The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-03-19
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providing tba, Instead Of having the
amount ~ licenses determined hv The
proximity ~ the liquor seller 90 hrsi,
second ~ third class postoihee. 60 an
arbitrary classification making "a
loon license $3.50 throughout the Terri.
tory excepting Che districts of llilo and
Honolulu where the license figure 10
fixed at 1850.
Smith Defends Law.
Senator Smith declared that the pres.
ent 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
saloon or liquor seller in the vicinity
of first class postoflice was naturally
concluded to do much more business
than one near thirdclass postofhce
and that the present law took these
prescriptions as n basis OF calculation
Mccarthy maintained that II would
be better to have the districts defined
geographically, maintaining that the
class of a postofiice might be advanced
through some cause that would have
no effect upon the business of liquor
dealer in its vicinity.
Senator Chillingworth asked if 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 discov
er what he considered to be n hidden
virtue in the paragraph dealing with
fliquor selling by hotels, which he found
was prevented during election days in
the Moore amendment. He entered in
Ito lengthy disquisition on the evils
of selling liquor on election days and
from his remarks il is assumed that
the legislator from Honokaa has al
WAYS found that dispensing strong wa
! tiers in any form ON the day of election
always contributes to the triumph of
what he referred to as the machine. -
Senator Smith moved to strike out
all of the amended paragraphs read,
but the motion was lost.
Strive for Light.
Senators Smith and Fairchild made
a determined effort to learn the actual
intention of the paragraph of the
Moore amended bill, reading as fol-
lows:
"To sell for period of ten years
Intoxicating liquors other than those
made wholly from fruit grown in the
Territory, manufactured in the Terri
tory by the licensee. Such intoXicat'
ing liquors shall be sold only on the
premises where manufactured, in guam
titles not less than five gallons, and
shall not be consumed on such premises.
The annual fee for this license shall
be two hundred and fifty dollars. -
Mccarthy explained that it was in
tended to force those who had been
manufacturing adulterated liquors with
imported materials to pay high Ii.
cense that would tend to put an end
to the work
Senator Smith said that if that was
the commendable object in view that
it would be be ter to make the license
under that heading $500 or even $1,000
year. Senator Smith was also anx-
ious to have enlightenment on the ten
year provision, and the explanation
that was given by Mccarthy and
Moore did not appear very convincing.
Senator Chillipgworth thought that
the ten-year provision was open TO
misconstruction and he made mo.
ton that it be stricken out The mo-
ton was lost.
The Appeal Section.
When the clerk had finished reading
the concluding section of the Moore
bill providing for the right of appeal,
Senator Smith secured the floor and
spoke at length, declaring that if the
Senate gave its assent to the section
under consideration-the substance Of
the whole bill-that it would be viO-
lating the confidence of the people and
their known wishes
"There is no appeal from the de-
cisions of the Board of Police Com
missioners in San Francisco he said.
"The summary power that has been
granted TO boards having control of
the liquor traffic is a wholesome one
and is an actual protection to the hon
est dealer. There may be imperfec-
tions in the law; law governing the
liquor traffic can not be made perfect,
but the law that we now have is as
nearly perfect as can be reasonably
expected. The vital interest of the
people is at stake. We have heard but
one voice from the people and that
voice has been against a change to the
existing liquor law. The present law
has worked for the benefit of the Ha-
waiian people.
SPY what right do we sit in these
chairs todayi We are here as the
sworn representatives of the people;
we know what their will is in this mat
ter-are we going to act contrary to
it7u
Senator Smith moved that the en-
tire section be stricken out and his
motion was seconded by Senator
Knudsen.
Senator Fairchild declared in posi-
tive terms that the passage of the
present amendments to the liquor law
simply went to prove that the coun.
ties must have more independent power.