The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-03-20
"SN|PES" At KALAUPAPA
GREAT INGENUITY EXERCISED
TO MAKE 1T.
Said to be the Cause of More Trouble
Than Anything Else-Some Things il
Is Made OF.

There was good deal of interesting
testimony i'm regard to making ana
using "swipes" at the Molokai settle
ment elected by the legislative COM
mittee Some of the testimony on this
subject is here given w. Motley an
swering questions by Representative
Emmeluth as to what was the greatest
cause of disturbance among the popuia-
ton, testified:
well, the greatest cause is there is
lot of beer-making ana swipe-driuk-
ing here. They make 1t out of sugar
and hops and out of a lot of things
which | dare say a good experienced
man would not touch They are GET
ting into the Settlement here from
other sOurces-there is gin, there is
alcohol; and not only that, they make
it out of papaia chopped up and stepped
with sugar an hops. Not only that
they make it out of pineapple roots
and not only that they make use Of
other materials growing in the valley
here. They make it even of Il root
All these combined together will make
a strong drink, which viii affect them
sooner than a mild drink
Where do they get the hops?" asked
Emmeluth.
"They come in through the Settle
ment here, there are other sources;
they are Struggled in, that is the right
thing"
You say one of the great evils here
is making and drinking swIpes of va
rious kinds. Why do you say this TO
be good thing for the settlement to
Introduce a large quantity of ava
here?"
wen, it is this way-the ava don't
disturb YOU they take it easy lay
down and take il at ease, while with
swipes they viii visit other peoples
| houses and be noisy making a distur,
bance. l would be pleased to have a
regular saloon here where a person
could have his regular drink and that
is enough, than have swpes, which is
! killing us as well outside as inside"
Brother Dutton of the Baldwin Homo
for Boys replying to Mr.. Emmeluth
who had explained the proposed Dis
pensary law and it's relation to the self
government of the settlement which
was proposed said:
Then no government will be success
full here if that is adopted OF course
they will vote for it, but II that privi-
lege is given no government could be
organized or thought of that would be
successful. 1t would be a pandemo-
mum, hell upon earth You can put
that down in big letters. Anything that
gives them liquor brings hell here, l tell
you that. The first petition you would
have would be for the transportation of
the Sisters and the Brothers, too; of
course, l mean the four helpers I,
myself, am not bound as they are. OF
course never expected to die anywhere
but here when l came, and | certainly
! hope ! will die here. | have worked
here 10 years to make amends for my
past life, but 1 do not know how ii
will be If you give them liquor here
| | may tell you how hard it is when
they do drink here. Weeks and weeks
we would watch them all the time tC
| save our children. | will never say 6
word in favor of having liquor here
\ If you think of allowing it to come here
/ | shall denounce the whole concern.
l have right to say something; | am
| the oldest white settler here; no white
person has lived here as long as have
every person. leper or not has come
! here since l have, and tell you it will
| not do. If l speak too warmly you
will please excuse me. l do not do II
with any feeling; it is partly from my
| being weak; / have had a pretty gooC
sickness, but 1 speak from my heart,
assure you that"
Then, in regard to the matter of Ii.
quor, l want to ask you as to this
| promiscuous making of swipes which
| understand is going on" said Emme.
! luth.
That is terrible. OF course, there
never has been any whiskey or regula.
( liquors here, except the very small
quantity some one would bring in theiI
pocket. 1t has always been the swipes
and it is from that l Judge, and we al
! judge, how 1T would be. When the
swipes are prevalent it is not pleasant
| for us here. For some time there would
be hardly anybody making the swipes
1t depends on their ability to make
swipes. 1t is only when they can gel
sweet potatoes, and sometimes they dc
100 1. e. -
will be a regular deluge of it. There
are parties close by who will have
swipes when it can be had. There are
some always skillful in making swipes