The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-04-06
M'CANDLESS
AND LANE
ON IWILEI
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The whole Of twilei makai Of the
oahu prison has been used for the
purposes Of prostitution for some time
past. and Your Committee cannot see,
except for personal reasons. why the
Ttign sheriff, or any one else, should
try to force any Of these people into
any one particular portion and espe-
cially I'm "a portion where the High
Sheriff. from the evidence produced, is
personally interested, owning quite a
piece of property I'm this small corner
set apart by him upon which Is located
the offices of Doctor Cooper. as well
as being interested i'm the Fidelity In
surance Company. as a director, which
company owns three large buildings
containing, according TO the testimony
Of Ogata, about forty-eight rooms,
which brought prior to the order Of
the present High Sheriff, less than one
dollar per room per month.
In regard to who the examinations
are made by your committee feels that
the examinations as at present carried
on by Doctor Cooper should be stopped
for the following reasons:
According to the statement of Doc
tor Hoffman, IT takes from fifteen to
thirty minutes to make one proper exa-
mination. Doctor Judd states that It
would take twenty minutes or more to
make one proper examination. Say it
took the least time mentioned, namely,
fifteen minutes, it would take to eXa-
mine forty-five women which Doctor
Cooper states he examines in from two
to two and one half hours eleven hours
and FIFTEEN minutes. This will give
you some idea as to the manner in
which these examinations are being
at present made. Doctor Cooper exa-
mines forty-five i'm say from two to
two and one-half hours, this is at the
rate Of from IS to % an hour, or on an
average of one in about every three
minutes. Doctor Cooper's own state
ment shows that it takes him from five
to ten minutes i'm ordinary cases, and in
extraordinary cases frcm fifteen to
twenty minutes to make proper eXa-
mination. Your comm'ttee makes these
| comparisons to show the results of his
testimony if you scrutinize it carefully
Besides this Doctor Cooper testified be-
fore Your Committee that he had given
these women the benefit Of a free clinic
at Iwilei, which surely must take some
of his time. When any such eXamina-
| lions show disease the card usually
given her is taken UP and she is sim
| ply allowed to go on her own account
with intructions not to ply her trade
until she is we'll and a new card issued
| to her. In the meantime she can go
where she pleases n the city so long
as she makes a daily call at Iwilei or
brings a certificate that she is being
! attended by some practicing physician,
| and your committee agrees with the
| statement made by Doctor Cooper
when he testified that these women
could easily spread disease because
they were out of control. In fact these
examinations as at present carried on
are in the opinion of your committee,
simply a farce, the taking of money
without giving value received, and the
means of the Territory spending $40 a
month to round up these women in
order that one particular doctor can
collect about $50 per months from
them, of which the only outlay that we
can see from the evidence produced is
office rent and $50 a month that Doc
tor Cooper gives the representative of
the Police Department at Iwilei for
services rendered when such police Of
fcer is in the pay of the government of
the Territory and this, in the opinion
of your committee, should not be toll
Grated.
Respectfully submitted
L. L. McCANDLESS,
JOHN c. LANE.
The following is the Hayselden re-