The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-02-23
'HAWAil'S SO[ONS
ITO GET down TO
REAL WORK TODAY
Expect To Plunge Into Volume Of
Public Business Early This
Morning

ID I .
The Legislature viii reconvene this
morning after having enjoyed a holiday
following one day Of work, and is ex.
pested to plunge into the midst Of a
heavy volume Of business.
Twenty.seven bills were introduced
A. the, house Wednesday and seven in
the senate. These were referred 10 the
printing committees Of the two houses
and should be ready for distribution
today.
Only one measure, however, was
made special order of the day for to.
day in each house, That was the all
Important measure appfbpriating money
to pay the salaries OF the members. As
usual, all haste viii be made TO rush
these bills through and make the money
available
OF the bills introduced at the open
| ing session the one that has aroused the
most comment is Senator Chilling
worth g so.called prohibition bill. Who
is back of Il Is q question that has
lot Of people guessing The ultra.
pfohibitionists utterly disavow IL, and
charge that IL Is merely fherring
drawn across the trail', with intent TO
fool the advocates Of genuine prohibit
ton. The saloonkeepers and others
connected with the liquor industry, on
the other hand, refuse TO father the or
4 phan child In fact, they blush when
/ It Is mentioned, and indicate that such
things really are not spoken Of in po-
/ lite society.
/ Text or the Bin III
But let the bin speak for itself.
! Here IL is, in all its unclothed natural
ness. IT Ia entitled:
j ran Act Forbiding the Sale or Ex-
posing, Keeping or Offering For Sale
1 or Soliciting or Receiving Orders for the
/ Purchase or Sale Of Intoxicating
4 Liquors. = Il reads as follows;
fsSection I. Definitions. The term
| Intoxicating liquor as used in this
act shall be held to include spirituous,
vihons, malt or fermented liquors and
any beverage in which may be found
1 ANY percentage Of distilled spirits,
] alcohol and alcoholic spirits as defined
! by the laws OF the United States, and
/ any sake, beer, lager beer, ale, porter
4 and matt or fermented or distilled
l1iquof..
= Person as used in this act shall
4 be held md taken to mean and include
any corporation, Joint stock company,
1fndividual or individuals, acting or be-
Ling sinely or together as copartncr.
ship, club on association of any kind
\ Whatsoever. t'fsisi 81. - 81
"section2 2. No person shall sell, or
expose, keep or offer for sale any in
toxieating liquor, or solicit or receive
orders for the purchase OF sale OF any
such intoxicating liquor.
- Provided, however, that the provi-
sions of this act shall not apply to a
duly licensed pharmacist making sales
upon prescription or order Of a physi-
cfan duly licensed to practise medicine
in this territory.
/ Section 8. Any person who shall
violate any of the provisions Of this
act shall be guilty Of misdemeanor,
and on conviction thereof be punished
n by fine Of not more than one thou
sand dollars $4,000, or by imprison-
ment not exceeding one year, or by
both fine and imprisonment. f..
"Section 4. All laws or parts of
laws inconsistent with this act are
hereby repealed. a..G' j.. w.. .,-. 20
Fhn Section S. This act shall take effect
December 81, "A. ID. 1917 ,.. F..
Dnmo, Day tne Drys
y, IN. opinion ~ Freely eApIesseu .nas
,,nt ~ ~ ~. ~ o.a y ~ V -. az i. IN
4 iatu,a' 4 4 scosdiTc ~ thasa who think
4 tbey know ybe idea 4 10 have the bill
q d;scussed ~ tbe msmbers az house and
senate ana then nromptly emphat.
liraIlv ard Fotsver ki,Ied with intent To
nytove VI cohoras. tint Hawai-, does mot
! want probibifion. tbus heading Oh bro.
i bihittan Nv fadsrat enaetment. 80.
Annther Measure that n expected to
,Iexcite nncb debhte, and the fate of
ubish annha,s 1hcartaio Il Renresenta.
j five J,ynan,s farm loan credit bill.
} This q drawn much along the lines of
4 ire federal farm loan credit act, some
festntes q, me New zealand law being
1iheornorated =
4 The hill has fh4 strong backing of
ltbe Haiku Farth Association and of
similar 4ofaatizftiousfi the Territory,
It's Obvious intent "A to aid The small
Farmer and 10 But Misunderstanding IN Ha.
wpii on a reasonable and practicable
baisis, Governor Pinkham, who Is op.
bosed 10 small farminpl and who has