Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1883-06-09
THE MADRAS.

The following concise statement concerning
the Madras has been furnished by the acting.
secretary for the minister Of foreign affairs:
The arrangements have been. completed on
the basis of the letter of May I2th, from Mr.
Gibson to Captain Bradley. The government
has permitted the amount of the bond de.
manded to be reduced to $Io, o,ooo-that
amount appearing, upon investigation, to be
probably ample. The dispute between the
government and Captain Bradley, as to the
cost of quarantine guards during the seven
weeks prior to last Monday, will, by mutual
consent, be submitted for hna! decision to his
honor the chief justice. From this il will ap.
pear that the Madras will be allowed to land
all her Honolulu passengers at the quarantine
station, after those deemed liable to contagion
have been vaccinated. The ship will not be
| allowed to come into the harbor or land any
cargo; and the luggage Of the passengers will
be landed separately and delivered to the
charge OF the deputy marshal for fumigaton oil
destruction, as may be deemed necessary
Doctor Mouritz went on board the Madras or
"Wednesday evening last, as special agent o.
the board Of health. The following morning
he reported seven convalescents and foul
that morning. The passengers who have
shown no symptoms Of small -pox are being
anden first; and before any sick person i
landed evidence will be required that he ori
ginally took passage for this port.
The documentary evidence in the matter i
somewhat at variance with the semi-ofiicia
statement given above. On April 18th tn
agents Of the Madras wrote to the board o
health, as published in the Press Of April 2Ist
proposing that:
the actually diseased men shoul,
be removed to any isolated building on tn
reef, that medical examination could be mad
OF those remaining on board, and that, at
given time after the last appearance Of tn
disease, the ship nigh, be considered free.
To this Mr.. Gibson replied, on the following
day;
| have to re-affirm previous as
surances that the board cannot consent to tn
landing Of the passengers on board the Madra
affected by smallpox under any circumstances
In letter Of the same date to the Gazette
Captain Bradley wrote that he had sent
letter to the president Of the board Of health i
these words;
II asking them to place my Hone
lulu passengers in quarantine, also the ship
|
my own crew, water, coal, ETC., and to clea
out Of the port.
Subsequently was discovered the followin
regulation Of the boad Of health, issued /
December, 1880, and which the president ,
the board had evidently not read.
On the arrival Of any vessel at any port ,
this kingdom, having had OF still having an
person sick Of smallpox on board the vesse
shall be detained in quarantine, the sick sha
be sent to the quarantine hospital, and III
crew and passengers shalf be submitted to
quarantine OF fifteen days.
The Madras passengers are now bein
landed. Substantially on the basis Of h
above regulation. The board has granted II
captain and the vessels agents more than the
asked for, and the common sense humanitarian
ism Of the intelligen, among our citizens is ber
carried out. But not until after thousands
dollars have been spent, to the injury Of a
concerned and to the better protection Of .
one.
II mus, bs pleasant thing for the capita
$ of the mythical armed force" to have
other duty to perform as a return for gos
round salary than general supervision OF h
!. care and breaking Of few horses, with groom
& and assistants paid from the public purse
S do the work Of stabling. Il must be pleasan
also. 10 be able, at no Cos, to himself, to provi'
{ his friends with hose-aesh at picnics and
country rides; and We cannot blanc him muc
perhaps, that he should make the best Of
c position. But We can blame an unblushil
a government tina, will allow money to
; squandesed for such purposes. The opinion
e general that the way In which money has be-
spent 20 fas, under the appropriation fos ,
> armed toSce." Is scascely lcs than an %,
robbery of the public funds.