The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1901-04-12

publicly plying their calling as prostl-
tutts, II u not necessary TO Inquire how
this crying evil was urst started. it r.
assumed that the pubic officers who
gave u the sanouu uf their Hppru, AL
thought they were doing ght, hut IL Us
our duty 10 remove the evil. because ts
existence Is Illegal and immo a. The
mere pointing out the mistakes OF those
who created IL viii not alone do that
II seems past belief that In this small
community, where there are SO many
pure and religious people, there should
b" found any number OF persons, who
think that prostltut on ceases to be an
evil when II becomes pubic. or when
sanctioned by pubic officers, or that Of
fetal recognition OF this socinl offense
does away with its danger to society, or
that authorized houses OF prostitution is
any more protection to good people than
would the creation of dcns of thieves be
a security against steal ng. 1t seems to
be an admitted fact that the presence of
criminals Increases crime, and that all
forms of public offenses should hc eradi-
Gated by the punishment of the crmi-
nails Every crime which goes unpun-
ished Is dangerous to the well-being Of
the people, and any crime like that OF
lwilei Is an attack upon the purity OF
the home. There should he no debntahle
Slchiiu hpubI suNll iid'' as I"lltl'
When public prostitution is maintained
by the public as 1t is at Iwilei for the
money there is in 1t, 1t lowers the stand
ard of our home life, disgraces the fair
name OF our territory ana TO some eX-
tent II makes every citizen n party to
the wrong done.
Gentlemen of the Grand Jury, the Off
cIai records of the Board of Health OF
the territory or Hawaii show that dur
ing the past year not less than forty of
the 1i3 women formerly at 1wilei became
pregnant While there. Some children
nave been born to them and have alrea-
DIV become objects OF charity. Others
are not yet horn. Indeed, the story OF
iwiei IS too disgusting to repeat.
! 1t VIII thus he observed that the his
tory OF affairs ut lwlei conclusively
shows that that Institution is not only
an attack upon the laws of the United
States but upon the morals of the COM
munity, and it is a most painful attack
upon the honor OF American citizenship
here by flooding this Territory with i'll
begotten children, conceived, If not born
IN a place or prostitution, which of ne
cessity must be breeder of criminals.
In any phase OF the matter, lwlei is
school for crime: over one-fourth OF
the women there have children, born
before or within this year; most of them
are now infants, and the offspring of
lwilei associations. Practically all the
japanese women, and most OF them are
japanese, have masters who receive the
money they thus earn. These masters,
II not fathers, husbands or brothers, are
purchasers of the women. and they con-
troll them as much as a livery man con-
trolls his horses. The oft -repeated state
ment that If we close Iwilei 1t VIII scat
ter those prostitutes over the town, is
not true; they are scattered now
| These women do not live at Iwilei;
they only go there of evenings. They
seek their homes uptown about 10 or
1, O'Clock at night. Some have homes
of their own and live at home: some are
servants in families, but all go back to
town. They are in no sense isolated;
1wilei is not their home: they neither eat
or sleep there, and so the place Is a
greater disgrace to the community, and
a growing danger to civilized govern
ment
The truth is that Iwilei is not. as is
often stated, a resort for seamen: IL Is
rather n resort for the lowest order of
men. Americans and Asiatics alike.
/ instruct you. gentlemen, to fully and
fairly Investigate the facts In this mat
ter, so that we may know whether or
not, at 1wilei, women are sold for the
purposes of prostitution. You will also
find out who claims to own them and
to whom the proceeds OF their vile prac-
'i'es are PAID "nat men are accessory
to these crimes; who manages the place
and collects the rents for the rooms: and
the names or all who receive the spo!ls;
and IL the servitude of these poor women
exists Tor this or any other purpose;
and' In a word, II they are held to any
FORM or subsection by their pretended
owners. You VIII subpoena and examine
such witnesses, as the District Attorney
or others snail point out, 30 that the
whole truth may be made known.
IL Is que to the good people of these
isianos mat these shameful proceedings
De stopped. Two Territorial Grand Jul
RES nave given the broadcast publicity
10 the SITUATION at Iwilet without afford
ing any remedy. This duty. gentlemen
OF the Grand Jury, now devolves upon
you, and direct you that In this civ
llized Christian community the citizens
or Tue United states do not recognize
Pubic prostitution as necessary evil,
but rather as n prblic crime, which Is a
crime against deCency as We'll as