Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-04-01


was even worse. when man comes,
he said, wanting to cure you of lep-
rosy. will you deny him? No one can
say he has or has not cured leprosy
| have met Wallach and have found
that he Is able to cure lepers. can
assure you he is able to bring satisfac-
tory proof How is II that you people
want to throw away this chance offered
YOU by this wise MANI"
Concy, Kaleiopu, Smith and others
tried TO undo the damage done by these
two fool speeches, but II is obvious
that false hopes aroused in the breasts
, of those suffering from such u disease
will be hard to kill and that the disap-
pointment wifi be all the keener for
that
Regarding the petition that saloon
privileges be allowed for the settle
ment, the inhabitants of Kalawao APP
peared to be almost unanimous In their
opposition to the proposal. Pail, In
another vigorous speech. declared that
the proposition Is not a good one and
that he would fight II. John Kahale-
kukona said. I'VE don't want liquor;
we want food"
The matter Of paying leper laborers
! 81 day was discussed, the statement
being made that the lepers work like
, well men, from Z o'clock In the morn
ing to at night, and they thought
, they should be paid accordingly.
The Increase Of the paiai allowance
from q pounds Il week TO % pounds
appeared TO be one of the chief desires
OF the inmates. Coelho promised that
the matter should be looked into and
y the right thing done
Polikapu asked about the statement
he had heard that leprosy Is to be
! made sufficient grounds for divorce.
Nakeleka informed him that the bill
passed allows n divorce to be granted
| where one of the parties Is leper. but
does not make It compulsory. The
answer was satisfactory to Polikapu,
who said that they had understood that
leprosy made divorce compulsory.
Coelho told the people that law has
been passed to establish home for
non-leprous boys and the appropria-
ton is the only thing needed now. He
;, also brought them, he said. the aloha
of Prince Kalanianaole. who was only
prevented from being with them by
J the sudden illness of his wife.
At the conclusion of the speeches
the Kalawao band played and a string
} orchestra also rendered several selec.
tions. Both were heartily cheered by
the visitors, who then took their leave
, returning to Kalaupapa.
On arriving there, they went to the
Bishop Home for girls, where a thor
ough inspection was made. Mother
Marianne showed the visitors about
; and they all expressed their admira.
ton OF the work, of the neatness OF
the premises, of the results that hay,
been accomplished and of the efIicienc,
and hard work of the attendants.
President Pinkham. and his assist
ants, Jack McVeigh and others, hav,
} accomplished results that few peopl,
have any idea Of. Those who visite,
|
, could hardly recognize 1t. SO grea
were the changes aud so much bettcl
D the arrangements.
, After the inspection of the home, ;
little musical program was RENDERED
by the girls of the Home, which
touched the visitors more profoundl,
/. thar anything else that they had seen
Many of them expressed their aston
.shment that sufferers from so dread
: full disease could be SO cheerful All,
. present an appearance OF being 30 con
' tented under such circumstances. DC
5 casionally one Of the girls would turl
4. aside to wipe away "a tear, but mos
of the moisture was In the eyes of tn
visitors.
After this the party returned to tn
home of Superintendent McVeigl
? where luau was given. Everybod.
e had worked IN an appetite by tina
c time and the meal was heartily ell
0 ioyed.
. the inhabitants of Kalaupapa, simila
to that at Kalawao, was held at tn
entrance to the Superintendent
grounds. All the people of the settle
ment assembled there, and the re
quests in the various petitions wer
again discussed.
The attitude Of the Kalaupapa PEG
u pie on some of the questions was con
: siderably different from that Of tn
Kalawao people, particularly on tn
matter of admitting liquor to the sci
Element and OF granting Doctor" Wa
ZACH permission to come there to praC
tice. Several OF the inmates were yer
: vigorous in their requests for a saloon
but they received little encouragement
IRON the Legislators, Makaweliweli,
g woman inmate, spoke earnestly agains
d the granting of liquor privileges. wv
d don't want saloon in the settlement,
3 she said, One OF our greatest hard
d ships now Is the secret manufacture q
d swipes In the settlement. II saloo
= were allowed, all the men would hoc
e TO 1t and spend their money. II tn