The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1902-04-18

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Isolated place. that NJ would 10 unjust
o. hnii him responsible fUf furh 500
struetion ~ statute ns trained la'-
Ser would give A.
Putting Mihiia in comparatively
safk cell ana dspfiylnr him - Dol 10
q punishment fOr not Cunfe.sirg. ~
for mn offense ~ which ho had not been
convicted. vsa an outrage upon the
Fundamental principles uf Anglo-eahon
liberty.
Waiamsu beers an honest name. lis
II man of good rcput". We MINK nc
tries to DO his duty. according - nv
lights Neither he nor Tho j1lor ap-
pcarod 60 be- conscious ~ wront doing
As most natives would have done un-
der like Circumstance they looked 1"
the white men In ChartD OF the settle
meut. and took their imrress. Making
allowance for their subordinate post
tious. ana FOR native CharaCteristCf,
we think they hre less In fault than
Mr.. Reynolds, and much less In fau.t
than Or oliver. They are, perhaps.
as well qualified FOR their respe tive
positions as any persons who can BE-
found I'm the settlement to succeed
them We believe that the eensure
expressed in this report viii teach
them a lesson and serve the purposes
Of humanity and good government
quite as well as their dirmissaL
We think that Mr.. Reynolds and DR..
Oliver should be Judged by more Sc
we're standards. They are the men in
charge. responsible to the Territorial
government and to humanity for such
help and comfort as can be gwen 10
nearly nine hundred human beings iso-
lated from FL the world and slowly
dying from a loathsome disease. They
are the men to whom the Board OF
Health. the attorney general, and all
departments Of the Territorial govern
ment rightfully look FOR fun and rel-
able infoI nation In regard To condl-
| tons in this Isolated and inaccessible
/ lazaretto.
We have absolute confidence in Mr..
Reynolds honesty and honor and com
mend his dligcT: and Jealous efforts
To administer the affairs of the settle
ment well: but IL seems to us that
his neglect to ascertain more carefully
MIX las condition when his attention
was called to 1t. was incXcusable, and
that his lamentahly bad judgment on
that occasion calls FOR severe eensure.
We are forced to the conclusion, not
| only that DR.. oliver neglected Mihla,
| but also that he has neglected his work
IN other respects. He has shirked
grave professional duties, delegating
! them to = leper who has had no medi-
/ T.. ~. 10 "a
worth mentioning. There is no other
| place on earth where leprosy can be
| studied so advantageously as at the
| leper settlement on holokai The
physician stationed there. il he can rise
to his opportunities. has good pros
poets OF world wide fame. We hnd
| that DR.. Oliver deserves very severe
! CensuIe.
Respectfully submitted,
This 1ith day of April, 1902.
! (Sisned) T.. Il. DOLE,
| WM, l.. MOORE.
j. S. B. PRATT.
TIE committee is n unit in regard to
the findings of fact and the recon-
mendations set forth in the foregoing
report. As there is "A difference OF
opinion in regard to the measures nee
essary to be taken, II has been Thought
best that each member should express
his views in a supplemental report
Report Of Attorney GeneraI and Dr
w. l.. Moore:
We have tried TO reconcile our con
sciences to recommendation that Mr.,
Reynolds and Dr. Oliver be censured
and retained. We cannot do 1t.
While we gladly bear testimony to
Mr. Reynolds upright character and
loyal services, his neglect on this oc-
casion was inexCusable or worse, and
will. we believe, SO shake public conn
denCc in his administration of the lep-
er settlement, and SO weaken his inhu-
enCe and authority there. az to make
Il change OF superintendents unavoid-
able in the near future. We think his
resiG nation, rendered some months ago
I should be accepted, TO take effect or
the appointment of his successor.
We think the evidence proves that
on many occasions DR. Oliver has
shamefully neglected his duties and
that the interests OF humanity demand
his retirement.
Respectfully submitted this lith day
Signed T.. L. DOLE,
W. l.. MOORE;
Minority report OF Dr. J. S, B. Pratt:
/ agree with the supplemental report
uf the majority OF the committee in re-
gard to the case or Dr Ollver, but am
unable to do so in the case of Nr,
Reynolds. While | consider that he
committed a grave mistake in not re-
moving Mikila, when requested to Do
so by the medical superintendent OF
the settlement. l do not consider thai
his not doing so Is sufficient cause tc
call for his resignation.
Respectfully submitted this l4th day
of April, 1902.
(Signedl j. :. B. PRATT.
, Upon motion Of +. A. Mott-Smith
! the report was accepted and the rec
. concentrations made by the committe
E We're adopted.
ELECTION OF SUCCESSOR.
, ! The question OF a successor 10 M
4 Reynolds was then taken up, the super
!, intendent signifying his Willingness I
I step out on May first or earlier If !
The hpH rl's convenience ADnli