The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-04-27
Measure Supported BY Speaker.
HoIstein, But House Votes
Against Proposal
THREAT OF ATTORNEY TO
SLAUGHTER BILL EFFECTIVE
Gallery" Packed With Boys and
Girls From Local Public
Schools During Debate


the abatement Of houses Of prostitution
BY injunction was killed IN the house
of representatives yesterday afternoon
by vote Of nineteen for indefinite
|postponement and eleven against.
Representative Lorrin, Andrews led
the fight TO kill the bill, after Speaker
Holstein had defended the measure and
urged its passage. Argument against
and for the bill was confined almost en-.
tirely to these two speakers. others who
spoke being few and not on the merits
of the measure
Andrews carried out his threat that
he would kill the bill. His argument
was vehement and pointed and, as he
dissected the bill, section by section, he
drew to the opposition a number Of
members who were on the fence
and only awaited some excuse to vote
| against abatement by Injunction.
Predictions Fail
Early in the afternoon IL had been
confidently predicted that the bill wohld
pass second reading on rccommenda-
! ton Of the committee Of the whole.
The rgallcryn was packed, mainly
with students young boys and girls
from the local schools.
Aside f.om the two hundred or so
school children, there were only q few
citizens present while the committees Of
the whole was in session. Among them
we're three women and James A. Rath,
A. L. Q. Atkinson, A. d. Castro, and
r. G. Brown.
Miles In Chair
/ When the house resolved itself into
cols4iA-t tee OF the Whole to consider -
y. 10, Speaker Holsteinf appointed Rep
Preventative Miles as chairman. Joseph
moved for suspension Of the rules so
| that the members might remove their
soats and smoke. Chairman Miles said
be would not put any such motion.
There were women present and the
1 members of the house could easily
prove themselves gentlemen Holstein
Thought such motion out Of place.
Senate Bill 10, introduced by Senar
tot George p. Cooke of Molokai and
providing for the abatement Of prosti-
i tuition by injunction was road through.
out BY Clerk Woodward.
Holstein Favors Bill
mr.. Chairman,H said Speaker Hol-
stein, who was on the floor occupying
Lyman 5 desk, the latter having trans.
| ferred his activities to Miles desk, 81
| move that the committee Of the whole
rise and recommend to the house the
passage Of this bill As tsl
Some months ago, in response to
an educational campaign waged by GER
tain citizens Of Honolulu, the so-called
fRed Light District which was in
| reality legalized vice district was
eliminated. During that campaign II
A a
Of prostitutes was the only method Of
handiing the evil, and that should that
plan be abandoned, houses. Of prosti-
tuition would be in different parts Of
the city, perhaps in the residence parts,
and in such way that police con
troll Of them would be next TO impos
sibie.
Another Step in Social Reform
4 "Thc rcd light district has been
| closed for several months, and as yet
none Of the evils predicted have come
TO pass, Nevertheless there may be
danger, and the proposed law, which
has already passed the senate, il one
aimed to meet that danger when il
does arise. The details Of the bill need
not be discussed. 1t is sufficient to
Jay that under 1t rights Of property
owners are protected against spite
work on the one hand, and on the
other hand evasion Of the law relative
70 prostitution may be handled by
the strong arm Of court of equity.
st is possible that in its practical
i Operations the law may result in some
hardships, but such hardships win be
negligible when compared with the
| good which unquestionably will be ac-
eomplished. SHOULD such hardships oc.
chr, a subsequent legislature may
easily make the. amendments BY which
| they wiz be eliminated.
| 'sThis is the second step in what
everybody must recognize as a need
cd reform. The closing Of the segre
! rated district and the wipipg out Of
legalized vice was the first step. This
is the second one, and perhaps Others
may be necessary. No great reform
was ever accomplished in a day, and
{ neither was Rome built in one day
history tells us.
Lorrin Andrews followed Holstein.
, In order to put this matter proper
, ly before the committee, Mr.. Chair
man, said Andrews, 81 win move
that this bin be indefinitely POSTPONED
sponsor Earnest and Honest
TI believe that the sponsors fol
this measure are earnest and hones
about It,. but If am right, and vii
/, stand corrected il / am not, my belief
lust as earnest and honest, Ia thai
this bill is one Of the most vicious ant
dangerous that any legislature coult
, put on the law books OF any country.
Z" We have federal, territorial anS
municipal laws fully able to cope Will
tho situation, We have In operation il
this Territory what no State in thu
Union hasthe Edmunds Act and tn
! White slavery Act, violation Of whicl
: means imprisonment and no palliatiol
Of the oifense such as might be permit
ted under the territorial Law"
, Measure Dissected
Andrews disseeted the bill section b!