Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-04-27
VICE ABATEMENT BILL WONPTBE
RECONSTRUCTED, SAY HOUSE Leaders
Indefinite Postponemen Yesterday Herads Death of Measure
Largely Backed BY Commun ty-AndreWS Says Vote Will
Have No Effect on Ultimate Fate of Charter Bill

as he referred again to the man,
states that have tried out similar
measures with success The speak
ers talk was a brilliant bit Of Oratory.
one OF the mos: fcrceful. clean-cur
Speeches hearl On the floor Of the
Il" l>'e this S1SS On.
Andrews Turns Against Bill
: Opposition to the abatement meas
IRE was led y Representative An
drews II the judiciary committee. who
was the only speaker against the PAS
sage Of the DILL Andrews sudden
switch in 1rinio2 came rather as i
surprise as il W?s known that, when
the bill was in committee, he had os-
tensibly favored he passage of the bill
up to the day when the committee re
ported that it could reach no agree
ment
Andrews sought TO pick the bill to
pieces. taking il UP section by section,
He referred no% and tl.en TO the poor
HaWaiians, and especially to the pre-
visions Of the measure relative to the
seizure If. property.
His cont entiOl was that, under the
bill the property OF a man proved liV-
ing with a womGn without benefit OF
clergy" could be enioined and seized.
MANY references to this same prof.
sion were made during the course OF
his talk.
SAYS Present Laws Suffice
DO We need to suppress prostitu'
tom" he declared IF you enforce
your present laws you could wipe this
territory clean Of every vicious per-
sen. 4 proper enforcement Of our
present laws will serve just as Well
as the passage OF this bill"
Picking up a copy OF the revised
laws, Andrews then proceeded to out
line number of statutes relating to
the suppression of prostitution, declar-
ing these we're the laws that needed
enforcement to secure a territory
shorn of vice.
1T was the enforcement of these
laws" he added. that resulted in the
closing of Iwilei." .
THE original idea was to give the
citizen the right to go before court
and prosecute a case" he continued.
IF he could prove it, but all that has
been cut out"
He pointed out that the present laws
are entirely satisfactory, as cases OF
prostitution may be proceeded against
through the city attorney, the county
attorney or the United States attorney.
Andrews asserted that the abate-
ment bill would give no more remedy
for prostitution than the laws now on
the statute books. ..-. .....@:
Punish a man for adultery" he
asserted. That is all right but do
not take away his property. If you
pass this bill you are putting a ter
rible thing before the people in the
guise of reform" .. E.'@ 49,,
HoIstein Asks Pointed Question
Speaker Holstein interrupted at this
juncture. -.
DO you know that the United States
attorney favors this law and is of the
opinion that it would be a benefit to
the territory" he asked. :,.~.-
Yes, do" retorted Andrews, "but
what of it?' .-....
Andrews went on to say that he be-
lieved all the facts he had stated were
correct. The last half of his argu-
ment was confined to citations of local
laws relating to prostitution and other
vices. He declared that, by the pas
sage of this bill, there was an excel
lent chance for one man to exercise
spite work against another. and he
Gwelt at length on those sections of
the measure relating to injunctions
and seizure Of property. ~.
At the close of his address Andrews
moved that the committee report to
the house with the recommendation
that the abatement bill be indefinitely
postponed. A vote was taken, which
was 10 to II in favor of so reporting.
The Vote z..@'
The vote to indefinitely postpone
the bill was as follows: q
Ayes-Ahuna, Andrews, Brown, Jar.
rett, -Jerves, Joseph, kaaua, kaiana,
kawewehi, KeIekoIio, KuIa, kupihea,
leaI, Lota, Lyman, Miles, Mossn1an,
PasehoaI, da Silva.
Noes-cooke, Fernandez, kawaha,
Marquee, Petrie, TaVares, Waiaholo,
Walsh, Wilcox, Wilder, Holstein.
Interesting Comparisons Possible
The vote to override the governors
veto of the city charter bill, which
was lost in the house, was IA to Is, as
follows: T.. :-..@ xiii.
Ayes-Ahuna, Andrews, Brown, Jar.
rett, Jeryes, Joseph, kaaua, kalana,
kawaha, Kawewehi, Kelekolio, Kula,
Lota, Holstein. III --.~s.
Noes-Cooke, Fernandez, Kupihea,