The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-03-27
LIQUOR BILL KILLED BY BIC MAJORITY
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Rice Seconds the Motion.


reports of taking such questions as thls
to Washington but he believed the Ha-
waiian people quite capable of and will
ing to take up these questions for them
selves. Two years ago they dealt with
the LIQUOR question and passed law
that had proved TO be a good law. He
seconded the adoption of the report.
Douthitt for Delay.
Douthitt objected to the report indefi-
niteiy postponing the bill, which would
kill IT. He stated that he did not be-
Geve in few men killing any bill; he
did not believe in snap judgments nor
in ineonsidered steps. He believed
there should be full discussion of the
merits of the bill by anyone who de-
sired. Mr.. Cohen had stated that there
was merit in the bill and he believed
the bill should be taken up and settled
neither quickly nor arbitrarily. He
asked that the report be deferred until
next Tuesday morning, by which time
the House could reach a calm, Judicious
opinion upon the matter. 1t was only
day or two ago, he said, when report
to indefinitely postpone bill was
brought In by one of the standing COM
mittees. THIS did not appear as fair to
the House and the report was not adop-
ted. Now, as a reasonable request, he
asked that the vote upon the Adoption
of the report be postponed.
As main reason he stated that the
printed bill in the House was not an
exacS copy of the bill as amended in
the Senate.
Rice moved to table the motion to
postpone, which, being superior privi-
legged motion, was first put.
There were three who voted with
Douthitt, who called for standing
vote, those voting with Douthitt then
being: Alfonso, Castro, Furtado, Kama
hu, nawewehi and Nawahine.
Sheldon said the question was now
two years old and had been discussed
pro and con time and time again in
the House and by the members. 1t was
nor a snap judgment the members were
asked to take but decisive vote that
would settle the question. land the
time to take that vote is now" he de-
clared
Furtado moved that the report of the
committee be tabled This was lost,
only five voting aye: Douthitt, Furtado,
Kamahu, Kaniho, and Kawewehi
Kaleiopu moved the previous question
and Correa called for the ayes and noes.
The division on roll call stood:
To adopt the report to indefinitely
postpone the bill-Carley, Castro, CO.
hen, Coney, Correa, Hihio, Huddy, Ka-
1eiepu, Kama, Kamanoulu, Kaniho, Ka-
waakoa, Kealawaa, Kinney, Long,
Makekau, Moanauli, Nakaleka, Nawa
hine, Rice, Sheldon, Single, Waiwaiole,
and Mr.. Speaker.
Not to adopt the report-Affonso,
Douthitt. Furtado, Kamahu, Kawewehi
and Like
Other Whisky Bills Killed.
Following the adoption of this report,
the Finance Committee reported on the
two other amendments to the liquor Jaw
III its hands, recommending the indef-
mite postponement of them both.
Regarding Furtado's Ubiquitous bill,
which was to turn the matter of issuing
licenses over to the respective boards
of supervisors of the various counties,
the committee said:
1--WE find that the enactment of this
bin would tend to make all county cleo
fiens, and more especially the election
of Supervisors, subject to liquor cam
paigns.
We also find that an appeal to cir
cult courts viii enable the appellant,
through legal teehniealities, to keep his
saloon or wholesale business open
throughout the period for which the L.
eense was originally issued, even if he
is finally adiadged to have forfeited
same.
For these reasons we recommend
that action on this bill be Indefinitely
postponed
Nawahine IS ideas regarding the liq-
nor question and the necessity for
lower license fees got little sympathy,
the report of the committee, in part,
being:
aThe reduction in fees will tend to
increase the number of saloons and
wholesale liquor houses.
t'The bin also provides two masters
for the liquor Inspector, and thereby
materially hampers the efficiency of
this very important officer.
.sYour committee therefore recon-
mends that action on this bill be in
Mthhtteiy postpoHeu.
Both the reports were adopted with
ont opposition.
Much Doing Yesterday.
This disposition of the liquor ques-
ton, which has been hanging over the
heads of the House members for some
time, was done at the close of the
days session. which had otherwise
been busy one. A message from the
Governor came in the first thing in the
morning vetoing the tenement house
bill, the bill prepared by the special
committee of the Central Improvement
Club of the city. The Governor gave
as his reasons the fact that the bill
gave the city altogether too great pow
ers over matters properly coming in
the province of the Board of Health
aud the Legislature, as was pointed
out in this paper at the time the bill
was introduced.
A bill to place this county on the
same favorable plane with the other
counties in the manner of the choice
of deputy sheriffs was introduced as a
Republican measure. with the assur.
anee that it viii probably pass.
There was an intimation from Shin
gle that the Territory stood to come
out ahead by passing his library bill