The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-10-25
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reading of the President IS statement
This was as follows:
PINkHAM'S RECOMMENDATION
Members of the Board of Health:
| In behalf of the proposition that the
privileges of Section 1927 of the Re-
vised Laws of Hawaii relative to the
medical treatment of lepers be extend
| ed in a limited degree to one J. LoI
| Wallach you have the petitions of two
political parties, one Of a committee
of ten members, representative of the
/ Hawaiians, one of Mrs. MakaweliweIi,
| ct al, of Kalaupapa, lepers, and one
| of five hundred and twenty-seven lep-
ers residing at the Molokai settlement.
The improperly of political parties
taking party action on the problem of
the cure of disease is so obvious these
petitions should not be considered ex-
| eept to be courteously returned.
The petition of the committee of ten
representing the Hawaiians deserves
and l believe will at the proper time
receive the serious consideration of the
board.
Mrs. Makaweiwelis petition has
been already granted as she simply
requests the special services of DR..
Goodhue, he TO exercise his judgment
as to Wallach's remedies provided they
are secured.
The settlement petition now before
you is the only one ever received from
lepers asking the direct services of J.
Lor WaIlach.
l am not aware that J. Lor Wallach
or his unlawful practices, or his
threats of criminal deeds and political
and social anarchy has the approval
of a single Hawaiian. I know the peo-
pie of the settlement Indignantly repu-
date the imputations fixed on them
by Mr.. Wallach.
At the meeting of lepers held at Ka-
laupapa, October 18th, those present
appointed a committee of seven of
their ablest representative men, men
of character, intelligence and sound
judgment and placed the matter in
their hands. where it now remains.
At ten o'clock on the 10th inst. this
committee held a long conference with
the president of the Board of Health.
Every phase of the subject was quiet
ly and deliberately considered.
The conclusion OF the committee, as
Lor wallach. can be best given in the
words of two of its members.
Mr.. J. s. Wilmington said, I'VE are
like drowning men catching at straws.
This cure may be only a straw, but do
not refuse us even this slight chance"
Mr.. VIM. Motley said, I'VE are like
men going to the Klondike hoping to
find gold. we know the chances of
finding it are very small yet we wish
the chance to try"
The balance of the committee con-
Cured in these sentiments.
: The president of the board PROFOUND
ed the following question, ION what
grounds do you base your belief that
there is a possibility of a, cure by j.
Lor Wallach?"
The reply was Because our friends
have written Us they have seen cures
of leprosy by Mr.. Wallach.''
I stated the board was absolutely
without evidence of such cures: that
from the beginning the board had ask
ed for evidence, but had been repeat
eddy refused although claimed to exist:
that the board had never demanded
the possession of any secret; that the
use of Wallach's remedies had never
been refused provided Information and
evidence was furnished in any degree
that could justify their trial, legal
conditions being complied with.
/ promised to further their wishes
before the Board of Health so far as
sound judgment and the law would
permit
The Board of Health is composed of
and intelligent men,
whose integrity and devotion to public
health and the best welfare of every
person under their care and control
cannot be questioned, and is body
of men to whom any person, afflicted
or otherwise, can disclose personal
matters without fear of imposition, ex- |
nosure, or abridgment of rights or !:
liberty.
l advise the Board of Health to |
maintain its position relative to the |
production of evidence, and to demand |
of the Wallach advocates the produc-
ton of the evidence on which they |
have based their representations to the
inmates of the Molokai settlement, and !
their petitions to the Board of Health. |
The board will arrange the conditions
and methods for the reception of such
evidence.
/ advise that when this evidence is
secured it shall be placed before the
committee of seven representing the
settlement petitioners, who
shall report their conclusions to the
Board of Health, and if they shall then
still request the Wallach experiment
De undertaken on twelve lepers, who
shah absoIve the Board of Health from
every responsibility except that of ex-
oense, the experiment shall be under
taken practically on the lines of the
proposal of the president Of the Board
If Health, and erejected by the board
IN the 18th day of April, A. d. 1907.
In case the Board of Health is re-
used this evidence, I advise the board
FOCAL, OFFICE OF THE UNITED