The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-06-01
MossMAN HAS OBJECTIONS TO
IT.
Remarkable Reasons for the Objections.
House Suddenly Develops Taste for
Work-Emmeluth on Plumbing.

! The well known quotation from
Horace Mann, Lost, somewhere be-
tween sunrise and sunset, two golden
hours, each set with sixty diamond
minutes was applied to the House of
Representatives this morning. For
, two hours the welkin was made to
ring with fervid eloquence, and when
the Mouse adjourned Itself for the noon
recess, all that had been accomplished
might be expressed by a zero.
Mossman, chairman of the Commit
tee on Public Health, filed the majori-
| ty renort of that committee. A minori-
/ ty report, by Gilfillan, who objects to
some of the minor details of the work
passed upon, will be made in a few
days.
Mossman took occasion, in handing
in the document, to swing an axe at
a lively rate, but no harm was done.
He also astonished the house by a
speech roasting doctors, in which he
| displayed the idea that post mortems
were supposed to be for the good of the
deceased subjects thereof. 1t was one
of Mossman's longest efforts.
A petition brought in by Representa-
| tive Gilfillan, to consider favorably an
appropriation which would cover the
expenses of an exhibition at Charleston,
South Carolina, was referred to the
! Committee on Finance for more de-
! tailed consideration.
Gilfillan then moved that the Cover
nor's estimate be read the third time
and passed. A conference committee,
composed of members from the Senate
could then consider the matter, and
arrange the matter of salaries perma-
nently.
| Mahoe said there was a report on the
| table from the Public Lands Commit
! tee to be considered That should be
taken up first. Makekau declared that
the Board of Health also had report
to make, and made motion to allow
/ the same to be read. The motion was
carried.
Mossman then read an article from
la morning paper, in which the finances
of the Board of Health were criticised
The expenses of that department had
been given in a lump sum.
He' launched forth on a philippe
against what he considered existing
evils of the Board of Health.
THE City Sanitary officer. of Homo
lulu" said he, spins about the city
in his buggy, and goes to his office and
makes out his report. His helper does
all the hard work. The head officer
tells him that complainant so-and-so is
afflicted by such and such disease
| The assistant, who is a man of expert
ence, mixes his medicines accordino'v.
The hardest thing the city sanitary Off
Ger does is to draw his salary.
I'VE are having too many new ideas
introduced these days anyhow" con-
tinued Mossman. THE physicians en-
ployed by the public delight in cutting
a man up Just to see what is the mat
ter with him. Why, they are even cut
ting up people who are dead! What
good does that do? Absolutely none.
Cutting open the dead cannot restore
them to life. The best place for a
dead man is in his grave, not on a
physicians operating table, undergoing
a rigorous post mortem examination" "
Continuing, the speaker talked
on the reducing of the wages paid
to the scavengers. The sanitary COM
missioners, said Mossman. were guilty
of malfeasance in office. While they
were employed by the territory to see
that property holders kept their nlaces
in order, in order to increase their in
come, these same property holders
were allowed for a fee, to keep their
as dirty as they desired. In the Ke-
walo district, the inspectors threatened
the poor people with arrest because
they did not accomplish imnossible
things.
Mossman, who is chairman of the
Committee on Public Health, said that
! he and his constituents had made their
report after much care and delibera-
ton. Since the House had intrusted
the committee to make the report the
same should be passed without dis
senting vote.
Gilfillan asked that the House ad-
journ until Monday in order that he
might reply to Mossman, who had
spoken for an hour without saying any
| thing.
After several minutes of debate. aim
less and rambling, Emmeluth made q
motion to adjourn which was lost.
Emmeluth then proceeded to criticise
the report, especially that portion
, which had to do with the plumbing
1t would not be right to accept the
report of any one man, or set of men
when they had made such declarations
as they had, namely, that the Sewer
Inspector was the man who dropned
. the sewer pipes in place, and then wen
home. Emmeluth said the Sewer In.
spector did not attend to such things
motion followed to table the repor
but it was lost by a vote of 9 to 10.
motion to take a recess until o'clocl
was made, and carried.
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