The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-09-25


will extend a helping hand. BY this
means a man who goes away from the
island may keep in touch with the au-
thorities and always be sure of as
sistance in the hour Of need
judicial System.
A complete judicial system is in
operation on the island, from the To-
cal justice of the peace or magistrate
to judges of the Supreme Court. The
judges are elected by the colonists.
/ They also elect mayor and coun-
/ cillors. In fact, the island is a COM
( plete republic within itself, with one
exception-the SUPPLEMENTARY
4 holds the veto power and is appoint
ed by the Governor General of the
4 Philippines. The superintendent told
the writer that he had never had to
4 exercise the veto power within the
! last three years on any act passed by
the Council.
All the holidays celebrated in Am
erica are also observed in the ISL
and of Palawan. On these days they
have swimming contests, banca or
! boat races, dancing contests by ma
tive dancers and all kinds of outdoor
sports.
Baseball Also.
It is said the island has one of the
/ best baseball teams in the Orient. The
team was at one time the crack
pitcher of the Purdue University nine,
in the States. He lost everything he
had in the panic of 1907 Thinking the
Philippines were the best place for
him under the circumstances, he ap-
piled to Uncle Sam for a job there,
and was appointed hydraulic engineer
and sent to Iwahig to help get the
place in shape.
They have an elaborate class system
on the island, five classes in all. The
first class includes the men who have
BEEN elected juFtice of the peace,
police, police officers, executive Off
ceers, petty officers, jurors, judges of
the court, etc. After a colonist has
served eighteen months he enters the
second class. The third class includes
the colonists who have served more
than six months and less than eighteen
months, while the fourth and fifth
classes include the women and chill
dren.
There are about sixty men in the
first class, who wear special uni
; forms and receive small salaries, from
81 to So a month. All of them hold
office for six months to two years.
Don't Want to Leave.
The island is divided into two
zones. One is the free zone, where the
men live who are privileged to leave
the island at any time. These colo,
nists are permitted to take pieces of
land and cultivate them, build cabins
and occupy their time as they wish
There are now about two hundred
men with their families living in this
zone, who apparently have no desire
to leave the island at all.
With their wives and children they
associate freely with the colonists
who cannot leave the island until
these others in turn have earned their
freedom by right living. The children
of all the colonists attend the same
schools, where they are taught prac
tically the same as in the public
schools in America, except that the
teachers have to be quite fluent in
the speaking of four different Ian.
guages-English, French, Spanish and
Malay
Mr. Lamb is in Washington, after
spending more than four years in the
islands. In talking with the writer Mr.
Lamb said:
THE usual protests against the ap,
parent favor shown prisoners on
the island are because the critics do
not look at the institution in the true
light Of prison science, but are think.
, ing of Anticipated traditions when, for
instance, hands were cut off for theft
Such critics do not consider that it is
p simply giving a human being a chance
to be cured of the worst of all dis
extraordinarily.
Z Criminals Cured.
cat this colony it has been proved
that while a man refrains from steal
ing, he is not violently prevented
from stealing and while he does moi