The Hawaiian gazette., 1883-11-21

@OyLY fortv-nine thousand: and OF these
43S are confirmed pers, and then add
about 300 more not vet in the sad limbo OF
Molokai. and we have about 200 lepers.
Seven hundred living dead kanskas."
Vide N0t0u Of March llth- 1913. The
number Of natives has not certainly in
creased since then. but the number OF
! lepers has Upon the text above quoted
the editor Of the Nul0u, now the Premier
Of the Kingdom. preached a moving ser
mon. He calculated that Of the Hawaiian
race there was then but 10000 healthy
ones. He waxed eloquent over the cOndi-
tiou Of affairs He was most sarcastic
upon the uniforms Of Ministers and others.
i5ut then he had no uniform and no orders
now he has, He said I've tlaunt our
gav feathers of meaningless uniforms be
fore the mOcking eyes of real power and
prosperity strut like mOuntehanks IN
trappings that do not belong 10 US and
dof them when the show l. over, to 90
back to our real dirt and cheese and beer"
This was fine. and the writer drew
moral. the then Ministry were doing these
things. as for him he could not sport or
spend the emoluments Of place in peace,
or mock o land with the p0mp and clrcum
stances and paraphernalia Of great State,
from which land goes mp an OyerpOwerlng
chorus Of decay. and the everlasting wall
Of death
So much for that writer in 1873 See the
same man in 1883 From the demagogue
be then was. he has turned in to the sub
servient Minister; and now though the
land gives forth a saddeT chorus of de
cav" and the " everlasting wall Of death
is more piercing than ever, he Is content
| % strut like a mOuntebank IN his trap
pings" 10 allow the waste Of public funds
! for follies and cxtrayaguncIes: to play the
| fool and dazzle the Monarch he serves so
| badly. with dreams Of an empire which
cannot be realized. and which, even If real
| lied. he could not control
The wall of the lepgr rings louder III
! this wear Of grace, 1855 than ever It did IN
! 1873 What cares the Premier for the
l wall. nothing, his ears are now stuffed with
/ official pap. and as long rs enough can be
wrung cut Of the kanaka and the foreigner
/ 10 pav for his own schemes and to give
support 10 his relations and particular
[ friends. whyth everlasting wall OF dealt.
will never reach the tympanmn OF the OF
! fetal ear.
But this leprosy matter cannot be put
aside. II must be heard. Are things to 90
from bad to worse, simply because an I'M
principled demag0gue has chosen to climb
TO power 10y uuscrupulOus acts, and having
reached his miserable goal, fairly blocks
good government The present position
Of affairs must be met and fought. Spas
medically the present government does
something in regard TO leprosy, but they
only act when public opinion, as expressed
by the free press of the country, forces
them 10 action, Nothing is done without
compulsion Since the discussion Of this
terrible question Eas been dropped, how
many lepers have been sent to Molokal.
The Secretary of the Board of Healthls IN
yited to respond
The time is rapidly coming ON when our
venal and calloUs Ministry will have 10
render an account Of their stewardship, and
no matter viii be more closely gone INTO
than this question Of leprOsy. II Is dis
grace and a shame that so little has been
done by them: ample funds have been
placed az their disposal, and they have
frittcred away these means on the -pomp
and circumstances and parupLenallG OF @
great ( p State
In dealing with the leprosy question
the Premier had an opportunity for re
tricving the illsmelling reputation which
he unfortunately has. He has neither
dealt with it nor left IL thoroughly alone.
4 few half measures have been carried
ont. some self denying ladies have been
induced to come here and look after the
sick But no general scheme for stamping
ont tins fell destroyer Of Hawaii, this ugly
snake that lies coiled in the most beaute
ous valleys Of the group, waiting for those
who may carelcssly approach it. has ever
been even proposed 10y this man who ten
years ago. when he was not in Office. when
be was seeking to get some foothOld on
the political ladder. was most earnest in
his invectivc5 against the then Ministers
In 1873 only 1900; 700 lepers, and only
10000 pure and sound Kanakas In 1888
a serious iur0ad has been made on the lat
ter figures: syphilis, leprosy and pulmonary
complaints have been doing their dread
work. and within a year another demon
has been added TO eat away the life blood
of this people: free rum. Free leprosy
and free rum viii soon reduce that 1900