The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-04-26

| because we can see our people, men,
women and children, in these saloons2
Cheap licenses have brought this about
and have allowed foreigners to come
here and injure our people.
''This law does not apply SO much
to US, but to our growing children. So
far as [ am concerned [ regret that
our Local Option bill was killed in
the Senate. That law was good meas
ure and this bill before me, while it
does not fulfill all my desires, is good
law and viii have my support
Sheldon then asked leave to present
an oral amendment. Rice opposed this.
| "The time is too Short he said
elf any amendments are put in the
whole thing win have to be typewrit-
| ten again. I have to stand by the
report of the committee. I do not
altogether like the bill as it stands,
| but we viii have to take what we
can get.
Rawlins made strong speech in
| favor of the bill.
| cit is not a question whether this
bill stands for the poor man or the
rich man, he said. "There is a
deeper principle involved. There is
| the question of civic duty and that
| of whether we are to lift this coun-
| try or not. In some respects the law
OF 1905 was effective, but it left the
| saloons open for females to frequent
| and that makes the whole law inef-
| fective.
cit has been the burning shame of
this Territory during the past. two
| years that women have been allowed
| to frequent the saloons. The bill now
| throws every safeguard around the
women and children of this Territory
and should become law.
cit is not from the places where
/ the high license fees come from that
we here these tales but in those places
called cafes, where the women and
young could go and drink.
| Inc mUSb TdulCdl CuduS6 Al Inv
act is the creation of commission.
Tt is the desire of the people that the
| business be brought as close to them
as possible. What the result will be
II do not know, but it was the wish
of the people and the Senate has met
| it by providing for the creation of
I Al NH CHI
Rice said that the question was
grave one.
| cit seems to me that the question
is whether the Territory is to stand
by the tradition and motto of the
| Territory, sUa mau Ike ca ka alma i
ka pono.'
''The question is whether we are to
| live up to our tradition or go back. -
MAHOE IN OPPOSITION.
Mahoe said the motto was not ap-
plicable in the present case, unless the
bill was intended to be prohibitive. The
intent of the bill could be easily seen.
It was to wipe out the small saloons
run by Chinese, japanese, Hawaiians
| and some Portuguese.
| He asked Rawlins what amendments
the special committee had made regard
| ing the clause limiting one license to
each 1900 population.
eve cut it out" answered Raw
| Inns, and Mahoe nodded his approval of
| this,
He then asked the advocates of the
present bill to point out the defects
| in the present law and again stated
| his opinion that the bill was only to
| wipe out the small license holders. He
also desired information along the
| lines of making up for loss of rev
enue. Unless the bill provided a means
| to make up for the money to be lost
| by cutting off the small licenses he
would second Kaniho' motion to in
definitely postpone.
FOR BENEFIT OF HAWAIIANS.
Correa said that the measure was one
for the benefit of the Hawaiians and
pointed out the defects in the present
law. which defects had been blamed
against the Republicans in the last
campaign.
Out of the eightyfour low licenses
granted there were very few taken out
by Hawaiians. Many of these eighty
four had approached the House mem
bers to oppose the bill, but he desired
to state plainly that they might ex-
pect no help from him.
Another defect in the law at pres
emit is that it allows the big firms to
establish saloons all over the country
and hire men to run them. While he
had not personally been approached
by anv of the small license holders, he
had been asked to oppose the measure
bv representatives, of these big corpora
tions because the bill raised the fees
for licenses.