The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-06-28
A WOMAN s
PROTEST.
continued from Page one,.

wine drinkers Of that neighborhood- He
had talked with the main labor en-
pioyers IN that neighborhood and all
had agreed that saloons and not sWipe
joints were required there.
No one appeared either for or
against the Encore saloon, Of which
L. D. Warren IS proprietor, and the
application Of Fred Kiley, for res
tauranr license, went over on his own
request.
The general protest against saloons
on the waterfront was read 10 Apply
TO the application of z. L. Berndt, ia
.<orth Queen street. Gear, his attor~
ney. wanted to know if the board was
going TO consider general protests.
Certainly, the board will consider
any protest" said the chairman,
whereup0n Gear explained that the
protest failed 10 apply in this case
anyhow. because the applicant did not
cater TO the sailor and stevedore trade.
He gave Berndt a good name as
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
1
was read when Leong Chee's applica-
/ ton for a license for w aialua came UP.
/ A. Nj. Brown represented the applicant
| and announced that the protest was
news To him He asked for time 70
| bring some witnesses TO Cefute 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 10 the protest. nevertheless, and
asked for time. Brown also represent
| ed + 0sak Of WaiaIua, whom he
thought was entitled to a license be-
cause there were so many japanese at
XVaiaIua requiring some place to
drink. and also Tanigawa Ichitaro of
waipahu. a protest against the grant
ing of so many licenses at Waipahu
was in, but Brown thought that there
should not De any limitations.
s-T'he number should not be limited
to one or 70 two he said THE more
there are the more competition there
viii be ane the better service VIII BE
given the public"
The application of Gonsalves & CO.
for a wholesale license was not con-
tested.
R. @. Condor, Of the Greater New
York saloon, was the next on the list.
In his own behalf he stated that he
was Iaw-abiding and a good citizen,
with money invested in his saloon. The
protest Of the Hawaiian Evangelical
Board against him was read.
Il viii leave that matter to the
Board Of Commissioners" said Condor,
sitting down.
Where is PaIama Rath, I thought
he was going to do something about
tI1is?'' asked Lucas. when there was
no response to a call for more protests.
THE KEwALo PROTEST
Jacintho. Miguel, of the Kewalo
saloon was next, A Y. Gear appearing
for him as counsel Mr. Gear said that
there had been no protest entered
against his client. He noticed a wo-
man sitting beside Mr.. Ryder and
heard that she was going to protest,
but wanted to say first that her bus
band had signed the petition for the
license. The saloon was in the vicinity
OF the government stables and its chief
patrons We're the men from the road
and garbage department Sam Johnson
was very much in favor of the saloon
being there for his men then could get
good liquors and the best Of drinks
instead Of having 10 drink swipes. 2 he
one unfortunate thing was that therz
were many children who persisted IN
playing about the saloon Miguel had
tried TO drive them away apd now tue
enforcemenr Of the curfew law Was
helping him.
Mrs Kaiilikane entered a protest
Her home was Just opposite the Ke-
walo saloon. where men and women
got drunk and used vulgar language
where others could hear it. Her nus
band got drunk at times and came
horne and beat her. Sometimes he
brought drunken friends home and
their language and actions were ter
rifving AID not such as she wished
her children 10 see or hear. For the
sake Of her children she wanted no
license granted 10 that saloon Sne
did not know II her husband patron1zed
the saloon or not, but she had seen
women drinking there. Not in the
saloon itself but in a house behind Il
owned by the saloon keeper. She had
never seen children actually II the
saloon but playing around II She con-
fessed 10 drinking herself. but thought
that il would be best for her and Tor
the neighborhood If there were no
saloon around.
]. NJ. Martin also protested. His at
tention had been called 70 the fact that
the saloon had not been properly con-
Quoted and he had visited the place
several times TO see for himself he
/ had seen children both inside and out
side the saloon. He contradicted the
statement of the attorney that Sam
Johnson wanted the saloon there, Tor
he had refused to sign the petition ana
| had stated that he didn't care whether
there was such a saloon or not. the
reason he. Martin, objected to the
saloon was because II got more Of me
money OF the road men than their
wives and hildren got
+ Martin said that he kept track OF
some Of the visits he had paid and
!couId furnish the Board with the daIes
/ # they wanted them He had inter
/ viavvet9 many Of the women IN the
neighhorhood and everywhere heard
the husbands spent their earnings II