Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-11-25
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The PEOPLE vs.. OFFICIAL IANTY

5S lie FEUfLE 70. VITlIiAL LAAifI
:, g Appalling crimes against young girls have
paeached the point where ministers OF the gospel
!. ave called massmeeting tosdiscuss remedial
v measures The president Of the Inter-C Church
y Moderation declares that delay in acting means
hlIe appearance Of lynch law here. He calls for
:, community gathering to talk over the evils
d hose sinister growth, it is broadly intimated,
Y, .s been unchecked by those constituted author
cites to whom the people have given the power
'sId the duty Of safeguarding youth and limo
8 .1fe IS well as life, health and property.
4 Undoubtedly Honolulu needs some plain-spok
4 Is discussion Of statutory crimes against young
: iris committed in this city. The apathy of the
.nmunify has been remarkable and dangerous
s Iemarkable because it is almost inconceivablc
bat public sentiment should be so little aroused
. IS almost daily repetition O. shocking stories at
q II police station or in the COURTS dangerous
because people too rudely shaken from their APP
'.f tend to run to the other extreme, the ter
5|e extreme Of taking the law into their own
What Honolulu needs IS not a red fire Of de-
|0neiation, not an outburt pr. jsterical oratoryA
Ietted against the police ol the prosecuting at
.|neYs or the courts, but some sober and praeh
a Investigation to find out is TO blame fol
.1 fact that human brutcs FEEL free TO wreak
||'r lusting passions on innocent children Of
His city. What Honolulu needs at the mass
netting next Sunday night is not stir up anger,
..| to fix responsibility
Tie tarBulletin this morning asked the
Question il the heads Of the police department;
officials territorial officials or federal off
|.'> are to be asked to this massmeeting The
..Ntr Was given that Is the.Earious public au.
.Iitiez are to Sc condemned for present condi-|
.0s the ministers haxenot. fhnneht 7visable|
invite them generally to the massmeetiDg
The Star. Bulletin does not at all approve that
lind Of course The people this community
Mo meet to discuss this grave subject ought to|
IS. before them the q, biI police and his dep
I the prosecuting attorney, the juvenile court
.|Ses the y. Isl district tt[Fney, in fact, ev:
~ official whose duties bear .npon the enforce
..bt Of law. and order heis sIf there is laSlty|
81 law enforcement, find oltt sctc,v itiist IL
here is weakness in the d out ,rl.at lases
ne rcok aud hor to strengthen then, # there
IS neglect in office ask the man wlo holds that
office srh9 he Is not carrying ont his sco11t dutgt
General discussion. as to the prevalence of
crime here will not help this community greatly
The fact is well recognized that there is too much
crime here, too much UNPUBLISHED crime, too
much unprecedented crime.
The way to nail responsibility for failure to1
Inforce any particular law is not to make
speeches about it, but to meet the Officers of the
LAW face to face, talk to them from the shoulder
know incpntrovertibly just where their duties lie
and what the laws are, and then apply the facts
IS to crinie the facts as to law and the facts as
to official jurisdiction.
At the last election the people of this city al.
lowed the present chief Of police to stay in office
He is elected for two years more. The
Elar.Bulletin said before election and repeats
low that the police department of Honolulu
needs strengthening out more than any other one
department in the city. But condemnation of
the sheriff now will do nothing without practi-
ca moves to help him enforce the laws to com
pei him to wake up and carry cut his duty like
IA alert citizen instead Of an officefilIing poll
|cian.
The massmeeting IS step in the right direcs
ION, but twill be short step indeed unless it
IS kept on d practical basis and it can be most
Tactical If the public officials Who presumably
..f RI IN fl,tsl frIl al r., counsel