The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-11-05

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When the legislature of 1907 passed
the present liquor law the people were
satisfied.
after two years trial of said law
the great majority were more than
satisfied with its workings and even
the leaders of the local temperance
movement expressed themselves as
content with the present law and salts
fled to Jet the matter rest as it Island
none more strongly than Mr.. Woolley
himself who stated that it was the
best liquor law he ever saw.
when an effort was made during
the last term of the legislature to
amend this law, the present house went
on record by large majority as OPP
posed to any change believing that we
have law now that is good. One that
meets the conditions of this commu-
nifty and now receiving almost una
nimous appreciation.
Compare Honolulu with any sea-
port city in America, consider the va
rious nationalities comprising our po-
pulation, take in consideration that as
the great hub of the Pacific we are
visited by the flag and representatives
of every nation on the globe and l hold
that you must admit that we have rea-
son to be proud both of our liquor law
and the administration of that law
The liquor question should be a To-
cal one. The people of Hawaii be-
lieve they can handle it without the
interference on the part of an outsider
who has no interest in common with
us. For these reasons 1 feel that this
resolution should have our unanimous
support and herewith move its adop-
ton
Furtado got the floor. 81 have been
a prohibitionist for some time" he said
land when certain gentlemen of the
cloth get together and attempt to die
tate what we shall eat and what we
shall drink and what we shall wear, it
is time for us to protest The parti-
cular kind of prohibition l believe in
is that these gentlemen of the cloth
should be forever barred from inter
fering in public affairs and made to
confine themselves to the pulpit l
second the motion to adopt the resolu-
ton"
Sheldon also declared himself OPP
posed to the resolution, because a pub
lie hearing had not been permitted.
Then Kaniho opened fire. He was
a prohibitionist from far back, but he
was in favor of the resolution for the
reason that some of the people who
elected him drink.
Coney said the question is not whe-
ther there shall be prohibition or not
but whether the power to legislate
shall be taken away from 6he legisla-
ture.
Alfonso ha6 few words If the
good prohibition people want a pro-
hibition law, the place to get it is at
the polls. They should not go over the
heads of the people.
Kaleiopu thought the House had in
dulged in enough liquor, and moved
the previous question. Carried. An
aye and no vote was taken and the re-
solution was adopted 26 to 2, only Ma
kaleka and Sheldon voting no.
Alfonso offered a resolution author
izing the Speaker and the chairman
of the Accounts Committee, after the
adjournment of the Legislature to pass
upon all claims against the House 1t
was adopted.
House concurrent resolution l, re-
commencing to Congress the bill to
amend the Organic Act, came back
from the Senate with the one amend
ment made by that body. Castro
moved the House concur in the amend
ment. Carried without dissent
After recess Long, chairman of the
Educational Committee, made a re-
port on Senate concurrent. resolution
1, providing that the School Fund Com
mission be instructed to look into the
matter of securing an endowment for
the College of Hawaii. The commit
tees report was adopted, carrying with
it the adoption of the resolution.
The Health Committee by chairman
Coney, recommended the tabling OF
Likes resolution, making an appro-
priation 70 rthe case of persons releas-
ed from the leper settlement. The re-
port was adopted
Coelho's bill for the relief of per-
sons released from the leper settlement
came down from the Senate and was
promptly tabled.
Coney offered a resolution that the
Military Committee make arrange
ments for the House to visit the for
LITIGATION works and dry dock at Pearl