The Hawaiian gazette., 1907-04-09


Saloon League have carefully consider
ed Senate Bill No. ~.
We are much impressed with the high
public spirit evidenced In the
thoughtful preparation of this bill and
with the general wisdom and business
of its provisions. In certain particu-
lars we believe however. that the m
terests of the public have not been
sufficiently guarded and we would
therefore respectfully petition that
the Bill be amended as indicated be-
low.
First and most important of all we
request that Section 20. page 20, lines
to g. be amended to read Provided
that IL 1t shall be made to appear to
the Board" etc. This omits the words
''if majority of the reg stored voters
for such precinct shall have duly filed
their protests against the granting or
renewal of the cense applied for, or"
This provision is ostensibly inserted
in the interests of those who are OPP
posed to saloons but we earnestly pro-
test that IL is neither in their interests
nor Is it desired by them. The Supreme
Court of the United States has declared
that the liquor business constitutes a
public menace and that 1t is dan
gerous to society We submit there
fore that if either the friends or OPP
ponents of this dangerous traffic are
to be burdened by law with a spec al
canvass 1t should be its friends and
not its opponents. 1t would seem just
to require the man who applies for a
license to secure a majority consent
of the precinct electors rather than
to compel those who oppose him to
bear this burden. But we do not ask
this We simply demand in the pub
lie interest that this matter of ma
jority petition be dropped entirely out
of this bill. We do not think 1t right
10 impose this burden of local petition
upon either side. We do favor the en-
actment of local option measure
which shall be absolutely just and inn
partial to both sides In this controver-
sy and we favor this being done by q
separate enactment entirely distinct
from the general liquor law We
therefore protest against this provision
being inserted in this bill ostensibly to
please those whom we represent, when
as matter of fact SO far as we have
been able to ascertain our constituents
are emphatically opposed thereto.
We request that lines 90 and ~ on
page 4 be erased. There Is no reason
why any class of reputable citizens
should be thus excluded from service
on these boards. In practice it would
be very hard to execute any such pro-
vision as this and it would give rise
to many disputes. The provision was
not part of either Bill IL or Al.
We find that this bill calls for, first,
wholesale license which allows the
retailing of liquor by the bottle or
flask, and, second. retail license
which allows the wholesaling of liquor
in any quantity We earnestly pro-
test against such confusion and re-
quest that the definitions of whole
sale license and retail license as found
in Bill Al be Incorporated into Bill No.
81 to wit, that Section 8 on page Z.
lines and the following, shall read
as follows:
First: Wholesale License. To sell
intoxicating liquors of any kind at
wholesale. for term of one "a year,
in quantities not less than five (5) gal
Ions of any one kind or brand If taken
from bulk containers, and not less
than the original package or case in
which any kind or brand may be i'm
ported; such original package, how
ever, to consist of not less than one
dozen reputed quarts, or two dozen re-
puted pints or four dozen reputed half
pints, or four dozen two ounce TASKS;
and as to home bottl ng. in quantities
not less than one dozen reputed quarts,
or two dozen reputed pints. or four
dozen reputed half-pints. The terms
quarts ''pints" and ''half-pints"
herein used shall designate bottles or
TASKS containing not less than twenty
three ten, or five ounces respectively.
No liquor sold under a license of this
class shall be consumed on the licens-
ed premises
In like manner We request that Sec
ton 9. pages and s. lines and the
following, shall read as follows;
Second: Retail License. To sell
Intoxicating liaours of any kind at re-
tail in quantities OF less than five (5)
gallons of any one kind or brand, in
bulk or otherwise for term of one Q)
year. Under this license the holder
may be a club or may conduct any one
of the following kinds of business, to
wit: saloon, hotel or restaurant. Every
license shall specify upon it's face
whether the holder be club or which
of said kinds of business the holder
thereof may carry on; and no business
other than that so specified shall be
carried on by such llcensee on the same
premises. except the sale of mineral
waters or smokers supplies
We submit that II retailers be allow
ed to sell in any quantities the ease
with which so-called blind pigs" can
be supplied throughout the Territory
will defy the efforts of the most Vig-
liant police force possible.
Again we request that clubs be in
cluded In this form of license because
We believe they should pay the same
fee with all other places that retail
intoxicants. The club is to the man OF
wealth what tho saloon II 10 the poor
man and TO make the latter pay four
times as much as the former in Ho-
nolulu Is unjust.
We request that there be no other
licenses except the first and second as
above. The fourth class license
TO be issued for three days
IN one OF the most vicious pros