The Hawaiian gazette., 1901-03-05
LEGISLATORS BACK
FROM MOLOKAI

remarks, Thomas Is. Nathanel lt"S@ u
las lcyt STAY Iug, ALLOW me to laioii!
Suu II our acton taken not lOl2 az
when We resolved to present a prt'iioi
20 your honorable BODY, aud We cara
rst.y pray that you Will answer GU
p..y,rs, a. presented by the 'na'tmti
VI our comm tee"
The speaker vas followed by ". *
Makakoa whJ pad gIOwing tribute Il
Senator Kalauokalan Turning to tn'
Senator, he said: Honorable Senato
Z ka.auokalani, who has been called oS
our beloved people The Gladstone o.
Hawaii, and TO the Honorable BeckleJ
and also members of the Senate and
House who come here In answer to our
call we want to eXp.ain our prayers to
you, and In the language of our dear
Lord, m ght say, at Is love we cherish,
MT offerings
Just as II IL written that many havo
been Sc ected and few chosen, so 1t is
among you: many have sought for hon
ors and few were chosen. SO now you
have come among us and we ask You
TO do what Ia best for us.
you come with one body and one
IN nd to hear our petition. but we wish
to remind you of an act in the past 9th
cr committees coming here heard our
prayers but needed not. We beseech you
20 grant that which we have been 20
fused before.
"Thc first of our many prayers Is that
you grant to us the right of sef-govern-
ment. You have all seen and heard pc
titlons before. but we believe that If this
prayer is granted. the d fferences here
tofore ext ting will cease forever. These
d fferences have been occasioned IN two
ways; by those who followed the advice
of those sent here to run the Settlement,
and by those who have not done so.
ITO the latter class no attention has
h.n nsiI ntlI In fa ct hoe
caused all of the trouble here. For in
stance, take the water supply: there are
many pc sons so weak that they are
unable to walk to the hydrant although
Is only twenty-five yards distant
from their houses. We have repeatedly
asked that pipes he laid into these
homes of the unfortunate, but of no
avail.
Here IL yet another important mat
ter. Lepers are compelled to paw at the
rate OF 81 per cord for wood for ruaI
purposes. They generally buy Cne-haif
cord and the 81 given to the secretary
is supposed to be turned over TO his
superiors. After ordering and paving or
the wood. ] have known people to he
compelled TO go without wood for three
months at n time. Just because the SOC.
r"tarv would put off from dav to dav
the lh'lment Of the order. During the
lapse Of me the people We're obliged to
go without being able TO even cook the
moor -four furnished us by the Board OF
Health"
who cuts the wood?" asked Emme-
nth.
"Lepers do at 81 per cord in the Wal
Ia valley" replied the speaker.
Representative Hoogs asked Makakoa
to name the persons who had been de-
layed when they had ordered wood and
was given the following names: ]. L.
No
nuhu and j. II. Wahmeaea, who mad
gone without wood for five months after
placing his order.
who is sec etary at the present
me?" interposed Emmeluth.
"A man by the name of Pierce. VINO
Is blind and can neither read nor WRITE"
was the answer. The witness id not
know f he was appointed by the Board
of Health or not but thought that If II
was left to the people. they could elect
n better one.
The above testimony was taken before
the witness was sworn. so the oath as
follows was administered, You swear
that in the matter for which this Court
of Inquiry g convened, you will tell the
truth, the whole truth and nothing out
the truth, so help you God"
The witness then test fled that he was
leper, over 40 years CT age. and had
been IA resident of the Lepcr Settlement
for ten years. He stated that he was
married though his wife was not w II
him, and that he was the father OF three
children. what little means he had, ne
had long ago given to his children, and
on the Island he was unable to find stea-
dr work. Occasionally through the
Kindness OF the captain of the y lice he
was perm tied to prosecute cases in
court and picked up about SOS per month
that way.
NIokolyo, olot,,,a1 n, ,asrorgo 60 M
inquiry that he had nothing personal
against the agent Of the Board OF HeaIrh
and that all grievances We're covered in
the petition, Continuing, he said, IL
have never had any trouble about oh-
tanning my wood, but the food Is bad.
The -four Is the poorest possible grade
and is all we can do to cook 1t. rhe
salmon we get is not fit for n dog, most
Of 1t cons sting of dry pieces of tail. The
canned beef is putrd and when can
Is opened the stencil IL awful. The fresh
beef is little better. for II is bad v bruis-
ed and often reaches us in bad condl-
I on, We would much prefer to have
canned salmon.
THE Board OF Health claims one
fourth of all the taro we raise and does
not pay for it.. We prefer to have It
made into paiai and that = why We
want our wives and sisters down here.
for many Of us are unable TO d. II, ow-
,Ig TO the condition or our nandS.
Prendergast raised the hearts OF the
lepers by saying that the Legislature
would do all It could for them. and re-
sumed his seat amid loud voiced thanks
Kalauokalani asked II all We're unanl-
nous II the request that the pol allow
nnce be raised to 25 pounds per week;
II they wanted u pounds OF good -four
and 10 pounds OF good beef The assent
was deafenlng and left llttle doubt of
the unanmity OF their desires.
r, NJ, KaaoRo, chairman OF the petit
ton committee, stated that they were
all present hut one, and stood ready
TO individually support the prayers con-
taned therein.
Concerning the prayer Tor SO IN coin
In lieu ~ cloth, he said that all ala not
need clothing, hut many needed other
articles, and II they had this money th'v
would he abe 20 get what thev wanted
\ suit cost =, and n they only dos rcd
a pair ~ a. users they could not oht1il
credit for tNo balance, but We're come
"r'led 10 take all.
TT MS testimony n was as7orte ned
the Boprd ~ Health did not make
rHfulGr charge FOR the burial ~ mo
"Hut " said KanOaO. ~ 7 FhOull