The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-04-18
OVER GOVERNOR 5 VETO
HOUSE AGAIN AFFGRMS ANTI
VACC1NATtON.
The Vote Was Overwhelming on the
Motion-Text Of the Veto Measure
Some Senate Proceedings.

The first thing the House did this
morning was to override the Governors
veto of the the law abolishing compul-
sorry vaccination. Dole's message was
read and the representatives took the
matter up at once and passed the bill
over the veto by a vote of "a to 5. All
the natives voted for the bill and EN-
meluth voted with them. The noes
were Dickey, Gilfllan, Hoogs, Monsar-
rat and Wilcox.
The veto message which was sent to
both Senate and House was as follows:
To the Legislature of the Territory of
Hawaii:
The bill entitled IAN Act to repeal
sections 922 and 925 and the second
paragraph of section 924, part V of
chapter SO of the Penal Laws as COM
piled in 1897 relating to vaccination, &"
has had my consideration, and 1 am
unable to approve it, and herewith re-
turn the same without my signature.
My objections to the bill are as fol-
lows:
The repeal of the sections referred to
leaves the law in regard to vaccina-
ton without the means of enforce
ment.
While there is a considerable num-
Der of medical men who doubt the eff
cacy of vaccination, there is no doubt
that the great majority of the profess
sion rely upon it as a scientific meth
cd of preventing the disease of small
pox; Notwithstanding this there is a
prejudice among some people against
the operation which will prevent many
from availing themselves of this pre-
cautionary measure were there no
penalty attached to a failure to do so.
The Importance of vaccination as a
preventive against smallpox has been
unanimously affirmed by the members
s,F I
| recent meeting held for the purpose of
! passage of the bill now under discus
| sion.
Placed as we are in the midst of
| the Pacific Ocean a port of call from
the Mainland and from ports of China,
Japan and the Australian colonies, we
! are constantly exposed to the intro
| ductiOn of contagious and infectious
! diseases from these ports; for this
| reason it is necessary for us to eXer-
| else every care and to take ever pre-
caution against the introduction of any
| of these diseases into these Islands.
| 1t is a matter of congratulation that
at the present time we have the as
| surance that at least our children and
young people have been subjected to
vaccination thereby reducing the dan
| ger which might arise should small
| poX be introduced here
We should however, fear for the flu
ture, and prevent the possibility of a
recurrence of those terrible disasters
which have visited our country, more
| particularly in the years 1851 and 1881,
when large numbers of our native born
succumbed to this terrible disease.
I deem the several amendments to
| be inconsistent with the public inter
est.
SANFORD B. DOLE,
Executive Chamber, April II, 1901
1t was expected that the matter of
the Governors appointments would
J come up in the Senate yesterday after
noon, but after business was well un-
der way a motion to postpone until
| Friday obtained.
The special committee on Senate II,
to amend the pure food law reported
| two amendments and with it recon-
mended that the bill pass.
Mr.. Achi introduced a resolution de-
claring it to be the forty-eighth day