The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-10-20

Unless J. Lor wallach should ge
into Heaven it is unlikely that he viii
ever have such perfectly happy time
again as he had last night. He was
surrounded by Territorial Senators and
Representatives, the government band
was out to do him honor, Supervisors
laid friendly hands on his shoulders
leis We're hung about his neck and
flowers presented to him, while before
the stand on which he proudly sat
were from two to three thousand peo-
pie gathered to see and hear him. The
mass meeting called by the Hawaiian
leaders was a big success from the
Wallach standpoint and the healer,
who received the cheers and plaudits
the various orators poured their trib-
utes of eloquence, exuded satisfaction
from every pore.
There was a little fly in the oint-
ment, however, and that was that the
politicians wanted to. choke him off
from making a speech. He refused to
be choked or muzzled, however, and
did his little stunt, somewhat modified
and toned down, it is true. as result
of the talking he got from Lane,
Harvey, Mossman and others out on
the back steps of the platform. For
one thing he had nothing to say about
Pinkham and the Board of Health and
for another thing he made no mention
of the jealous medical fraternity. 'If
you have to speak, for Gods sake
leave the doctors alone" admonished
Harvey, and he remembered the ad-
vice.
Before seven o'clock last night the
Hawaiians began to gather in AaIa
kpark for the mass meeting called to
pass a resolution asking the Board of
Health to consider Wallach's claims as
a 1eper curer and give him an oppor-
.
The county band, for which wallach |
had asked and which Supervisor Har-
vey had got for him, played while the |
crowd was gathering, led by John |
Naone, and by half past seven the
platform was well filed with represen-
tative Hawaiians. Among these were |
Frank Harvey, Hon. A. s. Kaleicpu,
Hon. Chas. K. Motley. Judge ]. L.
Kaulukou, j. NJ. Poepoe, William
White, Senator John c. Lane, H. J.
Mossman, A. Fernandez, N. Fernan-
dez, Hon. J. Kalana, Supervisor Joe
Fern, Senator Charles Chillingworth.
John Wise, Eli Crawford, Editor Like
and others.
Wallach, as he entered and stood in
the limelight, was greeted by hand-
clapping from the crowd and an en-
velope was handed him by someone on
the platform. He peered into it, but
instead of pulling out an expected
lemon produced a bunch of violets tied
with a bit of white ribbon. The card
accompanying the boutonniere was in
scribed with the words: "a token OF
love from a friend-Emma." The iden-
tity of Emma was not disclosed by the
healer, but he caressed the blossoms :
at frequent intervals as the oratorica1
bouquets were heaped on him, show ;
ing that he is a victim of a common ;
maIady himself and not superhuman. !
BOARD OF HEALTH MUST BOW. 7
Senator John Lane opened the meet {
ing, the substance of his remarks be- Y
ing that if the Board of Health would t
not let wallach treat lepers of their '
own account it must be compelled to \
bow to the will of the people The t
number of Hawaiians present at the
meeting showed that this was a mat r
ter upon which the Hawaiian people t
we're unanimous, not a party question
put one dealing with the welfare of Ii
he race. n
He was followed by a large number n
If speakers, including Charley Motley, a
Who bore personal testimony to the s
worth of Wallach's remedies. The c
ipeakers were c. X. Motley, J. Kalana, r.
Il. J. Mossman, Abraham Fernandez, V
White, who threw airy kisses p
ilO luS NAu"u dS u ~ a =
eries of evidently witty remarks: fl
Judge Kaulukou. Supervisor Harvey,
T. NJ. Poepoe. John Wise, Supervisor b
FERN. Editor Like and Manuel Silva. \
The speeches were very similar. All +
lrited in calling for Wallach, the Fl
Whole Wallaeh and nothing but Wal h
ach. Not one of the speakers in any ri
vav expressed any doubt but that d
vallach could and would perform his Y
miracles if given a chance, and all de-
canded the chance for him. The one a
exception was the speech of H. J. o