The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-04-29
WILL REFUND INTEREST TALK Of Adjournment
THE HOUSE GETS IN SOME RE-
PORTS OF COMMITTEES.
Recommendations Regarding the Man
agement of the Leper Settlement.
Ava Allowance and New Steamer.

All sorts of rumors were flying when
the House came to order this morning.
Some of the Home Rulers were reported
to be decided that the house should ad-
journ at once, in view of the message
of the Governor on Saturday and the
adjournment of the Senate that day.
killing fifteen or twenty bills that might
have passed. When the house finally
came to order, however, business went
on, though not the business of passing
any bills-except one, which has had
a mystefiouslgs quick progress through
both houses. having taken sudden
jumpt on the calendars that have sur
prised some Of the members very great
ly.
Attendance Of spectators was quite
large this morning as many people
gathering to see the finish" as were on
hand during the opening days OF the
session.
The Oahu Ice and Electric Company
FRANCHISE bill, to allow the company to
Honolulu came back from the Senate
with an amendment requiring the COM
pany 2R per cent of it's gross receipts
instead of net receipts. The amend
ment was accepted and the bill favored.
The fact that the loan bill and other
measures were on the calendar and it
was about the last day of the session
much, for they spent about two hours
reading reports of committees and ar
guing over the questions. of forcing
hack drivers to learn English.
! 1t was reported that the projected ad-
! Journment might come after some COM
mittee reports had been put in.
The committee on Public health and
education presented it's report on the
leper settlement at Molokai.
The committee recommended the gov
eminent of the settlement by a commits
! sion, as already published, to consist OF
| three members, one chosen by the
| Board of Health, one by the lepers by
ballot and the third by these two.
Each of the requests in the long
petition sent in by the lepers received
attention in the report and recon-
mendation is made regarding each. A
| better water supply is declared neces-
| sary and the purchase of a steamer tC
do the business of carrying between
Honolulu and the Settlement is advised
| Better beef Is declared to be needed and
1T is recommended that the lepers be
| allowed to construct stores and to con-
duct coffee shops of their own, but thai
no outsider be allowed to enter the
field.
The report which is a very long one
B contains the following:
From statements made by some O
IiiS NltHGSStS lIldI were sworn IN by
your committee, we learned that ther,
are some people at the settlemen
whose sickness has been arrested anC
who do not appear now to be afflicted
with leprosy. Your committee woulC
recommend that all such should be dis
charged from the settlement If, after
thorough meteorological examination
by the Board of Health, it should be de
cided that they are not lepers
BY discharging all such, the expen
ses of the Government in connection
with the settlement will be greatly re
duced.
Your committee recommends tina
every child born of leper parents afte
six years of age, if they are not lepers
be removed to a home to be provide
for such children near Honolulu. II
however, they are lepers and remain a
the settlement, we recommend tina
they receive full rations at the age c
ten years.
Your committee recommends tina
ava be allowed in the settlement. t
those addicted to it's use, but not fo
purposes of SALE
Your committee recommends the In
stallatlon of District magistrate an
police officers for Kalaupapa.
Your committee recommends tina
the number of pounds of poi given eac
leper per week be increased from q [
r % pounds"