Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-07-06
open IT UP!

Get under the lid in this mess of high hnanCc
brewery Bart lett booze business. Open II mp.
Enough was uncovered nj the meeting of tn
Oahu liauor license commissioners on Friday t
warrant an immediate and thorough probe b.
the territorial authorities.
Charles q. Bartlett. president and manager "
the Honolulu Brewing & Mailing Company, i
charged with a series of unSavory deals in con
Ilfcton with the ownership and operation of tw'
saloons An amazing tale of alleged crooked
ness was partially unfoIdcd before the commits
sion on Friday.
One saloon-krcpcr tcStfcS he was ''Stung
for 81 900 through the signing of paper whcl
was part of a deal engineered by the brewer.
manager. Another saIoOn-keeper Swears to al
affidavit that Bartlett tried to 'bl1nke him on
Of his interest i'm local resort after he had pai'
the brewery manager more than 81 1000 in TIVE
years. ""a
4 regulation of the license commission, which
has been i'm force for three or four years, pro
hibitS Wholesalers from owning any interest il
retail liquor businesses.
Under this regulation, the law has been vic
lated if the Bartlett interest in the various sa
looms represents a brewery interest. If Bart
in the ease is not plain. .. -. .-=".
The Oahu liquor license commission has tn
power to deal with the retail saloon-keepers wh'
have been operating in defiance of the lcens'
law and the commissions orders.
But the commission has no authority what
ever over the brewery. The Honolulu Brewin:
& Mailing Company does business under ter
ritorial license That license is issued undeI
Sections 1870 and 1881 of the Revised Laws
authorizing the territorial treasurer to issue Ii
censes to brew malt liquors. The license ISSUED
undr this law is not within the jurisdiction O
the license commission. 1t is under the terri
tory. ........ H. .~.e @...*-
The license is ii form Of public franchise. IT.
holders are responsible to the people of the ter
ritnry for the conduct of their business AS
public franchise, it must be administered in ac
oordance with the spirit as well as the letter o
the law. Failing this, it should lie revoked.
The brewery license reads: IN
.'This license is granted upon the express con
dition that the owner of the same shall not vic
late, or permit to be violated, any of the condi
tions or provisions under which such license il
granted, and i'm case of violation of the terms
or conditions hereof, this license shall become
void and without effect, as provided by law
This mess of deals and counter-deals and sub
deals, of charges and countercharges, of denial
and subterfuges, of secret ownership, of repu
dated good faith, of trickery and fraud and de
ceit and sharp practice alleged by testimony be
fore the license commission and by sworn aft
davit, should be handled promptly and vigor
ously. -s... ~
If Bartlett is the victim of unfounded charges
made by saloon-keepers who have dealings will
him, he is entitled to vindication.
If he is the INSCRIPTIONS manipulation. O
crooked deals, as declared by the saloonmen
the public is entitled to know the facts. Fo
Bartlett is the president and manager of tn,
brewery company, and that company. holds ;
public franchise. .. II
This investigation is out of the scope of tn,
Oahu license commission 1t is within the prov
ince of the attorney general, the territorial
treasurer and the territorial grand Jury.
The territorial grand jury can probably un
cover some extremely interesting and importan
facts ii it will get under the lid and into th
matter of saloon ownership.
CHIT nRFN APE WEI COME