The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1900-09-05
Grand Jury On the "social Evil.
[From The Friend.

The report of the grand jury states
that at Iwilei, quite isolated penin-
sula in the city, there is a colony OF
FIVE buildings enclosed by a high board
fence, owned by local company. These
buildings contain 225 rooms and are at
the present time occupied by 147 fe-
males, of which 135 are Japanese.
These inmates are all registered pros
titutes under the Act to Mitigate, etc. y
The condition of the premises and
general management, which is conduct
ed under the supervision of the police
department and the board of health, is
as satisfactory as could be expected,
provided this shameless vocation must
be tolerated as necessary evil. The
location of the place could not be i'm
proved upon, and the evils of prosti-
tuition are probably ROW largely con-
fined to this locality instead Of being
distributed about the city"
A strong movement was made last
year for the suppression of Japanese
procurers and their dens on Pauahi
street in the central town. The burn
ing Of Chinatown cleared out the whole
thing. 1t appears now to be revived
in an enlarged form, in an isolated Sec
ton and under police supervision.
II must be difficult to answer the
strong censure of The Honolulu Re-
publican against the grand jury for not
attending to the enforcement of the law
~tv~ s,ot 20 r-hieh olcn Cir-
cult Judge Humphreys called attention
In his comments upon the report of the
grand jury. The only answer attempt
ed must be that the vile practice is
one impossible to suppress, and there
fore government can only control and
regulate II.
Such an answer is most unsatisfac-
tory to those people who regard purity
as sacredly to be cherished. and social
impurity as an abhorrent crime. Ex-
cessively loathsome and pitiful is it to
think Of those hundreds OF poor
wretches herded together in lives of the
vilest shame. How can the deadly :n-
fection Of such Sodom be tolerated
in our city? Yet only a few months
dEV Iue S8UQc tnk48 W 8S SRACol OsGA
some Of our central streetA
What can Be Done to remove this
plague-spot? The evil has Its strenu-
Gus source In the unbridled passions
of men who are wicked and bent upon
vile gratification. II il also nourished
by the very low moral condition OF
large class Of females and their natural
protectors, Of both the japanese and
the Hawaiian races. The latter race
are gradually absorbing = fitting sense
Of the ahomination Of impure living.
The lower Glasses Of japanese are ex-
tremely detective In this respect In
dealing with the existing conditions
the execution a. whcleaome laws 10
unlikely to rise very high above what
the moral sense Of 3 majority Of the
voters demands. and that sense h un-
dcubtedly In = very debased cuaditica.
II = the work oe the Christian church
to enlightsa ana stimulate the moral
sense q he conmunity. BY pouring
upoa then vigorously tie powerful
lfght Of GodS law and Christ,s gospel.
making the fear Of God ana The love d
purity and righteouaness TO abound
and prevail. saann = always ct work.
stirring mp men's lower passions and
hatred q unral control. CAristians
have to maintnan CONSTANT and vigllant
var1hre aGnlnn& ~ 6nodo0 q 1Ark-
-. leet CIR cltIes becnne - 8oaomA
Il 4 mosk ezissons thing thak our
eruwinx youeh aSu living n expoSare
ffom thla h11nuO vllunnoA