The Hawaiian gazette., 1905-03-31

ABOUT Hity pei Cent OF I
Q the people who came ashore
3 at Kalaupapa from Homo
3 lulu were under the influ- =
3 ence Of liquor. That was =
q the whole cause of the &
4 trouble. Extract from the 2
< testimony Of Superinten- I?
I dent McVeigh before the 2
( Achi committee last night. o
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President Pinkham of the Board of
Health caught Tartar when he put
Senator Achi on the witness stand last
night. The Achi committee to conduct
an investigation under the resolution
calling for the removal of the Board
of Health President, met in the Sem
ate Chamber, and the committee closed
its case with the testimony of a couple
of women who testified that they had
gone to the Settlement under permits
allowing them to land and to go into
the corral, and had then broken the
segregation laws and wandered about
the Settlement pretty much as they
pleased after landing.
at is the same old thing" Pink
ham said to pickey while the second Of
these witnesses was being examined.
"This is all admitted"
Pinkham's first witness was G. E.
Brown, whose testimony was princi-
pally as to the roughness of the sea
and the difficulty of landing. He had
landed himself by permission of Carlos
Long and Fernandez after Pinkham
had refused him permission. The Off
GERS of the steamer declined to take
the responsibility of allowing people
tolgo ashore. He considered that the
legislative committee had full power
as to the landing. Nobody on shore
had taken ur his permit, in proof of
which statement he produced it. He
had seen no kissing or embracing
among the clean and the unclean, but
had seen Handwriting. Had shaken
hands with some himself.
Pinkham introduced the following. let
tiers from Captain Clarke of the Wilder
Company, and from Purser Beckley of
the Kinau:
STATEMENT OF CAPT. CLARKE
Honolulu, March %, 1905.
L. E. Pinkham, President of Board of
Health, Honolulu, 7. H.
Dear Sir: Sunday morning last al
a. m. at Kaulapapa, Molokai, Capt
Naopala, Purser Beckley and myself
protested to you against any attempt
to land, as the tremendous surf rem
dered such an attempt extremely dan
gerous. :.
Upon your insisting on yourself
alone taking the chances, l still pro
testing, ordered boat No. l lowered
which was successful in making thu
landing.
Yours very truly,
i. X. CLARKE,
Captain, S. s. Kinau.
STATEMENT OF GEO. @. BECKLEY
am purser of >. S. Kinau.
1 was on that vessel at Kalaupapa
Molokai on Sunday, the 10Th day o
March.
/ am and have been for thirty-fiv,
years acquainted with the landing a
that place, as well as the weather. con
ditions.
1t often happens that the weather i
such that landing cannot be made, ant
frequently for DAYS at time.
The sea was such on morning o.
March 10th that it was deemed advis
able to send out boat with Captain
Naopala in command to ascertain i
it were possible to land passengers
This was done, and Capt. Naopala re
turned and stated that it was impos
sible to land passengers The boat wa
hoisted and hung on the davits.
The officers of the Kinau refused Il
be in anyway responsible for landing
single person, and maintained tina
position all day.
Toward n. m. the President of tn
Board of Health came to me and SAT-
he intended to try to land if he coul'
get boat.
To this l most earnestly protested
stating the chances were so great.
against being able to land safely tina
he would be taking his life in his owl
hands. / went so far as to use a
strong protests as lay in my power
In answer to his question, If lif
preserver would not save him if tn
boat capsized, / said: "No, you viii
be dashed to pieces on the rocks"
He replied: "It did not make nue.
difference if he did lose his life, an
that he was going ashore if he coul
. get u DUdl anu VItN. NdPt' Nidi "a
furnished the President of the Boar
of Health a boat and crew and he wen
ashore, taking Henry Meyer. He sue
ceeded in landing. have known o
parties being landed at Kalaupapa i
comparatively smooth water and witt
in a few hours the surf become 5
tremendous that party could not b
taken in the boats to the steamer, $
: there was no immediate means of leaN
ing the Settlement except over the daI
gerous pail.
/ considered, and now consider, tina
n similar state of affairs was quit
probable at any time during the lot
| of March. so far as human judgmer
could foretell. The officers of s
Kinau had this point in mind when r
: fusing to he responsible for the lan'
ing of single person on the 10th {
) March, at Kaulapapa, Molokai.
Ny own sister-in-law inquired if
would not go ashore and my reply wa
"My life is worth good deal to m
family"
Signed this, the 9sth day of Marc
1905,
GEORGE CHARLES BECKLEY.