The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-07-24
MAUI AND MOLOKAI PAKES
NEELY RETURNS FROM REGIS
TERING THEM.
viii be Cashier in Chamberlain'a
Otiice-Long Tramps by Chinese After
Their Papers.

A. w. Neely, deputy in the Internal
Revenue office, has returned from reg
| istering Chinese and giving out their
certificates on Maui and Molokai, and
will become cashier in the office, sue
ceeding Cashier Whelan, who left for
the coast about a week ago Neely
was on the two windward islands for
two or three months, and had an inter-
esting time with the Pakes
Il know of one Chinese on Maui who
is not registered" said Nicely, i'm an
swer to question as to how the Chi
nese had come forward 20 get certifi-
Gates. He is i'm Wailuku Jail, and he
wanted to register badly. but was too
late. If he had applied while l was
there would have gone and registered
him. but / had left, and could not un-
dertake the expense Of going back. He
wrote me several letters. Others in
Jails came i'm charge Of guards, and re-
gistered
THE Chinese generally became very
anxious to "et in in time towards the
end. At first there were some hard
heads hanging back, but when the last
days began to approach, the anxiety
of the Cinnamon to get certificates
knew no bounds.
While at Wailuku one day received
notice by telephone that band of Chi
nese We're. coming from Keanae, a dis
tance of thirty or forty miles, to re-
gister. En- route | heard of them at
various places. They were on foot.
They trudged along through the heat
and dust and finally arrived, red with
dust, with shoes worn through and
many of them looking utterly played
out. They registered and then they had
few days to stay in Wailuku, fill up
on cheap dope, and to gamble. After
that they started on the walk back. If
they had registered when they had a
chance to near their homes. they would
not have needed to make the trip. An
other lot walked from Wailuku to La
haina. They started one evening,
walked all night. and arrived at about
10 the next day, covered with red dirt
and looking weary and bedraggled.
They got their certificates and walked
back
"One native born Chinese on Maui
was greatly disturbed because his GER
tificate was mislaid, He was a youth
and when he came to me for his certi-
ficate and ] told him l hadn't 1t, he
was much frightened. ] told him he
hadn't registered and would have to
go t. China. Me no sabe China he
said and he began to cry at the pros
pect He had never seen China and
didn't want to go. His paper turned up
in the end, but not before he was pre-
lidllll " cut oll lAAS pl5 NcIl anu pass
for hapahaole.
"An old Chinese on Molokai had
somewhat similar experience. He
couldn't find his photo and at once be-
came scared. I lose my head he said,
when he failed to find the picture of
it, and he was right He was a shrewd
old Chinese, however, and claimed that
it was my fault. Me no pilikia, you
plikia,' he said until he found the pic
ture all right. Then he went away and
| could hear him talking to himself and
saying uncomplmentaTy things about
me till his voice died out.
There is no doubt that practically
all the Chinese registered, even the ma
tive born"
The job of hunting up, registering
and photographing all the Chinese in
outside districts. and distributing their
certificates among them is one of the
hardest that government bureau has
ever tackled here, and Collector Cham
berlain is glad it is over He still has
on hand a lot of certificates that have
not been called for, and these are the
only worry now left.