The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-04-11
.SOREHEADS
COMPLAIN
Leper Settlement
Complaints
Again.
REYNOLDS BACKED
By THE BOARD
Not Responsible TO the Legis-
lature for His
Acts.


were very much in evidence yesterday
at the meeting of the Board of Health
in the form of written kicks, petitions
requests and the minor other little
epistles which the lepers at Kalau-
papa and Kalawao seem to spend most
of their spare time in perpetrating
There were the usual complaints Of
Superintendent of the Settlement Rey-
nolds. kicks" about the alleged insult
ficiency of the food supplies and the
usual charges of discrimination. There
was fine assortment Of every class of
mail matter which could be considered
under the single head Of Childish
threats"
The result of the entire discussion
over the assortment of epistles was
that the Board fully sustained Super
intendent Reynolds and said that from
it's investigations they had confidence
in him. AS to the legislature and it's
Investigating committee. the Board
claimed it did not have to look to that
body for instructions, and neither did
Superintendent Reynolds need be re-
sponsible to the Legislature for his act3
as an employee of the Board Of Health.
He was responsible alone to the Board
and to no other body or persons.
President Raymond stated the posi-
ton of the Board with reference to the
acts of it's employees clearly and dis
tinctly. II the Legislature chose to ap-
point a committee to make an investi-
cation of the condition of affairs at the
Leper Settlement that right was no
doubt inherent. To make it's investiga-
tions fully the Superintendent should
have been subjected to a personal ex-
animation by that committee which 1t
had thus far failed to do, although CIV
en- every opportunity.
Mr. Reynolds stated to the Board that
he was and had always been ready at
any moment to go before a Legislative
committee in connection with the re-
cent inquiries instituted by that body
of solons but beyond answering a few
general questions at one of the Board
meetings he had heard nothing further
| from the committee. He courted an
! inquiry and was willing to have the
committee blaze away at him with as
many questions as it desired to put.
| The Superintendent said he had not
/ pressed the Board to accept his resig-
nation at once on account of his desire
to subject himself to an examination
on the charges made against him by
the lepers at the Settlement. Until
this was done he preferred to remain
as an employee of the Board. After
this examination he felt it the duty of
the Board to accept his resignation inn
mediately.
"The Board of Health will stand be-
hind you, Mr.. Reynolds said DIR. Ray
mond. .'The Board is entirely satisfied
with your work, and I would advise you
to stand pat" So Superintendent Rey-
nolds will stand pat" until the Legis-
Ilature or it's special committee evinces
a desire to have him face and answer
the charges now in the hands of the
tcommittee.
There were two petitions presented to
the Board which We're interesting in
that one of them was signed by large
number of lepers asking that Reynolds
be discharged as incompetent. The
other signed by a larger number of
lepers, stated that they did not know
of anything against Mr.. Reynolds, eth
er as a man or as the Superintendent,
and they requested the Board not to
accept his resignation but to continue
him in his office. as he was entirely sat-
isfactory to them. If majority rules
, in any case, the majority of the lepers
) at the Settlement are in favor of the
retention of Reynolds as the Superin-
tendent. Both petitions were laid or
the table.
Following is the petition calling fol
Reynolds resignation:
The undersigned lepers living at Kalau
papa and Kalawao, Molokai. do humbly
ask that c.. B. Reynolds be removed
from the position Of superintendent and
W. j. Feary from the position of as.
sistant superintendent Of the Leper Set
I tlement, for the following reasons:
i l. Requests of lepers to the superfn
Itendent or his assistant for repairs t.
houses, water pipes, ETC., are not com
piled with.
2. Bulky parcels belonging to lepers ar
not sent to their houses from the ware
4 house.
e 3. Public works of the Settlement from
| WaikoIu to Kalaupapa are not beins
looked after by the superintendent or hi
iassistant, from day to day.
. 4. The assistant superintendent is In
: capable of properly supervising any worl
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