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

r food treatment aasi the sanitation OF, tn
: buildings and premises Within the wild
7 range ef human suffering n,
! atlistioa 50 much claims pitt
; and protection IS insanity Ricl
and poor srs stricken alike snd both ar,
; equally dsfsnsslsss. Treated with car,
ami tenderness Il i sad enough : s<xra
vatei BIZ asSiecg ard cruelty Il Is IN
sl-akzbiy awful To watch over sgss,s
Z affection. TO guard il from wrong ans
Oppression 90 mitigate It's suffering. and
II possible to heal its the sacred Offrs
al the State In the care % the insane
two principles should - carried oat-ths
guardianship OF the STATE and the ohlika-
ton OF property 10 bear the burden OF the
Iib~ral treatment % the lunaric poor
i Observed in charging the LAST Grand
I Jury that, IL ) hard 70 understand how
Z 4 physician enj0yinS large private pra,>-
tice can give the proper care ami atten-
ton 20 sn Institution Of this kind. That
/ jury coIncidei vita me for they reported
/ to the Cezrt. that n their opinion. no
/ visiting physician. however capable and
conscientious can satisfactorily attend 10
| the requirements Of this asylum. and
I they recommended that resident physi-
/ elan be appointed who can devote his
( entire time and attention 70 che inmates
( They also reported taat me last leSisla-
/ ture made an appropriation for new build
I scgS. none OF which had been used 81
I though Ward Nc. WIS in the last
stages Of decay. lou viii send for the
I President of the Boaru OF Heaau and the
I Territorial Treasurer anu ascertain why
/ this appropriation has not been made
+ available. II the appropriation was in fact
/ made.
| charge you. Gentlemen. to visit the
Al
/ cry detail OF its mana cement. | NAV re
mark that | recently visited this iustitu-
| ton ana was impressed with the excellent
management OF the place and It's Scrupu-
| ious cleanliness. The prisoners seemed
10 De- as hopeful and cheerful as indivi
duals in their unfortunate condition might
! be expected 70 be. They are pOlicei with
kindness and humanity and yet with firm
ness and a due regard for the rules of
the prison. The record kept Of the priS
oners. their antecedentS ana history, u
primitive and incomplete but the Warden
informed me that be intended 20 institute
a more thorough system ut an early date.
| desire you 70 inspect this Institution.
not because | suspect that there II any
thing in its management which calls for
investigation but because il should be I'M
derstoOd in this country that henceforth.
public institutions will come under che
eye of an inquiSitorial body. This will
result If the Grand Jurors are fearless
and conscientious in the discharge of their
duties in Ike condemnation &c all things
and conditions which deserve condemna-
ton. while all things which are wise and
good will. of course. 6e commended. The
best officers the best institutions and the
best conditions are those which can stand
searching and fearless examination.
n, Il. anti n
investigate the Reform .>cnool. | think
that YOU will find in that institution
about thirty boys of varying ages and of
various nationalities. You will hnd them
we'll housed. in large yard from which !
they could easily escape if there were not
sufficient ihdHccmeHt TO remain IN the
shape of an abundance of good food. clean
beds. and ample time and mates with
which 10 play. | think that you Will also
find that absolutely no record Is kept OF
the family history of the inmates and
that the law of heredity and predisposi- |
ton to CRIME is wholly disregarded. Very |
little public interest seems TO be taken
in this institution, and the same observa-
ton applies TO all of our public institu-
tions. such has been the influence of the
centralized government here, in which
the people were wholly disregarded. and
in which they have finally come to he
lieve they have neither concern nor right
, The Reform School, however, more
than any other public institution. seems
TO run itself, without the slightest at
tention or direction from those high |
in authority. The Superintendent OF the
institution recently informed me that
during his fourteen years incumbency of
that position. only on six different occa-
sions had members OF the Board of Health
visited the institution and that
il had never been officially
and formally inspected or in
vestigated by any authorized body or
Individual. except the grand jury en-
paneled at the last August term OF this
Court. which. TO use the language OF thai
body. in it's final report TO the Court. patc
IL passing visit The Superintendent
stated to me that although he had -
saved time and time again to procure
frnds with which To establish industrial
features in the school. he had only nceu
able to secure in fourteen years
the paltyy sum of $4,000
through the wood offices OF, Mr.. Cooper.
then Attorney General. which was used
in purchasing the equipment necessary 10
teach the inmates the trades OF tinsmiths
and saddlers in which some of them have
made fair progress. as their WORK at the
Institution will show.
Many of the boys in the Reform School
nave been committed for the most trivial
for purely boyish pranks and
petty delunquencies. while in other IN
stances they have been simply unload
ID upon the community by parents
FULLY competent and able TO care ;
and provide for them. if they were com
PEELED by law to do so. In response 10 a
question of mine. the Superintendent
frankly said: The truth is none OF these
BOYS should be here | had intended go
ing somewhat fully into the subject Of
Manual Training in ReformatOries. lr1t
The length TO which this charge has III ,
ready proceeded. precludes further dts-
.ussion of the matter NJ this time. ] may
observe however. before finally dismlSsing
his object. that many thoughtful people
throughout the land believe that the re-
establishment of whipping as an institu-
ion would have a salutary eject upon
Juvenile offenders, and certain classes or
adult criminals as well. Among tie more
prominent advocates of whipping is Hon.
Simeon f.. Baldwin, one OF the justices
II the Supreme Court of Connecticut
Two Years ago he delivered an address
ipon this subject and quite Recently he
,Doke uDon the same topic before the
Iartforti-s Business lens Association
IL expressed satisfaction that business
men were becoming interested in cues
ion which had been in the mines Of
Judges and lawyers of the State for some
lime. He did not advocate the whipping
,ost, but whipping in private by public
,...cers under proper safeguards This y
i method OF visiting wrath upon evil
loers which ST Paul commended TO civil
magistrates Judge Baldwin cited MANY
instances where whipping had effected
reduction in crime In England and
n Scotland II Is still regularly applied
o Juvenile offenders and is feit to be a
more saIutary form of punishment than