The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-10-22
P|NKHAM WILL
SWALLOW
!. LOR
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Iacn snail take the NlloIS ICSpoAlSAclAi
| upon themselves and the consequence
be upon their own heads, and that tn
president and members of the Boart
of Health shall be exempted from al
the responsibilities in the matter.
"(Signed) WILLIAM MOTLEY,
"a. J. KAUHAIHAO,
"B. PALIKAPU,
JOHN T. UNEA,
-. K. KELIIKULI,
"JNO. s. WILMINGTON,
| GEORGE KANIKAU.
"Kalaupapa, Molokai, October II
1907
| RESOLUTION RESPECTFULLY
SUBMITTED.
At the meeting in the office of the
President of the Board of Health yes
terday afternoon there were present
| besides Mr.. Pinkham and the private
| secretary of Governor Frear, Delegate
Kalanianaole, Senators Lane and Chill
| lingworth, Supervisors Lane and Har-
vey, H. j. Mossman, Charles K. Not
ley, J. NJ. Poepoe and William White.
Senator Lane presented the resolu-
ton, explaining its purport, to which
President Pinkham responded briefly,
reviewing again his various confer
ences with Wallach and the lack of
anything tangible for the Board of
Health to go upon in the matter.
wALLACH NOT THE QUESTION.
Senator .Chillingworth, speaking for
himself and stating that he believed
that he voiced the sentiments of the
others of the delegation, said in sup
port of the resolution:
II wish in this matter to express my
own position and 1 believe that / am
right in stating that in doing so
express the position taken by nearly
all of us present. / want to thank
you, Mr.. President, for calling this
meeting in order to get an expression
of our position in this matter and 1
want to state myself clearly, as some
of the things have spoken in this
matter have been c;isconstrued and
made to mean what they did not
mean.
You know and 1 know that this
leprosy question touches us Hawai-
ians more closely than any other ma
ton, for here we have segregation
which is not had in most of the other
countries. We, the members of this
delegation. are here today simply as
law-abiding Hawaiians, who feel that
they are more or less responsible for
the actions of the people of their race.
We young Hawaiians have received an
education and we should advise and
lead our people if they will let us.
In this particular matter there has
been a question raised over leprosy
and an agitation is going on. There is
also an agitation over the claims of
Wallach and claims are freely made
that he can cure leprosy. Whether
he can cure it or not / do not know,
but that is not the question. The
question is that practically one hum
dred per cent of all the Hawaiians do
believe that Wallach can cure or at
least effect an Improvement much more
than any other doctor has been able
to do before. We feel it our duty.
therefore, as leaders to take the mat
ter up, study the situation and take
such action as may be necessary The
Hawaiian leaders have agreed on this
resolution and it is now before YOU.
A mass meeting was called to see if
we were taking the right step. If you
had been present at that meeting, Mr..
President, you would know that the
Hawaiians are taking a great interest
in this question. The fact that so
many stayed, paying strict attention
in spite of the rain, showed that we
are right.
If the Board of Health were to
refuse Wallach a chance to try his
cure there y i'll be Il great deal of dis
satisfaction. AS result it may be
that things will be done that will be
against good government Nor will it
be for the good of the community that
he be refused a trial. The majority of
the population believe that he has a
cure, as evidenced at that meeting.
and we believe that unless we took
charge things would have been and
will be done for which we would all
be sorry. We come here in all respect
to the Board of Health. We recognize
the legality of the Board of Health
and the necessity of the Board of
Health, but we feel. irrespective of the
logic of the situation, that things have
come to such a pass that something
must be done. Perhaps this situation
could not have arisen in any other
on earth but this, but we have
to deal with a situation which people |
away from here could not and cannot |
understand We have to deal with a |
people sympathetic and kindly, who |
feel that it is their duty to stand in |
all things by those poor people on |
Molokai. Whether it is right for the |
people to listen to the claims of Wal |
ZACH or not is not for us to say. but t
speaking for the Hawaiians I say that |
must be done now in this |
matter.
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