The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-09-21


I7.-Instructions received by the dep
uty sheriff of this district Saturday,
the 9TH inst, prohibiting the landing
of freight or passengers by the steamer
w. G.. Hall, resulted in a meeting of
the natives, to the number of over 200,
in the old church at Kailua, at which
a strong resolution was passed that
such instructions be entirely ignored
and that the deputy sheriff be advised
to abide by directions received from
the Board of Health Of Honolulu. The
mail received on the afternoon of Sat
urday, the 18th inst, informed us OF
the appointment of the Hi!o commit
tee to control the island of Hawaii, az
well as the information that these two
districts had been quarantined from
the rest of the island because flour,
rice and one or two passengers had
been landed by the w. @. Hall. Sew
eral telephone messages to Yates, the
deputy sheriff of Kau, resulted in
replies that nothing was known in
that district and that no information
was available. In view of the fact
that the telephone is completed north
considerably beyond Hokena, it is a
remarkable fact that the Hilo COM
mittee have taken no pains to inform
themselves of the condition of things
In the Kona districts. Notices were
issued on Monday for a meeting of
white residents on the following after
noon, and considering what the dis
tances are, the intensity and unanim-
ity of feeling is shown by the fact that,
excepting three from South Kona and
four from North Kona, every man
answered to his name at the meeting.
G.. ID Miller having been elected
chairman, with w. O.. Wait as secre-
tary, the meeting was called to order.
The chairman stated that the object
of the meeting was for the purpose Of
ascertaining the sentiments of the
white residents of North and South
Kona, IN regard to certain actions
which had taken place lately with
reference to the landing OF the actual
necessaries of life at the ports of this
district, and whether all communica-
ton with Honolulu was to be stopped
or not. He presumed that every one
present was aware of the arbitrary
manner in which the deputy sheriff of
Hawaii had issued instructions to the
effect that no freight of any kind |
whatsoever, nor any passengers, were |
to be landed at any of the ports on this |
coast, which action, he understood, |
was endorsed by the people of Hilo. |
He wished to ask what right the peo- 1
pie of HiIo had to dictate to us what |
we should do, or should not do, under
these or any circumstances. He
submitted that we were per
fectly competent to decide such
matters for ourselves. He was
pleased to remind the meet
ing that the sentiments expressed at
the mass meeting held at Kailua on
the previous Monday, proved clearly
that we, native and white residents
alike, were prepared to support the
Board of Health of Honolulu. Since
that meeting we had been informed |
that a local board of health had been |
appointed at Hilo and that they were
to rule supreme over the whole island
of Hawaii.
Gentlemen" he asked, Shall we
submit to this? '(Cries of"No! No! Most
certainly we will nOtr') He reminded
the meeting that several days had
elapsed since this committee or HilO
Board of Health had been constituted,
that there was telephone communica-
ton from HilO to HOkena, and yet
that not one word Of inquiry as to the
condition OF things in the district had
been made. It was ali very well, |
he said, for the people to say that
they would have no further cOmmu
nicatiOn with Honolulu, but with us,
he submitted, the case was entirely
different. They can have direct COM
munication with San Francisco. We
cannot.
He directed the attention of the
meeting to one aspect OF the question |
which had been overlooked by the |
authorities in Honolulu, as well as by
our HilO friends. He referred to the |
probable action of the large Japanese
population in the event of the supply
of rice running out, which at the far {
thest must occur within a few days. !
Will this body of over 500 men, he {
asked, stand upon ceremony in help {
ing themselves, when aud where they
can, should they be unable to pur- s
chase supplies except at eXhorbitant j
rates? OF what avail would be our {
handful of police? Gentlemen" he {
said, "sueh an uprising. when these
men discover their strength and give I
vent to their passions, would result in 6
as bad, if not worse than
that of the few isolated cases of chol- 8
era that could possibly occur in the
district" For, he maintained, from
the natural conditions of the country {
no epidemic of the disease was posi- {
BILE here.
Such being the state OF affairs, he
thought the meeting would agree with i
him that communication with Homo {
lulu, and direct ommunication, was |
necessary, and that, under the regu- I
lations of the Board of Health, there
could be no possible danger in landing S
rice, flour aud other clean freight t
He suggested that the meeting /
should embOdy their sentiments in q
the form of a resolution demanding a L
special local Board OF Health for the
districts OF North and South KOna,
consisting of Drs. Liudley and Me-
Wayne aud five other members fairly j
representing the two districts. ZAP {
Dlause.) a
Mr.. Buchholtz of South Kona /