The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1884-03-18

formation why Mr.. Dayton did not
send assistance when informed of
the disturbance no information as
to the somnolence of the eight po-
icemen on duty; no cause shown
for the doors of the patients rooms
being unlocked; no reason adduced
for the six-shooter show; nothing
about the gentiemdnIy method of
reading a mothers letter; nothing
stated about the regulations for the
admission of strangers, why one was
admitted without question and two
were detained awaiting the "open
sesame" of the " furnisher." But
there is one thing. That is the tacit
support given by the Board of
Health to their "frnisher BY
their silence they concede that his
mode of treatment is good enough
for the lepers they sustain the
locking up in cells, five in each, OF
fractions patients and the detention
at Kakaako of men who had been
placed "upon the list of patients to
be sent to, Molokai. +" This is the
action of those entrusted, 10y His
Majesty, with the care of the health
of all Hawaiians, and more especially
with that of the unfortunate lepers
(cr;minals p.
The following extract from the
petition to Her Majesty speaks for
itself. The accusations, therein
made, have not been refuted:
patients that are almost well are
also being picked out through per-
sonal enmity, whilst those that are
| quite bad are to be detained on ac-
count of being favorites under these
parties are the ones to re-
main. You will no doubt be aston
ished on account of such work being
carried on secretly. The foreigner
(Van Geisen) is dreadfully bad
traitor.
'IIere is another thing. 1t is a
very shameful thing, the picking out
of those who are almost well, for
Kalawao, whilst those who are very
bad are detained here to undergo
medical treatment.
''If this place is refuge for the
hope of the people to undergo medi-
cal treatment, then it is proper for the
Board of Health to come down and
pick out those who are to remain
and be treated. But, if this work
of secrecy is carried on, then the
patients will unanimously refuse to
go to Kalawao and blood will be
she'd"
The inquiry farce is over. Eight
of the men, implicated in the dis
turbance, remain unheard at Molo-
kai. The patients at the Branch
Hospital remain subject to their
previous treatment at the hand of a
man who must be "good enough fol
them"-for is he not upheld by the
sapient sanitators?
The Acknowledgement was present
at the inquiry, the President of the
Board of Health doubtless thinking
that gentleman's presence and popu
larity would turn away all suspicious
of maltreatment, abuse of power and
neglect of duty on the part Of the
''furnisher Bnt the ruse has not
been successful. An exposure has
been made of the treatment of the
leper patients ut Kakaako which has
disguised the public.
We have been told that forty-three
lepers died ut Molokai during the
months of January and February,
and chiefly from diseases other than
leprosy, and that there is great need
for proper medical treatment at Mo.
lokai. Perhaps the President of the
Board of Health conld take part il
another leprous farce and inquire
into the treatment of all the ''deal
people" on MololSai. The position
of "furnisher' Mt Kakaako is not a
pleasant one for any man to occupy
but that is no reason why an inhu-
man bravado should be retained.
Surely it would be possible to obtain