The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-04-07

prohibited and the prohibition strictly
enforced.
.. The women engaged in the bust
ness should be kept out of residence
districts and main thoroughfares. This
can easily be done by adopting the
Chicago method of putting police
man in front of premises which are
being used for unlawful purposes and
keeping him there until the occupants
are driven away, as they will speedily
be under such circumstances. for no
man will patronize an establishment
which is under the direct surveillance
of the police, with the chances of a
raid being made while he is in the
house.
Prostitution cannot be ended by the
methods that we have Indicated but
it's evils Will be far less than under
the present system, which not only
docs not accomplish the protection
from disease, which is its sole excuse
but is directly responsible for spread
ing disease by giving out false guaran-
tees of good health and thereby in
ducing the patronage of those who
might otherwise be restrained through
fear of disease.
The methods which we have sug-
gested will also relieve us of the
stigma which We earned at the time
of the stockade regime, and which we
cannot afford to again attach to the
name of Hawaii
MAJORITY REPORT.
The report of the majority of the
committee, Senators Hayselden, Gan
dali and Hewitt, differs radically from
that of the minority in that, while it
finds the facts practically the same,
fails to reach the same conclusion.
The majority report says, in part,
taking up in their order the questions
asked by the McCandless resolution:
1. What rules and regulations have
been made, or made or used for the ex-
aminatfons and control of prostitutes
at present at Iwilei. Honolulu? We
find that rules and regulations have
been laid down by the Police Depart
ment whereby all prostitutes, at Iwilei,
are compelled to be examined once a
week. and have certificates issued to
them from licensed physician. to be
able to ply their trade in Iwilei and if
they do not secure these certificates
they are prevented from doing bust
ness
3 By whom are such examinations
made?
We find that the examinations made
in Iwilei are made by DR.. c. B. Cooper.
These people are not compelled to go
to any particular doctor. DR.. Cooper is
simply practicing in Iwilei as a pri-
vate physician.
DIR. CoOPER'S REALIZATION.
8. What charges are made for such
examinations, and what is the amount
collected per day, week, month or year.
and what disposition is made of the
money so collected?
The committee finds that DR.. Cooper
charges 81 per week for each woman
examined, and also find that at the
present time there are about 12S
women, as stated by DR.. Cooper, and
129 as stated by Paul Smith. These
women are examined each week, but
in some cases only three examinations
have been made per month. In case
any of these women are sick they are
treated. free of charge, by DR.. Cooper
until they have fully recovered. The
amounts collected for these various
examinations by DR.. Cooper. would
average about $3.50 per month, but
DR.. Cooper states that his expenses
per month are about $3.50.
4. Are the prostitutes obliged to live
in any one particular portion in Iwilei;
if not, have not such prostitutes been
told. in the near future to live in a
particular portion of Iwilei. and if so,
by whose order and who are the own
ers of such particular portion of Wi
lei?
We find that the High Sheriff of the
Territory, through his agents. have
ordered all of such women that are
found in different parts of the city and
also in some portions of Iwilel, to move
to that portion of Iwilei which is ma
kai of the IwiIei rice mill. and on the
Eva side of the Iwilei road