.-The Board will consider this appli-
cation as it has Others" said Chairman
No exclaimed Lucas, I'VE want to
get at the facts
This is a public Board administer
ing a public law, and everything in
regard to the facts must be public"
said Long.
"I entirely disagree with you." re-
piled Ballentyne.
1.-THE law says there shall be a pub
lie hearing reiterated Long with |
some vehemence, land we must give it |
to applicants"
"I think that is a matter that the |
Board had better discuss among them |
selves" said Chairman BaiIentyne.
mo" replied Long, eve can discuss /
1t now or any time, but we must give |
a public hearing
The matter was finally settled by set |
ting the hearing of this case for 1880 |
o'clock this evening The case Of P. |
F.. RYAN against whose application the /
Christian church has filed a protest |
was set for o'clock this evening