Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-12-19
CHRISTIAN MISSIONARY
BURTON DIDN'T KD0W
that EAWAll had ANY
HIS CERTIFICATE TO HEAVEN IN.
TERvIEW TAKEN UP BY CHRIS
TlAN HERALD-poEsN'T
REMEMBER 1T.

Washington, ID. c., Dec. 6. = Senar
tor Burton OF Kansas will be criticised
in the next issue of the Christian Her.
aid for statements he is alleged to
have made in relation to the mission.
aries in Hawaii.
Some time ago." the Christian Her
aid asserts, United States Senator
Burton of Kansas, who had recently
returned from a visit to Hawaii, was
quoted In the public prints as having
asserted that the Christian mission
aries In Hawaii had swindled the untu-
tored natives by taking their lands
from them, In exchange for 'certifi-
Gates emitting the holders TO admis-
sion to heaven The Senator had
gone to Hawaii as a member of a sub
committee appointed by Congress to
investigate and report upon the condi'
ton of the people in these distant ISL
ands, which have now come under
American rule.
while believing such a charge to
be absolutely unfounded, the Christian
Herald, rather than oppose II with an
unauthoritative denial at the moment
decided to first secure the statements
OF the accused missionaries and let
them speak for themselves. We imme-
diately communicated with the Amer
lean missionaries now In Hawaii, and
the result Is shown In the letters print.
ed below from the Oldest, most expert
enced and best.known missionaries on
the islands,"
The Herald then publishes copies Of
several letters from people in Honolu-
In, which are to the effect that the
missionaries in Hawaii are landless.
Doubt is expressed that Mr.. Burton
made the statement ascribed to him.
Rev. j. Leadingham, the only Ameri-
can missionary there. wrote: \
Il notice that he is quoted as saying
that the missionaries were from Bos-
ton. and have been here recently. This
would naturally refer to missionaries
of the American board. would say
that the only missionaries that the
American board has appointed to these
islands in the last twenty-five Years.
are my wife and myself. appointed
eight years ago, and neither of us owns
a foot of land here; nor has either OF
us ever owned any"
o. p. Emerson, after denouncing the
alleged statement, went on to say:
Indeed II is question If in view of
the facts the honorable Senator spoke
seriously. If he were not trying in this
statement to make political capital by
burlesquing the so.called missionary
party" now in power. He alone of the
three commissioners who recently Wis.
tied the islands seemed out Of sympa-
thy with the Government, and inclin.
ed to look with favor on the so-calIed
Home Rule party which supports
, Wilcox"
The Herald, referring to the informa-
ton contained in these letters, says:
I'VE cannot for a moment believe
that the Kansas Senator himself in
vented so monstrous an absurdity, or
that It was the outcome of any part Of
his legitimate investigation. But an
Injustice has been done, which ought
TO be repaired. Senator Burton owes
IL to the missionaries, who have been
the sufferers by this silly SANDER: to
the American peoRe, who have been
misinformed by his dissemination of
the story. and lastly he owes II to the
dignity of the United States Senate, to