The Hawaiian gazette., 1901-04-02

merce and travel. That II did here /
10 not intend TO crticise or make any
statement on that subject; simply want
TO point out that the San Francisco
handling ~ he matter was not con-
sp racy Of silence.
Or Raymond. ! happened to be In San
Francisco at the time, and was present
lt the meeting OF the Academy Of Mcdi-
cine, and heard the report and took part
in the discussion on the subject Of plague
30 San Francisco and examined slides
and specimens. and ! beg TO d.ffer with
YOU ON the 20 Mt. as YOU call Il, the con-
sp'racy part OF H. The noard Of Hoa th
d.d all In their power TO expose those
cases not only 1T the meeting that / at
tended personally, taking part In the
discus Ion. hut in every way that they
possibly could. and the Governor of Cali
fornia I'm consultation with the editors oi
the papers Of San + 'anc'sco agreed, with
the exception 81 one. and that was the
Examiner. 20 suppress the whole mat
ter. ! happen 10 know that.
Mr. George W Smith: There Is no
conspiracy Of silence here, as tho gentle
man seems 10 infer. what we wished to
do was TO keep the information out of
the paper untl pos tive diagnosis was
made
DR. Raymond; Not In the least.
Mr.. Rhodes: DO not understand me as
cr'tic'zing the acts of the Board of
Heath Friday night
DR. Emerson 10 Or. Raymond: You
were not here Saturday morning. / was
the only other member not present at
that meeting hut from what I have
heard q have hoaru full reports Of the
mnotinr), ard with the views of the
Roard MS rcuros.ntpd there, | am In fun
sympathy. ! endorse what they did. and
the final action. I have no doubt the
votes would have been unanimous. From
my long acquaintance with the differ
ent members II the Board I have arduir-
ed such confidence IN them that ! always
feel as lf it was "a very unusual thing:
1t Is the fact that 1t Is a very unusual
thing TO disagree. not only in fact but
in opinion I'm regard to the questions
that have been decided. and therefor" !
dcs'r" to state that 7 agree entirely with
the action Of the Board taken at that
time. I thought this statement was due
from one who was not present at that
meeting.
Mr.. Hoogs: on behalf of the Star. I
state by authority for the paper from
what ! have listened to here TODAY and
from your words and Mr.. Smiths words.
it appears that the Board OF Health
seems to have little fight on with the
local press; that we are n gang OF knock
ers and that we are trying to injure you
a matter of fact, the respectable newspa-
pcrs here, among which I class the Star,
do not want to lnjure YOU people or in
Jure the city. l think that this last
plague case has been handled very care
fully indeed by the majority of papers.
The Star had an editorial last night; |
don't know whether you people took eX-
ception to It or not. but as matter Of
fact the spirit that prompted It was a
Kind one towards the Board of Health be-
cause / happened to know the inner
workings of the Friday night meeting
at the newspaper offices, although | got
it in confidence and we We're not allow
ed to publish it, And the story of The
Star was the faithful work of four men,
and their instructions were to get every
thIne as carefully and as correctly as
possible: that we We're not to blow the
thing M as sensation; that as n mat
ter Of fact we wanted to throw It down If
II was possinie th'nE. me Star uoes
"ot wan W aPPttf cap,'ous anu we
arr |" nav aho'nrr PlaRue ep'uenllc'
WY our Wlper WI 40 everything we
can 70 aIu tle bo"ru Oh ieatn as ions
az .ntN u" lhr,r ",tN IN ons'hess-lN e
way 10 help 'he lily at the Same time
Mr.. Il. =. Dole: Mr. President, when
the Board was called together Saturday
morning about l o'clock. 1t was under
stood that perhaps a hundred people
Knew Oh lIllS case. lnHl even at lilhC ear
~ hour In the morning rumors We're fly
ing like widtlre through the town. ru'
mors OF the most exaggerated character
and 1t was understood by the Board that
If the statement was not made that sen
sational statements would be made In
some OF the papers; at any rate. that II
was an impossihilitv to keep the matter
quiet until the truth could be known. It
was felt hv all the members Of the Board
present that 1t was great pitv to have
the story known until 1t could be asccr-
tanned whether II was plague or Typhoid
pneumonia, hut that could not be helpe1.
And 1t was felt nv the members Of tho
Board present unanimously that to avoid
a panicky feeling In the communifT, and
prevent w'lu' eNaeeerhteu rumors' 'ne
onHt ln'tE TO 90 was p"rhapS VIM II u,
ai"aNs rest 10 90, 10 teil the truth ana
" was u'."' "er'rui,,t " 'he oeS' N"o"i'
edRe 'hat the boaru hau'
Now. I suggest In regard to this Mr..