Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1883-07-28
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SATURDAY. JULY "a, 1881.
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49,. f,.,. cha, ~, ,,,,,, wear, mast tina,
,..,i.a Ia. ma, been handled with that
.,,,,o,, and decision which an intelligent
.,..,,.;,,i,, ~ lie c,p,,cioi, nature would
,.,,.. ,,,,,,ndcd r,,t former administrations
.,t. c,t,,,,t 81, M, wake of publc
....;.,, T., ,,,, motto, ,cs,i,o in the comfort.
~. t.i.,c. ,h,, ,b. disease was only com.
.,.;,..t,. t,,. b.r..i;,, 10 ,a.pripg. or to such
=. ,,.,. i.,di,, ;,ys,,,s,, lives. As wears have
.u..t., d.. C,tI,c,, nj such conclusions has
been gradually, but surely, forcing itself upon
thu, minds u all intelligent observers. And
now it would be- the foulcst SANDER upon the |
spotlc,s character Of certain persons who have
con ltactcd the disease here to say that those
who have led moral lives need not fear the
disease" BE his as 1t may, segregation has
been attended to by every former administra.
ton in such a manner, at least, as to prevent
that almost perfect liberty Of the lcper that
has been accorded him 10y the present admins.
tration. A number might have managed to
evade the search Of the authorities, 10y residing
in unftcqucn,ed places hut they were not toI
be seen upon the streets Of the town and in
public assemblies Of all kinds, until the philan-
thropic Fitch had proclaimed so loudly against
the brutal treatment the lepers had received
previous 20 his appointment, and the humane
treatment they were ihencelorward to expect
at his bcncfcient hands II was circulated
throughout the islands that Fitch could cure
leprosy, and, as consequence, unfortunate
sufferers left their hiding places by the hun
drcds and came TO the metropolis TO be treated.
Mi,lcd by the apparen, energy Of tins medical
inrova,or. Mr.. Carter, then minister Of the in.
te,iot. consented to the building of a hospital
at Kakaako. where Pitch could experiment
with his scheme Of cure, little anticipating,
however. tina, it should be used to supplant the
institution ot Kalawao. MFR. Armstrong soon
after succeeded to the presidency Of the board
Of health. holding the position by virtue Of
his office rs minister Of the interior, at
interim. As the Gazette very properly re.
marks, Mr. Garter being expected at that time
to shortly resume his office, Mr., Armstrong
could scarcely be expected to do more than
carry out the pre.ananged plans Of his inn
mediate predecessor. This he did, but with
manifest misgivings. rs is evidenced by his
report to the legislature. And these plans
were, not that Kakaako should be made the
permanent asylum for leprous cases-not that
the lepers from all the hooks and corners Of
the kingdom should be congrcgatcd together
in the ,hickly settled metropolis -bu, that CIR.
tain selected cases should remain there under
the control Of Mr., Fitch until the effects OF
falsity of his confident expectations, But, al
best. who was Mr.. Armstrong Almost
stranger in the land man invited to take
portfolio under this government, through the
personal friendship Of King Kalalnua. Mr..
| Armstrong is no, to be blamed, under the cir
cums,anccs, for the action he took in this
regard.
f.. liza, =, iowor., ,,.,. ,h. r,s. ,,;,h
IL. s,,ccessor in of;c. NJ, C;hso, con.
,;nrors ,.s;J.nce NJ over twenty yeo,s nm
those islands and b,sv concern in III. affairs
around him. had afforded him an opnortuni,v
of knowinp all ,ho, 4 statesman needed ,o
know or bc,l,b nc we'll nc of o,he, ,,,,t.,s con-
nec,ed with ,b. country, psro.;,ll, hoa ho
pr,Csssed 10 he vc,s.d in n,,,,e,s ,.r,oiri,,, 10
Inc nnhIic beoI,b anil 70 have h..r l.anl,
| solicitous in regard 10 the establishment, Of
means tending To us improvement He lnew
the opinions Of the medical men If This and
other lands respectinc the contagious cbo,oc,.,
of I.n,osv. and he kn.,v tina, oo,.;on.rs all
over the islands feared the disease and thu,
many of H., marc ;,,.,l;,.,, ro,;,,.s ,s ,,ou
wore b.c;nn;n, 20 .p,.,t,;, she cam. ho,;.r.
but for reasons of his own, he thought fit to
ignore all, and defy public opinion so far as he
dared. And il was only when the opposition
press had begun To expose facts which the
importance of the case would not allow of
being longer held back; when panic, as con.
sequence, was almos, imminent; when visitors
from the United States had returned to relate
in print the actually, tina, Mr.. Gibson began
once more to prosecute the policy Of segrega.
ton. A great noise lor a time was made by
his own newspaper, the Pacific Commercial
Advertiser, abou, the vigor with which secre-
cation was being carried on. Soon, however,
effort in that line again became slack, and for
Of leave were granted to numerous lepers who
had been put into pseudo. quarantine a, Kaka.
ako to 90 to their homes or minee with the
community as might please them best. Ac.
coriing to Mr.. Fitch himself, segregation a,
Kakaako was farce, and many known lepers
lwere not even segregated there, bu, were left
to roam a, will about the town, A farce was
The pretense of segregation was carried on to
quiet the fears of the foreign element, while