The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1902-09-26
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and said that as he had MADE a state
ment which seemed to have aroused
criticism. be wantee him present while
boz read resolution of thu Republican
Executive Committee. which would 90
into the record. when he had read the
statement Nucox paid that was the
/ sentiment only OF a few OF the people,
and that he wanted the whole Of the
people to speak and they would do 80
soon. The resolution is as follows.
whereas. Robert w. Wilcox. Delegate
IN Congress from Hawaii. has hereto
fore advocated in the Congress Of the
United states, and in the public press,
the transfer Of the care and custody OF
the Hawaiian Leper Asylum from Ter
rItorial to Federal authorities. and also
that the lepers from the Mainland be
/ brought to and kept at Molokai; and
whereas, the said Wilcox has this day
formally and specifically presented TO
the Committee of the United States
Senate, now holding sessions in Homo
lulu, a reiteration of his desire that the
/ foregoing policy should be adopted;
/ BE it resolved, by the Executive Cen
/ trial Committee of the Territory of Ha-
wall. that We believe that the opinion
/ of the overwhelming majority of the
! people of Hawaii is totally opposed to
/ the transfer of the control of the leper
asylum 10 the Federal Government and
to the permitting Of lepers to come to
| Hawaii from abroad.
| That we denounce this attempt of Mr..
J Wilcox to make Hawaii the dumping
ground for the lepers of the entire
United States, as against the peace and
welfare of the unfortunate inmates of
the Asylum, and as tending to fix upon
Hawaii for all time the stigma OF being
a leprous country.
We hereby declare that the Repub-
/ Leans of Hawaii are unalterably oppos-
ed to the transfer of control of the leper
asylum to the Federal Government and
/ to allowing any lepers to come here
! from abroad. The unfortunates at Mo-
lokai are "A part of our own people and
| II Is a privilege which we claim to pro-.
vide and care for them, and pledge our
selves and our party to do everything
within it's power TO prevent the con-
summation of this attack upon the peo
| pie and the fair name of Hawaii.
| Curtis p. Iaukea said the valuation
of the Crown Lands was wrong, on
/ the basis of the old leases, and that it
should be 500 600, 900.
Secretary Cooper was called and made
"A statement about the dcfalcation of
! Wright. He told of the confession
made in the presence of Messrs. Smith
and Magoon, and the fact that Wright
said he could turn over $4,000 of prop
| erty a once and secure other funds.
He read "A statement of the accounts
| i'm the Office as published in the Ad
vertser, and said he thought the Ter
ritory would recover $4,000 and that a
suit was being prepared.
Asked about some other defalcatiOns
he said b. II. Wright had taken IS, 800
but he disclaimed any knowledge of
what had become of the money. w. O.
Smith said that he had met Wright at
his request, and that the only state
ment which could be repeated was that
Henry Hapai had nothing to do with it.
Tax Collector Pratt told OF the catch
ing the clerks of his office who had
been using receipts for the collection
of personal taxes and how they We're
now under Indictment. Col. Fitch
thought there had not been all the
precautions taken to catch Wright, and
Attorney General Dole said he would
have been arrested here without a war
rant.
FITCH WANTS AMENDMENTS.
Cob Thomas Fitch gave his attention
u amendments to the civil laws, among
other things calling attention to excess
sive costs, to the lack of appeal from
the Supreme Court, to the loose meth
cd of appeal and the admission Of new
; ly discovered evidence into the SUI
preme Court. He called attention to
the code and the probability that the
Legislature would not change it and
suggested that Congress either enact
n code or provide for a commission. He
advocated pension to the queen while
denying that she had any claim on the
crown lands. He wanted n bounty of
four cents on coffee. Urging the i'll eff
fects of the cutting off of the labor sup
ply, saying the cane fields would be
abandoned unless there was such a
supply of labor he insisted that Con-
gress should provide laws which would
permit the entrance of Chinese for field
work. In closing he criticized Gov.
Dole and Secretary Cooper for the di-
version of the Chinese trust funds to
general expenses.
w. ID. Alexander read a long paper
! on the land system. reclting the his
favoring the local land laws as the ap-
plcation of the United States laws
would hasten the consolidation of the
lands.
+. NJ Pond presented petition from
a large number of young business men
and employees of business houses, set
ting forth the critical conditions here
and asking for relief along various
lines, including fire claims payment, To-
cal expenditure of customs receipts and
Chinese labor for fields.
Delegate Wilcox then presented a
number of Hawaiians with petitions.
The first was David Kalauokalani Jr.,
who had number OF papers, one series
being petitions for city and county gov
eminent, being signed by 96S voters;
Il another petitioning that the United
states take charge of the leper settle