Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-12-08
GOVERNORS ADDRESS
TALKS ON HAWAII and
AMERICA AT Y. NJ. {. A.
OUR $4,000 PEOPLE SHOULD BE
INCREASED TO HALF A MIL
LION - LAND SYSTEM
GOOD

Governor Carter last night addressed
the Thursday Evening Club at the
Y. NJ. G. A. lie was introduced by Pres
ident Horne of the Kamehamahs
| schools.
The Governor said, in part:
when the question of speaking to
you was first proposed to me | had
just written letter to the President OF
the United States and figured out that
by the time that letter reached here
and Congress convened and the Presi.
dents message had gone to Congress
IL would be about the time that you
would meet. At the time that | wrote
that letter, | had an intuition that tho
message would contain the request
made in that letter. ! had 4 feeling
somehow. that the message would con
tain it.
1T is said that the most occult sci
entists. the most profound thinkers
have been unable to explain fully the
workings OF the mind and the phe
nomena that influence 1t, and we all
have probably had iutuitions of some
thing which took place later. You can
call 1t mental telegraphy. teepathy OF
what you wish. but we know II exists
| have had this feeling once or twice
before. OF one of which II Is perhaps
proper to speak. 1t was almost two
years ago when Governor Dole in
formed me that was expected to make
an inaugural address. Mr.. Dole said
that must outline my policy. | could
have dropped when he told me that and
| told him 1t was all off, that II | had
TO deliver an inaugural address would
not be Governor. But you know that
way Of his. He just smiled and said
the program would have to be carried
out. But, anyhow, finally came TO
take up the duties of Governor
AS | considered the grave response.
bilities on my shoulders, | thought OF
what great benefit 1t would be II the
government Of the United States would
undertake the study of leprosy.
AT the time ! undertook the task,
did not know how to 50 at 1t. had
never undertaken anything of that
kind before. So | turned the whole
thing over to the Board of Health and
suggested that II draw the matter to
the attention of the Medical AssoCia
ion. The Medical Association passed
resolutions in favor of 1t and sent .
delegate TO the National Medical Asso
citation about to meet at Atlantic City.
DR.. Cooper was that delegate and ne
did his work splendidly. They passed
unanimously a resolution urging upon
Congress to make an appropriation for
the study Of leprosy. II had gone out
of my hands and into the hands OF 9th.
ers. II was taken before Congress by
the chairman OF the Public Health
committee and the bill was introduced,
u had written q number of letters TO
public men. | told them that this APP
preparation might lead to the discovery
by American skill OF the cure to u dis.
ease as old as the human race"
| Governor Carter then paid high
tribute to the work of Americans who
have come here.
Uncle Sam never turns back" said
the Governor. He Is never willing to
make a failure. The President of the
United States will not permit a failure
upon the part OF the United States in
their policy in regard to Hawaii II
would not do to permit financial fail
ure here. There are those who would
say the cockey Yankee with his repre-
sentative form Of government has done
what we always said he would. he has
failed. The United States is not going
to do anything Of that sort. The Pres
ident of the United States will not per.
init 1t and 1t Is our duty to help to pre-
vent 1t and to help the American gov
srnment to prevent 1t and we are going
TO do our duty"
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