The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-05-12

: MANY millions of dollars Tor educational
and charitable uses.
The people of the Hawaiian race have
enioved the evils and blessings OF civilI
cation for less than 100 years. During
that time they have certainly made more
progress than the inhabitants OF Britain
did. in the first 100 years after the in
yasion OF Julius Caesar Even their
enemies admit that they are a generous,
courteous and kindly people They are
Z. people who are disposed 10 do what is
right and ALWAYS can be reasoned with
bv man who understands their point OF
view and gifted with tact. They are no
different than any other people in this
respect. This explains Governor Carriers
success with the legislature, and while
il is creditable, il is equally an answer
TO unjust slurs upon the native race.
"A person might easily live in the ter
ritory OF Hawaii, during long life time,
associate with the people and be actively
engaged in business and politics without
ever seeing a leper. Leprosy is there,
and its existence there is more widely
commented upon, and more generally
known, for the very reason that lepers
are rigidly segregated, kept by them
selves in a spot inaccessible to the pub
lie. While in nearly every other part OF
the world they go where they please,
ninele with their fellow men and are
not generally known to be lepers.
No doubt Hawaiiar1s are more or less
careless in respect to catching and COM
municating diseases. They have the
quality in common with the rest OF the
human race but / have never seen and
never known of such utter disregard of
precaution as the writer of the letter re-
ferred to apparently considers character
istic of them.
There are bad people everywhere, and
among all nations and all nationalit1es,
the Hawaiian race not excepted, but 1t
is extremely unfortunate for the Hawai-
ian people generally and as whole, that
writers like the one signing himself
'Kamehameha' always characterize and
represent them according to a standard
of the lower element, instead of Judging
them as a who1e-in other Words-the
worst that can be said is always told,
the good never gets irto print. The
people of any nation or race could nave
their general reputation ruined and plac-
ed at a low ebb, represented on the same
lines by writer's like this alleged Kane
harneha.' who cannot be what he repre-
sents himself, for if he was, he would
not cast stones upon his own people.
81. KALANIANAOLE,
Delegate from Hawaii
There is nothing new here about the
appointment of Supreme Court judges
for the territory The subject has not
been taken up by the Department of JUS
tice but the Hawaiian delegate has been
in correspondence with Gov. Carter
about it. The prophets here say that
Judge Hartwell is a more likely NOM
inee for the third place than Ex- Minister ::
Hatch.
Representatives B. F.. Spalding, of
North Dakota, and George l. Lilley of /
Connecticut, both members of the Hose |
Committee on Territories, may take !
trip this summer to Hawaii. They have |
discussed the subject with considerable i
favor and, if they can arrange their at |
fairs. propose to spend several weeks on
the islands
ERNEST G.. WALKER.