The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1904-04-05

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) when he was appointed, was accepted
by Governor Carter yesterday after.
noon. This happened after the Gov
ernor had received from DR.. Cooper q
letter replying to his communication &c
the president and members of the BOARD
this letter DIR. Cooper stated that the
communication just mentioned would
be considered at a meeting of the Board
to be held at p. m. yesterday.
The situation is now peculiar. At the
meeting yesterday afternoon, attended
by all the members except the Attorney
General it was the unanimous senti-
ment that DR.. Cooper's treatment by
Governor Carter was unfair and I'M
called for The other members not only
made no move toward resigning their
seats, but they strongly urged DR.. Coop
err to retain his membership, which he
holds by commission from Governor
Dole. When his resignation as pres
ident was put into effect by Governor
Carter, he had not yet received his COM
mission for the Office, it having been
in allegiance pending confirmation by
the Senate. This fact of itself was talk
en- by the Board as making the Gov
ernor's action appear so much the more
abrupt.
DR.. Cooper had not given a decided
answer to his colleagues about retain
ing his membership when the meeting
adjourned.
1t was an executive session, but an
Advertiser reporter who returned to the
place of meeting by appointment with
DIR. Mays was invited to be present
some time before the close. In the
meantime DR.. Mays had submitted a
written statement of the Boards posi-
ton to his colleagues, by whom it was
approved and permitted for publication.
This document is printed herewith and
contains the substance of much that
was stated at the meeting in presence
of the reporter.
DR.. Cooper mentioned, with regard
to the general desire that he remain on
the Board as a member, that for some
time past he had contemplated retir-
ing, yet in view of the unanimous con-
fidence in him expressed by his col
leagues he doubted if it was proper for
him to resign while they We're all under
fire together. When the disposition to
adjourn became manifest, DR.. Cooper
reminded the members that he would
mot be their presiding officer at next
meeting.
unanimous vote of thanks to the retir- |
ing president recognizing his ability |
and courtesy as such and his great SER
vices to the Board and the community. |
DR.. Cooper, replying briefly, mentioned
with satisfaction the work accomplish
ed in organizing the city sanitary SER
vice and the starting of new buildings
for the Insane Asylum.
DR.. Mays remarked on the fact that
the Board fed and cared for 1900 sick
people on Molokai, besides having
inmates, and remarks were general
around the table that the Board had
made greater reductions than most of
the other departments. The Board of
Education was specially mentioned as
having made no reduction of specific
salaries other than the voluntary one of
its head.
Those present at the meeting We're
DR.. C. b. Cooper, Fred. c. Smith, Mark |
p. Robinson, DIR. w. IL. Mays, John
c. Lane and Il. c. Winston.
As the situation exists the Board of |
Health is without an executive head |
and none can be appointed from out
side of the membership, which is linn |
tied by statute TO two physicians, four
laymen and the Attorney General ex-
ohleio. With regard TO the presidents
office, one of the things mentioned yes
terday was that the law does not re-
qulre the president To give his fun time
to the duties of the office, Or, Cooper
stated that he had regularly devoted
-four hours day to the business of the
Board stress was laid by members
on the fact that the president was per-
forming the duties of the former essc-
ulire oiiieer az the same salary, so that
no increase of expense ensued when the
presidents olliea Nas made a saiaried
one