The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1907-02-15
GAMBLING
SITUATION


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tlon is not so very large after all. Still
we are ashamed that the number is so
large. But IL the police department is
going to enforce the gambling law
fairly, those who will be arrested Will
not be Asiatics alone, but all rationale
ties.
THE way IL stands at present the
ones arrested are mostly Asiatics and
natives who gamble for small amounts,
five and ten cents, but you never see a
white man arrested who CANDLES for
large stakes, from one to two hundred
dollars. This has caused certain
amount of suspicion among the Asia
tics, for the appearances are that the
police department Is trying to cinch
the Asiatics and natives and dare do
nothing against the wealthy haole Of
tenders, and we want to impress this
upon Chief Detective Taylor. For our
selves, we do not believe that this is
the policy of Sheriff Iaukea, but we
want to ask him to show no partiality
and to enforce the law equally against
ALL"
ONE CHINESE PAPER PLEASED.
one of the two daily Chinese papers
the Chinese Empire Reform Society.
will publish a translation of the at
tempted bribery story this morning and
will refer to the matter. editorially. It
will say-that the attempt Of the gam
blers to carry on their business of
robbing the poorer Chinese and natives
has received one of the hardest set
backs in the history of Honolulu. 1t
will compliment the police and those
who assisted them for the work they
have done in tearing off the mask of
some of the big Chinese gamblers and
will hint at evidence it has in its pos
session to enable it to make further
disclosures whenever necessary.
A HOME RULE POINT OF VIEW. |
The Home Rula refuses to put any
credence In the story of the attempted
bribery whatever. 1t says editorially |
that it does not believe that Taylor or |
any other man would have $14O0 a |
week offered to him without jumping |
at 1t.
"Our local papers brag very much of
Taylor and the number of arrests he is
making of gamblers" says Home Rula.
TT is true that he is bringing in big
amount OF money in fines and therefore
1t is necessary to keep lookout on,
him. The minute we go to sleep he
will get all the honey like bee and
night suddenly disappear from the
In another editorial note the native
PAPER makes this equally astonishing
SIC 1858 10 A
ut would be better for our Solons to
make a law as they have in several
IF the States of the Union and license
he gambling games"
BULLETIN SEES SOME FLAWS.
The Bulletin treats the matter with
is customary inconsequence as fol-
ows:
THE weak point in the alleged at
empt to bride Sheriff Iaukea's Chief
# Detectives is: First, the haste to
make the matter public before 1t was
ully completed: and.
Second, the inability of the officer,
Who was admittedly trying to learn
T there was positive intention to
tribe him, to arrange the place Of MEET
ng so that third person and conipe-
ent witness could testify to how and
or what purpose the Chief secured the
fifty dollars found in his clothes, after
visit made to Chinaman.
I'm this particular, the Chief with :
IL the opportunities of police MAN |
cement behind him was not as sue I
essful as the former Attorney General !
,ho was threatened with bride and
efused 1t at the pistol point,-his
istol.
1T is truly remarkable fact that
he only persons thus far threatened /
eth brides during recent years in this '
community are directly or indirectly r
ssociated with the morning paper. d
Enforcement of the law does not I,
ICED spectacular attempts ut bribery TO
IMPRESS thoughtful people with special 9
enthusiasm in behalf of particular Of
GERS anxious to make a record.
"A pound master might work up
esistance to bribery IL former asso-
ates labored hard enough in stirring
p someone to offer him twenty-five
entS on account of a promised four =
ollars week.
THE Bulletin has always supposed
nat the Chief of Detectives was doing I
Is work as he found 1t. He has done a
)me excellent work. Bribery propo- q
tions first suggested to him by Adj q
ertiser reporters read like a sheet t
ON dick the Sleuth or the King OF
lie Hot Potatoes." c
ANY person on any police force who 6
lnnot get a bribery proposition full of o
reat promises must have an unusual
eat. Taylor is said to have received Y
fty dollars on account to bind a larger b
argain. He would have to whistle for F
400 week in Honolulu" h
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