The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-04-27
Some Hurdles Remain TO Be
Cleared Before Bin Be-
comes a Law
WILL COME UP FOR THIRD
READING IN SENATE TODAY


I ~. t"| uNNWAn| ~ HtAo".N" 't"''~
yesterday in The senate, It seems safe
to predict that some sort of pro.
hibition measure will be enacted by
this Legislature
the senate Judiciary committee, which
recommended tebling the Andrews Bill
failed Of adoption. Yesterday the
minority report signed BY Senators
Castle and Coney, which radically
amends the bin, prevailed, and the bin
passed second reading. When II comes
up for third reading today, II il GER
tain TO pass unless there has been a
realignment Of forces overnight, and
that seems distant likelihood
The bill is by no means over all the
( hurdles yet, but It's chances Of finish
ing grow daily brighter The amend
ments adopted yesterday in the senate
may be accepted in the house, or they
may be rejected and the bill thrown in
TO conference, but, even in that event
the character of the amendments IL
such that prohibition has good ex-
pectation Of life.
Senator Castle = changes make the
Andrews bill little more than a vehicle
for the essential provisions of the Chill
lingworth Bill, tabled in the house. II
prohibition Is TO come, the bill providesl
that Il shall be by mandate Of a pleb-
iscite. And II It should be held that
the people at the polls have no right
20 legislate for themselves, under the
terms Of the Organic Act, thon the,
Governor is authorized to call special
session Of the legislature. II Is true
that the Governor cannot be compelled
70 call special session, but IL he signs
the bill, he thereby indicates his will
ingneas to do So
As soon as the minority report had
been read yesterday and Senator Castle
had explained verbally its purport
senator Makekau moved to defer &C.
tion on Il until Monday and in the
meantime 10 refer II TO the printing
committee in order that the senaters
might have time 10 read andadieost its
IL seems 10 me, retorted Senator
Castle, fsthat ordinarily the motions
made in this senate are offered in good
faith, but this one is not. The senator
asks time in which to read the amend
ments and digest their meaning There
Is not one word in them with which
he and every senator here is not
familiar, and the senator is perfectly
well aware that If his motion prevails
il kills the bill. There are only Eve
days more Of this session left, and at
this juncture between motion TO dc.
fer and a motion TO table there Is alb
solutely no difference. 81.
Senator Kamauoha seconded the
motion to defer. Senator Quinn In
quired whether, il both the majority
and the minority reports on the bill
were tabled, the senate could not get
together on some one Of the other pro
hibition measures pending, or introduce
new resolution, the effect Of which
would be the same.
Senator Castle told him no, and
why. Such action would be only delay
under still another name.
Then Senator Single came forward
with the promised explanation Of his
vote which he said SO emphatically
the day before he was resolved 10
have ready on demand for the man ia
the street. It didn't come out all at
once, but he moved forward to II
gradually, through the choppy sea of
the debate. ~
~ can't support the motion Of the
senator from Hamakua, q he began,
because It does not seem 10 me that
il is getting at the facts fairly. The
house is waiting to learn what the
senate does with this bill before Il
in turn takes action on resolution
pending there. Let = give prohibition
a fair deal. Senator Castle tells ,us
that we have the power here to decide
this issue ourselves and, whenever we
can, / believe we ought TO settle our
own troubles at home. For these rea'
sons cannot feel that Senator Ma
kekau,s motion should carry"
Senator Pacheco and Senator Quinn
had little passage at arms which
contributed toward nothing but re-
lief Of Senator Quinn's pent up emo
tions and drew him a mild rebuke
from the Chair, He was willing, he
said, 10 vote for bone dry prohibition,
but for such a compromise as the bill
before him, mol
Deserted by Single, Makekau with.
drew his motion, which he could see
had no chance to carry. Immediately
Senator Castle moved 10 adopt the
minority report.
The motion was timely, for the
senate was about tired Of debate, but
Senator Shingle rose to complete his
explanations.
ssPersonaily, he said, "I'm for
regulation in preference to prohibi-
tion. That is to say, If the responsi-
bility were mine to decide whether
the sale Of liquor should be regulated
or prohibited, should decide in fa-
vor of regulation But this measure
doesn't put the responsibility on us,
IL puts II on the people.
Nov, Mr.. President aud gentle
men Of the senate, we know that the
saIdons and clubs are closing volun.
tariIy at seven O'Clock, and the hotels
and restaurants, bdlieve, al ten.
Between regulation Of this sort or Of
nature even more Ifripgent and
prohibition win the people in the ex-