The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-09-18
NOTES AND COMMENTS.

The Diocesan Magazine for Sep
TENDER was received last Saturday.
Eight columns of the number are
taken up with correspondence re-
lating to the unfortunate church
quarrel which has been going on
for several years between the
Bishop of Honolulu and the second
congregation of the cathedral. The
bishop takes tine pains to inform
his readers editorially why the
Diocesan Magazine is royalist. Per-
haps what the bishop intended to
explain was why his magazine is
ex-royalist-there is no royalty in
Hawaii today, and unless the man
ly independence of the ''bone and
sinew" of the islands is suddenly
snuffed out, and the lessons learned
of western civilization are totally
extinguished by some improbable
intellectual or political cataclysm,
such as has been recorded occa-
sionally in the worlds history,
there is absolutely no chance for
restoration. Should the improb-
able happen, it will be time for our
political friend, the bishop, to ex-
plain his views, which at present
only cause him to be laughed at.
The bishop seems to lose sight of
the fact that the Provisional
government has been recognized
by the United States, which is
everything, and by the rest of the
powers, which is acquiescence in
the stand taken by Uncle Sam.
II therefore cuts little figure
whether the bishop acknowledges
the Provisional government or not.
The fact that majority of the
second congregation endorses an
nexation carries more weight with
it. II is just possible the bishop is
at present as unpopular in politics
as he has been for years in reli-
gion.
The board of health will hold an
important meeting this week at
which Mr.. r. w. Meyers, the
boards agent at Molokai, will be
present. Final action on the ex-
periments ut the vaccine farm and
the determination of its permanent
location will be brought up. Several
other matters relating to the policy
and management of the leper settle
ment, which have been held over
awaiting Mr.. Meyers arrival, will
also be discussed and settled.
The arrests reported by Sheriff
Wilcox made in the Wainiha
valley last Friday are highly COM
mended by the authorities. 1t is
the belief of members of the board
of health the present peaceable sur
render of the lepers, who, after the
death of Sheriff Stolz, congregated
in Wainiha valley, has been
brought about, partially at least,
by the reports of the kind treat
ment and comfort experienced at
the settlement by those taken from
Kalalau at the time of the Koolau
trouble. The firm stand taken by
the government in the enforcement
of the segregation law has also
had much to do with the present
surrender. Since the Provision
al government began segregation
as provided by the law, that had
for years been a dead letter under
the monarchy, the lepers have
learned the comforts and seclusion
of Molokai are preferable to the
outlawry and hardships of the in
accessible gulches of farther Kauai.
The native policemen who have
successfully executed the law in
this instance are deserving of the
greatest praise, and the action of
policeman Kakina, who led the
posse making the arrests, including
that of his own unfortunate leper
daughter, shows that he has per-