Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-06-22


ileprcsarfam and tubercIIarium, but we
do not knew where to put them. One
time we brought in a bill locating one
Of these sanitariums in Arizona Of
New Mexico. and the gentlemen from
4 that part Of Gods globe put up and
Igot On our necks, and they beat US
horse, foot and dragon, and ] doubt 81
the bill received half the votes OF tht
members OF the committee when uf
In the house. No one wants them. Il
4 the gentleman can help us at all on
that particular question we will know
how to deal with these bills asking
THAT these people be segregated and
that location be fixed for their en-
tertainment and treatment.
4 Mr.. johnson Of Washington am
lgratefui to the gentleman from Geor
lgia, and | make this suggestion. II
tseeins 10 be impracticable 10 find any
place in continental United States
that will receive without protest these
unfortunate people. thought. yester'
day that one OF the many islands com
lprising the Aleutian group in Alaska
lcouId be used as leper colony; that
they could be put TO gardening and
demonstrating. The climate there Is
good; perhaps a little damp IL win.
ter. But the delegate from Ala ska
protested Immediately; and who can
blame him? / !.
/ / thought, too, that the United States
might secure an island In Hawaii and
there construct and maintain a lepro-
sarium. But why go 80 such expense,
when Hawaii already has Well-con-
Quoted colony at MoIokai and where
/ we can care for our lepers better and
lat less expense than at Diamond Head
or another point in the United States
i proper?
All OF the plans for the purchase of
islands contemplate the expenditure OF
q large sumfrom $1Sa.u6f TO $780,.
loco. The smaller sum will pay for the
care OF lepers we are Likely to send
Ito Hawaii in 20 years. There are but
flew in the United States. The moist
labcut 200, am told--are m a state
icolony in Louisiana. There are a few
lin Connecticut, q few ir Minnesota,
| a dozen CT SO In New. York City and
/ by the way, these are allowed cousid-
cradle freedom and one remaining at
Diamond Head, in my state. This dis
ease Is not SO contagious or infec-
ticus as believed. Since the days of
Esther, described In the Old Tesla
lment, Ieper has been an outcast
stunned and driven away with the
| cry, IJnclean, unclean, ringing IN
his ears
IN the Molokai colony where lepers
lintermarry am told that 3 per cent
/ of their progeny become afflicted. It
| is unfortunate, but leper nowadays
Els pursued as he was long before
Christ He has no chance, He must
10 away. MT. Chairman. sincerely
| hope this Congress may provide a way
| TO pay the territorial government OF
Hawaii for the care OF all American
Ilepers who are willing to go to the col
lony at MQlokai, s.sats.
Mr.. Murdock Will the gentleman
yield?
Mr.. johnson Of Washington-Yes;
lcertainly.
Mr.. Murdoch would like to ask
1.-THE gentleman where Early came from
this last time.
Mr.. johnson of Washington origi-
lnally he was a citizen of North Caro-
! Ina, enlisted in the army, Fought In
the Philippines, and there contracted
! this disease. Then he returned TO
North Carolina. It was a matter of
dispute for some time as to whether
he had the disease, and he came TO
| Washington for the purpose Of con-
salting the leading surgeons here.
Then he left and bobbed up near Ia
coma In my state.
Mr.. Murdoch He has been gone q
number CT years. Where did he come
from this last time2
Mr.. Johnson of Washing May II
he escaped from the Diamond Head
quarantine station In Washington,
crossed the Straits of Ftica into Vic
tcfia, British Columbia, stayed there
at the leading hotels, took one of the
finest trains on the Canadian Pacific
railroad, and Travelled east with some
\ OF the most prominent citizens of that
leouhtry, among others, former Attor-
ney- general Grey. He stopped in New
York. He came here to this city and
spent four or five days in one of the
leading hotels here. and went up to an.
ether and hobnobbed with officials of
the United States. and finally called
cut to the government, Il am Early
the leper, the unclean, helpless, de.
pendent On you. e.E =
Mr.. Murdock-He was probably at
some time in the gallery Of the house
Mr.. Johnson Of Washington have
no doubt that he was here, and If ne
could have addressed this house, he
would have said what he said in an
Interview. as follows: H.. :
THE, John Early that was is dead to
the world. have put the world be-
hind me. From now on I'm willing to
be isolated, to have the warning bell
of the 'Hnclean' rung as / approach, to
feel that men shfing from me with the
| world-old fear OF the terrible disease
that has been laid upon nc, but 1 want
my appeal to be heard. =
This unfortunate man also said to
a reporter: r-.-.z T. ~ =
ar, A. 49, "A & g..