The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-11-05
k|LEY IS AGAIN
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License Board Refuses
to Grant Him a
License.

The Board of License Commissioners,
yesterday, again refused Fred NJ. Kiley
a license for his "Favorite' saloon, at
Bethel and Hotel streets. Kiley ap-
piled several months ago and was re-
fused. He secured rehearing and
was again refused. Then it was dis
covered there was a technical error in
the advertisement of the public hear
ing in the first instance and the appli-
cation was advertised again. The pub
lie hearing was given yesterday. Kiley
was represented by E. c. Peters. Lyle
A. Dickey represented large number
of persons who protested against the
issuance of the license. John G. Wool
ley was present representing the anti
Saloon League.
In presenting the application Mr..
Peters said that if the license were not
granted Kiley would lose all that he
had put into the building, some FIVE
or six thousand dollars. Lyle A.
Dickey presented a protest, which was
largely the same in tenor and effect
as the protest presented on former oc-
casions, and alleged that the place had
been improperly run in the past and
that Kiley was an unfit person to have
license.
n John G. Woo1ley urged that the Com
missioners were empowered and might
well consider whether or not there were
as many licensed places in the county
now, as there was any need of, and
that the good of the community was
consideration that ought to weigh
with them.
Kiley took the witness stand in be-
half of his own application. He said
that if he received license he was
willing to make, any change in the
premises the Board wanted made. In
San Francisco he had seen place such
as he wanted to run which was glass
on all sides so that the whole IN
terror could be seen from the street.
It was called "sThe Puritan and he
would be willing to put glass IN on
all sides of his place.
He denied categorically the accusa-
tions against him in the protest filed.
He denied that there had been any vul-
gar exhibitions unless the hula occa-
sionally danced of Saturday night by
one of the boys in the Quintet Club
he employed should be called so. lie
offered to prove that some of the wit
nesses against him on former apphca-
tions were actuated by unfriendly mo-
tiyes. In fact he called l. c. Carter
who testified that J. A. Mcdonald had
said to him that Kiley had come here
"with a baseball glove and sweater
and he would leave with less than
that
Col. C. J. Mccarthy was called and
testified that be had employed hlley
at the Pantheon saloon several years
ago and believed him to be thoroughly
honest, and in addition he had a pecu-
liar aptitude for handling toughs ana
the rougher element. This being sea-
port, Col. Mccarthy said there was a
more or less rough and tumble element
here which other saloons did not ike
to have and which Kiley had a won
derful ability to handle. II klley was
granted a license he would be Me
Carthv's nearest competitor in the
business, but he was willing he should
have a license because he could handle
this rough element so well. He did
not mean, however, to say that all OF
Kiley's customers were of this rough
element.
The Board went into executive ses-
sion and considered the matter at con-
siderable length, finally voting to re-
fuse the application.