Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-09-13

| served out III the place used fOr cattle,
and tags were tied around tho necks
of the party of laborers, designating
what plantations they were to be tax.
en- to-all this in free country.
Beerd Of Health.
Judge Humphreys next took up mat
tiers concerning the Board of Health,
DIV cling first upon a resolution which
that body had formed requiring ali
japanese physicians applying r II
cebses to take their examination In
the English language.
Witness stated that II. Hackfeld St
Co. had objected to the resolution be-
&C use II was inimical to the interests
Of the japanese ON the plant Eions,
who wished their own countryiuen to
attend them in case Of Illness. The
result was that the pending resolution
was "chloroformed" and the putting
into effect of the same was postponed
for six months.
iwilei stoekade.
Witness next dealt with the 1wilei
question and filed a pamphlet in which
were contained charges to juries bv
himself and Judge Estee. Upon being
asked a question as to how this Iwilei
stockade could be connected with the
answered that the Edmunds act he I'M
derstood to prohibit polygamy, adultery
and fornication and. as a part Of the
! United States, the law was In force
here. Appeal after appeal was made
by the churches. by different societies
and by the press against this fragrant
violation of the law and yet no notice
: whatever was taken by the Territorial
, officials. The High Sheriff, under At
. torney General Dole, exercised control
over the Iwilei stockade where the
prostitutes were huddled together. The
!, witness stated Just here that the stock
/ ade was confined almost entirely In its
occupants to Japanese and had been
instituted to satisfy the japanese. 1t
.. was one Of those oriental conditions
which was bound to come with the in
fiux of the Japanese.
a Finally certain church people who
owned property close to the stockade,
b. applied for an Injunction. A temporary
= Injunction was granted by the witness
and on that day, the Acting Governor
and the High Sheriff tore down the
g fences. 1t should be understood that
:. this was not done until the injunction
:. had been granted-until there was dan
ger of the trumpet being sounded. The
" stockade had been running for whole
! year under police supervision.
s Would Open stockade Again.
l. Misunderstanding OF that kind Ii
tolerated now, is 1t?
. Humphreys-Since my resignation
y from the bench the Board Of Health
4, has discovered that there is a consider
h able increase in disease and there II
!. talk that the stockade is about to b,
opened up again. A committee calle;
i on Judge Estee just recently and ask
lie ed him II he would stand in with then
on the proposition. Judge Estee ans
N wered that he would not be party u
anything OF the kind.
~ Witness stated that nearly all thu
y Japanese In the stockade had beer
T. brought to the Islands for the specia
L purpose which the place served. II,
wished to say to the credit Of the Ha
waiians that during the whole existenc,
of the stockade, there was only one ma
tive woman low enough to enter III
al confines.
l. Rice Plantations.
n Speaking OF rice plantations. Judg'
Humphreys referred to another state
IL hnfA he ntgct
N was pointed out that labor was als'
re- required for rice plantations. Witnes
IN wished the Commission 20 understand
J.. that nearly the whole OF the industr!
= in the country was controlled by Chi
81 nese so that 1t would be case on tn
o. part OF the planters of introducing Chi
~ nese laborers to work for Chinese EN-
I'd ployers.
Medical Attendance.
Witness made reference to a state
IN ment by F. NJ. Swanzy at yesterday
p session of the COMMISSION TO the effec
n that the plantation furnish laborer
. with medical attendance and nedicin
free OF charge. As a matter Of fact
l. the taxpayers were paying part of this
~ WltHtbS ItltIItu u VI
as Kauai where a government physician
was getting 5000 from the government
and the same amount from the planta
o. ton, showing that the taxpayers pu
by UP for one-half the amount
or Labor at Naval Station.
be Judge Humphreys next referred I
another statement made by F. N
81 Swanzy which was to the effect tina
Is buildings on the Naval Station ground
lie had been put up by Oriental labor. Fl
n stated that Captain White, engineer a
NJ the station, was sitting beside him q
~ the time this statement was made an
3D. that he denounced 1t as false. TIL
Is Navy people here were prohibited b
at law from employing orientals. All tn
mr. contracts had been let to citizens
the United States. In two instance
work was done by japanese but thes
ly men were employees of sub-contractoi
mt and not of the Naval Station here.
so Appropriations for Police.
% The next subject taken up was apprc
- priations for police. The people, ii
ne witness said, were being taxed for Ii
N. policing OF Asiatics on the plantation
at Hawaii with 46,S43, had an approprii
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