The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-04-01

.5,ca AS matter of courtesy to
- hodv recognizing them as the law
.,at,ars in authority (and as such we re-
lnert them), and in confronting this
condition that, to my mlno' as SAID
,gs1re is a very serious one, it is neces-
-. fn,. as to have the confidence of ev-
man woman and child, that we may
f,itbfullv serve the pubic.
,,-i++ raoard TO the newspaper notorie-
,,a,, may form your own opinions as
-. tho wisdom of publishing anything on
~, subject or not. The policy of the
r5,o,,I has been TO watch every case of
;,I,,,see that has been reported to it, to
r,al,a a pOst-mortem of every death, ev-
,,,. bodv that has been reported by per-
-ous who applied for burial permits; and
Were we found them unattended,
rost-mortem examination has been made
If every case for no other purpose than
T -, determine the cause of death. ALWAYS
having {, mind a possibility of the re-
''rI5ascence of the disease that we suf-
fred under last year. Legitimate dis
,ussion will be in order this afternoon,
bUt as I said before I wish to state the
position Of the Board of Health plainly
n the press and plainly to the Legisla-
ture.
we are willing to do our duty from
st.,rt 10 finish: we are willing to serve
.
without compensation; we are willing to
do all that is required of any man, and I
submit TO YOU as man to man that when
an intelligent press comes out and Will
fies honest men, ISLANDERS them by the ar
ticIes that were written within the past
few DAYS betraying their confidence al
together, forcing them to make a state
rnent that they We're reluctant to make
for no other reason than to protect this
~
fair-minded man would take exceptions
TO IT: and 1 have been given to under
stand that several of my friends here.
metabers of the Board of Health, have
rendered their designations to the Gov
ernor.
We want to state plainly that if we
have your confidence we will work, AMI
work earnestly. If we have not your
confidence if you are going to throw
mud at us, If you are going to viify us,
if you are going to call us thieves, and
report or give the public the impression
that we are going to put our hands IN
peOple's pockets, we are going to step
down and out and give you an open door
and the privilege of appointing those
that YOU have confidence In.
Doctor Carmichael, you saw that case
on Thursday last, did you?
DR.. Carmichael: I saw il.
Mr.. Dole: Friday night.
DIT Raymond: Friday night. You are
the representative of the United States
Government, are you not?
Or. Carmichael: I am.
Or. Raymond: In the Marine Hospital
Service?
DR. Carmichael: Yes; chief quarantine
officer.
DR. Raymond: May ask what your
attitude will he with regard to this case
or what you think of tnat case, or what
your diagnosis was in the case, or what
you suspect as being the cause of death :?
Dr. Carmichael: 7 was called to see the
case. to attend the post-mortem, rather
about half past eight Friday evening
went out there in company with DR.
Wood. DR.. Hoffman,. DR.. Mays and DR..
Pratt After the post-mortem examina-
ton and the hasty staining and exami~-
ing of the samples that we took from the
spleen glands. the opinion was general
that it was very suspicious, and the
post-mortem appearances were Identical
with the cases we mad last year. OF
course, it will be wise to withhold a pos
tive opinion until you hear from the
cultures that were planted that night,
and I think after that that a decision
can be very readily reached.
Now as to the attitude: If there is
ONLY ONE SPORADIC CASE, THERE
WILL BE NO RESTRICTIVE MEAS
URES WHATEVER. The case, as I I'M
derstand 1t q have kept in touch with
DR.. PratD, has been handled very care
fully The woman was removed to the
Japanese Hospital. Her surroundings
were removed and disinfected not once,
but three times. Am I right?
DIR. Pratt: Yes, sir.
DR.. Carmichael: And the place where
CHI nd no
thoroughly disinfected and the body was
removed with my permission to the quar-
antine island and cremated. Now that
disposes of the case so far as we know.
If there are no more cases, there will be
no more action taken by me, and there
will be no quarantine restrictions placed
upon the port.
There is statement in the Republican
this morning totally unauthorized by me,
that 1 had threatened to quarantine the
port of Honolulu If you announce that
case as one of bubonic plague. I can
tell YOU honestly, gentlemen, that I new
er said any such thing. never made
any such statement of that character TO
anybody
Or. Raymond: You all understand DR..
Carmlchael's remarks: that he is inclin-
ed to treat us fairly; he Is inclined TO do
all in his power to assist US in every
way. and as I stated moment ago, If
this question Is given undue publicity
and the country suffers and the COM
merce Of the country suffers; 1t will be
the fault of the press. If we are con-
! fronted with the serious condition of af-
fairs. 1t will be necessary for the Legis-
iature to consider the matter, the way
that II should be. It will be necessary
for us 70 have means of combating the
disease and II is for that reason that I
called YOU here this afternoon. to acz
quaint you with the case, the emergen-
cy, and to inform you that so far as
the Board Of Health goes, we stand
ready to do our duty; but If, as I said
= moment ago, we do not have the con-
hdence Of you gentlemen, why we are
willing to give way to those in whom
you have more confidence.
The policy of the Board of Health IN
this matter will be to disregard altoget1-
er the undue criticism of the press-of
publicity so far as the work of the
Board goes; 1t would not influence US IN
any way; we will do our duty as long as
we are IN the office. But I ask the
question, what good IS 1t going to do
'hls country for the press to resort to
zeAoW Journalism and throw mud at the
Board Of Health? I am talking plainly,
man to man, with every one of you.
Now, our policy will be to work hard