Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-04-01
Settlement Improvements Are
Pleasant Surprise To Members
OF Legislative Committees


disease for ncm to see the printed
words. They didn't need to- They
knew them too well for that
After church was out the visitors
went over To the Baldwin Home for
boys. The excellent arrangement ol
everything, the well-kept grounds aud
the beauty OF the place caused ejacuia-
tipns OF surprise from all of them, and
much praise was bestowed on those
who. are responsible for what has been
done. Several members of the party
said they could not see how any I'M
provement could possibly be made In
conditions there.
After Il thorough inspection of the
/ nome. the party assembled on the lanai
of Baldwin Hall. while the inhabitants
of Kalawao assembled on the lawn In
/ front. Senator Coelho acted as chair
man of the mass meeting. He ex-
planned TO the people that the mem
bers of the Legislature had come to
| lcnuaint themselves with conditions
and to learn the wants of the inmates
VI the se''iculehI ne H"u WIN Hi''I
, the petitions that had been rcceiNed
by the Legislature from Kalawao. aud
the various desires therein expressed
were taken up and discussed one by
one.
Jaiikapu acted as spokesman Tor inc
people of Kalawai, others of the in
mates speaking up when they felt like
IT,
The petition FOR an Increase In the
clothing allowance from $40 10 Slo'
with the request that 1t be paid IN cash
instead oil In certificates on the gov
eminent store was first taken up. All
the kalawaoites were agreed on TINS
matter. They stated that George IA
nekau, the manager OF the store
charges them 10 per cent on everything
he gets for them from Honolulu, and
they wanted the cash and the privi-
lege OF spending II where they WISH.
Ten dollars, they stated, Is not enough
to furnish them with clothes Tor a
, year ana thcy asked Tor Sl6.
| Ihey also wanted the Legislature 10
agree TO let well persons relatives OF
friends OF the lepers' come 10 the set
tiement as helpers.
II 10 very we'll said the SPOKESMAN
Tor the government TO want TO provide
u nome Tor tnose VINO are uhapie W
take care Oh themselves, put tna' uoes
moi appeal 10 many Oh them' we pre-
Ter ne salu' 10 DC INDEPENDENT
Wheh Iepefs nrst come mere, they arc
usually abe 10 take care OF themselves
Dut aiter whlle' wheh they get worse
ana heed someone 10 look aiter 'heh'
the! are iiaoie I'd marry
ran IN very s'raish'iorwaro
speech told unehi ehiphaticalIS 'ha' Ut
was not III ia'or vi an! such proposi'
'ioh' Dut thal ne ala FAVOR si'i'p
theih an appropriation 10 heip tneih
we 90 not come mere Win any iais'
promises, ne saiu'
Inc people Oh haiaWao had sent
protest 10 lhe LEGISLATURE against 'l'
aclioh OF the people oi haiaupapa IL
ASKING that Wallach DC permitted u
come 10 'he settlement 10 pract'ee' IL
regard 10 inns nidtler, ooeiho saiu tha'
inc poaru VI iie"''h hau peeh asNeu "
let MN come put hau refused. Inc
Legislature nau ALSO reluse"' we arr
pody 10 make laws ne saiu' NOT u
break them'
foikapu' the SPOKESMAN sara 'ha
when ,he people Oh halawao hrst hearo
Oh Waliach, they wanted MN 10 come
nut wheh tney were toiu that ne Is no
PHYSICIAN they hesi'a'ed anu ieit v
10 the Lesis'hture 10 determine wheth
or OF not ne Is III person 10 prac''ce
nc praised ,'he work Deihg done p'
d. Goodhue' ana SAID that lhe ieper'
wanted nm 10 remain among them
put ala not want Waiiach,
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