The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-04-01
At KALAUP APA

Senator Coelho presided at this
meeting at which there We're several
hundred present.
S. X. Kaunamano presented a Sc
ries of measures that it was desired
the legislature should consider. These
were: %, an Increase of the poi al
lowance TO % pounds week; (2), an
increase of the clothing allowance
from $40 to $16 year and payable In
cash; (9), the providing of machinery
to cut firewood; az, an ice machine;
(5), repairs to the houses of the lep-
ers; (6), a system of fire hydrants
throughout the Settlement; o. an in
crease in the wages paid lepers for
work done; (s), increased pay for po-
lice officers; (9), an appropriation OF
100000 for the support of the Settle
ment; QO), a twice a month steamer
service by which relatives could come
to visit friends at the Settlement; Q1),
that Kalaupapa should be the first port
of call on this service; Q2), better ac-
commodations than deck passage for
persons being brought to the Settle
ment; Q), for extending the break
water at the landing; Q4), that Or"
Wallach be sent to the Settlement to
treat them.
A number of these proposals are al
ready provided for, and others are APP
proved by the Board of Health and
Superintendent McVeigh. The most Of
the time and attention of the meeting
was taken up with the saloon and the
Wallach matters In. regard to the
latter, Charles Kawainul presented
the matter and then introduced two
men who claimed to have been greatly
benefited by Wallach's treatment. The
first of these was Ami Pake, a rather
dtgnified, middleaged Chinese. He said
mat his right hand had been so that
he could not open 1t and his ears and
race swollen with the leprous tubercle.
He had had the disease a long time
He was treated for two weeks by DR..
Wallach last July and as a result of
the treatment the stifrening Of his
hand had passed away, so that he
could open it fully, as he demonstrate
ed, and the swelling of his ears and
face had gone down. Wallach had
assured him he could cure him in six
weeks, but after two weeks treatment
he had been sent to the settlement
ana had been there ever since. He
was confident that If Wallach had been
let alone he could cure him.
kanani All Fab was the other Wal
Zach patient. His face was much dis
hgured and his hand was stiffened
He said he had first heard of Wallach
through one of the latters circulars
which he had found at a political
meeting last fall. He hunted up Wal
ZACH and was treated for two weeks
by him when he was arrested and sent
to the Settlement. He claimed to have
been greatly benefited by the Wallach
treatment.
There were speeches by a number OF
lepers, and the impassioned address of
Kawainui mentioned above. Coelho in
a speech urged them to be hopeful.
that everything was being done for
them that science could do that the
United States institution under DR..
Brinckerhon would soon be in opera
ton, and that DIT. Goodhue was ex-
perimenting along hopeful lines. Lep-
rosy, he had no doubt could be cured.
If only the cure could be found. He
had known OF cures in the settlement
by remedies sent TO It by Akeoha, a
woman.
This speech was adriotly turned
| against the Legislators by the pro-
Wallach advocates. They said that DR..
Brinckerhofr only intended to expert
ment on them; that he had no cure
yet, and that cures had been made by
the remedy of this woman proved that
there were cures. Why not, said they,
let Wallach come. and II he cured the
disease the immense cost of keeping
up the Settlement would be done away
with.
Speeches much the same as those
already made at the Baldwin Home
were made by the members of the leg
islature.
The members OF the Kalaupapa Band
asked for salary OF IS a month
apiece. Molani asked for an increase
in the pay OF McVeigh.
About this time. the maIcontents
seemed to have got in control OF the
meeting, and complaints of all kinds
We're made. To the proposal to in
crease DR.. Goodhue's nay these NAL
contents replied: mo; wait till he
shows that he can cure leprosy." One
man thOuRhf - s---A-s--.