Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-03-15

and that statement shows
that since the law Of 1907 went into
effect, although the population is in
creasing, there has been a decrease
of over 10 per cent in the, number of
Arrests for drunkenness. The figures
further show that Of those arrests for
drunkenness only minority OF those
arrested are Hawaiians, the majority
being Asiatics and other nationalities.
Those are the facts with reference
to the working Of this law.
To return to the question Of res
friction, want to say Just word
about the character Of the boards
which control the issuing of these II.
censes.
The present liquorlicense board on
the island Of Oahu, the island on
which Honolulu is located, is composed
as follows: The chairman. Clarence
M. Cooke, is president and general
manager Of the Bank of Hawaii, the
largest and strongest financial insti-
tuition in the islands. Mr.. Cooke is
a graduate OF Yale University, and is
member Of one OF the Oldest mis-.
sionary families In the islands, and
man who is distinctly Identified with
the missionary and Christian elements
Of that community. He1is man who,
both by personal habits and by his
public views on temperance affairs. is
distinctly and wholly temperance
man.
The second man on the board is
Willard Brown, a graduate Of Harvard
and a Bostoniah b.. birth. Mr.. Brown
Is In the .stock.brokerage business In
Honolulu. He is man who is direct
iy related I'd. the socalled "niissionary,
circles" both in the business and so,
cial life OF Hawaii--a man who Is dis,
tinctly temperance man.
The third member OF the board.
Norman Watkins, is a graduate Of the
Boston School OF Technology. Mr..
Watkins is manager Of a half-million
dollar Hawaiian corporation, and his
alliances are also with the substan.
| ttaI so.called missionary element" In
the community, both In business
way and socially.
The fourth member Of the board
Carlos M. Long. is a graduate OF
Georgetown University. He is law
yer by profession, and a clean, res
pected man in the community.
The fifth member Of the board is
John M. Craig, q. Canadian by birth.
Mr.. Craig is q contractor, whose bust
ness connections are very largely with
the temperance element in the commu.
nifty rather than the contrary.
| In other words, gentlemen, these
boards are distinctly composed OF men
Of temperance proclivities. They are
not in any why ruled or Influenced
by the liquor interests so far az. theil
membership is concerned; and the,
can not be Influenced In that direc
| tion. tfi g ~ 80 Y
Il l have already cited the fact tina
this board has from time to time re
| voked certain licenses. II has refus
ed to renew other licenses. In add
ton to that, during the past year tn,
board, Of its own motion, has passes
a new regulation absolutely ior0iu
ding the sale OF liquors in hotels an,
cafes on Sunday. A much more i'm
portant fact is that 1t has decrease,
the total number OF licenses issued
since the law went into effect, b.
upward Of one-third.
The Chairman. In Honolulu?
Mr.. Mcclellan. On the Island O
Oahu.
Senator Piles. Have the people O
the city OF Honolulu gone to tn
board and requested that the license
be refused In the city? Have the
been trying to make 1t a prohibition
cityf
Mr.. Mcclellan. There has been n
such organized movement that kno,
Eof.
| Senator Piles. Is II the sentimeu
Of the people OF Honolulu that
should be a prohibition city?
III Mr.. Mcclellan. would say, as ia
as one is able to judge, that it is not
that the majority sentiment Of Hon
lulu has not yet been crystallized
flavor Of prohibition.
III Senator Piles. In your judgment,
the people Of those islands demande
would these temperate
boards give them prohibition?
III Mr.. Mcclellan. Il think they unique
tionably would. The best answer
that is the statement Of what has a
| tually occurred on the island Of Ka
| al, where the sentiment was distinct
| in that direction. The board in Ka
al simply said to the liquor dealer
I'VE will Issue no saloon license (
the island of Kauai" and none h
/ been Issued. n
III Senator Piles. You are Of the, Cpl
ion are Won. that IL the same sen