The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-07-01


Kona; J. J. Silva, Hamakua; Jose
Gouyea, Hamakua; Wm Heeb, He-
makua d. Lycurgus. Volcano House;
Santos & Serrao, Hilo; Kohala Club,
Kohala; Joe Frates, Holulaloa; r.
Machida Hilo.
The following will come up at the
next meeting July 2S: Hidasudi
Kubo, Honaunau; Matsutaro Suenga,
Holualoa; Kau Wine Company, Honu.
apo Yasutaro Nishimoto, Hilo;
Crater Hotel near Volcano House.
A Swarm OF Protests.
HILO, June 27.-Last week Secre-
tary Lyman of the board received
by mail bunch Of petitions and pro.
tests against the granting of the de
Mello license, which form formidable
bundle of documents. First comes a
bunch Of protests signed by los voters
of the Eighth Precinct, in which the
de Mello saloon is located This is
thanked by a protest signed by 101
residents Of the same precinct. To this
is added a protest signed by the
wives, mothers and daughters" of
the residents of the district, there
being IS signatures to this document;
and finally six holders Of leases Of
land located within a thousand feet of
the saloon, at Keokea, have signed a
protest of their own.
In addition to the above a protest
has been sent in by Manager Daniels
Of the Kona Tobacco Co., Ltd, as
follows:
Kealakekua, T. H., June Is, 1911.
The Hon. Board Of License
Commissioners.
R. A. LYMAN, Secretary.
Hilo, Hawaii, 7. H.
Dear Sir:
Enclosed please find several petit
tons, one from the majority of the
qualified voters, one from the resi-
dents, one from the lease holders with.
in one thousand feet Of the saloon, and
one from Tho mothers. wives ad
daughters oAthe Sth precinct, district
of South Kona, Hawaii, T. II. to your
honorable board TO refuse the grant
ing Of a saloon license to one John
de Mello of Keokea, Sth Precinct, dis
trict of South Kona, Hawaii, T. H.
We know that if this saloon is
closed that the people in our employ
will be better clothed, will buy better
food and more of it and will be able
to save some Of their money which
is now spent for liquor TO their detri-
ment.
The voters Of the Sth precinct in our
employ have signed the petition yolun-
tarily no matter what may be said 10
the contrary and in no way were they
coerced in signing. We at all times
favor the sober, Industrious man and
we desire all the people in our employ
to be so.
The running of this saloon causes
trouble among the men in our employ
for they sometimes indulge too freely
and consequently have to lay Off from
work, thereby losing their time and in
terfering with the progress Of our
work, besides setting a bad example
for the younger men in our employ.
A short time ago the Filipinos save
a luau at the coffee shop owned by
John de Mello and leased to a China
man, and many Of the people present
including Hawaiians and Filipinos be,
came intoxicated and a free for ali
fight ensued The result was a stab
bling affair and two of the Filipinos
were arrested, one being fined twenty.
five dollaB (S250O) and the other
sentenced to two months in Jail in
Hilo, which you can verify by the HilC
Tribune of June 9th, 1911. Both these
men were in our employ and the re
suit was that the balance of theil
cOuntrymen attended the trial beside!
twenty-five or thirty Hawaiians, leav
ing us short of fifty or sixty people fol-
several days and also taking up GU
time looking after the two men il
Jail We know that the men did wrong
but we maintain that if the Hawaiian
involved were not under the influenc,
OF liquor this trouble would not have
occurred. Besides John de Mello il
not a man capable of stopping a fght
when one is started on his premises
but he Immediately disappears to alb
solve him self from all blame.
Our plantation is only a few fee
from the saloon Of John de Mello anC
we have in our employ approximate,
two hundred and seventy five peopl
and this number is increasing dali!
and we feel that the close proximit,
Of said saloon is a menace to the wei
fare of our people for whom we ar,
striving to bring about better living