Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-04-05
OPPONENTS OUT
AGAINST BILL
Quinn's Sunday Theater Meas
ure Draws Big Crowd of
People Who Object.

putting u Wp To the county Sup'fNlS-
| ors to open the thcatcrs on Sunday
damned the hall of Representatives last
| might at u public hearing held by the
| House committee on health and police.
| II was big demonstration against the
bill, and few of Its supporters appeared
| last night. although Senator Quinn,
| himself one of the speakers, said that
there were enough to ill the hall twice
| n they had been gathered together.
The discussion was informal and Mt
| times bordercd on the boistcrous, as
! Chairman Coney found himself unable
Ia keep the speakers to the point of
| issue-whcther they desired the Legis-
laturc to delegate its right tn control
| Sunday thcater opening to the super
visors The crowd was more than
! good naturcd--it soon grew ready to
| laugh ut anything. and Conveys rulings
afforded the House unlimited merri-
mcnt.
| Representatives of number of re-
! ligous denominations were present and
| many spoke including the Rt. Rev
! Bishop Libert of the Catholic CHURCH,
! the ut. Rev. Bishop RcstariCk of the
! Episcopal church, Rev. J. =. Erdman
of Waialua. Ernest l.. Miner, presiding
elder Of the Latter Day Saints church:
! DR. DOremus SCuddcr Of Central Union
! church. Rev. G. u. NJ. Williams of tho
Seventh Day Adventist church, and
another Adventist. the Rev. silva.
Two women were among the speak
crS. both OF them In favor of leaving
the Sunday law as It H.. In fact the
only speaker in favor Of the law last
night was Attorney George Davis. Sem
ator Quinn explained It, and talked on
ii, giving his reasons for introducing
| II. but he did not commit himself def
| nitcly as to his personal feeling In the
matter.
Chairman Coney of the committee
presided, while Representative II. l..
Kawcwehi of the committee acted as
Interpreter. in view Of the large num-
bcr of Hawaiians in the audience.
Charles X Kealoha was tho first to
speak, in Hawaiian. He was early
ruled out of order because nc did not
conflne himself to the subject. w. a.
Kinney was the next to rise. He took
exception to Coney's ruling on the
point Of order.
"The power of what is to he done
or not to he done on Sunday Is Of the
highest and gravcst importance. and
should never be delegated to a board
of supervisors. consider 1t prepos-
ferrous that vital question Of this
kind should be committed to the coun-
ties why. the great State of New
York does not delegate to its city gov
eminent the right to fix its Sunday
laws
Territorial Matter.
Every citizen of this Territory has
the right to say what shall or shall not
he done here. There Is no precedent
to support this proposed measure cX-
ccpt certain Instances in Western life
believe the policy Of the state should
he to secure day of rest for its people
, although | do not believe il has any
thing to do with the religious side OF
the question. In Hawaii II Is ineNcus-
able to suppose that the health of the
people will be better conserved by he
ing coopod mp In thcater rather than
being outdoors. To confer the right tC
safeguard tho health of the people
would hc for this Legislature to make
| spectacle OF Itself
~ matter of controlling what shall
/ he done or shall not he done should
, go to the people; 1t should have been
, party issue"
, Davis in Favor.
; Attorney George Davis argued that
, the Sunday opening Is n matter of Local
, legislation. 1T Is so in San Francisco
In Chicago and all over the East, and
, ! challenge contradiction" he cried.
: well. challenge It," interrupted
Kinney, but Davis went on:
There's large portion of the pop
ulatiOn that you can't drive into q
church and they should he treated with
liberation" he shouted. Let them &c
to show II they want to. Sunday
stops at 6 o'clock for most of them
anyway"
james T. Wakefield, representing the
Mcr's club of St Andrews parish
spoke against the bill, pleading tho
; need of legally enforced day of rest
r TT IL unCalled for by the community
: and detrimental to health and morals
The handing of the power OF rcGula'
ton over to the counties would be
side stepping responsibility" he de-
clarod.
3 w. A. Bowen opposed the bill. "rh'
. people of the Territory have put yol
In office to legslatc." he declared, "ant
you have no right TO delegate 1t to thu
supervisors"
Rev. S. l.. Dcsha, chaplain of tn
L House. speaking in Hawaiian, declared
himself against the measure.
Woman Opposes Bill.
Mrs. Kakucwa, wife OF Rev. Mr.. Ka
kucwa Of KOhala, appeared to spcal
. against the bill on behalf of Kaumaka
pill church She spoke in Hawaiian
taking as her theme. Remember tn
Sabbath day to keep 1t holy" 9TH
main reason for this bill" she declared
rs money, the root of evil,
Bishop Restarick declared that tn
bill Is un-American. THE supervisor
of San Francisco have the power L
regulate matters of this kind becaus
in 1882 the Sunday law was abolished
and there is no State Sunday law h
= said
y Directly this bill passes you vii
have not only an amusement Sunday
You win have working Sunday, an
l plead here for the working man. Tr
not Puritan; I'm not In favor q
. sumptuary laws II Is not n qucstio
% | of church Or of religion Int of DcODlc'