The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-02-05
Senate Will Pass the Bill

Of considerable blocks of brewery stock
offered after the session at less than
the 10 80 quoted, but if any sales were
made they were kept very quiet.
Street Discussions.
The prohibition question has caused
more discussion on the treets than any
other public matter which has come up
in a long time. That the liquor inter
ests are very much worried is evident,
and advices from Washington are being
carefully scrutinized. Many persons
who under other circumstances would
oppose any move on the part of the fed
eral government to exercise police pow
err over this Territory are very loath to
take a stand which may be construed
as opposing prohibition and for this
reason it Will probably be difficult for
the opponents of the prohibition bill to
muster any united forces on their side.
1t is freely charged that the liquor
men brought the present crisis upon
themselves by trying to secure re-
vision of the liquor law at the last SEES
sion of the legislature after the Repub-
Ican members had practically pledged
themselves TO oppose any such move.
All day yesterday little groups gath
cred on the street corners to discuss
the prohibition movement. The with.
| drawal of Haekfeld & Co. from the
wholesale liquor dealers association
caused no little comment.
Buchly Surprised.
| 81 am greatly surprised at the action
! Of HackfeId,' said Il. j. Buchly of
| Peacock 4 Co. 1.-THE wholesalers do
not countenance selling liquor to blind
| pigs. Our firm absolutely declines to
! sell to such establishments and further
more where a person orders larger
amount Of liquor than he can reason
! ably be expected to consume in his OWE
family, we require him to give an ac-
| count of the use to which he intends
| putting it.
Splendid Law
On every hand there is a noticeable
effort on the part Of liquor men to
"square themselves and even the
present license law, which heretofore
has been roundly abused by the booze
men, is being Landed to the skies as the
acme Of perfection in liquor legislation,
Text of Curtis Bill.
The full text Of the Curtis bill is Civ
en- below, the sections where it is made
more stringent than the original John
son bill being printed IN capitals:
''Be it enacted by the senate and
| house of representatives of the United
States of America in congress assem-
| bIed, that any person except agents
hereinafter specified who shall, manufac-
ture or sell. directly or indirectly, or
expose for sale. or advertise as for sale
in said Territory. and SPIRITUOUS,
vinous. malt or fermented liquors, or
any other intoxicating beverages Of any
kind Whatsoever. or shall knowingly
allow such manufacture or sale, in any
shop. restaurant hotel, drugstore, build
inc or premises. which he owns or con
trolls. or VINO shall give away any IN
toxicating drink EXCEPT TO BONA
, EIDE CT ENrS in his own private resi-
dence. and WHERE SUCH RESI-,
DENtE SHALL NOT BE y PLACE
, OF PUBLIC RESORT shall be punished
bv a fine not exceeding five hundred
dollars ana by imprisonment by NOS
less than one month or more than five
/ wears. with forfeiture to the Territory
; Of all liquors and harroom fixtures and
furniture found on the premises, THE
= GOV ERNOB * HEREBY DIRECTED
To ENFORCE THE PROVISIONS OF
=, THIS SECTION, and it shall be the
duty Of district attorneys and of ali
executive officers to prosecute all vic.
Iatous Of thus act.
: '~eotiou . That for a second or sub.
1 ~equout ronvict5on the fine and impriS,
onment Shall he double that Of the pre-
cediug conviction and in the case OF =
/ landlord the third otfcnsc in the samo
huHlu- shall he punished in addition