Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-04-20
Believe COfer viii
Test Wa|aCh Cure

am glad to be here tonight" said he.
Had it not been for my illness
would have been here to speak at
your last meeting. / am glad to say
that the President who has caused
suffering for the native Hawaiians
has been put out, of his office. The
health question Is a very important
one. We must be very careful in the
future. | have always dislikcd the
way Pinkham has been managing the
affairs at the settlement. lie allow
ed the clean and the unclcan to min
gle. The non-lepers were not given
separate quarters, and there was a
general mix-up Of affairs. The last
Legislature provided $1,000 for the
home for non-leprous children, hut
/, Pinkham simply killed time useessly
until he was ousted from his Presl-
Dental chair. The death rate in
Honolulu during his administration
was greater than the birth rate
Pinkham and the members of the
Board were responsible for that. In
six months there were about 463
deaths, about one-half of which were
Iiawaiians. II was up TO the Board
TO improve the sanitary condition OF
the city, but. Judging from the death
rate, IL Is evident that the President,
the members and the officials of the
Board were not doing their best In
reducing the death rate.
There are about nine hundred in
mates in the settlement and seven
| hundred of these are IIawaiians.
They are there to stay unless some
remedy is given them. DR.. Cofer, our
new President, will no doubt better
the conditions there. Let us ap.
proach the Governor and the Presi.
dent of the Board and express ous
views to them for the benefit of our
poor unfortunates over there in the
settlement.
There are three things which
should receive immediate attention
|, non-lepers to be separated; 2, re-
ductiom of the death rate; g. the
using of appropriations made by the
Legislature.
I'm concluding | wish to state that
have nothing to say about the 9th.
err leaders,"
Kaleiopu was loudly applauded, al
the end of which Paloka, well
known chanter, broke in with tn,
mele of the late King Kalakaua.
VIM. 0lepau, a well-known politi
cal hustler. made short address
praising Governor Frear for his kind
ly reception OF the committee whicl
waited on him. lie said: "Whei
we waited upon him last Monda!
morning. many Of us in our workinl
clothes, Just as we had been able Il
go, he received each one of us kind
ly, listened to what we had to ga!
and promised us that what he woulr
do would be in his opinion what wa
the very best for US, How differen
is the Governor, our chief now, L
our old chiefs. When we went I,
ask them for anything our peopl
had to put on their very best clOthc
and then crawl on their hands ant
knees. And even then perhaps the.
would not be listened to. Governo
Frear loves the Hawaiian people ant
will not do anything to hurt us. w
must trust the man he has put at tn
head of the Board of Health, for h
would not be put there II our Cover
nor did not know that he could b
trusted to do what was best for tn
Hawailans. The new President is
good man and we will see his goo
work pretty soon"
Mrs. Atcherley, Lady Napoleon
"a new Napoleon has been foun
in our midst and that is Mrs. Atch
erley," said Sam Kaloa. Fellow cit
liens, thank you for appointing m
one of your committee. We, tn
committee, have seen the Governor
who received us most kindly. He ha
, exercised good judgment In appoint
ing DR.. Cofer as the President of tn
Board. Cofer is smart and reliabl
man. lie has the confidence Of hi
I superlors aud will certainly do II