Daily Honolulu press. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1886, 1885-09-28
MONDAY. SEPT as, 1885


The Fdftnc C0nfn7erfi1I 4dotf1fser
of last Saturday morning says; The
health of the community is far from be-
ing what it should be. There is great
deal of sickness and low fevers through
out the city, and conditions point to
something like an epidemic in the fall.
Should one break out here it will keep
the undertakers fully employed. What
is death to one is meat to another. As
there is apparently nothing to be
gained by either expostulating or ex-
pressing regret, it is the part Of wisdom
to accept the inevitable and take things
as they come. But by way Of gentle
reminder, we may quote the remark OF
leading physician yesterday, when
conversing on this subject. He said :
"The sanitation Of this city will be ex-
tremely difficult but if they do not
take care, they will soon have it as un-
healthy as Panama" This is an en-
couraging outlook and should stimu-
late property owners and others directly
concerned to continue in well,doing.
An epidemic in Honolulu would be no
respector Of persons"
For cool assurance this beats any
thing we have ever seen IN our expert
ence in newspaper work. A newspaper
which is recognized as the promulgator
Of the views of the party in power
acknowledges that conditions point to
something like an epidemic in the fall, !"
which will make us, fellow-citizens, and
our families keep the undertakers
fully employed" and further, has the
cold-blooded assurance to inform us
that what is death to one is meat to
another" Really although we know
our rulers value us only as we provide
the means to fill their purses and to
minister to their expensive wants, yet we
hardly thought they would coolly gloat
over us, through their authorized organ,
as g meat" for the undertakers. This
is the acme of brutal fiendishness and
beats the tabled villany Of Greek drama.
Not only this, but when we, as tireless
watchmen upon the Kingdoms walls,
raise the warning cry of 8 An enemy is
in sight" they tell us that they recognize
the fact, but, "as there is apparently
nothing to be gained by either expostu-
lating or expressing regret, it is the part
Of wisdom to accept the inevitable and
take things as they come"
Not only do they gloat over us as
"meat' for the undertakers, but calmly
inform US that we might as well "accept
the inevitable and take things as they
come But as if this were not enough,
we get by way Of gentle reminder"
the assurance from paternal govern
ment, whose Prime Minister has made
his hobby the health of the "dear
people the fact that ''if they do not
take care, they will soon have it.
(Honolulu) as unhealthy as Panama y
Then this official newspaper, revels in
the position in which it finds us, and
taunts the populace with. This is an
encouraging outlook aud should stimu-
late property owners and others
directly concerned to continue in well
doing"
In olden times preachers used to
delight in representing the gentlemen
Of the cloven grnning with delight as
he watched his victims rolling and
writhing in the sulphurous flames, but
we have the gentlemen" who are the
acknowledged mouth-pieces of the
government, fairly reveling in glee as
they contemplate the principal city of
the kingdom, whose inhabitants are
shortly, according to their own
statements to be "meat" for the under
takers. Not only this but they coolly
ask US what we are gong to do about
it. You might as we'll "accept the inc
vitable,' no use in 'expostulating or ex-
pressing regret but stake things as they
come"
Meantime they might have added
that down at the seaside resort of our
King, there goes on the laughter of
women, the sound Of the hula, the
clink of gin glasses, the shuffling Of
cards, and all the sounds of revelry by
night" Over our homes the Dread De.
stroyer hovers, and our wives and little
ones, as well as ourselves, may SO our
ways and join the ranks Of the great