Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-12-02
MaSsmeeting Passes Resoiu-
tons and Committee Is
Named 49,.

i Stirred by a calm but singing re-
| cital of facts concerning crimes
i against young women and girls in this
/ city, a mass meeting of citizens that
i filled the Bijou theater last night adj
/! opted resolutions calling for the
i appointment of committee of repre-
sentative men and women to devise
, ways and means whereby our laws
shall be more adequately enforced,
i and to arouse within this community
a sense of it's duty and responsibility
for the protection of our women and
girls"
The committee was Immediately
/ named by Bishop Ii. B. Restarick,
who presided, and will begin work at
once. ~. ->
Last nights meeting was a notable
one in Honolulus history. The call
s for the mass meeting by the Inter
Island Federation had announced that
! "a spade would be called a spade"
ers, Bishop Restarick, Miss Sadie G.
Sterritt, principal of the Girls Indus
| trial School; Rev. p. W.aRider. Perley
IL. Horne, principal of Kamehameha
Schools; Juvenile Judge w. l.. Whit
ney, j. r. Gait, principal of Palama
Settlement Association, and w. A.
Bowen, who presented the resolu.
tons calling for the committee. All
of these speakers calmly, yet with
earnest indignation, recited facts and
figures CONCERNING the prevalence In
this city of crime against girls, and
declared that "it has got to stop" {
Audience Means Business
The audience composed of men
and women of all classes and walks
in life, sat qr1ier for the most part,
ers talked with the utmost quietness
and yet there were times when the
1900 men and women murmured
angrily as some particularly loath-
some fact was debated, or, as in one
instance, cried "Shamei" when a
speaker referred to the fact that
many men charged with unspeakable
crimes have gone unpublished. ~
With the singing of hymns and
with prayers by ministers of Homo
lulu deeply religious tone was given
to the mass meeting, but the chair
man announced early in the evening
that applause would be in order, and
frequently the speakers were inter
rupted by bursts of handclapping
which manifested their entire SYM
pathy with the cause for which the
meeting was called. .s....:.. r.. . =.
The meeting was opened at 7:45
O'Clock with prayer by DR.. Doremus
Scudder, after which Bishop Restar
ick spoke few words of introduc-
ton. A free-wiIl offering was taken
up by the ushers, r. H. Trent explain
ing that voluntary subscriptions were
meeting all the expenses of these
mass meetings and he hoped would
continue to do so. The Rev: d. G.
Peters of the Christian Church, re-
turned thanks for the offering. Bishop
RESEARCHES Introductory remarks |
were short and to the point, as those
of all the speakers. He recited the |
purpose for which the meeting had
been called, and declared that Homo !
lulu must face this and similar prob |
lens, such as the social evil, frank /
~ and SQuarely and must recognize !
that it's young needs teaching so that |
boys and girls may not be easily led |
astray. He told of cases that had |
come under his notice where young !
girls had been led astray largely !
through their own ignorance. He also
praised the action of the British |
House of Commons in voting to re-,
store the whipping-post for punish
ing whitn sfavers.
Mi$ Stcrritt read a short paper |
in which she pointed out special in
where some. Of the terrible !
crimes against girls in Hawaii havet
gone unpublished She scored the
police for not giving their best eff
forts to aid her in her work to bring
The men in the cases to Justice, de-
claTing that in one instance the police
had allowed Il nIah to get away on l.
steamer when she had had a warrant
worn out for his arrest and when
lc went away making no effort to
Md" himself as the steamer left She
asked why the curfew taW is not en-
'orccd. she brought to public atten-