Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-01-22

stand point and has been Informed as
follows:
THAT under the present laws OF
the territory an Injunction cannot he
issued 70 prevent the commission
Of q criminal offense; the proven
ton and punishment Of such OF.
lenses being left TO the proper pro
scouting officers Of the territory I'M
der the criminal law. The reason
for and the effect OF the so-called
abatement by Injunction legislation
Is TO enable O private individual TO
OBTAIN from q civil court an. injunc-
ton restraining the person accused
from violating the criminal law with.
ont the assistance Of or notification
10 the proper prosecuting officials.
The possibilities for abuse In
such legislation are enormous. One
single irresponsible individual can
apply for and obtain any number OF
temporary injunctions against abso-
lutely innocent persons and the sole
remedy the wronged individual has
is a damage suit against an insol'
vent individual.
THE only requirement upon the
person seeking such injunction is
that the petition for an Injunction
shall be sworn to and IL the petf.
toner does 10. know that the state
inents sworn to by him are false he
Ia safe from everything except a
damage suit with no possibility of
collecting a cent.
1T is Of course possible that the
court applied to for an Injunction
might first issue an order to show
cause why q temporary injunction
should not issue Instead OF immedi-
ately issuing a temporary injunc'
ton. But such is not the usual pro-
cedure where. the petition for an in.
junction is On its face proper.
I'm brief, the apparent object and
he necessary result OF such legisla.
ION Is to take away from the proper
prosecuting officers their exclusive
control over the punishment Of Grim.
nal offenses and to place in the
lands of single private individual
he power to punish criminal offense
" means OF the Injunction route. Such
egislation Is flat attempt to take
way from The prosecuting officials
heir control over one particular type
4 criminal offence.
Fears Secret Vice Scattering
Your minority member further is
II the firm opinion that prostitution
leyer can be eradicated; that the
and immediate result OF an
lttempt to abolish open prostitution
: merely to render Il secret, and with
ne secrecy all possibility of regula.
ion OF disease is gone.
1T has been argued that prior to-
ne closing OF Iwilei there was a larg-
r percentage Of prostitution outside
u Iwilei than in It. Granted for the
purpose of argument. Does anybody
lrgue that II is not better to have
medical regulation for half the pros
flutes than to have none at all? As
matter Of logic 1t seems to your
member that the proper pro-
,edure from q health standpoint would
e to force all the prostitutes in the
.lty into Iwilei instead of scattering
hose already there unfortunately
,yer the city.
;snt suppress cormereialized Vice
..Your minority member. while de-
,recating the fact that prostitution ex-
SITS, realizes that it has existed
history despite the fact
hat even the death penalty has been
ried as punishment in the vain eff;
'ort TO suppress Il. Your minority
member further believes that prosti-
.1tion cannot be suppressed. and
therefore, should be regulated and in.
diligently regulated; and IN his opin,I
on the best regulation is restricted
district with proper medical regulation
ind proper police guards.
: Your minority member therefore
aff) That the Chamber Of Com
nerce firmly oppose all attempts at
ne enactment BY the Legislature OF
ny legislation booking toward abate-
nent BY 1nJunction.
spy That the Chamber Of Com.
hetce recommend to the legislature OF
he tsrritofy that Il amend the laws
,flthe territory In order to permit the
ehal establiskment Of . restricted dis
tiet under proper medical and police
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