The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-01-18
MORNING. GREAT PLAGUE GMHM mai DELIVERY HERE HO REBELLION ENDED TRANSPORT WORK. HS CURRENCY FAMINE
MR.. COOPER RETURNS WITH HIS
REPORT.
Was a Stormy Old Time for a While,
But Matters Were Finally Adjusted.
Freight and Passengers Landed.

Attorney General Cooper returned in
the Kinau this morning from Hawaii.
He drove directly to his home in Manoa
valley and at 10 o'clock Joined the Cab
met at the Executive building. There |
he made a report of his doings at Ha-
wall, the land of Car Andrews, and at .
3 o'clock this afternoon will make the |
same statements before the Board of |
Health. Mr.. Coopers statement of his /
experience is as follows:
I left Honolulu at 11:15 Saturday |
night and arrived at Hlo about Z |
| o'clock Sunday evening. Sheriff An /
! drews came off in a boat and informed .
me of the action of the people of Ha- ]
/ wall, of his regulations and told he that /
/ if l attempted to go ashore there would /
/ be bloodshed. l gave to Sheriff An |
drews in brief the objects of my visit
! 10 Hawaii.
Monday morning early I ordered
! Sheriff Andrews to rescind his regula-
tions in regard to quarantine. He COM
/ piled at once, getting out dodgers and
posting them at every conspicuous place
in the town. He then resigned from
the office of agent of the Board Of
Health for the island of Hawaii.
Sheriff Andrews came off to me to
tender his resignation and information
of what he had done. At noon he return
ed to say that the people of Hilo would
not let him land. He was landed. At
the first attempt the people on shore
followed him up at every point he tried
to make the beach, and threw stones at
him After being landed Sheriff An
drews reported to me that the town was
i'm the hands of a mob, entirely beyond
his control and said he himself had
been several times assaulted. / gave
such instructions as the moment de-
manded. The island police were sum-
moned and by Tuesday afternoon ev-
erything was quiet.
Early Monday morning | was inform
ed that a committee Of delegates from
all the districts of the island desired to
have a conference with me on board
the L. S. s. Pathfinder. Shortly after
Captain Perkins sent a boat over with
an invitation for me to go aboard,
which I accepted at once. At $3.50 the
committee arrived at the Pathfinder.
There were in the party five delegates
from HilO and two from each of the
. other six districts of the island. We
We're all escorted by Captain Perkins
/ - the wardroom of the Pathfinder
where the conference was organized
and we got down to business
There was a great deal of discussion
; on what had been done, the views of
the various committeeman, sentiments
/, of the people and the decision of the
committee in regard to the future.
l informed the committee that there
could positively be no division of au-
thority. The National Board of Health
controlled the island of Hawaii as much
as it did the island of Oahu or any other
island of the group and would not have
it authority or acts tampered with.
The committee then asked that its
members be commissioned by the Board
of Health as a sanitary committee for
: the island of Hawaii with full power to
act in all matters. This was declined,
for the reason that there could be no
conflict or question of authority in all
, health matters.
Again some of the delegates expressed
I the view that the time had arrived for
"home rule" on Hawaii in health mat
ters. All expressing such sentiments
$ seemed to be from Hilo town. Follow
ing them Ga gratifying facD the repre-
sentatives of the outside districts un-
animously approved my course and eX-
pressed the desire to abide in all mat
Y ters by the decisions and rules Of the
Board of Health. Expressions of con-
fidence in the authorities at Honolulu
4 came from all outside districts and were
r very pleasing.
e After more debate I permitted the
- organization of a consulting committee
e of seven, with power to make recon-
D mendations, but without commissions
4 and with no authority to act in any
a matter not specially delegated by the
% National Board to II. Each district
1 sent one delegate to this committee.
/ The meeting adjourned for lunch.
e Captain Perkins entertained Represen-
/ tatiVe Loebenstein, Representative
Paris and myself on board his ship.
The committee of seven met me again
in the afternoon, and after more debate
it agreed to every point insisted upon
2 by the Board Of Health.
! on Tuesday we landed 517 Japanese
= laborers, some at Laupahoehoe, some
r at Pohoiki and others temporarily at
D ! COCoanut Island. Wednesday morning
. all were taken to their respective plan
e tations. All the freight except certain
- articles the consignees objected them
) selves to receiving was landed. The
goods left on board the Kinau consist
ed chiefly Of sugar bags, liquors and
. oil.
There were six steamers in the har-
g Dor Of Hllo. Two had been coasting on
9 Hawaii and were not being held The
b three others with the Kinau were dis
I charged.
While busy in the work Of discharg-
e ing I received resolution from the
: committee of seven informing me that
= no communication whatever would I'm
!, future be held with Honolulu. Before !
4 left the island, however, I received as
S surance that the island did not agree
v with members of the committee and
a that there would be no further trouble.
. Sheriff Andrews retains his office as
head Of the Hawaii police. I did not
appoint a new health agent for the ISL
and.
s HERE AT LAST.
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