The Hawaiian gazette., 1907-05-31
SALOON MEN PROTEST
AGAINST OR|ENTALs
tFrom Thursdays Advertised,

From Thursdays Advertised)
My idea in drawing up the draft of
the Liquor Bill so as to give the Board
of Commissioners such unlimited DOW
ers was that this could keep the orien-
tails from getting licenses without hav-
ing to mention them specifically in
the BILL"
Such was the. avowal made by SEN
ator Charles Mccarthy before the
Board OF License Commissioners at the
meeting held yesterday in the Capitol,
called in order that the persons inter-
ested in the liquor business might meet
the board and explain their desires
and state their views. AS it transpired
the saloon keepers present and the
other interested in the trade were
unanimously of the opinion that the
board should not enforce any hard and
fast rules regarding the manner in
which saloons should be conducted, but
should leave themselves open to deal
with each. applicant on his merits and
deal with each saloon as necessity
arose. They were also equally unan-
imous that the Oriental should be
driven out of the saloon business in
Oahu If possible. Senator Mccarthy
qualified his remarks about the Orien-
tails by adding to the statement quoted
above reservation that he did not
include all Orientals in the ones to be
refused licenses.
Il do not mean all Orientals," he
explained, but the most of them, for
they conduct their business in such a
way that the whole trade is disgraced
through them. They have dragged the
business down so low that many of US
are now ashamed to be connected with
it"
ORIENTALS RUNNING THE TRADE.
William Lishman, president of Mac
farlane & Co., was even more vehe-
ment in his structures against the ORR
entail saloon keeper than the father
of the liquor law. After stating the
objections he felt against the Commits
sioners making any arbitrary rules as
to the location of the saloons they
would license, defending the rights of
the saloon keepers in the outside dis
tricts to continue in the business when
they had conducted their business fair
ly, he said:
Il agree with the board in its ruling
to cut out the dives surrounding the
fishmarket. Those places are taking
the bread out of the mouths of women
and children and should be abolished.
1t is the Japanese who are running our
business. That is the result of my ex-
perience in Honolulu. These Japanese
will not conduct their business proper
ly and there is no trickery in which {
they canot teach the white man. We
want the business to be in the hands
of responsible white men, but 1t Is now
being Orientalized, just the same as
the whole Territory is being Oriental
lied"
BLIND PIGS OR LICENSES.
w. C. Peacock was equally decided
in his views against the Japanese, but
warned the Board against shutting the
licensed saloons out of such districts
as Kakaako.
Which do you think will be the bet
ter for such a place as that, with Its
Magoon block and other such spots,
dozen blind pigs and a debauched po-N
lice force, for the keepers of such dives
will bride the police for protection, or
one or two places regulated by license
and controlled by the police, not con-
trolling the police? I know that some
of those places by the fishmarket are
guilty of the grossest violations of the
law possible, but knew too that some
of them are run decenty. Why should
the lawabiding ones suffer because or
the others? Let the Board use the
arbitrary power given 1t and issue only
those licenses that will be lived up to.
AS for me l would not grant a license
to a single Oriental in Honolulu"
why do you go on their bonds then?'
demanded Commissioner Lucas.
Because know that the liability I'M
der the bond was limited to the amount
OF any fine and the costs. l would not
put my hand to any bond under the
1907 law" replied Mr.. Peacock.
The expressions of satisfaction with
the law and with the Board named to
administer 1t We're general In the adj
dresses of the various speakers. A.
Hooking, manager of the Honolulu
Brewery, voiced the sentiments of the
twenty saloon keepers ut the meeting
by stating that every saloon keeper in
the town doing a decert business would
baclt the board in whatever actions IL
took to regulate the traffic and elevate
II. 1t was the general sentiment that
the Board had all the power that was
necessary To clean out the dives and an
inspector who could be counted upon 10
perform his duty. Mr.. Peacock warn
ed the Commissioners that they had
big fob on their hands, however. the
biggest ever tackled by any five men In