The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-02-05


! The last report o. tie Attorney Gen.
eral showed IS specials on the polscs
force. neariy ali or whom were secret
/ spies. while the number not reguIs-ly.
on the salary rolls but who dependei
upon their share of the fine, or bloci
money. for their par was upward o,
seyenty-fve-
But most infamous of all are tEe
conditions existing al IwiIei under
governmental protection and control
when The Republican exposed tne
conditions of this hell hole of iniquity
and vice last August certain pharisees
of the Town were Mortified This paper
was charged with being the -'fwilei
Guide and prominent officials almost
moved heaven ana earth in their en-,
deayor to cause the removal of the
editor of The Republican. if not the
destruction OF the paper You are
striking too high" was the cry. You
are printing things that no decent pa
per ought TO print" was another VI
their cries. The ruth was hurting
and If The Repuoncan did not succeed
at that time in blotting out the evil
of Iwilei it aroused public sentiment to
some extent and now it is seeing the
fruftion The truth was hurting men
in high positions who were profiting
from the blood money of depraved men
and women. the latter slaves TO the
most cruel masters known on earth.
Every stranger who comes here and
visits Iwilei comes away saying it is
the most awful. the most Infamous, the
most damnable hole of iniquity to be
found in any place on Gods footstool.
And how is this place conducted? I'm
der the supervision of the police and
the Board of Health. Aye, more, I'M
der the supervision of the Governor
and other Territorial officials, for if
the Governor OF this Territory would
but give the word to the members %
the Board of Health anu OF the police
force. all of whom are his appointees,
that this infamous den of vice must
not exist, it could not last for twenty
four hours. But then II it were closed
some official or officials might cease to
receive blood money from these
slaves. And under The system of gov
eminent which Judge Humphreys 50
justly condemns, blood money for OH
Gals is apparently of far more i'm
portance than the redemption OF hui
man souls sold into life worse than
any other form of slavery known 60
man.
1t is indeed time that Hawaii had
man like Judge Humphreys upon the
bench who can neither be cajoled nor
coerced; q man who has honest con-
victions and is not afraid to express
them; a man who believes in right
and opposes wrong whether it be done
under the gulse OF oincial sanction or
otherwise.
Not since the days of the Lexow in
vestigation in New York, when Rec
order Golf charged the special gram
jury with the investigation of The
corruption and rottenness OF Tam
many rule in New York, was ever such
a scathing denunciation of official NAL
administration made fro,l the bench
as Judge Humphreys presents i'll his
charge to the grand jury. in it all
there is no excoriation of individuals,
is is the system, corrupt as every
one knows it to be, and the
methods, wrong IN every form.
that are particularly pointed out.
Men in Office are the creatures of
system that subverts the freedom of
the citizen and makes the Official
mere tool of the executive who rides
rough shod over law and liberty.
OF course there will be men to say
that that section of the charge having
reference TO municipal government
had no place in charge 10 a grand
jury But it had: indeed it was most
proper that the subject of local SELF
government should be called TO the at
tention OF such a Dody in order that
it might the more readily point out the
evils OF denying the Anglo-Saxon peo-
pie the rights and privileges in gov
eminent. that their forefathers fought
for and have maintained for centuries.
The town was the integral part of the
community in the American colonies
long before lie colony itself was or
ganiZed. But here in hawaii the sys-
tenn was reversed. Not only that, but
the citizen mas been SO shut out from
participation in the government that
he has grown TO feel that he did not
have and could not have any part in
il. Such a condition of affairs is in
toIerable ana II Is only under suen q
condition of affairs that abuses like
those at the Reform School. al the
Insane Asylum. and at lwilei can be-
come the fixtures that they have here.
The grand jury has a great work
before it. VIII it prove itself equal TO
the emergency,