Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-04-30
Friday, February II, 1910.

Friday, February II, 1910.
The committee met at 1890 a. m.
Present: Senators Depew (chair.
mani. Piles. Warner. Fletcher ana
Purcell.
Hon. Charles Curtis, Senator from
Kansas; Hon. j. Kalanianaole, Dele
gate from hawaii; George u. Me-
Clellan, leprrsenting the Chamber Or
Commerce aud the Megchants' Asso
citation, of honolulu: Hon. John G..
Wooliey, of Honolulu. super iniendent
OF the Ai:ti-SalOCn League; Rev. Ed
win c. Dinwlddie. chairman OF the
permanent temperance committee OF
the Evangelical Lutheran Church.
national electoral superintendent OF
the International Order OF Good
1emplars. and yice-president OF the
National lnter-Church Temperance
Federation; Mrs. Margaret Dye FL
lis. national Legislative superinten-
dent, Woman's Christian Temper
ance Union; Mrs. May p. Sparks, OF
New Jersey. OF the Womans Chris.
tlan Temperance Union; and others
appeared.
Ihe Chairman (SeEator Depew)
Senator Piles. as you We're not here
at the last meeting | will state that
the Delegate from Hawaii presented
the law in relation to licenses In the
Territory, under which he claims
that the legislative authority OF Ha-
wall passed a liquor law In 1907;
that under the law board of II
cense commissioner had been Great.
ed In each couhty; that these license
commissioners Wee appointed By
the governor and had absolute power
TO giant licenses. withhold licenses
or take away licenses. and that l.
they chose they could establish pro.
hibitiol in the Islands Of Hawaii.
understand that Mr.. Woolley claim,
; that they failed to perform their du'
, ties.
! Senator Curtis. Mr.. Chairman. rs
the intrOducer of the bill, wish 10
state that, as perhaps the committed
know. we have In Kansas absolute
prohibition, and had | represented
the sentiment of the people of my
State and my own feeling | should
have made this bill one OF absolute
prohibition.
We have provided In the bill that
,lquo.s may be sold upon the certifi.
cates or prescriptions OF physicians
ana host may furnish liquors to hi.
guests. Personally ! should have
no Objeetion TO adding TO the bill that
liquo. might be sold for mechanical
a.;d scientific purposes.
Now, In reference TO the protest:
which have been fled, am going
~ AK MIR. Dinwiddle and Doctor
NOoliey To answer the objections
maze by The prince, because they
have studied the question more thor
oughly than have done. | may stat,
In passing that the memorial pre-
sented by the Delegate answers the
objection TO this proposed leglsla
ton. and ] want to call your atten'
ton to the language to which | re-
fer. lie states In his brief or me
mortal. found In the Senate proceed
ings, Record OF February Z, page
1868, that
When the people OF Hawaii CAV,
up their independent government 4
become Territory of the United
States they knew that Congress
would OF necessity have pleEary lie
gal authority to legislate on any sub
Jest whatever affecting the Terrific
ry; In other words, that while Thu
Congress. by the organic act, reserv
ed certain legislative powers to II
self and conferred certain others OIL
the Territory, the legal power to leg
islate on all subjects Affecting thos'
Islands would still inhere In the Con
gress.
That is a true statement as to tn
power of Congress We have tn
same. power and the same authorit,
TO legislate for Hawaii that we hav
TO leglslate for New Mexico or Ari
IONA or the District OF Columbia
and II Congress delegated any pow
er to them and they are eyading o
misusing that power, II they hav
enacted law and are not seeing tina
Il is enforced, the position tax
Is that we have the right and tn
power to pass q law on the subject
and to see that proper legislation !
enacted