Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1881-12-31
The Native Press.

The Rev J. II. Mnhoc, who holds the appoint
mcnt Of Travelling Missionary under tho Hawaii.
mn Board among the natives OF the Gilbert Islands
now on the Island OF Kauai, gives n detailed nc
count OF his observations In that field Of labor.
There are over 400 Of these people, men women
and children that Island, employed as laborers
| on plantations, under contracts. Mr. Mahoc says
that at FIRST they had n very hard time. some
were weakly and sick and some died. The causes
Of the trouble were plain enough. They were In n
arrange land, and were unused to our climate
which il cold and bleak compared with that Of
Their own islands, they were unused to the food
such rs rice, beef, SALT salmon, and poi-thcy
could get along with taro; they we're unnccustoncd
TO clothing, and would wear suit until very dirty
were generally dirty In theiT persons: unaccus.
toned to regular labor and awkward Mt any KIND
OF labor; the language and the manners and Gus
toms hero were strange to them', altogether, they
were very intentionally situated.
In the warm climate OF their own native Islands,
their food consisted Of cocoanuts and the fruit ~
the pandanus with fish, and the sudden change in
diet WAS bad in its effects ON their systems. I'm
der all the circumstances great care and manage
inent should have been exercised Mt the BEGINNING
with these people. But these troubles arc now
passed, and the general health Of the Gilbert
Islanders has been good the past year. Mr.. Mnhoo
(who having been Missionary In Micronesia, is
well-ftted for his work. says that the people re-
ceive his visits very gladly, and listen attentivey
10 his instructions in religion and morals, ana
what to them is novel, the reign Of law and order.
They appear TO he good workers, and their emu
poycrs Rytak approvingy OF them, as people
that IN apt 10 learn. Among them are some who
were converted to Christianity before leaving
Micronesia, and who remain true to their religion;
some have fallen away, but there are Jealous and
active religious workers among them who are do
n good Some have learned to read IN their own
language, and the books supplied to them by the
Rev. II. Bingham and the instructions as to boz
hayior and the rules OF bodily health, are much
appreciated by them.
self Alae the name Of black bird with red
bill, that was anciently worsbipped as q Rod-has
considerable to say about the coming elections Tor
Representatives and the Importance OF choosing
good men. We translate:
1.-The foreign member for Lahsna during recent
sessions IL one whom 1t will be well to weigh care
fully before again choosing him IA member.
What we have n right to examine ~ his public re-
cord ms a leader Of the people Private and per.
sonal matters, we have no business with. but that
which il done openly and in public IL fair matter
for discussion.
'Immediately after the arrival here OF the indi-
yidual TO whom refer (the member for L'abaina),
he openly appeared in the character of Chief
Officer of tho Latter Day Saints" whom We
designate ms Mormons. This cannot be denied
Ills name Is APPENDED 70 the certificates Of district
not young and foolish. He was well educated
and had travelled extensively all over the world.
me OF yaah age e mad bs
objects of which sect were Mt that time noto-
rous The Mormons had then been expelled from
all communities which desired to preserve the
purity of the family. II useless for them 10
plead that they were peaceful tllers of the soil,
and so forth; their foundation was evil.
"Now If it was through ignorance that this in
dividual attached himself to the Sect he is no. fit
for n leader of the people. IL not through ignor-
ance, what then was the cause Was he taken in
by the Mormons, or did he take them in Which
was the deceiver, and which the deceived Men
do not change in their characters after forty years
OF age, except 1t may be to repent Of their mis-
deeds.
"And in the years that have since passed the
public record of the member in question has been
an exhibition of striking blindly, catch and miss,
they birds of one feather during the last
sion. Whatever Moreno undertook, the member
for lInhaina was with him. The advocacy of in
curing of heavy public debts; the vote of
doubtful on the opium bill; the constant assoc-
alton with those whom the lovers Of the country
fcar;,are these qualities to recommend man AZ
n leader of the people How about the Chinese
mail steamer line; or Father Larkin How about
the foreign colony that Gibson settled Lanai in
1907, the members of which all left him How
did he stand with Brigham Young--all right,
the contrary 1t will be well for the voters of La
haina to ask these questions"
The Pde 1iya has two editorials on Mr. Carriers
mission to Portugal, the main object of which 1t
says is reported to be to get Portuguese laborers,
and it enquiries again, "From whence the money ?
seeing that Wilder and Carter have previously
paid out all the money of the Board of Immigra-
ton. 1t is rumored that Cabinet Council has
authorized the Minister Of the Interior to take
expended balances out of his department to the
amount of $4,000 Thus, it appears then. was
obtained the money TO enable Mr.. Carter to go
and display his gold bespangled, bananaoaf coat.
LUIS DelEp 30, IL IL " MOST case OF
money grabbing. The practice is supposed to
have been, in transferring unexpended appropri-
atoms, TO turn them over TO something Of like
nature, as for instance, $4,000 for the Pail road
of Nuuanu might DO transferred to roads and
bridges, generally, and so on. But what similitude
or connection is there between the Pail roads and
bridges, marine railway, and buoys, and the
Board of Labor Immigration. And what authority
by law have Ministers for such wholesale grab.
bing,-if it is true that they have done as is re-
ported This is something serious for the people
to remember when voting for Representatives"
" 1t is said that Mr.. Carter will get back To Ho-
nolulu during the second week of the session.
That would be exceedingly nice; 1t would exhibit
him M n firm and fearless man. But considering
the length Of the journey and the work before
him, we cannot indulge the expectation that he
will return as soon AZ he pretends; and in our OPT
Mon it will be lucky for him that he does not-he
will be comfortably warm and snug, with sails all
fured, there But, and il, he had dared to
remain,-he would not have been broed-fried--
cooked in ii leaves roasted-made into soup
tewed-baked-until thoroughly cooked-no, he
would have been entirely eaten up raw. devoured
and gobbled mp, scales and all, right in the mid.t
of his trembling attempts TO be somebody elsc,
and he would disappear FROM sight without an op-
portunity to say Amen even." Na