Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-05-19
CALIFORNIA; CHIEF JUSTICE
AGAINST PROHIBITION
Confined from Page IL

| Grass State. He early went to Cali.
| fornia returning to Virginia for a
college course II the University of
Virginia al the age Of eighteen. start.
| ing again for the west coast at the
completion of his studies. Justice
Beatty first went to California in 1853
and has been westerner ever since
J that time practically speaking
For some years after returning to
California from the University of vir.
ginia, Mr. Beatty practiced law in Sac
ramento going to Nevada after a few
years, where he was on the lower
bench and finally the highest bench OF
the State. holding judicial positions
for eighteen years.
Returning from Nevada to Callfor.
mia Judge Beatty went on the bench
there, finally reaching the position of
chief justice Of the supreme court of
the State. a position which he has
held for several years. When he re.
turned to the west to take up his life
work he was but twenty years of age,
and he Is now seventy.two so he has
spent fifty.two years In the law.
Talking on his trip and lastly on
the prohibition question at the Moana
yesterday. Justice Beatty impressed
one as thoroughly familiar with what
he was saying, and having thought
over the words he uttered before
speaking them.
Supports Licensing.
do not think by what said about
Prohibition Just now that am for
the free and unlimited sale of liquors"
said the venerable justice. far from
II. But have not seen yet any kind
OF prohibition that works out as Il Is
! planned. and | believe that our lie.
ense system is so far much better
than prohibition.
'ln the autobiography of President
J Andrew d. White there is a descrip.
ton OF what is called the Gutenberg
! SYSTEM which Is In force In Sweden
: and which, ! believe, is the best sys.
TEN that has been devised for hand.
ling the traffic.
Briefly the system as described by
DR.. White Is this: The government
I farms out the privilege of selling
liquor throughout the land to a corpor.
alton This corporation establishes
: its own saloons. as many as II cares
but the restricting influence about the
, number is this-the capital of the cor
poration is exactly known to the gov.
eminent and Il Is allowed to make a
dividend for It's stockholders OF ten
per cent per annum. any earnings
over this percentage reverting TO the
State for charitable purposes.
"On this account the number of
saloons Is limited, for there Is no OBJ
ject in the company making money
for the government. Absolutely pure
liquor must be sold in the places of
business, no women. children, or men
who are intoxicated will be served.
and in fact, believe that system Is
the best yet devised for handling the
! liquor question"
Justice Beatty has for many years
more than an ordinary opportunity.
as he says. for seeing the evil effects
OF the liquor traffic, but he has yet to
see the proof that prohibition effects
any remedy along the desired lines.
The Chief Justice Is an interesting
talker and the way he says nice things
about Honolulu would do the heart OF
the most ardent booster world of
good.
This Is the first time that | have
yentured so far from home into the
Pacific" said he In talking Of the trip
to Honolulu, for have been In pub.
, lie life for many years and consid.
cred the public entitled to the services
for which 1t was paying rather than
have me of on long vacations. am
indeed sorry that | have never been
In this beautiful city before. for II Is
80 fine here
When. leaving California for Hawaii,
Justice Beatty was presented with a
number of letters Of Introduction to
prominent Honoluluans and has been
entertained and seen much in the
short Ave days that he has been here,
Next Tuesday accompanied by his
daughter. Justice Beatty will sail for
Hilo to visit the volcano, and, return
ing to Honolulu. will remain until
June s, when he will sail for San
Francisco on the Sierra.
THAT is two weeks longer than I
expected to remain when ! started
away. and two weeks longer than !
told everybody that ! should stay" he
said. 81 have been suffering for sew
! eral months from the after-effects of
an attack OF grippe and ] have felt so
much better here in the few days
since arrived, that ! am going to re-
main as long as possible"