The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-03-05
THE RESOLUTION.

The Senate yesterday passed strong resolution pro-
testing vigorously against making national azaretto
of the Island of Mooka rather of that part Mooka
where the present eper settlement is situated We
always had loose way of talking of the whole island
& meaning however, Kalaupapa and other lands which
form the settlement which gives people entirely
neous idead of the extent of the settlement which by
many is considered co-equal with the entire island
instead of being only very small portion of it.
This local cooquia form of speech often mislead
ing The Oahu jail from it's position the waters edge
is spoken of on the reef which it is not and it is
thing for the end of a be reported the
prisoner sent the reef for month";" which he
is Yet it should be wondered that the express
sion should be taken literally and that the stranger read
ing local paper picture himself the unfortunate pri
working amid roaring surf with the salt spray
dripping from his sodden Clothes stopping to think
what work he may be doing under the circumstances
The EXPRESSION however like many of expressions,
dates back to whaling times and has absolutely appli
cation In those early days the only of towing
vessels in by of bullOcs which waded along
the shallow the reef and prisoners and others
set to work when particularly large vessel had to
be dragged in. But this has passed away entirely
However this is entirely beside the question Whether
give the Mookai loosely to the eper settlement
not the settlement and not the whole island,
and people meaning, that is their fault not
The resolution of the Senate referred to the leper
settlement very TERMS and left nothing to the
mendation of the Senatorial committee to make the set
z Element a national lazarettO.
There is doubt that Senator Burtons views upon
the leper question had distinct influence upon last cleo
< ton and that eX-Deegate Wilcox injured his
seriously by the attitude he took In the senate there
remains but faithful henchmen Kalauokaani and
Kaoh who voted against the resolution, and they
nothing say in Of their attitude They
simply ruled by the dead hand Of the whiOm statesman
who is lodging his creditors in Washington and
probably trying to borrow money from Of the Re
pubicans he has vuperated in order make pas
sage home.
Senator Paris resolution is timely and it is most
s all the other resolutions and protests which have gone for
ward from various commercial and other bodies upon the
proposal of the Senatorial subcommittee Our highest
Legislative body has put itself firmly
z utterly and completely opposed to the scheme The
whole of the Republican majority and two-thrs of the
Home Rule minority expressed themselves upon the point
unequivOcally There the greater strength in the
fact that the resolution went through without argument
From the point of view of Territory there be
argument The proposal of the senatorial subcommittee
vicious and cruel. No of argument could
prove it more The fact that the Home Rulers
who voted against the proposition had nothing say
proves how weak was their They simply voted
against it because they thought that was against
it.
The matter will 90 before the House, it will
in all probability be treated in the digifed
there it has been in the shall then have
the voice of the people through their and Re
personalities condemng the proposal the Senatorial
2 subcommittee
The Territory of Hawaii could not have spoken more
emphacay than she has done upon this question. Every
class of citizens, every newspaper every commercial and
political body has expressed utter condemnation of the
proposal The attitude of the citizens of the Territory
cannot be mistaken and the utter umreabity of the
views of Delegate Wilcox has demonstrated For
it must not be lost sight of that Mr. WcOXs views in
fuenced the minds of the Senatorial subcommittee
!. this matter. "
The danger is for time, it may be for good
but must not forget that the danger may crop up