The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-05-21
BONE DRY HANBl
AONANA|TSONLy
N|[SONSAPPROvAL
Sheppard Bill, Effective July First,
Passes House Without
:, 81 Any. Amendments
SAME MEASURE THAT ,'.'"v',.
SENATE HAD, ENACTED
Long Work of Prohibition ,Advo
Gates Is Awarded, BY,
Satisfactory Act

| PihhlttDn IOf3 t5aNall
mats tProbibitioD under fedora
avs. enforced BY the United
tates department OF Justice. o,
ne genuine bone dry type nov
waits only the APP proval of tn,
resident to become effective OF
nly |. The same measure ha.
assed both senate and ,house an,
low goes to the President. Nc
ioubt is felt Of his approval, espe-
tally since his approval OF tn,
equations which made Oahu. :;
Try zone about its military posts
FINAL passage Of the Sheppard,
'rohlbition Bill for Hawaii was.
announced by Associated. Press des,
patches received yesterday. The, bin
assed the house by vote. of 237 to
hirty AFTER, an amendment offered by
representative Stafford of Wilson's sin
al been voted down. His amendment
would have permitted a plebiscite al
my general election instead OF DELAY.
ng that possibility until January i.
w or until six months, after. the
var snail end, If war continues on fur
IN. '"t
rext Of Bill "o,t..
Lhe text Of, the bill as it, passed
10Th houses is as. follows. 't'1"
.. j, "a bill to prohibit the selling, mann,
\ acturinE, aud importing Of .intoxieatiuc
tgqpors in the, Territory. OF Hawaii nm.
ess the Qualified electors thereof an
zeal the provisions hereof. 100
49,, That from on and after the first, OF,
July, nineteen eighteen, during the
! ,erlod Of the war ord thereaf~er. ex
eePt as herein provided, it shall be un,
AWFUL in the Territory of. Hawaii tt
ell, give away mauufacture, trans,
'ort, import. or export Intoxicating Ii
nors, except for mechanical, scientific
ornamental. and medicinal PURPOSES
!nder proper regulation by the Iegis
ature Ct said Territory, and anv Der.
pm Violating the provisions hereof
hall be fined in. a sum not exceeding
i've hundred dollars or Imprisoned 70,
N Peribdo Of NOT longer, than On year
ripboth:' Proyided, that at any g yen
raj election of Hawaii held within Ave
ears after January first, nineteer
"eptX or. If the war eontinues he
'ond such date. six months after the
inclusion of peace. the repeal of this |
TT rn". upon petition of not less thar
"entv per rentum of the qualified elec
'rs OF said Territory at the last gen
'rai election. he submitted to a vote
the qualified electors Of said Terri |
Dry: and. II a, majority of an of the
ra flied electors thereof voting upor
nrh question shall vote, to repeal this
vet II shah thereafter not he in force
ID effect; otherwise it shall be !,
~ force and effect.
''Ser. 2. That the spid petition shall
% addressed to and filed with the sec
etarv Of the, Territory at least five
N"nthS before the election at vhicl
ne question is to be voted upon. anI
he person ohtaining any signatures f.
'nch petition shall make AFFIDAVIT tbot
e wi" essed the, signing of the same
'nd believes the, address of each nett
i"per affixed to his name is the Tn,
ndfFSs, pr, such petitioner: Such elec
ION shaH he conducted under tho law
+ re Territory provided for genera
history Of Bill
This is the measure which was in
reduced in the senate by Senator Nor,
IS Sheppard of Texas. Delegate Ku.
10 had introduced into the house n
lleasure which was similar to the one
hat has passed but. differed in some
aspects, In order, that there might
9 no delay, that it might be unnecessary
o run the risk Of two differing hills
asSln& the separate houses, confer
nee and perhaps failure Tor the SEES,
on' the Delegate arranged that the
ouse await action OF, the, senate and
nrn act ON the measure passed by the
pPer house. Thus the plans of Kuhio
ave been carried out by its passage
rst by the senate, and then. without J
by. the, house, =
At first thu measure was CENTRALLY
satisfactory tG'thes Anti,Saloon Leagne :
ut with the passage Of the resolution {
T9vid9ipg for ne adoption Of a con.
ltpA91Ial amsndmssntI providing ma, \
on wife pgQphlhiRRintionn any lingering Oh. !
Iio"o "eIe TcHOVeu,
This measure will rank With the most II
.&stir of dry laws providing for pro.
bltton Of manufacture, sale, importa, t
on and Transportation Of lfduor OK, y
Ut for sacrameptal, Incidental and u
Irntifc purposes, IT would be strength b
ed only by prohibiting use aud posses, 2
On 1t has been claimed that unless )
wing in possession is prohibited the =
user can import for his per q
nal us" under state laws. This, how.
er, is II federal act. ~ .
According to the bill there can be- no Il
'hlsr,te until after January |. 1920 Y
d. II the war last longer, for six b
1nths after the end of the war. II is y
ltr hkrly that the constitutional =
I"nIm"nt may be adopted before thai y
n" shat come and Hawaii ur,h I'VE q
st Of tho Nation be bone dry, v,,nout V
action through any IIeblsr,,r y
"tslature 70 Act ,
IT s provided in the bill th,t thr q
shah adopt the regulqtIons ii
reES9rN t" make operative cine rro,i
MS r"Iat'\" to use for mrdIr.ngI
rr'hr nnd sNrrnmental puruoS : T.
''l1'"i that the legislator, must +,