The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-04-12
THE DEFENSE
Of P|NKHAM
He Opens it With a
Criticism of Senator
Achi,

In his argument submitted in his
tee considering the Achi resolution
asking the Governor to remove Pink
ham from the Presidency of the Board
! of Health, that official begins with the
! following reference to the chairman of
the investigating committee:
The President of the Board of
| Health would be remiss in his public
| duty should he fail to call attention to
! the manifest improperly of Senator
Achi passing judgment on the evidence
before you
| The Senator's own acts are under
| review. He has attempted to restrict
| evidence. and has been examined as a
witness. In giving his testimony, the
transcript of which L call your atten-
| ton to on pages 161-170, he prejudged
| the whole case by assertions then and
| there made. The Senator has laid him
self open to grave suspicion of ute
rior motives
| Pinkham then goes on to show that
| he exercised no authority over Super
| intendent McVeigh at the Settlement,
and says:
THE attention of the committee is
further directed to the fact that no
specific act, or specific failure to act is
alleged in the resolution; that the
charges made are general and indef-
mite, and do not constitute a proper
or legal basis for investigation or judg-
ment.
THE President of the Board of
Health submits the committee can ar
rive at but one conclusion, to wit:
that the charges against the President
ID e
tanned and recommend that the COM
mittee be discharged.
1T appears, however, that Senators
Achi and Lane went far beyond the
limits of right or discretion when they
gave written orders from the Superin-
tendent's house, without consulting
any officer connected with the Settle
ment. These officers could easily have
been found as they were in the imme-
date vicinity
You will note from the testimony of
Antoine Manuel and j. K. Waiamau
that Representative Mahelona positive
ly and persistently interfered with the
duties of the officer in charge at the
landing and dictated concerning the en-
trance of the people to the Settlement.
Representative Fernandez testified,
Representative Mahelona and himself
assisted the landing of seven or eight
boats.
THE conclusion is inevitable that
the officers at the Settlement were fore
ed to receive visitors from the Kinau
against their best judgment, based on
the knowledge of the landing at Ka-
laupapa, but, being forced, did all in
their power to be courteous and make
the best of an unexpected situation,
primarily caused by the elements
Finally the individual cases of in
fraction of the rules, as shown by the
testimony, are quoted, whereupon the
following summary is given:
The above cited Gases, the only
ones that can be verified by witnesses
examined show that three persons
holding corral permits violated the
law of segregation and that two of the
three forced the viola ton while drunk.
The five other violations were by
four members of the Legislature. one
member of the Board of Health, ana
one lady who had inside permits. They
We're beyond control, and We're sup
posed to be on their honor.
Five other persons state they saw
violations but in only one case could
the violation be described