The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-03-06

fairs 20 which vou c42 3tSe1s4o1 eo1t1
be permitted 70 exist IN any Christian
or civilized community Every
thoughtful and intelligent person musk
know. and every reading person does
know that the vast majority OF cases
1f insanity are produced from Lack OF
rest and lack of quiet surroundings
The hurley hurley OF the age the pres
sure OF the age and the strenuous HE
which men lead in this day and period
uroduce mental alienation and when
that disease comes upoa one. the
greatest IL not the only hope and pos
sibiIirv OF recovery rests IN absolute
ouiet. I have been informed by spe-
cfzIists on neurasthenis that the one
great thought and concern OF supeTln-
tsndeurs OF hospitals for the insane
today is to exempt their patients from
insomnia and TO secure for them abso-
luteIv peaceful and quiet conditions
And here within a stones throw OF
our madhouse. according 20 your re-
port. our authorities. -Ae authorities
whose duty il is TO protect and con-
serve the health of these people, are
blasting and crushing rock No Sc
verer indictment could De made
against those who are charged with
grave and high responsibilities anu
duties than the dignified yet aggres-
siye observations which yoa have
made with reference TO conditions
which exist about the asylum; not
only with reference 10 the noise and
uandemonium which is created there
by our authorities. but their lack OF
attention and forethought. and even
afterthought in providing the build
| ings with proper sanitation, so that
those helpless unfortunates may be
exempt from the diseases which Turk
in filth and which are insidious-
Your observations and comments
upon the Reform School, while inof-
| fensive. are vet forcible, thoughtful
and dignifed and entirely consistent
with the high character which each
one of you bears in this community.
The suggestion made by you that
the photographs of political prisoners
who were convicted here during the
recent. emeute should be removed is a
| suggestion which comes from noble
| and Christian hearts. and is one, | am
sure. which will meet with the uni
versal approval of every fair minded
1 ana 0OuSSl anu sS man IA ehA1 NSA-+
munity.
Your observations ana comments
| with reference to Iwilei meet with the
distinct and emphatic disappro"ai Of
the court; but. as | have before stat
/ ed. that is a question upon which there
| is a wide difference of opinion among
and between good men in this commu
| nity. and the court believes that YOU
report has been made in absolute gooC
faith, conscientiously and with desire
to subserve the highest public good
but under a mistaken conception OF th'
law and of your duty.
Your comments with reference Il
the police court are aggressive ant
forcible. and yet not any more so thai
the conditions to which you invite pub
lie and official attention deserve.
Your report on the Whole is splen
did document, creditab.e alike TO you
minds and your hearts and to you
consciences. The court feels sure
gentlemen. that while all OF you ha
a general knowledge of the condition
which existed in this community be
fore you entered upon the discharg
of your duties as grand jurors. yet yo
have acquired during the brief tenur
of your office a wider and more pre-
found and more detailed acquaintanc
with conditions which exist, and col
ditions. of course. which concern ever
citizen and every taxpayer in the con
; munity than you before possessed tn
court thanks you for itself and take
, the liberty of thanking you on beha
, of the community for the efficient an
able and impartial manner in whic
you have discharged the duties of you
high and your responsible and yot
dignified station. You will be discharl
] ed hence for the term. and if you wi
wait upon the clerk in the ad1oinin
room he will not have much to say
YOU. but still it may afford you som
| interest"