The Hawaiian gazette., 1901-04-19
WILLIAM WHITE
NiCltOl.Ae ntfssEt.-


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WILLIAM WHITE
NICHOLAS Russell
April Is lPol
Tho bills torether with the toport.
wore deferred Tor consideration until
next Monday.
Mr. Arhf's reaoiuftop ~ vast,ri.v al
declare that date the lSfb dav W "a,
session was laid ON tho tnbie alto. con.
siderable discussion.
The Goycrnor's veto or fbe nptt-y1r.
ciration bill was fhrn taken m aud NJ
baldwin moved tt,t tho yat, bo et,s.
tnIned
Mr.. baldwin s7ii TINT owe, row wa
have smalpox aU around MS Tho
President 81 the Board or Health had
wisely denied the landing OF troor-
from infected snIus ana that n vacclu1
ton was 90 be done away with. this. mt
least. was a poor time for such action.
Mr. ] r. Brown WINS seriously ouuas-
ed to the Governors veto I'm this case
and urged that I'm the past vaccination
had not been carried out without dis
elimination. favor.tigm had been prac-
tircd IN the schools and he had seen
discrimination where the white chill
dren Of a school had been sent home
while the native children had been kent
and vaccinated, Willingly or unwilling
ly. This should not be; the rich espe-
cially had been allowed to escape
There We're other things II had been
said that the native race would all be
dead within the next fifty years. Such
allegations made the natives suspicious.
Now in the matter of vaccination the
Hawaiians refuse to he ordered to go
to a certain physician. In cases ply
sicians have advised the natives to re-
fuse to be vaccinated; these doctors
have afterwards been appointed to
places by the Board of Health and have
then insisted on every native being vac
cinated. This was inconsistent.
Mr. C. Brown pointed out that while
all white children were yaccinated in
early childhood the native children were
not. He cited his own case and thought
such facts EXPLAINED the alleged dis
ordinations complained Of He said
there was truth in the charge that
leprosy in the past had been caused by
and stated that he believed
from one-half to two-thirds of the
leprosy in Hawaii was due to yaccina
ton as performed in the old times.
Since then. however IT was imnortant
to point out, as DIR. Russell had stated
that the method of vaccination had
changed. Vaccine virus
was now obtained from the scientific
farms of Australia and it was now
from there all over the world.
BY the modern method il was impos-
sible to inoculate anyone with an in
fictitious disease. In CITY like Ho-
nolulu every child should be vaccinated
for SMALLPOX. and he wished TO point
out that the epidemic of smallpox in
SOB had been imported through a suit /
If old clothes purchased from a mem
Der of the crew of a vessel The more .
gnorant natives, the Chinese and the .
japanese We're as n rule. opposed to .
'acrinati ton; but in this instance he be- .
ieved that the ounce Of prevention was .
worth pound of cure and he would .
therefore, support the veto of the Gov
,rnor.
Mr.. Kalauokalani thought that the
bill was n good one.
lie believed that vacci~ alton should be
eft to the choice of the people; every
reeman should be allowed to do as he
wishes. He was in favor of vaccina-
ion. Force no man in this matter
Where opinions differ the majority
luSl THl"'. Inc mag lty OF tne peO- ,
Re wait this bill passed. II the people
SIX for bread shall we give them
tone: If they ask '~- flesh SHAH we
I've them a serpent? Let us follow
he doctrine of Christ. If the proposed
aw does not prove good one 1t can be {
epealeu at the next session; but do (
OF throttle 1t now like the Dispensary 1
III lor the passage OF this bill Is de- 1
handed by the native people.
Mr.. Baldwin said he had canvassed {
Taui during the the campaign and had :
card nothing of the vaccination oues-
on at any of the native meetings and I
o one on Maui had yet asked the re- :
loval of the present vaccination law. p
Mr.. Carter quoted the outlook" on I
ne capability of the Hawailans for .
alf-government, and in reply to .
uestion by Mr.. White admitted that p
he Outlook was a missionary newspa- ;
err. daughter +
Mr. Kanuha said that none of the