The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1901-09-27
LIFE TIME
EXILE ASKED.
Many Would Go
to MOlOkai to
Stay.
1T WAS 'Leper settlement Day il
the Board of Health meeting yes

business transacted was in denying APP
plications for permits to go to Molo-
kai. These were from wives and hus-
bands Of lepers already at the Settle
ment, or Of those who have been con
demned to exile and are now at the Ka-
lihi Receiving Station. Devoted wives
with leprous husbands begged to be
allowed to go to the side of their nus
bands that they might attend then
wants for the rest of their days The
Board denied one and all of the re-
quests, even the pathetic appeal of one
who said he had nothing in this life to
think of but his wife, a leper at ka-
laupapa, and that with the little money
that he had saved there was enough to
keep them both until the end of their
days, without being charge upon che
government.
The meeting was attended by Presi-
dent Sloggett, DIR. c. Il. Cooper, VIVA
Aud, T.. A. Mott Smith, Dr. Moore,
Executive Officer Pratt and Superin-
tendent Reynolds of the Leper Settle
ment.
DIR. Pratt read "A list of the names of
fifteen lepers who have been examined
at the Receiving Station and pronounc-
ed lepers. They will be sent to Mo-
lokai at the first opportunity.
A tender for supplying beef cattle to
the Leper Settlement was given to a.
w. Carter for Hawaii beef. n is pro-
posed to supply cattle for nine months
from October 1, 1901, until June 30, 1902,
delivery at Kawaihae, ninety head a
month, weighing 300 pounds net when
dressed, for seven cents per pound.
Attorney A. X. Cunha addressed let
ter to the Board in the interest Of his
client Ng Fawn, in which proposition
was made, to supply the Leper Settle
ment with taro. His client was in a
position to supply paiai for four years
and would furnish bond in the sun
of $500 He guarantees the paiai will
be the best in the market and bet
ter than that heretofore supplied. The
matter was referred to Superintendent
Reynolds.
d. kapaWai had an interesting let
ter before the Board relative to supply
ing paiai. 1t was characteristic of those
sent to the Board of Health. 1t read:
Halawa, Molokai Sept "a
Last month l have handed in your
hands according to the notice of the
Board Of Health in which the secretary
OF the Board stated in the newspapers
that bid OF supplying the Leper Set
Element with paiai, should be placed in
the Office of the secretary. During
the second day of last month 1 hand
ed in a bid OF 81 .25 for q pounds, and
s1.3O for 25 pounds. From said time
until today I don't know what tn
Board did on the bid. We are keeping
our taro for supplying the Leper Set
Element and If the Board will not take
our bid we will send our taro to the
other market and no taro will be sent
to the Settlement without those prices.
There are plenty of Cinnamon Offering
a price of SO SO for 1926 pounds of taro;
good price between the poi seller and
the planter; but, according tn our bid
we keep our tarO low. Now | want
to beg OF your kindness to let me
know about that bid. If we lose that
we will send our taro to Lahaina.
Please remember in your mind all
planters who are living in this valley,
Wailau. and Pelekuna, are men and not
boys or fools. / want to do this in a
gentle manner Very respectfully,
D. KAPAWAI
The missive was referred to Super
intendent Reynolds for report. He stat
ed that he had made arrangements for
supply of paiai at fifty cents. with
freight added, making it cost about
fifty-seven cents cash. He stated that
the leper planters thought if the Board
was forced to give high prices to Quit
side planters they ought to get high
prices too.
Father Matthias asked permission to-
visit the Settlement TO give consolation
TO members of the Catholic faith. He
wished to go in october and remain
n
ID. II. Fitzsimmons asked permission
to go to the Settlement as a kokua tot
mis- leper wife. He stated he had enough
of the worlds goods to keep them BOTH
and he volunteered to perform work for
the Settlement as well He thought of
none but his wife. Objection was made
to the issuing OF "A permit on the ground
that If granted the Office would be flood !
ed with applications of the same ma
ture. Mr.. Reynolds stated that the|
mans wife was not in a helpless condi-
ton and was not necessarily in need of
assistance of able bodied persons.
S. CAMEL OF Kalihi asked permits
sion of the Board to allow Mrs. Paiko|
TO go to the Settlement to her husband
The woman was being kept by his fami-|
ly and he was not earning enough to|
keep her in his home. He stated thel
woman's husband was her only support
and he was at Kalaupapa unable TO dol
anything for her The request was de-
MED. DIR. Cooper suggested that it was
matter for the Associated Charities to|
take up.
Mrs. Kaleika wanted To go tn Molo-|
kai Her husband, a leper, had petit
toned to have her come to him as al
kokua He said his hands were so all
hicted with the disease that all feeling
had gone from them and he was prac- !
tically penniless. He could not dressI
himself The application was refused.
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