Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-12-04
PDBuC OPINION and Tue llE AGAINST

1T ID All question Of public opinion anyway
The public frowns on straight gambling and ordi-
n4u lotteries, 80 the police enforce those laws as
rlctiy - possible On the other hand in suppress
ihe the ordinary church rattle 1.-THE police have no
import at all from the public Public opinion is In
|ror Of them. and 90 Il seems to ne at present to-
ps best 70 permit them TO run -Ashefiff William r
Jarrett. as
When the elected head OF Honolulu's police
department. can interpret the community's att
.1e as indicated above; when heads OF
eat and respected churches can even question
.e legality, wisdom or propfiety Of permitting
nbline at church fairs; when even a part o!
.e community is willing to wink at law viola.
|.n, however established and yeneered by long
..stoll or under the mantle Of charity--tlen it
Time for the rest Of the community to speak
mind. Time to point out the dangers of such
policy, Time to say that the condoning of law
.'4iien breeds even worse violation. Time to
|.N general attention to what many worthy
'0t'e obviously do not know THAT under the
.| Of the territory Of Hawaii, raffles are lille.
lotteries are Illegal They are 50 held BY
.. attorney general, and the sheriff 80 holds,
Tough lie does not enforce the law. s
4 + hardly necessary to draw public atten,
.| g the evils Of gambling SO far as the indi-
|1' i concerned. These cfiIs are recognized
ire are examples innunerable Df lives wreck
b the passion fpr gaming, 81 ihe passion Tor
chances Of fortune g
bat is evidently necessary to do is to draw.
bile attention to the fact that no public Off.
40 leader Of church, religious order OF, re-
'01s organization, no member Of any institu-
./...I 81
.''1re can afford to lend Endorsement Of any
.I 10 any sort Of law violation. That affects
.' 1nIy the individual, but the community
Honolulu cannot make fish Of one element in.
community fowl OF another Honolulu
|Iot IN common Justice prosecute one portion
he community for gambling and allow an
.|[ portion to 60 scptfree Honolulu cannot
||N 4 line up and down Nuuann street for In
lance. and say, You on the west side cannot
.0I|e; You on the east side may
We believe the present situation Is due in
''e1ter part to the general Ignorance that games
chance even conducted for charity can be run
I|Y ia serious violation of the law OF this terri
|I Few men and women, when the question of
.|<1king the law is brought home to them, will
Ind their support to breaking it But no plea
-&> t&At>e1 Se1tt Ae6Sst ~
I the last week discussions in the press have
.Iought realization Of the fact that the law is
.t'he broken and its breaking condoned, upheld,
Imported.
And it is particularly the duty of the church
Is step to the front in questions Of this kind, to-
|1ke its rightful place in moral matters The,
.10rch should afford to the people splendid
ample Of righteousness it should exenplffyi
III deal in law enforcement.
The law is on the statutebo0ks; ii should be
.nforeed Unfortunately, Sheriff jarrett takes
quite characteristic attitude. He does not in .
tend to enforce the law If it will make him un-
popular. He has announced a number Of times
.iilin the past few months that he was going to-
.Iamp out all gambling; one morning, II will be,
Remembered, he dragged the names Of two social
cIdbs into accusations Of gambling Yet now he
bfesnmes to interpret the law to his liking; he
1resumes to say that certain statutes he will en-
force and certain he will not enforce He needs
more support from public opinion.
Let him hay it--let him have it by all means!
there are plenty Of people in this community
Who refuse to wink at these violations OF the law.
Let the sheriff hear from them. r., i
1t is time for straight, from. theshoulder
Az wong and the So other Chinese IS and costs the
va.r.,fx Sheriff Charles missed by the pros