The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1891-12-12
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appeared Ia sou issY, 20 tHr lHlh, ]
dId AUi % 81 iur OBJ. aAa u being
opposed % "a Dp'l.g,rw. ptelale, n1f
hair made Anf garcl esehialluns
A. 40 msuuias turHg flles aut 81
nho.r cloth, J mAy De- able 10 do
fhal u.gf ii4c good bishop ball have
instructed nr hos t0 do 20. Ny a..
marx 1u the ry ~ immortality 81
llp Irper 7eiilpmrui we're nol made
With siew u lhWlninp nfprmi but
~ remInd Che bishop. a. weIl as the
pubic Chat reform. 10 that line can
only bee attained rs gong and labor
ing among the lepcr- 40 the narlyred
Damien did, Dot by asking lbe gov
erDmout 10 make compulsory regula-
tiOns.
AZ DE leper settlement there is
home for leper girls under the man
agemeut Of the devoted Catholic Sis
trrs Il Charity There the aBllcted
daughters 0f the people may have
protection. When they have reached
ibe age of "DatuaI discretion" and
would not li-tcD 10 llc cYp0stulatioDs
Of tbc good Sisters ~ remain under
the protection II the home, but
would follow "that class OI men"
which. ike 4 well-wOrp bugab00, finds
such an active existence IN TIE bjsb'
OPS imagiDation-bOw would you
remedy the matteri What would
yoD dol an 10th 10 believe that,
I If anyOBc cHtices away lepcr girl
7 from the home with view Of making
/ Der the "laYfnI" prey Of his deRrad'
/ ID passions, the officers Of law at the
settlement would not bring such 10
/ immediate gucf ny landing BIN IN
/ DE lookup II lDc bishop can offer
practical solution 10 this question
/ he would do more good 10 the Icpcr
settlement than all the newspaper
/ articles would. However, | do not
admit tIlat that class Of men, j.
quite rs nGmcrous and dangerous a.
one may infer from the prominence
/ given them and the tone Of the news
paper articles On the subject. The
I Government has always been pOmpt
~ expressing any manifestations of
1 disorder Or lawIcssDess among lrpers
( wticb, judging from the manner in
which they arc separated from their
homes and the outlook before them,
IRE exceedingly rare occurrences.
] would kindly acqut the good
bishop u the ycicd charge II failure
10 afford protection, winch in biz
haste 10 GOOr me, be uuwitUngIy
makes against the home for Iepcl
girls at KaIawao by saying, "if the
daughters Of the pc0pIe being af'
1ictcd With Icprosy, must be taken
from their homes they shall not b'
sent 10 place where they cannot b'
protected" All females who are
sent TO MOlOkai are afforded protCc
ton at the girIs' home.
Il were better if the good bishoI
had not thrown his pulpit eIoqucnc'
against the 5clI-cyident fact tina
she Icpers are cast away there L
de-" for pot the Iepcr question il
any light whatever the hard bite
grain Of truth remains, that they arC
gathered there, and kept there til
death. Such is the sum and sub
stance Of the lepcr segregation act
! 10 not say this because ] am dea
10 the voice Of humanity or dead Il
the "GBer feelings" Of human nature
but, because be- it ever 50 bitter
sill can took the truth Cor bishop
in the face,
The Roman Catholic Church ha
done much for the Icpers, sad mucl
more may be done for them. The,
have given the world tIIe heroic eX
ample Of Father Damien. The sys
lcmatic labOrs Of the devoted CatbO
lie priesthood and Sisters seeking t,
allie, late the suffering and TO bette
the condition Of the Icpers at Kala
wa0 IL beyond plai-c, and is an 0pel
unwGltcn challenge TO all othe
church denominations and Christian
"tO 90 and do likcwisc." The WIS,
they have performed their service
and wrought their moral reforms
quietly--is the only Christian way o
doing IL, ] am crcdibly informed
that they did not plunge into news
paper controversy before attemptin,
10 do the good they have accom-
plished.
u our phiionthropic citizens, o
bishop, would, instead Of entering
the lists rs "newspapcr wrangIers,
proceed IN the right way--quiclly--t
home may be opened near Honolulu
for the treatment Of incipient case
Of Icpfosy, instead " such being NJ
lowed, as | am told, TO remain wit
their friends 10 hopeless indifference
) under the surveillance Of the llc1It
Agents uutiI the diseagc ~ full
dcyrloped, then removed to Moloka
. IL the bishop would pardon til
oXpJegg'on -"thcrc 10 die Such
protect would ne truly beneyoIcn
and worthy one.
II, IN any Of my remarks, hay
unwittingly thrown cold water OF
any project for the good Of Ieper
which the gentlemen OF the Anglican
Church Synod have under considera
ton, J willingly apologize.
Thinking you, Mr., Editor, for TIN