The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-01-09
GREATER HILo.
v, o. Smith Wants 20 30 a Plain
Policeman.

The following will appear in the
Hilo Tribune Of even date:
This has been a week of meetings
and mass meetings. AS a result OF
the mass meeting called through the
columns Of the TRIBUNE, in relation
to the vexatious water question, and
the remonstrance forwarded to the
Government by committee appoint
ed at that meeting, there was final
meeting called Tuesday evening last
to advise with Minister of the Inter
Tor King, Attorney General w. o
Smith and Superintendent OF Public
Works Rowell as to the desires of
the Hilo public in locating certain
public improvements which have
been the subject of much agitation
for some months past. The hall was
filed and very orderly, not an act
transpired that caused anyone dis
pleasure, although there was much
pent up feeling which would like to
have given expression.
The meeting was called to order
by Mr.. f, 5. Lyman, who stated the
purposes of the meeting we're de
sire Of several Government officials
10 meet with the citizens of Hilo, to
exchange views upon the several i'm.
provements which the Government
has declared itself ready to put in
compliance with action taken upon
the same by the Legislature of 1896.
Attorney General w. O. Smith arose
to fill in that little uncomfortable
gap that is experienced at the be-
ginning OF all meetings, and re-
marked: That it gave him great
pleasure to meet the Hilo public in
public meeting; that public meet
Jugs and public debate we're the
foundation upon which that great
and grand country, the United
States was erected. 1t brought out
the wisdom of the masses, and
masses we're pretty generally near
the true condition of things. And
he hoped that the Hilo people
would declare themselves, to.
night, now make out list oil
things that they would like
to have and present them-and
he would do his individual best
to demonstrate the obstacles that
prevented the Government from
granting them the same" He said
"Money has been awful scarce (fol
Hilo); times have been hard, but il
the people OF Hilo wanted to be
vaccinated, why, the Government
would do that for nothing" HI
recommended that Hilo get up ;
series OF vaccination picnics, vaccna
tion bees, socials, contests, progress
sive scab parties, and he repeated
that the Government had imported |
special breed OF virus from New
Zealand that it was very DESTROYS o
innoculating into the Hilo people
1t was being kept on ice in Homo
lulu; ready and all for nothing; TO
the Hilo people; fresh from thu
Government; good thing; don't cos
anything; Hilo people we're con
stantly going to Honolulu and HI
would like to see them all innoc
ulated - before they came. HI
thought, after long years Of patien
! experiment, that the New ZealanC
. virus would suit the Hilo public
best. 1t was mild, gentle scah
easily controlled, infused into tn
blood Of the patient an easy. goinI
temperament. He also recommend
ed Hong Kong scab, which enable,
those people to pack freight ashor
, without wharves, but thought tn
l Hilo patient would never need any
= thing else after trying the Ney
!. Zealand article. He told Of tn
t Chicago virus, but that would no
l do, as it filed peoples heads wit
: wide streets, buildings, sewers
!, commerce, trade and genera
: "get there" Mr.. Smith wound u
l by asking the dear Hilo public
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