Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1906-02-13

plague was rampant somewhere in that
section and the Board of Health not
doing 1t duty. The complaint with
all the correspondence went even to
the President or one Of his Secreta.
ries. The President was evidently sat. |
ished with what local authorities were
doing, though the Atcherleys were not.
In the present Kona difficulty, The
Bulletin is defending no one. Core
spondenCe, however, sent to this Of
fee by the Atcherleys or those in sym
patty with them has done much to-
ward assisting an opinion that the fu
rore over the leper suspects was in
spired as much by an anxiety to preju
dice and secure a Hawaiian clientele,
as it was by philanthropic purpose
10 aid the ignorant and protect them
: from medical errors. We shall be
highly elated II the facts brought cut
by investigation of the Grand Jury or
any other body prove this impression
to be erroneous.
The more the affairs are aired, the
more appearances suggest four sides
70 the questionable inside. the out
side. the right side, and the wrong
side.
No one can palliate the horror Of
person unjustly condemned as a leper
On the other hand. no greater wrong
can be done than aggravate half.
truths or false charges, and thereby
arouse the prejudices of the ignorant
. for political or personal purposes, or
both. Kona has not furnished the frst
instance of doctors disagreeing. Since
there was disagreement in this case,
Il could not be put down as an act OF
friendship for the distressed to recon.
mend resistance to the authorities.
Civic duty and honest citizenship In a
/, situation of this kind should not In.
spire a contest In explosives, though
the letters published in this issue indi.
cate how hard II is for some to suffer
In silence. The Bulletin has not cast
a doubt upon the purely philanthropic
, purposes of the Atcherleys. Had they
not declared to the contrary. an out
a slider might have thought that the
campaign was based simply on de
|, sire to get one official out in order
that Atcherley might get in. The de
c,sion to await the verdict of the court
is very wise one. Then all will
!. know whether Goodhue is a fool or Q
!. knave, as intimated by the Atcherleys
As to the school affair. the episode
OF Mr.. Scott throwing Mrs. Atcherley
over the fence comes as new testi
mony. Had Mrs. Atcherley manipu
: lated Scott m this manner. II woult
b. have been less OF surprise. And w
: have no doubt that under such clrcum
V stances the thrower would be quit,
d willing to take the full limit of the Law
for the pleasure OF doing the job.
/ may have been fear OF such treatmen
l. that caused Scott to call for help 4
quell rioters. The kindness of Higl
u Sheriff Henry In putting up the bond
for those held to answer certainl.
gives an indication OF his Favorable
" opinion. Though as a public officer h
Dt might be taken to task for APPARENT
10 taking sides.
N The details are intricate and eac
10 letter from Kona furnishes no aid e
Is ward making them less so. II merel
IN produces additional details an
'r more comment. The general prime
pies Of the situation remain the sam
Readiness to allow virtue to be its ow
reward and let merit OF these fracas'
be determined by thorough invest
'e CATION, would have been n guarants
against any adverse conclusions. U
TO the present time this has not bee
the position of the Atcherleys.
there is well.established corruption {
incompetence on the part of any off
GERS OF any department in Kona,
should be weeded out. But not on IN
Independent say-so OF those who mlgt
be biased, to say the least.
In setting the Kona situation RICH
the Grand Jury of that section has a
important duty to perform. The que
tons at issue are not matters thu
should be left exclusively to the te
der mercies Of prejudiced politics. mi
guided enthusiasm, personal ambitio
personal spite, or indifference OF CO..
servatives.