The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-03-18

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ing was the announcement of Clerk
Sayidge.
Senator Moore, who introduced the
bill, moved that it be taken up sec
ton by section, but modified his mo-
ton on Senator McCarthy's suggestion
that the bill should be considered a
paragraph at a time.
Section of the bill was first taken
up and passed. The section confers
authority upon a Board of License
Commissioners and provides that its de-
cisions and judgments shall not be Gre
viewable by or appealable to any court
or tribune except as herein provided. y
The portion of the bill dealing with
wholesale licenses produced discus
sion, Senator Smith calling Vice Presi-
dent Kalama to the chair and remain
ing on the floor through the consider
alton Of the bill.
Senator Mccarthy acted as interpre
ter of the provisions of the bill. In
referring to the paragraph dealing with
the wholesale license question he said
that it was simply intended to increase
the minimum quantity of liquor that
can be sold by wholesale dealers and
that it was really intended as an
amendment that will benefit the
public.
Senators Smith and Fairchild eonsis-
tently opposed the passage of each sec
ton of the Moore amendments as tax
en- up for consideration. Senator Smith
argued against the proposed change,
providing that instead of having the
amount Of licenses determined by the
proximity of the liquor seller to first,
second or third class postoffice, to an
arbitrary classification making sa-
loon license $3.50 throughout the Terri
tory excepting the districts of Hilo and
Honolulu where the license figure IS
fixed at $3.50.
Smith Defends Law.
Senator Smith declared that the pres
emit law in the classification by post
offices was fair, and gave ground for
figuring out the amount of license in
an impartial manner. He said that a
saloon or liquor seller in the vicinity
Of frst-elass postofice was naturally
concluded to do much more business
IMAM one near ehiiu,eieos Poo'onee
ana Ihat the present law sooh lnesu
pfesuni paipns a. nasas - a.. !. anId
be better TO have the districts defined
geograp hically, maintaining that the
class of postoffice might be advanced
through some cause that would have
no effect upon the business of liquor
dealer in it's vicinity.
Senator Chillingworth asked II the
operation of the law as intended by
the amendment would not work hard
ship upon the saloons at Waialua, but
Mccarthy replied that the saloons at
that place were now all holders of
wholesale licenses.
Senator Makekau managed to diseov-
.er what he considered to be hidden
virtue in the paragraph dealing with
LIQUOR selling by hotels, which he found
was prevented during election days in
the Moore amendment. He entered in
to a lengthy disauisition on the evils
of selling liquor on election days and
from his remarks it is assumed that
the legislator from Honokaa has al
WAYS found that dispensing strong wa
ters in anv form on the day of election
always contributes to the triumph of
what he referred to as the ssmachine.
Senator Smith moved to strike out
all of the amended paragraphs read,
but the motion was lost.
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senators smith anu I aiicn l, hiao .,
determined enort 10 learn the sctuai
intention OF the paragfaph u TUG
Moore amehaed OH, feaolng as ioi-
lows:
10 sen TOT peflou Oh Ten years
mada wholly from frnit, grown in the
Territory, manufactured in the Terri
tory by the ieensee. Such intoxicat-
ing liquors shall be sold only on the
premises where manufactured, IN guam