Kuokoa Home Rula, Volume VII, Number 9, 26 February 1909 — Our English Items. [ARTICLE]

Our English Items.

Thc Honohiln divi.Mon ot pa/i nJuson Monil.n momtho t:mo tl\cy wotc niountmii ihoii pi.momi; stceds, had a ta.it of j?,oocl poi chant hom l!\' throatolMr Hulou, .m old elunia, jih! who w.is ,it ono Ume one o[ tlc tclainois of Kmj; K.il.ih.iua fho o!ur t \vas a vciy old molo It \vas coir.poi.ed m honoi Our< n rcn.il p.ut oi skirt. Tt 1 vilu uisn),n ir annent tnrt'S [<t tlu> ohapU-ii> to eonipoi-e 01 Ec r the suri-boatds, spcars, feaiher fjuhft \vtoatht., pillowā, lapas aad mtilos-\vaibl oloths, and pau o» skuls of alu papa ot" chtefs of i anks

Our honuiablt" $o]ons, bmh oKI anJ .u ■ working very hard. Thoy tiyinp, lc lual th* \ nf a mi-U'oi, m order to icacli ihe uil cnd o[ 3 hmil 1 h.il':, good; but beware lesi vou stuinblc ,uul li.i\c \i 111 nL«.ks dis]ointed The mahhin;c o* sti.mncrs vistinu Liw m hallh, will be at loss to know the namcs ot our liomil l>oin leg;islators; hciur, wt .tH;\ ilin lmio \rrabukirv hou' Jr>r thetr bcnefit. Hawaiian Kmuhmi Hihio Vision Kahma Jmi-hh^ht Kaleiopu <old fhw ) T)it: lumhow Kdina St": or elnhl Kamahu Sli'am Vapoi Kan?anoulu fhc yrowincc shaik Kanilio Tooth (Le Dent) Kawaakoa Tlk- aeaeia canor Kealawaa Thc eanoe Uail Kawev;ehi Lu.\urumt Like Like Moanauh 131uc oeean Makekau (oid Haw.) Tt\>acherc:Ms Nawahine The ladios Waiwaiole \Vorthlc?s

We goi our nrsi legislat've aloha nui on Salunl.iy week, frsm His Honor, ihe Hawanan Cushmg ol thcHouse of Representauves. His Honor is from Kohala, the home of Kamehameha I The Kohalaians, iriespeclivc oi party politics, are proud oihim. Representative Kaniho of Kohak is now thc bcaiet oi an old Liile onee held by Chicf Naihe, m ihoae o!d dciys o ! the defuncted rcgimc, as the "Cannon ball of Kohala " Chief Naihe was elected to i.he leftislature from Kohala, and on aeeouni of his elequence m the use of the Hawaiian knguage and also a good hard anti 103 alist, he wis thus rallcd. Wuo says ihai scarcity of gold coinb hael entcied into the vaulls of ihe Terntorial trcdsui), v.Ucu we linow that there are 20,000 dolkn in good Amcrican pold to lx> given gratis for the "cntertflinment and expenses ol surh" Congressional men of the li.S cther disLin&;uishcd persons as may visit theTcrritory * ' pnor to Junc 30, 1911"? Motiey, lo \vaste on junketing Uips, and no money for the Government laborerb ? AUhoujj;h, thc lasl Ropubhcan lrgislature, set the picceden( <md ihe ;. ■ i' < ■ ! follows U, with a new addinr>nal siddlc\ m.nkeu 1 \j i' (distmguished persons) The bill intiodtK"cd by Rop Huddy oiuuleel 'An Act to anieliorate the Condition uf Leptosy " nceds itself. The ob]ect is good, but the initiativc mcasurus to effect llie good objcct mtended, we Lhink, is tou sensitive for a bcginning. The word or term "suspect ,? iu 'l ts enoup,h to scare a naUve of uneonmon r.ucllt£cnt to sorccn hiinsdf, jvist as long as his lib«_. ty is in lns own hands. The mejsi.ie iniroduccd by 11 ep Cohin lo afcohsh "ineome Ta.\'' aiid mcrejse one half p»r ccut upon ihe Ir.ll cash value on real ci.ud pcrsoii4l properLies h.is a salnuiry effect ori boine and a lutjubrious aspectun olhets. Bul ui s a stunncr any way. The smart ->ayinjif, "whctfs Rood fo r the goose is good tor the gancler," doeb nol apply ihi s e ase The feireat pmhli m that the Hawauan haw lo l.u e wilU imlliiii'hinp, eoura£C is thc «adnMLion o[ th.it Lemhle seour;j;e known as Leprosy. They havt? to pku'e iheu īmphei', tmsts on the li:.nncd men who are about 1o sacriliee then times h','cs, heallha and leaming,s lo eope wiih the disease. Wc ihe H.iwainns of today, must e;ivo our suppoit to thc elTorn oj these men, that thfir woik woukl rrsult foi nur m.-ni good, ail honor to otirselvt',s ris a people, .itvl a rrtv,MMnj_; Victor' inthe Unileel States OiA'emmenl.

Rep. Makekau has introduced a measure ior the benefi.t ol poor Hawaiians that can't make tax appeal papers in the English language. This is a great improvement on the present tax Taw. Certainly, there are several good measures introduced in both the upper and lower Chambers of the Legislature; but we are mueh in doubt whether these would become effective wuhin the short tfme alloted them. our friend, the iunst Aehi is not a pronouftced federahst of the Oivic ]?ederation, but neverlheless, it is better to be in it than out ol it. We have no grudge agamst that tnstitutton and neither have we any bad feelmgs against the men who are fightmg agamst mis-rule and m]S-governinent.

What ? Did our honorable Solons read the Sunday Advertiser of the 21st, instant, and see for themselves whether they are the fac-similes of apes and monkeys ? In the 9th. and 10th, hnes of an Act promulgated therein, relating to "banderlogs in this Legislature " we fiad the following phrasc, to wit* " tr:ve there sirrians in togjs a sense of their* rcal pouiiiun 1.1 ihe of īīawan," whieh we make it to -e. r, n ish ;th iollows, "give these monkeys in tapa wrappers a sense of their real position in the public affairs of Hawan." You are not thus mcknamed because, by nature, you are really monkeys, no. It is because you act like monkeys. Is that so, our dear Solons ? We see that the English ladies in London are fīghting vigorously for their rights as suffragettes. Only the other day that they bombārded the English Parliament, and shoved the government in an embarrasing situation. Hello! Queen Liliuokalani has a eall from a Dr. C. H. English for a good lump of $1,1,000. "It is said that the fee is for doctoring the venerable lady. D]d that M. D ever receive a fee amoijnting that mueh ? A wealthy Chinaman, while comiflg home lastMonday night, through a small lane leāding from Beritania Street to Kahiliaulani Hall was held up by three or four Porto Ricans. These ruffians were about to extract the valuable contents of his pockets, when two other pedestrians happenedto eome that way, and that scared the piek pockets imported here under immigration law, and left the Celestial gentleman unmo!ested. More of these stu£fs are yet to eome.