Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1901-10-14

| say that the evidence offered in sup.
port of the charges was most flimsy,
and brought down upon the complain.
ants a sharp rebuke from Attorney
| General Knox.
| In his reply to the complaint of tho
Hawaiian Bar Association, however.
Judge Humphreys included as exhibits
! two charges delivered to the grand
/ fury of his district by himself: a
charge to the Federal grand jury OF
the Territory by United States Judge
Estee, and an official report to the
Commissioner of Labor indicating tho
notorious existence at Honolulu (ur.
der the protection of the Government
OF most revolving form OF vice. The
statements contained in these exhibits
/ are of character that makes then,
unfit for publication in their entirety
! in family newspaper. They point
out that within mile from the centre
Of the Hawaiian capital an institution
Is maintained. with the full knowl.
edge and consent Of the Territorial au.
thorties," which is inhabited by slaves
under control more absolute and
despotic than that to which African
bondmen were ever subjected in the
United States (the quotations are
| from the Official documents). The
slav confined In this moral pest.
/ house are women and young girls.
few of them French and the remainder
/ japanese. They are taken thither by
/ procurers employed by the company
which owns the inclosure and build.
ings land which, by the way. Is incor.
poratcd under the laws OF HawaiD,
and are sold at prices ranging from
500 upward, according to their age
and attractivcncss.
The masters pay an annual license
fee of $50 for each of their chatteis:
and IF by reason OF decaying physical
charms one is unable to meet with her
owners requirements. she Is sold to
some Monaghan who desires n person
al servant or attendant" Failure on
the part Of an inmate to earn certain
amount of money per diem Is follow.
cd by the inlliction Of brutal physical
punishment. occasionally reaching
such lengths of cruelty as to call for
eXpostulation by the policemen detail
cd to prevent the inmates and visitors
from indulging in disordcrly conduct
Rules and regulations for the conduct
Of the horrid trade piled AT this insti
tuition have been made by the local
police, and are posted at the entrance
to the stockade surrounding the In.
closure. The Health Officers exact
n fee of $3.50 per capita per month
for issuing a certificate of health to
the jewellers in the sink Of iniQuity,
and the grand jury preceding the one
alleged to have been packed" by
Judge Humphreys reported the condi.
ton of the premises and the general
management, which Is conducted un.
der the supervision OF the Police De.
partmenr and the Board Of Health" to
be las satisfactory as could be expect.
ed The average age of the poor
creatures Is fifteen years. and there
are several under twelve.
1 1T Is hcarrCnding to walk through
the streets of this internal Enclosure. 81
says Special Investigator Olmstcad In
his report to the Commissioner of La.
Dor: and one can well believe him.
The hcllish traffic In human bodies and
souls Is in direct violation of Hawaii.
an law, yet IT il guarded and super.
Niscd by the health and police officials:
and by their conformation of the OF.
Tense against public doccncy every
one of the Territorial officials has
made himself a participant in the
crime. Judge Humphreys would have
been derclict In his duty If he had fail
ed to denounce the den Of lwilei to the
Grand Jury-a proceeding which cvok-
cd the wrath of the time scrvcrs OF the
Hawaiian Bar Association. The worst
feature of the case IL that the slave
pen at lwilei Is regarded as one of the
unique attractions of Honolulu. IL Is
visited by all elements OF society;
strangers and tourists are taken there
by respectable residents. and gaze
with morbid interest on the braZen dis
play at enslaved vice. The pOlluting
influence OF the institution therefore.
IL not confined to Hawaii and the Ha.
Maiians, but Is spread, through the
Increasing number OF American visit
ors to the Territory, to all parts of the
country. What Is the vicious example
OF expiring MOrmOnlsm or OF the insti.
tUtions Of domestic slavery in the Suln
archipelago by comparison with the
namslCss crime OF lwllCi? That any.
where under the jurisdiction of the
United States and under the protection
Ol our flag there should exist form
Of human bondage so intolerabie, and
degrading. almost passes belief.
This foul disgrace should be erased
Il the whole Territorial Government Of
Hawaii should have to be wiped out
with II.