The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1900-09-04
PARTIAL VICTORY WON
By THE REPUBLICAN.
First Step Gained To-
wards the Suppress
sion of Vice.
HWILH WAS CLOSED ON SUNDAY.
INMATES SHUT OUT AND COM
PEELED TO REMAIN AT
THEIR HOMES.
The Latter Scattered All Over the
City, Thus Proving That Con-
eentration Does Not Concen-
trate-The Penal Laws.

Despite the efforts OF the apotOglsS
for Governor Dole's administration IN
its failure TO enforce the laws of Ha-
vail against immoral places. The Re-
publican has already gained partial
victory in It's warfare against the
open and notorious police e-protected
dens OF vice at Iwilei and 1t Will con-
tinue in its battle until the victory is
complete.
The human slave camp at Iwilei was
closed Sunday. closed against not only
visitors but the inmates by orders a.
High Sheriff Brown. Very naturally
The Republican would ask If this place
can be closed on Sundays simply by
the orders OF the high sheriff. then
why can it not be closed every day in
the week?
The closing of the place yesterday
exposed very weak place in the apol-
ogies OF the advocates OF open and
notorious vice wherein they declare
that such places are necessary evils,
That has been the cry always of men
high In the Territorial administration
OF affairs in Honolulu and members
OF Governor Dole's official family have
with much vehemence declared that
the foul spot at Iwilei was "a neces-
sary evil
The actions OF High Sheriff Brown
on Sunday gave the lie TO this specious
pleading. The Iwilei dens we're closed
tight. Every gate was shut uo and not
only were visitors barred out but the
slave women who nightly piy their
trade" there were barred out.
Many of them evidently had t un-
derstood the order about the e osing
of the pen, and from 6 o'clock until
about 7:S0 there was an almost eady
stream of the women inmates G ming
% the place to take up their II ;htly
trade" In almost every instance these
women were accompanied by Iaster
ar AS the translation of the polio rules
~osted in Japanese call them their
PARASITES"
This raises the very natural question.
Where do these women live?"
The Republican called attention
Sunday morning to the fact that the
inmates OF Iwilei do not live there.
Some OF them live on the slopes Of
Punchbowl, some live in the Japanese
houses out Palama way. while large
number serve as domestic servants n
private homes in this city in the day-
light hours.
One OF the chief stock arguments OF
the police and Territorial officials for
their protecting this den OF vice is that
IL is necessary TO concentrate the evil
Yet how do they concentrate il with
the inmates OF the Iwilei slave pens
only spending the hours from dark to
a M. there? In what way is the
evil concentrated when the inmates of
the foulest den ever seen upon Ame-i-
can soil are allowed TO scatter 10 their
homes in all parts of the city OF Homo
lulu when the hour comes for the clos
ing up OF the den under police orders.
A reporter for The Republican visit
ed Iwilei about 3 clock Sunday even
ing and found the stockade closed.
Only the electric lights under the hit
tie oyerhanging porches on the al
ieys between the rows of dens were
burning. Every room and every win
dow was dark and there was not m
inmate at the place. Inquiry OF loung-
ers and japanese and Chinese about
the little circus refreshment stands in
the neighborhood as TO where the fe-
male slaves were ELECTED the response.
at home"
where they live." in answer to
a question 10 that effect. ''oh. every
place: all over town" And that is the
way the Territorial officials of Hawaii
and the police department concentrate
vice so as 10 minimize the evils.
Was ever such farce perpetrated
In any other community in the United
Statesg
A man who has been three times
through the den on inspection tours
told reporter last night that he had
seen one OF the inmates in the cspacity
of nurse in the home of fair young
mother. How can any of the house
wives of Honolulu know that their
japanese female servants do not spend
their nights in that sinks II is an aw-
full thing for The Republican to 20 into
the homes of the pure women snd
children of this city, and the virtuous
Advertiser would gladly ahate this evil
tfor business reasons. but Il il not in
the least troubled about the entrance
OF some three hundred prostitutes into
those same homes 10 become nurses
and daily cosnpenkons OF thoee same
women and children
There has been much printed about
Arizona Journalism and yellow Jour
ralism" In this city recently. but for
genuine yellow actions those of the
nolice and Territorial ofnciais Of this
city beat anything ever before known
an an American community. Arizona
NAV have had had reputation IL cer-
tain ways in the past. but Arizona In
ser vorst days. nor Moutnna. = nor
utah. nor wyoming. nor Ner 1sxteo.'