The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-03-04

follows was administered, You swear
that in the matter for which this Court
of Inquiry is convened. You will tell the
truth, the whole truth and nothilg out
the truth. SO help you Cod,
The witness then testified that he was
a leper. over 40 years Of age, and had
been resident of the Leper Settlement
for ten years. He stated that he was
married, though his wife was not w.ta
him, and that he was the father of three
children. What little means he had, he
had long ago given to his children, and
on the Island he was unable to find stea-
dy work Occasionally through the
kindness OF the captain OF the police he
was permitted to prosecute cases in
court and picked up about SIS per month
that way.
Makakoa claimed In response to an
Inquiry that he had nothing personal
against the agent Of the Board of Health
and that all grievances were covered in
! the petition. Continuing, he said, Il
have never had any trouble about oo-
tanning my wood, but the food is bad
The f1our is the poorest possible grade
and il is all we can do to- cook 1t. fhe
salmon Wesget Is not, fit for q dog, most
|of it consisting of dryepieces of tail The
canned beef Is putrid and when a can
is opened the stencil Is awful. The fresh
beef Is little better. for it is badly bruis-
I =
! tion.s 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 1t. We prefer to have 1t
| made into paiai, and that is why we
want our wives and sisters down here
for many of US are unable to do it, ow-
f, ing to the condition of our hands"
Prendergast raised the hearts of the
lepers by saying that the Legislature
would dc all 1t could for them, and re-
sumed his seat amid loud voiced thanks.
Kalauokalani asked if all were unani-
nous in the request that the poi allow
ance be raised to 25 pounds per week;
iif they wanted IL pounds of good flour
and 10 pounds of good beef. The assent
was deafening and left little doubt Of
the unanimity Of their desires.
X. NJ. Kaaoao, chairman of. the petit
tion committee, stated that they. were
lall present but one, and stood ready
i to individually support the prayers con-
tanned therein.
Concerning the prayer for $40 in coin
in lieu of cloth, he said that all did not
need clothing, but many needed other
PARTICLES, and If they had this money they
would be able to get what they wanted.
A suit cost 50, and If they only desired
"a pair Of trousers they could not obtain
credit for the balance, but were COM
PEELED to take all.
BY his testimony it was ascertained
that the Board of Health did net make
a regular charge for the burial of the
dead. But" said Kaaoao, "if / should
had owned valuable horses, and had
given them away, then the recipient Of
my gift would be compelled to defray
imy funeral expenses.
u 1.-THE gra1ses.-of those buried by the
board OF Health are neglected, and. cat
tie and horses roam at will over them" I"
Kaaoao made a startling charge, If
true, when he said: MANY are sent
here by the Board of Health who are
not lepers, or at least they are cured
soon after arrival and are not permitted
to depart. The following are the names
of some l know who are not in the
least uncleau: A. Kaanaana, j. II. Ini-
hier, J. K. Waimau, Charles Trapes, Ka-
pahu, S las Carter, Ane Makanoe, Ane
Gaiser, William Kaha and Moani.'
The scene was pitiful in the extreme
at this time, as several fathers leading
, their sons by the hand hurried up to
the side of the speaker and entreated n
their offspring mentioned also, evidently
thinking that it would open the doors of
the outer world for them.
/ After the excitement had abated the
witness stated that the Board of Health
paid to have their stores and building
WHlleWdSneQ ana Cleaned out utterly
i disregarded the needs of the Iepers IN
| this respect When the lepers insisted
upon it, they would be given the paint
aad a brush so that they could do 1t
/ themselves, but many were unable to
use their hands at all or were too weak
to work. SO that this had no good effect.
| One of the reasons assigned for want
!, ing money in lieu of cloth was to en-
able them to purchase postage stamps,
which they were compelled to buy since
annexation.
| Concerning the Importation of ava into
tthe Settlement the witness said that ava
/ drinkers were just as much slave TO
| the habit as an opium smoker, and he
did not believe 1t should be taken away
/, from them. A unanimous vote was TAX
en- supporting this statement.
He expressed himself in favor of a
home being established for the sons of
Ilepers, but thought that if this was done
| that it. should be situated somewhere
| else, possibly in Honolulu.
| But all this will have to come from
some source besides the Board of
! Health" he said, "for they know Moth
! ing Of our true condition. They come
here to make an inspection and instead
| of doing so, they get on their horses
at the dock and ride around little and
] then return to their ship. They do not
make any examination and therefore do
not know anything about u.s.
| The witness was dismissed and Emmel-
nth addressed them follows: 1--WE hope
to give you self-government by July L,
and You can then do as you wish for
yourselves. You will be able to eradi-
cate the present causes of complaint, as
| you will have full charge. The land
will belong to all alike and you can do
with 1t as you please
| These sentiments were loudly applaud
| ed and j. K. Nathaniel stepped forward
| to testify. He spoke highly of Mr.. Rey-
noldss saying that he had never known
or heard of a. case where he had violat-
ed any of the Board Of Health regula-
tons, and that whenever report Of
any difficulty was made to him that
reynolds did all he could to adjust the
difficulties
| Nathaniel said that he was leper az
years old and was spending his seventh
year on the Island. He was brought to
the settlement as a leper and was a
married man but did not have any chill
dren. He taught school in Kalaupapa
and received the sum of $40 per month
| for bis services
| The school was attended by ffty-ore
children of all ages and the elementary
studies were taught. Concerning other
troubles he agreed with the speaker
preceding him
r. M. Kaaoao, when brought before
the committee in the afternoon, said
| that he was 36 years old and had been
resident of the Settlement for five years