The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-09-27
D0UBLE-CROSSED
BY PAXS0N, SAYS
MRS. MACFARLANE

Of the fact that he is still "the com
manding officer" at the station and win
be until November /, he did not feel
justified in discussing the revelations
made about the station. However. he
did say that due to the dual contorl Of
the station, that Of the territory and
the federal government, "it should be
apparent there is room for friction. "
President Paxson says that Kane, up
on investigation, was found to be guilty
Of negligence and "faihng to obey or.
ders." This failure to obey orders con
sisted, in at least one instance, in the
station superintendent eating at the
same table with the patients. The neg
igenee charge Is justified, according to
bis point of view, by the fact that the
station keeper permitted money to pass
between the drivers of delivery wagons
and the patients.
Trouble arose at the station ten or
twelve years ago because drivers got
into the habit Of taking orders and
money from the patients, says Superin.
tendent McVeigh. He says he intends
to stop it this time by the order which
has been issued by him prohibiting the
delivery wagons from entering the sta
ton enclosure.
Superintendent McVeigh says his in
yestigation of the charge that Kane
, sold pigs from the station pen made
him think it was not well founded. He
reached this opinion after questioning
some Of the patients He intends to
continue the investigation along the
same lines, but is inclined to the belief
that it is not likely Kane would have
taken the chance Of discovery by "tak-
ing pigs away from the station before
, the afty-two pairs of eyes of the pa
tients."
The pigs at the Kalihi station are
neither the property of the station or
the territory, but some he gave to the
patients, $50 they would have some
fresh pork occasionally" Mcveigh says.
Replies To PAxSon
The following letter has been ad-
dressed to The Advertiser by Mrs. Mac.
farlane in which she defines her posi-
tion:
Editor The Advertiser: According
to Mr.. Paxsons way of looking at it,
the attack | made on the Board of
Health through your paper yesterday
morning, is not good promotion work.
The Islands are termed and known all
over the world as the Paradise of the
Pacific, but l ask you can it be under
| such conditionsf
If the Islands are to be known as
Paradise, let us universally make
them such. From the north to the
south, from the east to the west, it is
known that leProsy is in the Islands
and that a place Of segregation for
-, Ill
Molokai.
Shortly after Mr.. Paxson took office
as president of the territorial board
of health, fled some complaints, not
only against the keeper, assistant
keeper and watchman, but against the
board of health as we'll, for not in
vestigating from time to time to see
if the. rules of the board were being
carried out. Not hearing from the
board as to weather my complaints
were taken up, took the matter to
the Governor and he was most cour.
teous and prompt in Investigating.
Paxsons First Stand
The complaints were fled by the
Governor on August 20, the day after
my visit and on August "a, Mr.. Pax.
son, as president of the board, wrote
the Governor saying LATTER investiga
ton, | find that the complaints are
not justified. He further mentions
that the patients have enjoyed the
privilege of providing themselves with
such extras In the way of food as they
felt they could afford. The markets
deliver their orders and receive the
money for same only after it has been
disinfected. Is it according to the
rules of ordinary precautions to give
to the patients money that has been
disinfected with the understand that
it ceases ever to be subjected to con.
tamination after being once disinfect
edf
On the 18th of September | called
at the board of health and asked Mr..
Paxson and Mr.. Porter when the next
board of health meeting was to he
held and was Informed that a meet
ing had been held the day before, and
that the next would be held on the
second Thursday in October. We look
ed it up and found it would be on the
10th. then requested Mr.. Paxson to
permit me to come and ask questions
at the meeting, giving him few
more complaints. / told him | would
like to have the keeper, assistant
keeper, Waterman, aud Mr.. McVeigh
present so could ask the questions and
get direct answers.
Is Stin Waiting
Mr. Paxson told me Mr.. McVeigh
was coming down soon and would not,
he thought, be able to stay till the
10th of October, but suggested a spe
cial meeting while Mr.. McVeigh was
here, which was more than obliging
on Mr.. PaxsOn's part. have wait
ell ever since for the notification of
the date of this meeting.
Day before yesterday, September %,
| 'phOned Mr.. PaxSOn to ask if he had
forgotten about one public meeting.
The answer l received was that he did
not see why we should have a meet
ing, and did not think it necessary
now that he had let out the keeper and
was going to have a general clean up
that he had done all | wanted.
] told him l had not asked for the
removal of any one but that | wanted
to know the truth and meeting was
the only way that | could find it out
He further informed me that could
not demand the keeper etc to appear
at board of health meeting when