Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 July 1906 — Lepers Hold Election. [ARTICLE]

Lepers Hold Election.

Washington, .Inly 18.—Even leprosy cannot force Filipinos to abandon politics. The bureau of insular affairs has received reports of an election recently held on the island of Culion by the leper colony for the choice of a president and “conseijales” or councilmen. At present there are more than 000 of the unfortunates in the colony.