Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-02-04
Republicans Are Out For
ACTIVITY AND NOT
For Do-Nothing Policy

That for the Third Senatorial Dis
trict d. Kanuha, George r. Carter and
d. Kalauokalani, having respectively
received the lowest number of ballots
cast shall each hold Office as a Senator
for such District for the term of two
years.
That for the Fourth Senatorial Dis
trict, |. II. Kahilina having received
the lowest number of ballots cast, shall
hold Office as a Senator for such Dis
trict for the term of two years.
After some discussion on the matter
Of what the outcome would be, II no ac.
ton was taken by Congress and no
extra session was called, which in the
, opinion Of some members would result
in the election of fifteen new Senators
next fall. It was decided to send dupli.
Gates of the bill to Delegate Wilcox ant
National Committeeman Parker in or.
, der to have 1t introduced and passed.
For New Voting Precinct.
Letters were then read from Com
mitteeman McStocker. in which the
committee was urged to use its in
fluence to have a new voting precinct
established at Olaa and to have the
district of Olaa put into the same judi.
cial district with Puma. The letters
had been forwarded to the executive
and a reply had been received from At
torney General Dole, which stated that
only the Legislature could make any
changes in the judicial districts. The
Governor, however. was at present In
vestigating the matter with a view Of
ascertaining where to locate the new
polling place.
Mass Meeting to Protest.
Committeeman b. Haywood Wright
rose to say that he had been approach
ed by certain members of the last
Legislature. who advanced the opinion
that a mass meeting should be held
to protest against leper and the Kohala
water bills. j. w. Jones made a speech
in which he pointed out his objections
TO the leper bill. The state of these
unfortunates was already bad enough
and he did not propose to have II
made worse He moved that com
mittee be appointed to make arrange
ments for such mass meeting. His
motion was seconded by ]. =. Cooke
and carried with the amendment that
Chairman Kennedy. John Lane and d.
II. Wright serve on the committee. The
motion was carried unanimously.
Wileox's Leper Bill.
Following is the bill introduced by
Delegate Wilcox to provide reserva-
ton for leprous persons:
BE II enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the United
States of America in Congress assem-
bled: That that part of the island Of
Molokai. Territory Of Hawaii, known
as Kalaupapa. and now used as a place
of confinement for leprous persons, Is
hereby declared to be a government
reservation. and all lepers there con-
fined. or may hereafter be confined
there, shall be under the control of the
Secretary of the Treasury.
Sec. 2. That whenever the board OF
health of any State or Territory OF tho
United States shall declare that per-
son is infected with leprosy. 1t shall
be the duty Of the Secretary of the
Treasury to transport said infected
person to said reservation and there
Confne said infected person until cured.
Sec, 3. That the Secretary of the
Treasury shall have power to make all
needful regulations for the control OF
said reservation and shall have thor
Ough Investigations made as to the
cause and as to the cure of leprOsy.
Sec. 1. That the Secretary of the
Treasury shall each year submit a
written report to Congress as to the
conditions Of said reservation.
Sec. ). That the expense of transpor,
tation, care, medical attendance
amusement, and so forth, shall be paid
by the United States Government. anC
the Secretary of the Treasury shall an,
nually submit estimates for the same.
Sec. 6. That this shall become Law
. sixty days after its passage and ap
proval.
Description Of Settlement.
r In the House Journal, the following
: note Is given concerning the Lepe
.ettlement: The Leper Settlemen
comprises but small portion of tn,
=, Island of MolOkai tone voting pre-
= Cinct, being triangular promontor!
about mile wide and three mile
long at the foot of perpendicular
precipice, rising over 2000 feet from
= the edge of the water Except for thi
] prOmontoTy) for some twenty mile
Y along the windwaru side of the Island
a The population is at present abou
= 100"
w. j. COelhO wished to save some
thing done to show that the Republi
cans did not approve OF General Hart
- wells movement in Washington 10
DISTINGUISHING the Hawaiians. He wa
afraid that the standing Of the part
Q would be very much hurt by this, an
Il made the motion that the secretary b
instructed to write to the Delegate
y the National Committeeman and I
q the chaiTmen of all committees, stain
that the party here wished to expires
its dlsapprOval of any attempt /
amend the Organic Act VITA referenc
to suppressing the suffrage of the ne
tives of these Islands. This motto
was unanimously carried.
Colonel Jones called attention to tn
). fact that a call for a special electio
II in the Fourth District would probabl
be issued, and made the fonowing me
d ton: That the chairman and seer,
: tary of the Territorial Committee. M