The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-02-23
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Win IypeWfltten copies OF the reSolu'
: tion. He, for one, would like to study
, IL carefully. Senator Makekau thought
i might well be deferred till Saturday.
BY that time, he remarked, typewriter
copies could be made Senator Coney
moved to table until earbons were
Forthcoming. Pacheco temporarily
withdrew the measure. IL will be taken
up tomorrow. ~ E..,
$4,000 For Entertainment
During the afternoon session Senator
Single introduced a bin calling for
the appropriation of $4,000 for the en-
tertainment by the Territory Of United
States congressman or other distin.
guished visitors to Hawaii prior to the
last day of July Of the present year.
The bill has reference to invited Wis.
itors only, and covers the proposed visit
of congressman in March and April.
Prohibition Measure &1
Shortly following the opening of the
afternoon session, prior TO the senate
joining members of the house in the
hall of representatives TO hear the Gov
ernor's message, President Chilling
worth took the floor, with Vice, Presi
dent Makekau in the chair, TO launch a
bill calling for prohibition of intoxi.
cants in Hawaii. The bill, which
passed first reading by title, and will
come up for second reading and refer
ence TO a committee tomorrow, is sweep
ing in its intent, prohibiting the sale,
or exposing, keeping or offering for
sale, or soliciting or receiving orders
for the purchase or sale of Intoxicating
liquors. Mannfacture" is not re-
ferred to except as manufacture may
be prohibited by inference.
BY Intoxicating liquor" as used in
the bin, is meant all spurious, vinOus,
malt or fermented liquors, and all bev-
erages in which may be found any
percentage Of distilled spirits, spirits
alcohol and alcoholic spirits as defined
by the United States laws, and any
sake, beer, lager beer, ale, porter and
malt or fermented or distilled liquor.
The prohibition includes any corpo.
ration, joint stock company, individual
or individuals, acting or being singly
or together as a copartnership, club or
association of any kind whatsoever.
The only exception allowed is that the
bill, If it is enacted into law, shall not
apply to a duly licensed pharmacist
making sales upon prescription or or
Ter Of physician duly licensed to prac-
Use medicine in this Territory.
Violation of the proposed act will
be considered a misdemeanor and made
punishable by fine not exceeding
$1,000, or by not more than years. inn
prisonment, or by both. 1t is proposed
that the act shall take effect on Decem.
Der 81, 1917. '... ~. .
5ills Affecting Labor .s.@a d.
Two bills having to do with the In.
boring man were introduced yesterday,
one, by Senator Pacheeo, requiring that
not less than two dollars day be paid
all labor employed on any work ca. Ieu
on or authorized by the Territory, or
the counties, or the city and county Of
honolulu. The bill calls for the pro-
iosed act 3 effectiveness on July l of
this year. .,.
, The second labor bill was introduced
by Senator Desha, aiming to amend sec
! tiOns l57, 100 and 1862, Chapter IS Of
the 1915 revised laws. II is a citizen.
? ship requisitiOn and demands that all
I lfficers, deputies, clerks, Interpreters,
police, labOrers and others in the EN-.
plOy of the territorial or county, or city
ind county government. shall be citi-
J. ems, except in cases where labor is
] leeded and it is not possible to SECURE
7 itizens, when persons eligible to be-
, ;ome citizens shall be employed. Nor
nay any but citizens, except as above
: provided, be employed on any govern.
nent work let out to contractors, I'M
cess n permit is secured from the super
ntendent Of public works, the county
BOARD of control, the mayor, or chief
executive of any municipality for the
y employment of elgibles to citizenship.
Only citizens may be employed and
5hey must work but eight hours day,
when citizens can be obtained.
other Bills introduced
Senator Shingle, of the finance com
v nittee chairmanship, appropriately en-
tered u bill TO drtray the expenses OF
y he regular session of the senate. This
was placed on the special order of the
3 lay for tomorrow. Desha fatheTed q
measure to raise the salary of the au'
litOr of the County of Hawaii from
: 5000 TO $4,000 year. Senator PaeheeO,
:" considering the welfare of the poor
/" nan who has his property sold under
= foreclosure, introduced a bill providing
" for the redemption of such property
y within a reasonable period by the pay
!, / nent of the debt involved, plus in
" terest and costs .,r,t..
/ fuards of Insane Appeal r...
y There came petition from twenty
yards and ten matrOns of the asylum
y or the insane, appealing to the law
\ makers to please raise their salaries
T or that they were suffering on &C
IS cunt of the high and gradually grow
~ higher rOst Of living some Of
hem, as the petition went on 10 state
ID lad already been forced 10 dispose OF
Il. heir little kUlcanas or land holding
10 in order to catch up with increased
" expenses. Also, they declared, theil
u, labors were more difficult than of yOre
nc here now being $50 men and womeI
le in the asylum, and some Of them arr
u, Mt times 80 dangerous that the men
" and even the women in their depart
!. ment, are forced to graPple with the
:" crazy folk to project themselves from
" injury. ..L"
nj Message Prom the Mayor. -.
tx The rUmOr got abroad in the senat'
", chamber that message from thu
~ mayor" had been received. However
when il was referred to by the clerk