The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-12-23
MORMON CELEBRATION IS OVER
HAWAIIAN JUBILEE ENDS AZ
TER THREE DAYS.
Negroes Will be Urged to Emigrate-
Chinese viii Fight the Recent
Ruling of Treasury Department.

Honolulu, Dec. IA, via San Francisco,
Dec. 22.-The Mormons of Hawaii have
just closed a three-days' celebration Of
the fiftieth anniversary Of the landing
of the first Mormon missionaries on
Hawaiian soil The meetings were led
by George Q. Cannon, who is the head
of the church, and who came here from
Utah to take part in the celebration.
He was one of a party of ten Mormons
who were the first to preach the Utah
doctrine in Hawaii fifty years ago.
The doctrine took root quite rapidly
among native Hawaiians and today
there are about 5000 EIoTmons in the
territory, nearly all Of them of the ma
tive race. 4
Wireless telegraphy is at last show
ing signs OF being successful, and reg
ular communication is esta bl.shed be-
tween here and Molokai. Further sta
lions are being perfected now, on Maui
VIII Urge Negroes to Emigrate.
The Rev. J. Cock, a coloTed preacher
from Mississippi, who came here TO in
Vestigate the conditions with a view
TO advising his couutrymen in the mat
ter OF their coming here to work on
sugar plantations, returns today on the
steamship Zealandia. He has looked
over the field, and it is understood that
his report VIII be a favorable one. The
planters are ready to employ 1000 men
If they can get them, and there is con-
siderable discussion about how labor is
to be secured. Some of the plantations
VIII be crippled next year If they can
not get more men. '
There is a movement to secure white
men.--It is claimed that the work is
not as hard as the work in the inland
counties of California and other states,
where white men work all the year
round, and the planters would welcome
a heavy immigration of American citi-
Zens who could be employed. The wages
now paid are from $50 to $50 a month,
with homes, medical attendance, etc,
provided
Chinese to Fight Ruling.
Chinese here who were citizens of the
republic of Hawaii are preparing to
make an appeal against the ruling of
the treasury department that they
were not made citizens of the United
States by the territorial bill. They base
their appeal on section of the bill,
which says that all citizens of the re-
public are made citizens OF the United
States. There are nearly 400 Chinese
affected by the ruling of the treasury
department.
A ruling has been received here from
the state department in the case of the
claim brought by George CranstOn for
damages on account of his having been
imprisoned as a rebel in 1898. Secre-
taTy Hay ruled that Cranston had been
a conspirator against the existing gov
eminent, and was not entitled to any
damages. though he was exiled after
being imprisoned. There are many other
claims, principally Of British residents
of Honolulu. on account of their haV-
ing been confined during the times o.
revolutions, while the government took
summary steps in cases of suspicion. It
is claimed that the Cranston ruling
does not apply to these, and they are
still hopeful of getting damages, either
from the territory or from the national
government.
Oppose Leper Settlement.
The news that Congressman Kahn Of
California has prepared bill to make
the leper settlement on the island Of
Nolokai a national lazarette, has deep
ly stirred all Hawaii. There is strong
opposition to the measure in every
quarter, and no efforts will be spared
to prevent the bill from becoming a
law. Objections to the bill are based
upon the grounds that il would be
deep and lasting injury to the territory,
and would make the ieper settlement
itself a place to which it would be cruel
" 10 send any human being.
An assault is being made by local
attorneys upon the Hawaiian law re
garding opium. The law on the statute
books makes it a crime to have opium
in possession at all. 1t is claimed and
generally agreed among the attorney
that this is in conflict with the United
States laws which allow the importa
ton and consequently possession of th'
drug. There is no other law regulating
the matter in Hawaii. and if the law
yers knock out the possession law, use
ora cole of orf1fnn will be utterly un
restricted until the legislature makes