Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-03-13

LEAGUE AGAINST
Hotel License
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dropped from the list and have sign
ed the Anti-Saloon League petition.
As to the change in the hotels plans,
| received the information this morn
ing from trustees of the Oahu Col
| lege."
When asked today regarding the
rumored changes in the hotels plans.
E. G. Duisenberg, manager of the
Pleasanton Hotel, said:
81 do net wish to make any state
ment at this time in reference to the
matter The Pleasanton Hotel has
not yet applied for license If ii
applies for any license at all, it will
be a second-class one
The 1913 reports of the agent and
treasurer of the league were present
ed and accepted. the latter showing
the organization to be in excellent fin-
ancial condition. The report of the
agent is as follows:
Club Licenses.
There have been tSo club licenses
issued during the yea: one TO the
Spanish War Veterans, corner of Mer-
eaant and Alakea stress, and one te
the Loyal Order of Moose, corner of
Fort and Beretania Strre-s. Applica-
tons were made for two others: one
by the colored regimen. which was TO
be located on King nea. the Kainlani
Home. This the treasurer did not con-
slider bona fIde club and refused TO
grant the license. They moved TO
Beretania street neEr the Greens
hospital and they were again refused
a license. A club license was asked
for the artillery company st Fort Ru-
ger, to be located 1000 feet from the
fort. This was also denied by the
treasurer on the grounds that it was
not bona fide club The club IL
eense is serious problem for our fu-
ture consideration
Since June Both, there has been
but one retail license granted, and
there has been but one wholesale IL
cense granted since then. The one
granted was for the sale of beer only
and granted to Clifford K.mDail at
Wahiawa, near the military reserya-
ton. The railroad officials caused
the lessee to put tunnel under the
railroad track between the post and
the saloon also to put a renee from
the saloon to the tunnei which re.
minds one of rabbit DRIVE. There
are at the present time two applica-
tions for licenses pending, one for
the Pleasanton hotel and the other for
Watertown. The one at watertown
is an application similar 10 that of
/ fNliffOrd ho1Ic8. q,
used that if Kimball has a right to es-
tablish saloon to cater 20 the en-
listed men of the army, the same
privilege should be granted the appli.
cant to establish himself near an
other reservation. 1t can easily be
seen that this line of argument will
undo all that the canteen has done
for the soldiers and establish saloons
iGst outside of all the reservations
The application for a hotel license for
the Pleasanton, situated as 1t is in
the residence section ana In close
proximity to the Oahu college, has
aroused some opposition, and We hope
this license may not be granted. The
league is always at disadvantage in
the matter of getting signatures be.
cause the applicant does not usually
notify the league and it is impossible
to find out at once when they begin
to canvass the district; and then it is
difficult because this league is not
equipped as it ought to be with mem
berS who would be glad 10 take UP
the work; and it is hard to employ
suitable men to do work of this kind.
censes, 30 wholesale, five hotel and
three restaurant licenses on this isl
and
License Commission.
"The Honolulu Liquor License Com.
mission has been handicapped for a
long time by being one member short
Mr.. Wadman and the agent called on
the governor some time ago and re-
commended for his consideration the
names of w. L. Hopper and Robert
Anderson as candidates FOR the com.
mission. We as a league appreciate
the efficient and impartial manner in
which the commission has attended to
its arduous and thankless task of try.
ing to be just to all sides of the ques-
ton. The present commission has our
confidence and gratitude fer cour.
tesies shown during the past year, as
shown by its WILLINGNESS to hear our
side of the case lilly. There has
been an average of two regular meet.
ings month, besides several exeeu.3
tive sessions. 1t calls for some pa.
triotism to serve as a commissioner
without pay. ID 80
L;ncoIn-lee Legion. ~... =
In November the league took up
the Lincoln-Lee pledge campaign and
wrote about 60 letters to different ISL
ands and sent our 5000 pledges and
altogether 100 pounds of mail matter
from the office. We have 1900 signed
pledges and there is constant de-
D:and for more. Mr.. Wadman's cam
raign is stirring up interest in this
line and wherever he goes it creates
demand for pledge cards. We have
just received thousand more and
more than one-fourth of them have al
ready been sent out. The Korean Ep-
worth League has just asked for 100,
fha Hill t.