The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-11-22

much of his wonted cheerfulness again
since the Board has adopted resolutions
to put Walach to the test He main
tains, however that he would never
have been able to get such a consum-
nation had he not had recourse to the
secret meetings" There are some
things that you have to prepare for
quietly he declares, land which would
be futile before they began if every
body knew of them. This is an in
stance in point | have been working
with the majority of the board against
me for months and 1 guess some peo-
, pie will be willing to admit now that
/ l knew what l was about"
Mark p. Robinson was the one man
in the board who changed his vote.
! and made it possible by President
Pinkham's decisive vote to reverse the
sentiment of the board at all previous
meetings. In changing his vote. Mr..
Robinson stated that his mind had
been changed after hearing Dr. Good
hues statement about affairs at the
settlement, SO it is not just clear why
secrecy was necessary to accomplish
/ this.
! Dr. Wayson, who has been from the
first in favor of letting Wallach have
! plenty of rope in the belief that he
would hang himself states that he is
well satisfied with the conditions pres
cribed That the agreement made is
reasonable, and that it is now up to
Wallach to take it or leave it. If
Wallach refuses, he says, or balks at
the conditions he will have nothing
more to do with the matter. The
Board has now shown the Hawaians
its good faith, and the odium will rest
on Wallach if he falls down.
1t is very certain that this is the
attitude of the whole Board, and that
it will never be possible again for
him to gain semblance of a hearing
with it,
Prince Cupid, who is leaving on the
Korea, ended his connection with the
business by the Following letter;
Honolulu, Nov p, 1907.
Hon. j. c. Lane, Chairman of the
Committee of Ten in Re Applica-
ton for a Permit to be Issued to
j. Lor Wallach to Treat Lepers
and to the Members of Said Com
mittee,
Dear Sir:-As | will not be able to
be present at your next meeting in
view of the fact that | am leaving by
the Korea for the mainland. | take
this opportunity of expressing my op-
inion in reference to the resolution
presented by me to the Board Of
Health of the Territory of Hawaii on
behalf of the afflicted ones at Molokai,
praying that j. LOr Wallach NAV be
permitted to treat persons afflicted
with the dread disease of leprosy,
which said resolution with a state
l ment of conditions had been by me
submitted to the inmates at Mookai.
and was unanimously adopted
You are, of course, aware of the
fact that a permit was granted the
said J. I.or Wallach at a meeting of
the Board of Health on last Wednes-
day as the result of the presenting by
me of the resolution and prayer of
said afflicted ones at Mookai. and a
set of conditions was passed upon by
the said Board of Health which Mr.. J.
LOr Wallach will be asked to sign and
agree to.
I'm passing upon the conditions set
forth by the Board of Health l wish
to call your attention to the fact that
the same was approved of by our af-
flicted friends at the Mookai Settle
nd oh n ~ "a
[ mittee, OF which you are chairman, my
, approval of all of the conditions.
II feel that fairer conditions could
not be expected, and feel that your
committee can 40 no less than tC
1 unanimously approve said conditions
4 and use your best efforts to live up tC
S all of said conditions.
S Hoping that it may be true that
some good may be done to those who
9 are now segregated at MOlokai anC
- that their sufferings, mentally anC
physically may be aleviated I am
{ aloha nui,
e -. KALANIANAOLE,
G Delegate"
o Wallach is quoted as follows:
= Il think that it would be only RICH
e for me to go to Moloka with the com
It mittee that is to select the twelve pa
# tients that | am to treat 1t is very
., well known that lepers have man!
- other diseases besides leprosy and
y want to assure myself that | Will no
o be obliged to treat any patient suiler
e ing from consumption, heart diseas
5, or kidney troubles. | want patients II
n good health other than for the lepro
Isv The BOARD already gives me tn
right to reject any of the patients of
fered me and | only want to have tn
e privilege of rejecting them at the Set