The Hawaiian gazette., 1902-09-16

Diego here statement Vh'cl Scna
tor Mitchell corrected. and finally wit
ness being unable to answer exactly.
II. q. Camarinos shouted up from IN,
] rear. that they were scnt to Honolulu
via Port Angeles. Witness referred
also To a description of their arrival
as printed In the Advertiser the
recognized official organ OF IN. plan
. ters,' In which the Porto Ricans were
described as being "pitiful in the eN-
IRENE Then he told also OF his see
ing the particular lot described and
said II was enough to make tears come
To strong mans eyes. He referre
also to trip taken by him to Mau! or
. board an nter-isand steamer upon
which Porto Ricans had been packed
like cattle without sufficient food. He
said that he himself had taken all the
milk and other food he could procure
! from the cabin table, and fed the poor
Porto Ricans. As an instance of Orien-
tai conditions and influence os plan
ters, he cited resolution adopted by
the Board of Health compelling all
physicians to qualify in English before
being admitted to practice. Then Hack
field Co. had protested to the Board
and the resolution was "chloroformed."
In this connection it was stated that
the objection to the resolution was that
it waS inimical to plantation interests.
IWILEI STOCKADE.
The witness went into the matter of
the lwilei stoCkade with full detail FL
/ ing also a pamphlet containing a re-
port by the Labor Commissioner, and
two charges made by himself and one
! by Judge Estee to grand juries. Upon
! this report, so he stated, the Attorney
! General had sent instructions to the
United States Attorney here to proceed
against the stockade under the Ed
mund's act. Witness claimed that the
stockade was run under government
supervision and with full knowledge of
| the Territorial authorities. Senator
Mitchell asked how the Territorial
authorities were responsible to which
the witness replied that it was super
vised by the High Sheriff, reading the
rules under which 1t was conducted.
and added that Attorney General Dole
: took no action. He said that the courts
/ were powerless to act for the Attor-
ney General could have nolle pressed
any case that was brought.
The Advertiser and the Star both
! supported this evil but the free and
untrammeled press was outspoken in it's
denunciation. The churches and citi-
! Gems and public bodies spoke against
/ the evil. but they were unheard. and 1t
was not until the same day that an In
, junction was issued against the stock
/ ade,l at the instance OF religious people
Owning property near the place, claim
Ing It's value was deprecated thereby
that the Acting Governor ordered the
High Sheriff to tear down the fence.
This the witness pointed out was only
done after an injunction had been is
sued, though not served.
| Senator Notwithstanding of that
I kind is tolerated now is it?'
"Since o.. my resignation from the
bench. the Board of Health, of whic.l
/ the Attorney General is member ex-
! ofiicio. has discovered an abnormal in
, crease in disease as resulting from the
closing of the stockade and wants to
enforce the act to mitigate. l under
stand that a committee called upon
Judge Estee and asked him If he would
stand in on the proposition, but he re-
piled that he would not be a party to
anything of the kind"
The witness further said that all the
Japanese at the stockade had been
brought here for that special purpose,
and to the credit of the Hawaiians but
one woman of that race had been found
low enough to enter such place The
stockade he further said was an out
growth of the conditions brought about
by the Introduction of Oriental labor at
the hands of the planters
/ POLICE AND PLANTATIONS.
! The witness also corrected a state
ment that Chinese were needed upon
the rice plantations, saying that the
rice industry was entirely in the hands
of the Chinese, and that If Orientals
were introduced 1t would be helping
these Chinese. What Hawaiians were
engaged in raising rice, rented their
land from Chinese. Regarding a state
ment by f. vi. SwanZy that the plan
tatiOns furnished free medical attend
ance, he stated that the government
paid for physicians on some of the
plantations, the plantation paying a
part also. Witness denied the state
ment that Oriental labor had been en-
ployed about the naval station, on the
authority of Captain White, explaining
that the work was done by sub-con-
/ tractors who had employed japanese.
Mr. Humphreys referred also to the
expense OF policing Oriental labor on
the plantations, which has borne by the
government. Incidentally he mention
ed that the Attorney General, a rela-
tive of the Governor had the the dis
posal of half mill4on dollars and was
not required to give a bond. Statistics
were cited to show that the expense
is heavier where Oriental labor is en-
ployed. Where there are no plantations
the expense was less. Senator Foster
interrupted to remark that in the East
where much labor is employed about
the mines, more police are always re-
quired.
w. o. SMITH CORRECTS STATE
MENT
Witness then referred to the Leper
settlement, saying its conduct was most
extravagant. the average cost of main
tenance for each leper being $3.50 This