Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-06-24
Congress May Close
Local ''Red Light
District With Law
Tennessee Senator
Would Apply Dis
trict of Columbia
Measure to Terri
tory
by e. s. ALHERT.

Especial STAR BulietiD Usrrespondencel
| WASHINGTON. June IA wave
of uplift and reform IS headed in the
direction OF Hawaii Ii 4 not an In
ltermittent and Wavering Wave. It Is a
strong. healthy. noisy tempest blast.
The evil-doer IN the territory and
he who winketh at the seamy side Of
life. must sit up and lake notice.
II Is proposed to abolish al red
light districts in Hawaii The Ken
yon act, as applied to the District Of
Columbia, in which Is located the capi.
| tai city, has been taken rs model af
what should prove uplifting and bene-
fetal to Hawaii. The law has been
tried out here. It abolished the red
Hight district effectually. according
| to the mofaiisfs The courts have
mot passed upon Its cnnstltutiona.ity.
but its application to Hawaii viii not
wait for any such formality Il certain
members Of Congress can have their
way. Many lawyers have held that
1.-THE sealing up of property for year
violated the constitution, but others
Econtend to the contrary. The tIrst
case Of sealing house ls now being
lrigged up here.
| Just what induced the turning OF
this big moral gun IN the direction Of
lHawaii IL not known, No mention
Twas made Of including Alaska and
Porto Rico In the same classification
lcf uplifting
In startingsto reform the mid.pacific
TERRITORY the existing Law applicable
Ito the District Of Columbia was taken
i verbatim and offered as q bill to- &C
icomplislI the desired result.
Senator Luke Lea Of TAnnessee. who
took q leading part In the elimination
lof William IsoFiner lroft tie senate.
presented the bin to wipe out red
Hight" districts IN HaWaii.
The bill follows:
An act to ehjoin and abate houses Of
lewdness, assignatiOn, and pf0stitu-
i ticn; to declare the same to be nui-
sances; to enjoin the person or per-
sons who conduct or maintain the
same and the owner or agent Of any
building used for such purpose, and
to assess a tax against the person
maintaining said nuisance and
AGAINST the building and owner
/ thereof.
i That whoever shall erect establish,
Icontinue, maintain. use, own, accupy.
Tor release any building. erection, or
place used for the purpose Of lewd-
1ness. assignation, or prostitution In
the territory Of Hawaii is guilty Of q
nuisance. and the building: erection,
tor place. or the ground itself N or
upon which such lewdness. assigna.
tion, or prostitution il conducted, per-
United or carried on, continued, or ex-
lists. and the furniture, fixtures, musi.
ical instruments. and contents are also
declared nuisance, and shall be en-
Joined and abated as hereinafter pro
vided.
Sec. 2. That whenever nuisance Is
kept. maintained, or exists as defined
lin this act the attorney of the United
States for the territory of Hawaii or
1.-THE attorney general of the United
States, or any citizen -of the territory
OF Hawaii may maintain an action In
Eequity In the name of the United
States Of America. uDon the relation
lof such attorney Of the United States
for the territory OF Hawaii, the attor-
Iney- general of the United States or cit
lien, to perpetually eniein said nui-
sance, the person or persons conduct.
ing or maintaining the same, and the
owner or agent of the building or
ground upon which said nuisance ex-
lists. In such action the court or q
Judge in vacation. shall, upon the pre-
sentation OF petition therefor alleg-
ing that the nuisance complained Of
exists. allow temporary writ of In
junction, without bond, II Ii shall be
made to appear to the satisfaction OF
the court or Judge by evidence In the
form of affidayits, dispositions oral
Testimony, or otherwise, as the COM
plainant may elect, unless the court
or Judge by previous order shall have
directed the form and manner In
which 1t shall be presented. Three
days notice, in writing, snail be given
the defendant Of the hearing of the APP
iplication, and II then Continued at his
/ instance the writ as prayed shall be
granted as "a matter of course. When
an Injunction has been granted ii
shall be binding on the defendant
!, throughout the territory of Hawaii.
land any violation OF the provisions Of
injunction herein provided shall be q
contempt as hereinafter provided
Sec. 8. That the action when
. brought shall be triab1e at the first
term Of court. after due and timely
service Of the notice has been
/. given and In such action ey-
idence Of the the general repn-
,tation Of the place shall be admissible