Hawaii Holomua, Volume III, Number 205, 7 September 1894 — An Increasing Evil. [ARTICLE]

An Increasing Evil.

At ono lime. it wus no easy mattcr to obtnin a divorce in the lluwaiiuu courts. LuleK* a cbange iias eome over tho principles, whieh formerly have iuled the judgcs und divorce suits aro now an everyday occnrrenco, and in every instauce is the divorce granted. Casts iu whieh eollukīoii between the parties is obvious are hoard in an otf-hand manuer, and the marriago eontract dissolved in double-quick timo. It is a pity, that thore seems to bo a tendency to imitate certain couits of the United States in this particular line. No puhlieity ia given to divorce cases by the Pross in Hawaii, and we are incliued to believe that the hole-and-corucr raethod now eroployed is an inducemeni to many l>eople who otherwise would refrain from airing their grievancesaud wash their domestic soi!ed liuen beforc the public. Divorces are a ncoessary evil whieh the society everywhere toIerates, but re»tricts as mueh as possible. lt is to be hoped that the Hawaiian courtsof today will cease to deviate from the principles of the Uawaiiau courts of the past. There are decisions ou reoottI by Judge Judd aud other merabers in whieh it is amplv proven that the courts in those days did not entertaiu suits for divorce bronght on frivo!ous or tri£ling grounds. Pcblicsentimcut shonld help the conrts, tbe state aud the chnroh in ma£ing divorces a serious mattet in whieh the parties implicated, howmneh . they at time$ iuay bo deservingof sympathy, are met with disfavor by organized society.