Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-10-31
Democrats and Opinions
On Governm't Physicians

Editor Evening Bulletin:-In a re.
cent issue of your paper, | see that
you challenge any man who has bolt
ed from the Republican to the Demo-
cratic party to point out any acts com
mitted by Governor Carter and the
Republican party in the Territory OF
Hawaii to justify the change.
know of one case where the change
was made. because the Governor told
an utterly false story concerning the
Government physician Of Waimea,
South Kohala. to the legislators. This
was for the purpose of inducing them
10 agree to the abolition Of the Gov
eminent physicians" The story was
printed In your issue of April 18th.
1903, headed: ''Dr. Atcherley Elk
plains:
That poor native boy came to Dr.
Atcherley for medicine for his wife.
who was seriously III at Humuula tHi.
lo) and the doctor refused TO give him
the medicine till he paid for II, al.
though the doctor was in receipt of
1925 month salary and the boy only
$50 month from the ranch.
This succeeded in turning the leg.
islators In the desired direction-as
well II might. He even forced the
bill ahead. giving those members who
knew the doctor and the story to be
most likely false. no opportunity to
investigate; and the doctor no chance
TO contradict.
Whereas the true account of the
story will show that the poor native
the patients husband-was haolc,
team owner, and one who had been
, working on the Government roads.
hauling, etc, and receiving S725 q
day lsec books of Road Board. South
| Kohala). a sum three times the doc.
tors pay at that time:-April 3oth,
1913. Pay for Government physician.
South Kohala. fifty (s50D dollars a
month. and not sl25, as told by Gov
crnor Carter. That this haolc did
not come himself but sent his Japan
ese servant. That the doctor had
been treating he and his family for
six miles away. That just previous
this man was under treatment him.
self for some time, the result of a
deep wound In the back of the thigh.
where he was gored by wild boar
while trying to catch one on the Par.
kcr ranch, and where his life was also
endangered by the great amount Of the
loss of blood He was owing the doc.
tor and had not paid his former bill;
consequently when Ton April 30th) he
sent his servant for more asthma rem.
edy for his wife. the doctor remarked
ually treating people from other dis.
tricts for nothing, especially when
they can afford to pay. Alfred Carter
spoke to the doctor In behalf of the
man. but when asked that the ranch
pay the doctor some sort of support
80 that people from all districts can
, he treated without any complaints. and
that common humanity began at home
as the doctor could not support his
family on the small amount of $50 the
Government was paying him a month.
Mr.. Carter went away wiser than when
he first approached the doctor on the
subject, However, Governor Carter
succeeded In his revenge on the Ha.
waiians by doing away with what lit
tie the Government was giving their
INDECENT sick. but at the same time
Governor Carter might have used
! some other means to gain 1t, instead
OF committing false stories against the
clean record Of an honest man." as
his tool. Furthermore. II, as he be.
lieyed was true. the sin Of one man Ii
not supposed to be visited on the men
Of other districts. etc.
II We examine carefully Governor
Carriers manner OF procedure We shall
see that his real object of cutting
down expenses was to do away with