The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-05-21
UNITED STATES COURT Is PLACE
FOR KICKS.
Committee Passes Resolution-win APP
peal to Department of Justice, Which
Has Nothing to Do With Kicks.

Things generally and hear any kicks
that may be made against territorial
departments or officials. Numerous
have been the petitions sent in to
Judge Estee, on subjects that have
nothing to do with the business of a
federal court, The latest is a petition
from leper5 at Kalaupapa, who wanted
the judge to review The action of the
Board of Health in the recent lnvesti-
cation. IT. " now talk of appealing to
the DepaI ment of Justice at Washing
ton, which has about as much to do
with the matter as Collector Stackable
The Department Of Justice is another
institution which a number OF people
here think has a general supervision of
things that don't go right all over the
country.
a committee of lepers sent the fol-
lowing resolutions to Judge Estee ex-
pecting that he would take up the Pi-
lipo case:
Whereas, we lepers, isolated and con.
fined in the Molokai Leper Settlement
are wards of the Territorial BoarI Of
Health of Hawaii, and the said boar
Of Health is by law our accredited
guar Gian and,
Whereas, an agent Of the said Board
of Health, the Acting Superintendent,
who is at the same time Chief of the
police force i'm the ettlemcut, has at
divers times without warrant, cntere
and rummaged houses, opened packages
seized and confiscated goods and On
several occasions arrested persons sus-
pected of having broken the rules of the
said Board of Health, or the laws Of the
Territory of Hawaii, and has cast them
into prison, without trial and has kept
them there for days, weeks, ana
months as he pleased, and,
Whereas, another dul. authorized
agent of the said Board of Health, the
superintendent proper, of the Settle"
ment, not only has he failed to protect
us against the Illegal acts of the police.
but has denied the request of resident
physician, to liberate or remove from
the prison, on account of sickness, a
mau unlawfully cast and kept in the
Kalaupapa lookup, and in consequence
of which this man died in most hor-
rihle manner and,
Whereas when we lepers in a peace
full manner, have asked the Board of
Health for the supply of food (poD and
not to take away for commercial pur-
oses the water which s.e are entitled
70, the said Board of Health has threat
ened us with forcible deportation to
private lookup of the said Board of
Health at Honolulu, Island of Oahu,
and
Whereas, an investigation was made
by committee of the said Board of
Health, one member being the Attorney
General of the Territory of Hawaii. and
after the most evident proofs of the
charges mentioned above, no prosecu-
ton has been instituted against the
guilty parties, and no check has been
put to the unlimited power of said
Board of Health, combined in the per-
son of it's agents
Therefore, be it Resolved, That we
lepers, about eight hundred and fifty In
the Settlement of MOlokai, Territory Of
Hawaii, being American citizens and
many of us voters; in mass meeting as
sembled, do hereby beg and pray the
Federal government of the United
states of America, to investigate our
grievances and to protect us in our per-
sonaI liberty and rights, against the ar
bitary, unlawful, and vindictive ac-
tions of the said Board of Health, and
its agents.
And be it further Resolved, That
copy of these resolutions be sent to
the Judge of the United States District
Court at Honolulu, and in case no salts
faction can be got from him, then
copy of these resolutions be sent to
Washington. Committee Ambrose
Hutchinson, William Clark, j. X. Mia
"Kalaupapa, April Is, 1902"
Judge Estee came to the conclusion
that he had nothing to do with the
matter but turned it over to United
States Attorney Breckons, who reach
ed the same conclusion, in spite of a
letter from Hutchinson, containing the
following regarding Jailer Waiamau:
1T is at the invitation or call of this
officer who is an authorized agent Of
the Board of Health that the District
Magistrate who lives on the other side
of this island, can enter the Leper Set
tlement His failure to come to the
Settlement ard hear cases Of breach of
Board of Health regulations or the
laws of the Territory of Hawaii was to
all appearances studied attempt to
cheat justice and keep up a state Of
/ terrorism to the inmates of this Set
/ tlement.
"To censure the aforementioned off,
cial and Kea Kahanui, the jailor on
account of their being native Hawaii
ans, is only to lightly pass it over in a
false attempt to smooth matters That
can never be tolerated. 1t is an injus-
tice and outrage to the relatives and
friends of Pilipo Mikila.
The failure to institute legal pro-
Ceedings after the most evident proofs
against these guilty officials is an out
rage of justice. If this matter is to be
/ lightly overlooked by the Attorney
]
/ from any blame, what safeguard have
we inmates confined in this Settlement
| and Isolated as we are, from a recur-
IIence of the same? Our only hope then
/ is in the Federal government TO grant
| us our prayer for protection of our per-
sonal liberty Therefore 1 appeal to
| you once more firm in our conviction
| ana reposing confidence in you that
| you VIII see your way clear to grant US
| our prayer.
Il enclose herewith clipping OF my
| letter TO the Attorney General and the
report of the Board of Health commit
tee, so you can see what l am referring
to in that Infamous outrage of human
| ity"
| 1t is understood that the lepers now
propose to send their kick To the De-
/ partment of Justice, bu. there Is no
| doubt that that department viii refuse
to have anything 20 do with it.