The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-06-04
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crooked saloon or not, but that the
kind of a man who will, will do it no
matter what the conditions of the IL
cense are. In cases when we are not
sure we don t want to act arbitrary
with a man, especially as he will close
ND his saloon himself by violation of
the law if he is that kind of a man,
and if he isn't we have not done him
an injustice =
"A thing may be arbitrary without
being unjust said Commissioner Gill
man. 1T won't always be so easy to
revoke a license, either. After IL
ceuse has been granted to a man and
he has invested his money in it, we
won't want to revoke his license with
out pretty good proof that he is vio-
lating the conditions of his license.
Il think continued Commissioners
Gilman, lit is our duty to get all the
information we can on these applicants
before the public hearings begin. They
begin June q, and there are ninety
three applications, and we Fcant get
through them all in a week if we don t
get all the information we can before
hand Ninety-three saloons are a
great many too many for this island,
and after we check off a good many
that look like they ought to be checked
off there will still be too many. we
have something else to consider besides
the interests of the saloon keepers; we
have the interests of the public to look
after"
1.-THE law does not give the liquor
business any rights" said Chairman
Ballentyne 1.-THE licenses are not a
guarantee of a certain length of time
the business carried on under it may
be continued The licenses are mere
permission to engage in the business.
In order to prove, for instance, vto-
lation of the condition against doing
business on Sunday. we don't have to
prove a sale. The language of the
law is that liquor shall not be dis
pensed on Sunday-that is, it can't be
given away, even"
Il don't say every application ought
to be granted" said Commissioner
Lucas, but [ think, with our power
of revoking licenses for violating the
conditions of licenses, the crooked sa-
looms can soon be cleaned out if we
make a mistake and grant a license to
a crooked man..
This phase of the matter before the
board was not pursued further, but
the work of framing up the regulations
and conditions to be included in the
licenses were taken up.
Commissioner Campbell read the con-
ditions in the licenses under the old
law, pointing out the differences be-
tween it and the new one.
The question of whether private
rooms of any sort should be allowed
in saloons or not was discussed. Com
missioner BalIentyne expressed the be-
lief that it would be better if none of
any sort were allowed. Commissioner
Gilman said that he found in the States
that small ms-stalls-opening d.
rectlv into the bar room, without any
door or screen to interrupt the view,
were not regarded as Objectionable,
while they did serve a legitimate con-
yenience This view seemed to meet
with general approval and the work or
drafting the regulation began. After
much discussion, Chairman Ballentyne,
draft was accepted. This provided that,
with the exception Of Iavatories ana
toilet rooms, all rooms on any licensed
premises must open on the bar ROOM
the entrance to have no door, screen
81. any other obstruction to an unin-
peded view of the interior; and that
the board could order the removal OF
any or all partitions at any time
\ regulation requiring a certl1cate
from the Board of Health that the
premises for which a license was de-
sired were in sanitary condition was
also adopted.
Commissioner Long has prepared
complete index of the new liquor law
and typewriter copies of it were FUR
nfshed each member Of the board.