The Hawaiian gazette., 1901-03-05


at this time, as several fathers lead M
,neir SONS NY me hanu hurried ny I,
me $ dc OF tue speaker anu ent Gated Il
lplaiHtiNe tUhes 10 nave the nam,s o
thIir offspring mentioned also. evidently
.I1I.k.Is ,"ht II MOu.u open tne Uovis %
.nu OLI,I MOIIu Ior ,IiCm.
After the eAy.temeLt mad abated the
witness stateu tnHt the board o. held
pa.u to have thcr stores and bu .dnt
wh.tewHsneu anu cltaned Lut u,t,r.l
der, gaiutu the needs OF the Iepers II
ths r,apeCt. When the lepcrs ms 81, d
upon IL, they would be given the paint
ana a brush 80 that they could do II
themselves, but many were unable tC
use thDi. hands at al! on were to- Weak
to woik, 80 that this haI no 90 eff ct
one of the reasons assigned for want
ing money IN lieu OF cloth was to en-
able them to purchase postage stan ps
which they were compelled to buy s.nce
annexation.
COM erning the Importation OF ava into
the Settlement the witness said that ava
DIR mixers were just a. much slave 10
the habit as an opium smoker, and he
did not believe II should be taken away
from them. a unanimous vote was taxi
en- supporting this statement.
! He expressed himself In favor of a
home be ng established for the sons Of
lie ers. but thought that If this was done
that 1t should be situated somew. ere
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| But all this VIII have to come from
some sou &C besides the Board of
Health" he said, for they knoy moth
ing OF our true condition. They come
here to make an inspection and ins stead
of doing so, they get on their horses
mt the dock and ride around | It'll and
then return to their ship. They do not
make any examination and therefore do
not know anything about us"
The witness was dismissed and Emmel-
nth addressed them as follows: I'VE hope
to give you self-government by July /,
and you can then do as you wish for
yourselves. You will be able to Grad
cate the present causes of comp amt, as
you will have full cha ge. The land
will belong to all alike and you can DO
with it as you please"
These sent ments were loudly applaud
ed and ]. X. Nathaniel stepped f.rwar1
to test fy. He spoke highly of Mr. Rev
nolds, saying that he had never n N
or heard of case where he had vi, lat
ed any of the Board of Health reguhi-
ons, and that whenever a report Of
any difficulty was made to m that
Pevnold did all he could to adjust the
difficulties
Nathaniel said that ne was leper, ~
years old and was spending his seventh
wear on tho Island. He was br ught 70
the Settlement as a leper and was n
rrarr ed man but did MOI have any chill
dren. He taught school in Kalaupapa
and received the sum of $40 per mOntn
for h s services.
The school was attended by ffty-or o
chi dren of all ages and the elementary
studies were taught. Concerning other
trr uhes he agreed with the speaker
y eceding him.
r. NJ Kaaoao. when brought before
the committee in the afternoon, sail
that he was 3f years old and had been
resident of the Settlement for five years
as a leper. From his long experience
in the Settlement he was able to E We
much additional information. He claim.
ed that many petitions had been sent to
the Beard OF Health but that they had
always been ignored.
In his opinion. about 10 per cent Of
the people only Were able to do manual
labor. but notwithstanding this fact he
thought that II they were given the
right to govern themselves that the
we'll and strong would be able to care
for the SEX and helpless.
I'VE have only been examined once in
five years. and the last time tbs took
place the physicians pronounced four per-
sons clean and yet they are sti here
he said. land to the best OF my KIN WI
edge they are perfectly healthy. They
are Imihieo. kapanu, Bessie Mcmillan
and Kanaul.
so la as the store is concerned,
went there about two months ago To
NY some fresh potatoes and was asked
to pay five cents per pound for them. |
could not afford that price. SO went
W thout. tn is also held at an eSor-
btant price"
Ambrose ~. Hutchinson proved an IN
teresting ana instructive witness wen
called and was able to give the commit
zee much valuable advice.
He said: Il have been a resident Of
this Settlement for - years. oe.i.e
brought here when | was 20 years oh.
have mad "A careful study of the CJn l.
tons existing and as l have $ I;fit ent
income TO live on, have been able 10 DO
tbs t. a good advantage.
Il have not seen the petition sent t.
YOUR honorable body ana do not know
lis contents"
The pe,i,.on was read to the witness
section by section and h = opinioA a kri
concerning the merits of the ffcrcat
prayers.
ii am really the father Of the first
clause" he continued" for long ngo |
argued in favor of local selfgovernm, nj.
Concerning the prayer to rest ain The
Board of Health from claiming AIRY
share in the taro produced. l tn NIX that
ru e 10 of the Board of Health rcgula-
tions of 1898 should be lived up TO and
the regulation enforced.
ITO enforce the Board of Health not
TO demand any share In the taro wolhi
be coed in one way and bad in another.
ITO force the Board of Health % car
ry FIRE ght to the lepers free of charge
would be good In one way and bad IN
another. IL this were done 1t would he
imposed upon; for people from other
Islands would send freight here for The
iepers TO use for trading purposes.
II do not approve of the Board OF
Health painting and withdrawing the
buildings OF the lepers, either, there
are plenty of ahle-hodied men in this Set
Element 10 do that kind of work. II they
win furr IN the paint II will be all that
is necessary.
81 am in doubt as to the advlsab lily
Of giving the children OF leprous parents
a fun food allowance for II such an act
he taken now, when they grow mp they
will demand more, and the tine will
come when the Legislature will be un-
able 10 supply their demands.
"Under the allowance OF the Govern
ment the lep0rs are provided with an al
l0wance OF $40 worth OF cloth per ""ar.
and this x plenty TO keep them in cloth
ing. If this were turned into Ca'N he