The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-11-14
STAR CHAMBER MEETING.
Continued from PAGE onel

IaE two reporters, tAe AZ = 49,
reporter and Z. z. Irwin q the bezlie- |
Tin. went into Mr.. Pinkaam : office, |
where they found him, seated at MS
desk. The Advertiser man asked Tor
q fulI statement Of what had been done
in the secret meetings, but was refused
mint blank. Irwin then broke IN:
Look here, Mr.. Pinkham, l have
ALWAYS treated YOU squarely, and the
Bulletin has. I have, vita my paper,
kent this Wallaeh matter quiet at your
reouest. In the face Of this you have
deceived me and lied to me. Now,
would ike to know what explanation
Won have TO make Of this?''
why, l don't know what you
mean"
.You certainly do know what /
mean. came to you and asked you
about this story that the Star has, and
Won told me that there was nothing
TO it. What did you do that for.
ssWen. | don't want to talk about
the matter at all. don t have to talk
if I don't want to.
The conversation closed by the TWO
reporters leaving the room.
In speaking Of the secret meetings
later in the day f. c. Smith said:
cts pretty hard to say how this
win come out. When Cupid comes back
/ it win mean that there viii be some
thing new sprung on some of the mem
hers of the Board. ] was simply look
| inc for information. The idea seems
to be that there was a caucus held at
which Pinkham, Robinson, haIauoka-
lani. Kuhio and possibly Hemenway
were present. They made some arrange
ments and from all that l can learn
the Star had the matter just about
right. They were certainly not far
off.
eyes, it is rather rich; Pinkham
first making his promises to the people
at Kalaupapa, then coming back here
and making his recommendations to
the Board. and now holding secret
meetings of the kind mentioned. You
can be sure of one thing, that If Wal
lack brings his people over here TO
treat. it will not be done by unanl-
nous vote of the Board
SECRET 60, MEETING.
The private meeting which took
Mace a week ago Monday was attended
bv President Pinkham, Prince Cupid
c. F. Chillingworth, John Lane. DR..
| Goodhue, Mark Robinson, DR.. Baldwin
and DIR. wayson. The matter of Prince
Cupids taking assurances to the Set
| Element was discussed but no decision
| was reached. In the course of the dis
i cussion DIR. Goodhue told of the feeling
of the lepers. after President Pinkham
had given them the assurance that
he would support the sending of Wal
ZACH to them He said that the band
played continually and that they were
like a crowd of little children, shaking
| hands with each other and happy as
could De. w men lIlS news NAAAN $1,000
the matter had been turned down by
the Board of Health, everything was
/ changed. There was no music and all
/ went round with the feeling of having
lost all hope.
/ DIR. Goodhue expressed himself as
in favor of sending Wallach to Molo'
| inc
| treat patients in Honolulu. DR.. Bald
win was against the proposition, While
DR.. Wayson and Mark Robinson We're
in favor of the proposition. Pinkham
gave little expression to his views.
In the course of the meeting DR..
Wayson expressed himself strongly TO
Prince Cupid and the others with him
| Turning to address them he asked
what they were ready to do with Wal
ZACH, in case he refused to take up the
/ proposition or failed in accomplishing
what he claimed after he had been az
lowed to. Are you men with back
Il bone enough to tar and feather him, OF
/ hang the - -?'' They were firm
in their promises that he would get
such treatment as he deserved in case
he failed to come through.
Hemenway stated that he was not
sure that he could change his vote on
the subject. Lane then turned to him
and suggested that there were a num-
Der of members of the board who
would need confirmation at the coming
session of the Legislature. Hemenway
drew back and stated that if he was
threatened in the matter, he would
never change his vote, whereupoi
Wayson advised him to go to Wednes-
day night prayer meeting, where he
might obtain guidance on the subject
which remark caused little pleasure %
the Attorney General.
Wayson suggested that before Cupid
was given any assurances an informal
meeting of the Board should be held
and that it should be determined then
what should be done, then at formal
meeting action could be taken with
little of the palaver, and backing ano
filling that had been taking place. He
said that he was tired of the foolish