The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-12-09
DOCTOR D DAY HAS
MUCH To SAY
Confined from Page One.)

land. had Iectured on leprosy in Ha-
waii before students, and in other ways
gave the impression that his life and
work were much devoted to scientific
aspeets of leprosy, and that his efforts
in behalf Of the Hawaiian afflicted and
uDiustlv imprisoned, if more remained
of sueh. would be unremitting.
"After accommodating the young
doctor of such good repute, as The
TELEGRAM did, and launching one bolt
m behalf Of the helpless, rather against
the best Judgment Of the staff, the sur
prise of learning that Doctor O'Day
went to Hawaii and repudiated every
word he had said. may be imagined.
When he reached the Islands, where his
words had created a tremendous Juror,
his first statements before leaving the
steamship were:
you can state positively for me that
the story as it appears is a tissue of
false statements as far as [ am con-
cerned, made out of whole cloth.
cont care how strong you make the
denial of nv connection with the in
teTView.'
alt would he interesting from the
press viewpoint to learn if this is Doc
habit of his. it would yet be of inter
est to learn what moved him to make
such a circus somersault, after being so
intensely eager a few weeks ago to
have his views published. "
Another Denial.
When told Of the substance of this
explanation yesterday by an Adver-
tiser reporter, Doctor O'Day again de
MED the statements of The Telegram
and volunteered the following further
account of the interview itself.
"fIn reply to the statement that
went into the Office he said, 81 did,
and I told the reporter that there was
gang here that I wanted to show up;
that this gang had kept me out of the
hospitals of Honolulu. At the medical
society / had been accused of being the
cause of setting free ten lepers and
said that if some one was getting as
much hell over the fifty that the cEble
had reported being set free, there was
something doing in medical circles in
Honolulu. / said 7 had been told and
bv prominent Hawaiians that many had
been sent to Molokai to get them out
of the way and while / didn't take this
seriouslyI felt that the hospital crowd
would send me there if they could.'
Doctor O'Day denies absolutely that
The Telegram ever submitted any
proofs to him.
His account of the meetings between
himself and representatives of the
Portland papers in substance, is that
while he was getting into an automobile
at the door of the building in which
The Telegram has its offices and where
his Offices also were, reporter came to
him and told him that a Hawaiian who
was playing at one of the cafes had
pointed him (the doctor) out as the one
who had set free the first ten lepers.
That is not so, - Doctor o Day SAYS
he said and then told the reporter that
as he was busy then he would come
around in the evening and talk to him.
O'Day then got into the machine and
went to the St. Vincent's Hospital.
o'Day Lampoons Doctors.
Then, says 0 Day, he went TO the of
fee of The Telegram in the evening
and asked if reporter wished to speak
to him. Upon being referred to the
proper man he gave his version of the
affair, corrected the supposition that
he had started the campaign to free
the inmates of Kalaupapa, and denies
emphatically again that he ever said
anything derogatOry to Hawaii.
''What I did say" said Doctor
ODay, sis that / wanted him to be
sure to say that there was gang of
men in Honolulu who were trying to
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