The Hawaiian gazette., 1896-04-07

The special committee TO whom wer
referred certain House bills introduce
recently held an open meeting in tn
hall of the House of Representative
Saturday afternoon. There were pres
snt Senators Lyman. Hooking, McCand
less. Representative Bond, Rycroft
Robertson. Hanuna, Kaeo (of the com
mittee) Richards. McBryde, Revs. o. H
Gulick, c. N. Hyde, S. E. Bishop, Lead
ingham. Peck; Drs. Rodgers. Whitney
+. G. Thrum; Professors Hosmer
Richards. and others.
Rep. Bond, as chairman of the com
mittee, called the meeting to order anC
introduced as the first matter for the
afternoon consideration the bill re-
lating to the suppression of libidinous
solicitations.
W. R Castle-The Penal laws are
strangely insufficient in the matter OF
providing punishment for libidinous
solicitations. A short paragraph or so
under the head of Common Nuisance
is all that can be found, according TO
my recollection. The Penal statutes
treat prostitution more as an injury to
the individual than TO the state, and on
that account the fine is small; but So
licitations directly concern the we'll
not be placed before any one. Since
The institution of hacks in the city it
has become the work of the lower
classes of hackmen TO solicit. The act
proposed looks toward providing a spe-
.ific penalty apd punishment for such
offenders as the hackmeu alluded 10.
Provision is likew sc made for the
keepers of houses of assembly Tor dis
reputable women.
Rev. H. w. Peyk-I heartily endorse
what Mr.. Castle has just said, and l
would suggest, in reference 10 his last
remarks, that provision be made in the
law for the owners and renters Of such
houses of assembly, if ii can be proven
beyond doubt that they are cognizant
of the fact that their houses are being
occupied by the class of people under
discussion. I don't know whether rhis
is workable or not. In my mind, the
renters OF such houses, if proven ac-
cessories. should be involved in the pun
ishment. l have been in the city seven
years, and | can testify as to the cor
rectness of Mr. Castles statements in
regard to the hackmen, from the fact
that had not been here an hour before
! had personal evidence of their solicit
tations.
Rev. c. Nj Hyde-The law should be
passed for the protection of the men
themselves from the rapacity of hack
drivers.
The next in order of discussion was
House Bill No. 16, looking toward the
of gambling and gaming
Professor Richardson the old bill
for the punishment for gamb-
ling the provisions are direct against a
few games of chance, such as chefa.
The proposed bill takes in gambling as
a whole, and restricts betting at horse
races. baseball games, boating contests
and the like. ! have interested myself
Tor some time in the question of gamb-
ling in small ways. 1t has been con-
tinually thrown in my way as an edu-
;ator and as a sporting man. In re-
gard to the latter, hope that | have,
rs yet, not been relegated to the back
numbers as a sporting man. In America
has been wrecked by the bet
ing habit Some time ago there was a
-iolent smash-up of the baseball league
IN Honolulu. and all because it was
or wrongly-that a
certain catcher had sold game. II
baseball is 20 be clean sport it must
needs first be rid of the gambling or
betting habit-call il what you may.
Why do some people refrain from TAX
ng in the horse races, although they
nav be passionately fond of the same?
Simply because the whole structure is
and rotten. tell you when
money is brought in together with
sports, the downfall is sure. This thing
ant go on. The baseball grounds and
he race track are unsafe for the pres |
snce of children and young men. 1t is |
me thing for you and me TO gamble on
he sly although do not sanction that |
0ul NlSn IL DeCOLutS d COLluuOu AulS-
ance. then there should be law di-
'ected against it. The old law is made |
Iuate and only touches certain games |
which. in their working out, affect the
'oreign population. The Chinese, for
he most part. are the ones who get into |
rouble oftenest. Others do their gamb- |
ing in a Christian way and are unaf
ected by the statutes. Is such course
# events just?
w. A Bowen-The community should |
- reminded of facts that have been and
ire in existence in Honolulu | refer
specially to the betting of individuals
n all games. The young men of the city
re on dangerous ground. Instances are
till fresh in my mind of betting in
porting contests. One young man who
5 now awaiting trial states candidly
hat his ruin was brought about through
ambling, drinking and fast women
am in favor of expression being put
II the law and of attempting to make
his a clean community In regard to
icycle races. the street contests would
e a vastly different affair if betting
ERE left out. Zone of the sports in the
1om-Yes, they would be much slower
l everything) / remember in recent
icycle race the contestants talked all