The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-02-10

Honolulu, T. H., January 20, 1909.
To the Directors of the Hawaiian HUI
name Society, Honolulu.
/ have the honor to present my first
report as member of the Relief Com
mittee.
Visited the government pound, found
no animals there at present.
Visited territorial stables, found
horses and mules in good condition and
well fed.
Gave advice about the sanitary con-
dltions of the stables.
Have visited all the public livery
stables. Have given advice which was
well received.
Visited six japanese and three Chi
nese livery stables. Stalls for horses
in bad order. Advice given and ac-
copied
Visited the dog pound. Nothing do.
ing. Keeper said that there was no
money for roping dogs.
Our Police Court.
Some remedy should be found to pre-.
vent sentence of from three to four
years of an infant of eight, ten, OF
twelve years of age. to reformatory
for young criminals.
No child should be sent to the re-
formatory with a criminal class, until
he has reached the age Of fifteen, unless
the facts of each case be laid before
the Governor or bfore some other spe
cial officer and he approves of the sen
tence
In all cases the evidence on which
the child was convicted or committed
should be reduced to writing, and a
copy thereof transmitted to the Gov
ernor so as to become record of his
Office, and this evidence should be tax
en- by deposition, not by filing in a
printed blank on which they are based
Parents or guardians should be com
| PEELED to reform their children at home
1t should be made punishable offence
on the part of the parent or guardian
failing to make such an attempt.
| A superintendent of a reform schoo
in California told the writer some years
ago, thus: "Twenty-four hours or less
in Jail breaks down whatever barrier
may exist between the child and the
criminal. However innocent he may
be, once in Jail, he is placed, in hi:
own mind at least, IN the crimina
class. "
Truant schools ought to be organized
in counties as part of our educationa
system. The reformatory should be tn,
last resort towards the reformation o.
children.
The Children's Court in Denver, Colo
The writer visited Denver in Jul,
last, and became very much intereste,
in Judge Lindsey and his iuvenil
court.
Colorado characterizes child law
breakers as juvenile disorderly persons
It's law provides that juvenile offend
: ers must be tried apart from adul
criminals, and that whenever possibl
they must be released, under the car
of probation officer rather than sen
to the reformatory. In nine cases on
of ten, the first offender is relies Sc
on probation.
Each boy brought into court is gi,
en- card setting forth a number G
questions that bear upon his conduc
This card he is required to present {
court every other Saturday morning.
Commitment is always the last r.
sort. The result is that ninety-fy
per cent. (95ft) of the boys are treate
successfully without commitment
Judge Lindsey says: 81 have e,
: deavored to act in each case as I won,
if my son were before me in my libral
at home charged with some misco
duct. F"
Our Territorial Prison.
., l desire to call your attention to Il
lnhuman practise of marching our Il
fortunate prisoners through our publ
streets twice day to and from the
work. Some of the unfortunate pr
oners may only serve out few month
sentence. Is it not degrading al
Illuminating to the man, his mother, S
ter or wife, to witness this parade fro
~ the street corners2 / know of no pla
. in the civilized world where such
thing is permitted. This treatme
of prisoners has haunted me for yea
sleeping or waking. and have call
public attention to it for the past tn
ty years. If you can do anything