The Hawaiian gazette., 1902-09-16

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in the United States. pul tHHt NJ Cun-
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. tn remain under thr control of the Ter
] rituriBi government Hr said also that
/ from conversation with HawaHans In
I the city De was sure that they would
/ welcome the taking OF the control OF
the settlement from the Territorial
authorities. Witness then referred to
conditions prevailing at the lcper set
Element saying that not twenty-five
men Ia the city could tell who was the
present physician In charge. The last
3 one he had been informed by Dr.
Slnggctt had been worthless individ-
ual who was discharged after month
service because of revolving and inn
moral intercourse with female lepers.
Yet this nan was allowed to go with
out prosecution, because the Board of
Health feared an exposure of conditions
existing at the settlement. The Attor-
ney General though member of the
Board of Health did not raise a hand
to mete ont justice to this man, and
the newspapers had not said word
regarding the reason for the discharge
of the physician.
The witness then made state
ment concerning the relations exist
ing between the executive and
legislative departments of the gov
ernment Appropriations recommend
ed by the governor had been
turned down by the legislature. as ex-
travaGant and unnecessary, and many
of them We're refused altogether Wit
ness referred also 90 the vetoes of the
governor, saying that there had been
four or five The one to which partic-
ular attention was called. was that in
regard to the reduction of the tax upon
female dogs. At the time the governor
had vetoed this the governor of Wis
consin had signed a bin resembling the
tax upon dogs. He referred also to the
poi dog. saying that the veto of the
governor was aimed at the Hawaiians.
| A LAW FOR CARPETBAGGERS.
: Mr.. Humphreys also produced copy
of the old blue laws of 1910 as showing
4 how early in their coming the mission
aries had endeavored To build up class
distinction. one law Offering "a special
reward for the arrest of foreigners he
said was no dOCbL aimed at carpet
/ baggers."
Coming to the question of the bribery
charges in the last legislature, witness
read the interchange of correspondence
| between the Senate Committee and the
governor, saying that Dole's reply re-
fusing a request for an extended SEES
sion to investigate bribery charges
could be compared only to one of the
state papers of King George. Senator
Mitchell interrupted the testimony by
n statement that 1t was time for ad-
journment and the witness concluded,
saying that he had much more to offer
but would quit. thanking the Commits
sion for permitting him to take so
much of their time.
CHINESE ON FIRE CLAIMS.
| After adjournment Judge whiting
! presented a delegation Of Chinese from
+, the United Chinese society who intro
duced the following memorials
To the Honorable Subcommittee of
the United States Senate Commit
| tee on Pacific Islands and Porto
| Rico
| Gentlemen:-Your memorialists, rep
resentatives of the Chinese community
in Honolulu, deeming It an act
Providence that directed you to come
| to these far-away islands of the Pacific
to investigate the affairs of the young
/ est Territory of the United States of
America, respectfully represent on be-
half of the sufferers by the great fire
, of January the Goth. 1900;
| That during the months of Decem-
! Der, 1899, and January, 1900, bubonic
plague was said to have obtained in
Honolulu, and measures were taken by
the local Board of Health to stamp out
the deadly malady. At first buildings
where plague patients had died were
ordered to be destroyed by fire, but
finally other buildings We're burned at
| the discretion of the Board of Health.
A large proportion Of the structures
I within the plague stricken district,
known as Chinatown, were destroyed
as result of the drastic measures in
stituted by said Board of Health. The
various fires that took place prior to
January the 10th, 1900, did not cause
any very great calamity, because they
We're kept under control; but the fire
of January goth, 1900, produced such
disastrous results that the effects of 1t
are keenly felt at this present day.
The Board of Health had decided that
certain buildings at the rear of Kau-
makapili church should be burned on
that unhappy day, and at an early
hour torches were applied to the build
ings at the rear of the church. Soon
top Of the steeples of the church. Be
fore long the steeples were in flames.
and, owing to their height, all efforts
, to quench the fire were bafhed.
From this high eminence burning