Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-08-26
Senatorial Candidate Charged
With Breaking Faith on
Liquor Law Bill

! BASED en- his record in 1919 When
as a member CT the territorial senate
he Is charged with breaking personal
faith and a platform pledge that he
| would oppose am change in the I.quo!
! law. a vigorous tight has been started
against Z. w. Quinn, again candl
date for the senate on the Republican
ticket. F..
/ Quinn's candidacy this year IS ac
companied by the statement that ne
opposes any change III the liquor laws
except the minor amendments asked
for in the Republican platform. In his
published announcement he says:
{ Il have read the platform Ct the Re
publican party and endorse the same
If nominated and elected TO the
next legislature will act in the fH
ture as | have in the past for the II
terest Of all classes to the best o.
my ability. ! am in favor Of the pre-
sent liquor and Sunday laws and viii
oppose any changes to either outside
of the amendments asked for in he
platform"
Now the voters who are familia.
with what happened in 1903 are ask
ing what Quinn will do if again elect.
ed to the senate. ..~. .
They GeC:are that in 1909 the Re
publican territorial platform definitely
opposed any general change in the Ii
Quor law which was passed in 1907
and which created the present system
of licensing and control by license
commissioners Quinn was elected Oh
this platform. II is declared further
by those who now refuse to uphold
Quinn that he gave his strong support
to "A senate bill which ripped up the
existing liquor law and opened the
wav to all sorts of abuses of it.
This bill passed the senate and
Quinn voted for its passage. 1t was
killed in the house by big vote ano
while it was before the legislature a
storm of public sentiment arose which
did net cease until the bill was killed.
Quinn is charged with having en-
tered into a combination with certain
senate Democrats to "put. over" some
legislation that they wanted. This
radical change in the liquor bill was
one of the things they tried to put
over" and failed. The people would
not swallow it.
What the Records Show.
The plain, facts concerning Quinn's
record on this matter are shown III
the senate journal for the session Of
1909 and in other publications OF Off
cial accuracy Furthermore, for some
days there has been gathering storm
of remembrance that is likely to break
over Quinn's head, even before the
primary. III. ..-...E.~.
The Republican territorial platform
of 1908. adopted on September IA of
that year, contained the following
plank:
I'VE indorse the present liquor law
and oppose any general revision there
Of"
Quinn was elected to the senate on
that platform. So far as can be learn.
ed the proposal for a sweeping change.
in the liquor law was never favored
by any of the Republicans in the cam
paign, and certainly Quinn ran on the
Republican platform and was elected
on the understanding that he would
abide by this provision in it.
1t was therefore not known that
any Republicans in the senate would
demand radical change in the law
of 1907, which had worked very sue
cessfully for two years.
However, hardly had the session CT
1909 opened when the men who were
after an easier liquor law started their
game to get it, Senator H. T. Moore
now dead, was the man who fathered
the bill to let down the bars. Moore
was a Democrat 1t was stated at
that time and has since been reiterat-
ed, that Moore, Palmer Woods, also a
Democrat, and others, including Quinn
Republican, framed up a combination
to control certain legislation in the
upper house and get it through the
lower house. szs-s. -. VI
On the second day of the session,
Senator Moore gave notice of intro
duction of Senate Bill No. 90, an act
to amend Act 10 Of the session laws
of 1907 The bill was introduced the
same day and strong pressure was
brought to put it through the senate
as soon as possible. ~ 49,.
The bill reached second reading OIL
the fifth dav of the session, February
%, and on Senator Moores motion was
referred to the committee On ways
and means, OF which Quinn was a
member