The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-05-13


culation here the Chinese would not
be likely to have $4,000 of it in "a year
to spend for protection. apparently
overlooking the fact that of the $1,000
Chinese in Honolulu at least 10000 are
gamblers who have an average in
come of s. per week or 100000 per
month.
THE STARS VIEWS.
The Star says:
The Chinese gambler is up against
it. There will be a neat little futter
among the owners of the various nefa-
rious outfits. The Attorney Generals
department will now have an ample OPP
portunity for investigating some of the
underground ramifcations of the gam
bling fraternity. Once this class of
persons is started on the run, there are
bound to be interesting developments.
THE INDEPENDENTS OPINION.
The Independent says:
The community is hungry for a !
most complete investigation of the
gambling scandal-if such it is-appar- |
emily unearthed in the office of the |
Acknowledgement last Sunday, and for |
a complete exposure and the punish |
ment of every guilty man, should it be !
developed that officials have in the past
accepted brides for countenancing or
protecting gambling institutions. At
present the matter is in it's infancy so |
to speak. The statements alleged to
have been made by Tong Kai, through
Interpreter John r. Baker, whether so
intended or not left the inference
wholly reasonable that bribery in the
past had been freely practiced and that
the gamblers had been protected by an
official or officials of this government.
So widespread and positive is the
assertion that gambling (Which, in al
most every form. has been carried on
in nearly every quarter of the city for
two years. was being officially pro-
tected that no one. outside Of the
ring could feel safe in denying it.
The very fact of the existence OF lot
teries at the corner of River and Kukui
streets, in a stable on Vineyard street,
in two buildings on Hotel street be-
tween River and Maunal1ea streets-all
run openly for all the months of last
year and for two months of this year
must cause one to feel that there was
official protection somewhere. These
places were only a few of many. To
have seen them in full blast daily, I'M
der the eye of the Government. one
must have been a blockhead not to
rave deciphered corruption, bribery and
protection out of it. The case was too
plain.
Where the blame lies we are not in
position to say, and have no desire
10 say anyhow. The Cinnamon may
gamble their lives out for all we care,
and we don't care. in the abstract,
now much money officials may have
capt out of this reign of paka Pic and
penthouse gambling Of almost every :
sort. What we do want is to have the
in regard TO this matter
cleared up. VIII the Acknowledgement
,e equal to the task?-or viii he go so
ar and then surrender when called
Town by high influences up to which
lis Investigations may have led? We
prefer, for the present, at least. to &
hink the former.
There is something fishy about the (
interviews OF Mr.. Peters with Tong {
1ai. however. Nor with the interviews
either. but with the way
hey came about; and ground seems to
,e left for the suspicion that third
arties are interested actively in this
fair. and that they are desperately
acrificins one chance to save their &
aeon at another. It is not assumed
or a moment that the Attorney-Gen-
rails department suspects such a
hing. but the "scape-goat" proposition
still held by some. !;
THE BULLETINS REMARKS. S
The Bulletin has the following: );
Despite the pubIic's reluctance to be-