Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1884-09-27
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DO'JOR sTiLLfHD's IyfJgHs
II isa strong and logical auaIgnmcnt
of the board Df health that Doctor Stal
lard has made in the letters recently
printed in these column, The do,tom
picture of the mismanagemeni of affairs
at kalawao and kalaupapa, and the
avcrmcntg and deductions he makes IN
the premises, are such a. can neither
be set aside by mere denial, ot the
,nccm of MI Gibson " his hired
friends directed against lie possible
motives of Doctor StalIard's conduct
IN the matter. The mere fact that a
man has, without success, sought Office,
can never in ltsclf afford an answer 10
direct and well subNantialcd charges
made against those who have ignored
his claims 10 prciermcnl and the re-
sort to snccr IN such case, Is the best
proof Of the unagulablc character oi the
evidence and arguments brought 10 bear
against the accused The least We can
say of Doctor StalIards effort 10 obtain
Office here h., that they were open and
above board and, while We may not al.
together admire the plan be- adopted,
We can at least say that while his
writing, prove him to be . man Of no
mean ability, he would pcrhapa have
met with more favor from the powers
that be, had that fact been made les,
apparent and his conduct been that Of
a crawling lgnotamIs instead With
the present policy of the government
IN existence, where II seems ls though
a premium has been set upon fraud, II
Is no rcproach 10 any man that his ser
vices should be rejected
What Doctor Stallard says Of the
food supply Of the leper settlement at
MolOkai We believe 10 be substantially
true; and that great deal Of fcmcdla-
bic suffering exists there as a conse-
qucnce OF the wilful mismanagcment Of
the board, we have no reason 10 doubt,
as VIC have had statements to tha, cf
feet from most reliable cye-witnesses,
From such we learn that the lcpcrs in
many places suffer greatly from an
altogether Inadequate supply Of water
and that, too, in a district where there
is a natural supply more than sufficient
to meet the needs oi population as
large as that Of Honolulu These also
support 10y their statements those
of the doctor in reference TO the scan
tincss OF the meat supply. From what
we hear from those who have lately
visited the Molokai settlement, there
can be no doubt that the wants OF suffer
ing Iepcrs have been most shamciully
neglected under the Gibson adminstra
ton, notwithstanding the fact that nc
previous administration has ever beer
so literally supplied with funds. Doc
tor Stallard refers to the benifcen
mission OF the heir apparent and Queer
kapiolani TO the leper settlement al
Kaawao and remarks that he has "nC
doubt that substantial complaints o
hunger met their ears and will be rem
edied so far as they can be by royal in
reference. Neither have a6e ans
doubts as to the realization Of what the
doctor supposes but what can any
persons do with htleS oaL, but without
power to act against person who
though without paramount title, is not
apparently, without paramount power il
the regulation not only Of health mat
tiers but of all others. Even the wall,
of whole districtpf tortured and SUI
fering people seem to be ineffectua
when opposed to the taTOrite, Gibson
The benevolent heir apparent and th'
benevolent queen may know, by wha
they saw and heard, OF the remediabl,
distress and complaints Of the lepers a
Kalawao, but the public must not know
it, forsooth, because the true tale o
their ill-fed, Unattended, ill-clothed con
dition, if told, might reflect upon tht
pretended philanthropy Of the man who
for some time back has been posing a
the sanitary savior of the Hawaiian
race.