The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1900-08-24
BIG cOlI Of WH|TEUEA.
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ALI registered prostitutes under the Act
to Mitigate. etc The condition Of the
premises and general management
which Is conducted under the SUPER
vision of the Police Department aud
the Board OF Health Is as satisfactory
as couE be expected provided this
shameless vocation must be tolerated
as necessary evil
The location of the place could not
be improved upon, and the evils o;
prostitution are now probably largely
confined TO this locality instead Of be
ing distributed about the city
No evidence whatsoever was Obtain
ed tending to accuse the Police De-
partment OF extorting or receiviDs
brides. or of abuse of their authority.
Two other collections Of buildings
intended for prostitution purposes are
in course of erection at Iwilei contain
ing about 100 rooms each. We recon-
mend that the number of these institu-
lions be strictly limited
An arrangement has been made b!
which the salary of police officer At
$75 per month is to be paid by The
management of the above first named
company This is of very questionable
propriety, although the practice pre-
walls in Honolulu of allowing certain
places of public resort requiring spc-
cial police protection, to bear the cx-
pense themselves. We learn upon in
vestigation that the full control, dis
missal and actual payment OF salary
of such special officers is in the hands
of the Police Department
We further recommend that the
medical examination required under the
Act to Mitigate be made at Iwilei.
Employment of Minors in Saloons.
We find that minors are so employed
in Honolulu, and We direct the atten-
ton of the Legislature to the subject.
We do not find that liquor is being
sold to minors in violation of the law.
Illegal Appropriation of Moneys and
Valuables Seized in Police Raids.
No reliable evidence was presented 10
us to show that illegal acts of this ma
ture were committed by the police.
The officer in charge of the squad
making a raid personally takes charge
of all moneys and turns them in to
the Clerk at the Police Station, by
whom they are held as evidence, and in
case of a conviction and forfeiture, sucn
moneys are turned into fund to he
used for detective purposes under tLe
control Of the Sheriff.
This custom seems to be of some
antiquity and although the amounts
seized on raids were proven to be CON-
paratively Insignificant, we recon-
mend more strict and businessliks
accountability.
Insane Asylum, Territorial Prison
and Reform School.
The jury in a committee of the whole
visited the above mentioned institu-
lions.
The Insane Asylum contains some
1870 inmates, Hawaiian. Chinese and
Portuguese predominating, in the order
named. with some 90 Americans and
Europeans.
The institution seems to De conduct
ed under an efficrenI and economical
management. and the food and general
treatment of patients appears to De
satisfactory.
We learn that an appropriation for
new buildings was made by the last
Legislature, none of which has been ex-
pended.
The number of inmates is increas-
ing and we urgently recommend in be-
half of these unfortunate wards Of the
tudt duaouht 90 A~
necessary be made available and ex-
pended as soon as possible:
1st. In the renovation of ward No
l. 2, which is in the last stages of decay
and
ID In the enlargement of the Wo-
mans Ward, so that the inmates CAR
be better accommodated and separat-
ed into classes.
1t was evident to this jury that .he
separation of the partially insane pa.
tienIs, some of whom gave every eyi-
dence of intelligence and recognition Of
visitors and of their own surroundings
from the more hopeless and deplorabls
cases. was necessary in order to effeci
a cure.
We condemn the regulation provii.
ing for the commitment Of insane per
sons on the certificate OF one physi
clan only. as in our opinion Boar
consisting Of at least three reputable
physicians should concur. before th'
Magistrate signs the order to commit.