The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-09-16

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These people that are deferred.
would they Ia Is about government ole
hCIals asked senator Burton.
The witness stated that they We're
compldiulus % local conditions. sem
atOr Mitchell thought the paper as ryau
was noe autagOuIsue 90 plantation in
ter.sts. Nir. Idppdu Iduualt maze
distinction as To mills, pumps, traction
engines, lunaship. lie also excluded all
domestic service on question from W.
q. omi,n, VINO cited California as find
ing Oriental domestic service necys-
sary. ne also asked the witness if ho
was aware that ~reviOus laws restrict
ed Chinese from anything but mill
work, domestic service and field work,
and that deportation followed any in
fringement by the law of 1898 or 4.
The witness would restrict japanese
immigration and doubted the wish of
the Plantations 20 secure restricted Chi
nese immigration now.
J. d. MCN eigh OF the Leper Settle
ment next took the stand and gave
statistics of the settlement population.
The males were in large majority.
Sexes COhabited except in the Baldwin
Home where males only were allowed.
Many of those cohabiuing were unable
to obtain divorces. Five children have
been born since May, three of whom
were at the kapiolani Home, one had
| died, one leaves this week. Senator
Mitchell conducted the inquiry Or.
French's action were touched on.
Asked If he knew of leprosy appear
| ing in an individual born on the island.
! He knew of one child, girl. Senator
Mitchell was surprised to learn that
MOlokai was only "a miles off and ask
ed how long it would take for the Com
! mission to visit.
w. .. Smith made a statement on
the eprosv question, reCapitulaung the
! first appearance of the disease and the
settlements history from its start at
Kalihi and Palolo Valley to its trans
fer to Molokai, selected on account of
natural conditions.
For a long time the natives opposed
the breaking up of families, police Off
GERS being killed, the witness own
| brother being shot and killed for pro-
nouncing a native a leper Much tact
and patience was needed. The system
| OF segregation was outlined. The mar
! riage question was always difficult
: one. Resident clergy and officers of
! the Board, II. w. Meyers, formerly
manager, DR.. N. b. Emerson, a resi-
| dent physician for two years, all tried
| to promulgate marriages. The witness
I knew personally almost all of the resi-
| dents of the settlement. The question
| of permitted cohabitation was rather
one of a lack of prosecution than ia
| cit approval. For years regulations
| prohibited cOhabitation He thought
! the only effective segregation would be
| the setting up of two settlements. on
| ly prison life with guards could prevent
! cOhabitatiOn under the present condi-
| ton. He wished to do away with the
| impression that the practice was APP
proved or universally pracuced.
! Referring to Father Wendelin, the
! witness testified to the excellent work
| of the Romish church, but cited the
| case of a superintendent who became,
| under Father Wendelin, a Catholic,
and under his training, closed up all
work on church week days and serious
! ~ interfered with the work of the set
| Element and was removed. On Brother
Dutton being installed Father Wende-
lin had challenged his right and a plain
talk had followed Other Fathers had
| so interfered that the church itself had
requested their removal.
Father Wendelin was devoted, but
| lover of power. The witness thought
no religions could be tolerated. The
| two homes were objected to at times
by Protestant parents in the settle
ment. The Romish church did great
work but their desire for power should
! be checked.
Complaints were encouraged, despite
Father Wendelin's assertion. Mr..
Smith hoped for a visit to the settle
ment. George Markham asked for a
| hearing after the return from Hilo.
He was asked to put his plants in
writing and said that he would be very
"obliging." His subjects will be Gov
ernOr DOle's Administration, The La
Dor Commission, Leper Settlements,
Land Laws, and Fire Claims. He will
be given a short hearing. w. O. Smith
added protest against the taking over
of the settlement by the United States
as liable to bring people to the settle
ment foreign to the traditions, feelings,
food and habits of the native Hawaii
ans, thereby causing disturbance and
distress.
Curtis j. Lyons, as an unprejudiced
party and expert witness, being born
by the Kohala watershed, testified as
to the water supply. There were many
districts there that had claims on the
watershed. Waimea had for many
years been and is a ranch. Part Of
Waimea is public property only to be
developed by supply of water greater
than at present. The climate is good
at an average elevation of $500 feet
and garden truck and forage could be
grown.
The Commission announced its next
meeting for Monday, September % at
o'clock, on the Hotel lanai, the fore
noon of that day being appropriated to
an investigation of the Fire Claims
records.
1t is probable that the Commission
| will visit the leper settlement after re-
| turning from Hilo. Senator Mitchell is
anxious to do so and the Board OF
IA.
| and inducement.