The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-01-30
Loebenstein Argues.

Loebenstein Argues.
Admitting the fact that your Citi-
zens' Sanitary Committee has rendered
valuable assistance to your Board in
| the prevailing epidemic, under condi-
lions of easy reach and accessibility it
| Is safe to presume that still more salts
| factory results will be emphasized in
| the delegation of authority to com
| mitbee pledged to secure the further
ance of every effort for the preserva-
ton from disease of large community
| remote from your jurisdiction. The
proceedings of the Hilo Committee in
some instances may be interpreted as
conflicting with certain regulations and
! instructions issued by your Board, and
as consequence have been repudiated
| by you, but they have had the effect
! of allaying the apprehensions and fears
OF an element on our island, consider
able in point of numbers and difficult
| to control by reason of the greater area
| covered than Honolulu, and the condi-
tons which may rule and apply at the
| latter place, do not necessarily hold
nor can be made 10 hold on the Island
| of Hawaii.
| Because the Committee which now
| seeks a delegation of authority from
the National Board, is composed of res
idents of Hilo, does not prove that the
same is being dominated by some Of
the residents of Hilo who have formed
| themselves into Sanitary Committee,
the actual facts being directly the con
| verse from what Is stated in your re
ply; for although each member of thu
committee, is a resident of Hilo, he oc
cupies such post as the direct choice
Of the delegates from every district OF
the Island of Hawaii, and who were
in turn duly elected to represent ant
voice the wishes OF their particular dis
trict, at local conventions and mass
meetings held for that purpose, con
| demning what they considered the ar
| bitrary acts Of the Sheriff, but repos
| Ing every confidence in the intelligence
and conservative sense of a com
mittee.
me certain regulations laid down by
| this committee have thus far met witt
general approval and endors ement, ant
a personal canvas obtained In a ride
| through four districts, covering nearly
a hundred miles, and a solicitation o.
views from those representing al
classes and interests. has only resulted
| In further emphasizing the fact, tina
the preponderance of sentiment on This
Island (HawaiD Is In favor OF restrict
ing all communication with Honolu |
to what Is absolutely essential; ana tht
committee has acted on these lines con
lscIentiously and consistently, ana tn,
Island OF Hawaii has thus far sustained
them; whereas its initial acts, GOVERNS
organization and proceedings before
Mr.. Cooper, your representative, II duly
and correctly reported to you, mus
effectually dlsprove and set at rest tht
feeling shared by you and your Board
that this matter Is one OF mere local
'ty, or of any particular clique, or fac
ton or interest. The effort to set any
one district against another, or Il
create local antagonisms In the face
OF the grave emergency that Is con
fronting us, is one thst know can fint
no place in the councils OF your Board
What Hawaii Asks.
All that Is asked by the Hawaii com
mlttee is authorization to carry out the
plans for general Improvement Of
conditions, not to await the breaking
out OF plague before checking II, bu