The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-02-15
GAMBLING
SITUATION
Bribery EXPOSURE Leads
to Much Press
Comment.

The disclosure of the fact that there
rs in existence in this city hui OF
Chinese gamblers ready to pay as high
as $1400 a week for police protection
made through statements of Chief OF
Detectives Taylor and published in the
Advertiser yesterday morning, was 6
general topic of conversation through
out the city yesterday. The amount OF
the money available for bribery fund
was a surprise to many who are NOT
familiar with the gambling situation
as it has existed, but those who know
anything of the profits acruing from
che-fa and pakapio banks realized that
$1400 week to secure immunity from
arrest for bankers and players was by
NO means an exaggerated amount.
It is stated by those familiar with
that business that good che-fa bank.
with two drawings daily, will net the
proprietor from three to four hundred
dollars daily, out of which single
hundred could well be paid. It is
well known that Attorney General An
drews was offered fifteen hundred dol
lars few years ago, while it is fur
ther stated that during the days of
the monarchy as high as twenty-five
hundred dollars was paid over by the
gamblers for distribution among those
officials who had it in their power to
arrest them or leave them alone.
1t leaked out yesterday that the
fact that Lee Let had not kept his
later engagements with Taylor was be-
cause the latter had begun systematic
raiding on Tuesday and Wednesday
against the games in Chinatown, this
fact leading the willy Celestial to be-
lieve that perhaps he had made a mis-
preached in the matter of bribe taking.
Practically every newspaper in Homo
lulu had extended references to the
attempt to bribe the police, many re-
ferring to the matter editorially, others
-contenting themselves with republish-
ing the story as it appeared in the Ad-
vertiser. Only two newspapers east any
doubts upon the story, the Evening
Bulletin and the Home Rula.
WORK FOR THE GRAND JURY.
The Star, in addition to giving
prominent notice to the story itself,
published an interview with Sheriff
Iaukea in the matter and said editori-
ally:
'-The attempt to bribe Chief of De-
tectives Taylor, as the similar attempt
some years ago to bribe Attorney Gem
eral Andrews, serves to show how ex-
tensive the gambling is among the Ash
attic element of the population when
not interfered with. 1t gives some in
dication of the strength of the forces
aligned against any police administra-
tion which seeks to abolish gambling
houses and public gambling.
@aTaylor's story OF the effort to bribe
him, the evidence he has secured, and
the suggestion of what may have been
in the past. lays upon the Grand Jury
important work. The Gand Jury may
have it within their power to show to
the gamblers that bribery or attempt
ed bribery of public officials, is a dam
gerous business"
WANTS THE HAOLES PULLED.
The japanese Daily Chronicle reprint
ed the article from the Advertiser yes
terday. translated for its readers. 1t
made no other reference but will deal
with the matter in its editorial columns
today. What line this reference will
take may be judged from the following
translation of an editorial published
on Tuesday, which said:
Since the election of Iaukea as Sher- |
iff of the County of Oahu. the police |
system Is altogether changed and is !
now running splendidly, especially that
department under Chief Detective Tay- |
lor, who gained his experience as a /
newspaper reporter. His method is in |
comparable. and he is now the star of /
the police department. The department
is trying hard to enforce the law, es-
pecially the law against gambling, |
thievery, drunkenness and Sabbath
breaking. The result of which is that
burglars and their kind down to petty
thieves have very much decreased of
late and the community can sleep in
peace. Gambling, drunkenness and
Sabbath breaking is also very much
decreased. being almost stopped en-
tirely. And for this. as residents or
this county. we must thank them for
what they have DONE
But the funny part of the business
Is that those arrested for gambling are
mostly Asiatics, the Chinese being first
in number. then the Japanese and then
the natives. But let US put this fact
aside for the moment. We are asham-
ed to have so many offenders among
the japanese, although the number of
japanese is so many that the proper
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