The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-01-05
Conflict To iBe Carried To Every
Part Of City BY Social
Morality Campaign p.
MEMBERS or COMMITTEE
OUTLINE GREAT PLANS
Public Meetings and Education To
Be Levers BY Which the
Work Is To Be Done

Outlining comprehensive campaign
of social, moral and political reform,
aimed at the root Of vice conditions in
Honolulu, the Social Morality Cam.
paign Organization Committee, at
meeting in the Library Of Hawaii last
night, decided to call a public meeting
in the near future to lay before the
citiSeHs Of the community the vice
problem of the city. ..E g. La
Broad in scope and of intensive pow.
err, the campaign will be directed along
educational, economic, political, social
and moral lines, for the purpose Of at.
lacking every angle Of the vice situa'
tion. ,aA,...i ..,gs...... 80. ..r.. .
Iwilci and its problems will be the
starting point from which will be de-
yeloped war on vice that will be car
ried TO every part of the community.
Work To Be Pushed 80.
The Social Morality Campaign Or
Canization Committee has been sub.
divided into a number of committees.
These committees gere named last
night and work will be pushed forward
at once. One committee will handle
the public meetings. one will care for
the publicity and the finance of the
work, another will look after church
meetings, and others will care for
fallen women who are in, destitute cir.
q cumstances, carry on an educational
campaign and provide the machinery
for carrying on the work in other direc
tions. "f ..5.g....., ...-r .. .,
From the pulpit, through the press
by public gatherings, by education.
bitter and relentless war will be waged
on vice conditions. 49,;
The meeting last night was presided
over by Bishop Restarick and the Rev
J. p, Erdman acted as secretary.
Care For the Women
The first problem discussed was thu
need of providing medical attention
and care for, the women driven frou
Iwilei. After discussion as to the Nd
visibility of providing n home TO
women formerly living in lwilei o
raising funds for care Of those addicted
I'd the drug habit, il was decided tina
the most effective and immediate re
lief could be provided through tn
associated charities. f. Il. Brooks
manager Of the associated charities
offered to give immediate attention I
the needs of any women, who are /
destitute circumstances or in need o
medical attention as the result Of til
closing of Iwilei.
The meeting then took up the hes
means of. launching the reform can
paign. The consensus Of opinion wa
that public meetings, TO arouse tn
public conscience and stir up publ
Interest and enthusiasm, was the frs
and most necessary step in the can
palgn. A motion was adopted calm
such a public meeting in the near "
tuhs the date to be decided later,
TIM Rev. Mr.. ErdmaR pointed OF
that several public meetings. should
held before the legislature meets.
Stir Public Sentiment
awe must stir up and keep stirrt
up the public sentiment on this viz
ISSUE" sair Mr.. Erdman, cor the woI
thus far accomplished will come
naught. "
at is disgrace to the communit
that this thing is left to the minister
II is up to every man in the communit
The men of the city certainly approx
our plans, they are interested enoul
in7sceing reform accomplished, but tn,
are not ready to do anything"
Rev. CHI. McVey said that 1t W
not enough to close Iwilei but that it
necessary to present to the communi
definite constructive program for Z
elimination of vice throughout the elf
Bishop Restarick pointed out that
stances had been brought to his attic
ton that Immoral women were st
plying their, business in the city and
added that the campaign should be CT
ried to its utmost limit by educati
. of the young, public meetings a
arousal Of public interest,