The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1907-04-26

and have allowed foreigners to com,
here and inJure our people.
"This law does not apply so much
to us, but TO our growing children. 50
far as am core med req ct that
our Local Option bill was killed in
the Senate. That law was a good meas.
ure and this bill before nc, while II
does not fulfil all my de- res, is a good
law and will have my support"
Sheldon then asked leave TO present
an oral amendment. Rec opposed this.
"The time is too shoIi' he said.
"If any amendments ere pot in the
whole thing will have to be typewrit-
ten again. have to stand by the
report of the committee. l do not
altogether like the bill as 1t stands,
but we will have to take what we
can get.
Rawlins made a 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. "1bere 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 incf-
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 end
young could 60 and drirl-.
"The most radical change in the
act is the creation of commission.
1t is the desire of the people that the
business be brought as close to them
as possible. What the result will be
I do not know, but it was the wish
of the people and the Senate has met
it by providing for the creation CT
this commission. The act should pass"
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, 'Ua mau Ike ca ka Gina
IA pono.'
"The question is whether we are to
i've up to our tradition or go back"
MAHoE IN OPPOSITION.
Mahoe said the motto Yves not APP
'licable in the present CO e unless the
ill was intended to be prohibiiive. The ]
intent of the bill could be easily seen. {
t was to wipe out the small saloons
un by Chinese, japanese, Hawaiians !
nd some Portuguese.
He asked Rawlins what amendments {
he special committee had made regard
ng the clause limiting ore license to !
ach 1900 population.
"We cut it out" answered Raw
ms, and Mahoe nodded his approval of a
his.
He then asked the advocates of the
resent bill to point out the defects
1 the present law and again stated
is opinion that the bill was only to I
'ipe out the small license holders. He v
lso desired information along the Il
mes of making up for Q loss of rev. -
lue. Unless the bill provided means r
, make up for the morey to be lost
y cutting off the small licenses he n
ould second Kaniho's motion to in =,
postpone. II
FOR BENEFIT OF HAWAIIANS. e
Correa said that the measure was one Il
n the benefit of the Hawaiians and 7
,inted out the defects in the present u
W, which defects had been blamed
sainst the Republicans in the last H
Impaign. ~
Out of the eighty-four low licenses Il
'anted there were very few taken out a,
7 Hawaiians. Many of these eighty ii
ur had approached the House mem CT
RS to oppose the bill, but he desired W
state plainly that they might ex
ct no help from him.
Another defect in the law at pres fl
t is that it allows the big firms to IS
tablish saloons all over the country nj
ID hire men to run them. While he W
ID not personally been approached K
any of the small license holders, he to
d been asked to oppose the measure
representatives, Of these big corpora "
ms because the bill raised the fees a
r licenses. m
ALEC SECONDED THE PASSAGE. -"
Kaleo said he had not been approach tn
lx anu Hn,,o. IauIa.g auI n.lal no