The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1890-10-29
THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY.


ty report on the Hawaii railway bill.
Noble Parker said he learned that the
Oahu Railway Co and the other parties
were trying to make a compromise. He
would rather let the House vote on the
bill, therefore would not present any
report.
Noble Won Tempsky presented report
from the select committee appointed TO |
visit the Leper Settlement on Molokai.
The committee on their visit first visited |
Waikolu and found taro growing well,
and there is evidently ample room for |
much larger extent OF land being put |
under cultivation, and this will materi- |
ally help to reduce the cost of supporting |
the Leper Settlement. The Damien |
receiving Hospital was visited, and every
thing found satisfactory, the children
looking well and contented. The com.
mittee heard complaints from lepers and
kokuas at Kalawao and Kalaupapa.
They think the lepers and their
helpers working on the road should
be paid fifty cents a day, but as they
agree to give one day a week the
committee cannot recommend payment
for work heretofore performed. They do
not deem it wise that personal effects be
allowed to be removed from the Board
of Health premises in the same manner
as hides are exported. The Board can
better decide the request for increased
rations of beef and paiai, while the COM
mittee cannot recommend an increase in
rice and sugar. They cannot recommend
a money allowance to children under
fourteen years of age. They cannot find
any lust reason for the dismissal of Mr..
TIE Evans the superintendent. His SER
vices give the utmost satisfaction to the
Board OF Health. They found everything
at the settlement in frst-rate working Or
der The question of the removal of Mr..
WE. Jerome as assistant luna they think
should be left to the superintendent to
decide. (Mr. Rice dissents from this,
thinking he ought to be removed if he
keeps coffee shop A judge they be-
lieve it would be advisable to have, but
a sheriff would be superfiuous. The
question of the removal OF houses
from Kalawao to Kalaupapa should be
left to the Board of Health. They think
the present arrangements for supplying
the lepers with tirewood are very fair,
and cannot suggest any improvement
THAT lepers who have no relatives be
returned to the Kalihi Receiving Station,
30 that they may receive proper medical
care'-the committee deem would be a
very unwise step, and suggest that it
should not be allowed. THAT the
wagon belonging to the Board of Health
should take the packages of the lepers
free of charge"-they think matter to
be settled by the Superintendent. "That
the kokuas to the lepers be permitted to
leave the settlement and return again
without applying to the Board of Health
to renew their permits, only, however,
with the consent of the Superintendent
of the Board of Health, for very neces-
sary visits to friends at home, on prop
| erty matters or on religious matters
the committee think should not be
granted. The report concludes;
"Your committee also visited the
Pauahi Bishop Home, which is under
the care of the Sisters of Mercy, and
found that the girls under their charge
were we'll looked after and very comfort
able, their rooms presenting an appear
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to those who had charge of them.
eve must say that the whole appear
ance of the settlement, and the lepers
presented a very marked improvement
to what it did in former years, and think
that the present management must be
very satisfactory to the government as
well as to the Board of Health.
"Your committee, who had been
| ,nl ~ ha
cal profession, returned to Honolulu or
satisfied with the result of their visit"
farlane, l.. Won Tempsky, j. Marsden
John Phillips, VIM. H Rice.
Noble Won Tempsky moved the report
be laid on the table to await the mlnorl-
| ty report.
Rep. Paehaole thought he had no
been treated right, the committee die
not tell me they were going to presen
the report.
Noble Won Tempsky said the repor
was shown the hon. member, but h,
would not sign it.
Noble Mccarthy said the report reat
by Noble Won Tempsky is pretty nea
the same as one written by Rep. Pae
haole and handed to US.
Rep. Paehaole then read his report
The committee found nine acres of tar'
under cultivation. Thirty-five leper
were working there at the rate of fit
cents a day. They requested they b
paid 81 day. The committee recon
mend this question to the consideration
of the Board. The treatment of the lepe
children at the Damien Receiving Hospi
tai is very kind. The committee had
meeting with the lepers at Kalawao.
E number of complaints were made by tn
: lepers. They recommend that the kC
kuas working on the roads be paid fit
cents day; that the rations of beef b
increased from seven to ten pounds; ths
[ the request for the increase OF palal froI
t twentv-one to twenty-five pounds be nc
, granted that a money portion to chile
: rem be not allowed; that Mr.. I. Z Evans
the superintendent be removed, LIST, bt
cause a great disturbance arose betwee
the lepers and the said Mr.. Evans ,whic
nearly ended in the loss of life; ID, thu
. the said disturbance originated from til
t inhuman actions of the said superintel
= dent; 5, that if Mr.. Evans be continue
: as superintendent, there will he distru
q and repetition OF disturbances would
, deplorable; 4th, that the facts again
the superintendent are more numerol
and weighty than those in his favor. F.
. these chief reasons, the committee r,
: commend that Mr.. Evans be discharges
I Other matters are recommended to tt
D consideration of the Board of Healtl
!. The report is signed by A. p. Paehaol
! r. W. Wilcox, D. w. Pua and L. P. K
n nealii.
! Noble Won Tempsky moved the ado
ton OF the majority report.
Rep. Paehaole moved both reports
printed, and the House set day #
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