Hawaii Holomua, Volume III, Number 273, 1 August 1893 — Untitled [ARTICLE]

The K<Ialau lia» created #r.rh a f t r:n of iiidig i:;tion in this c*.n.n*”* :, y t ;, vt n<»bcdy eeeme t<> kave heen \vil!ing to take the re3|»i>naibili1y f r Ihe unwarranted and d.s:.Flrous i;fT :r. T rfegen- • t1etm-n. "1 > »]»j>armtly are meml>ers <>f the B(!.ard < f Uealth now aj.p<Hr wilh a card in the tvrn anV>ex il;->i. org ms and elamn to he just aP rcrj-e■■■: fiibk' ts W. O. Smith #nd the other cieinbers of the Bniifd. Mr.J. O. C.irter has gone lo the tr >ub1e l > “8it” on \V. O £mitli, snd Ii«s given the only saticlnry at;d p!ausible explanation ef the matter while Mr. Smith has txj>ree?ed his neloniahmeul at Mr. Curler’8 vlews. We are uot going j. to re-i>j»tm Ihe Kalalau affair in our |»aper. We have treated it in an 4 exhaustive tnanner in former is- > •uee, and wedid.aud they now un- » hesitatiugiy throw the blame for the whole »ff.»ir —not on W. O. Smith h<* President of the Bnard of iieailli, but on W. O. Smith as Attorney • Gcneral. The * ,(hree geutlemen—Mtssrs. Andre\vs, Day, and Ena —wiio are coming | |o the rescoe of the Attorheyenera! aru s ■ ui»fuuiliar with the <bu>ii>ess* «f the goverumtnt that |hey evideiitly do uot realize that it is through hia dual ca(>aoity as ihieaielenl <>f the Board of lleallh «nd Attorney-General, that W. O. £nith (ifl> 8uct-*eded in roakiug a •ue#8 of the busiues8 and placing 4iinme!f in eueh s »ery unenviable We are not acqnainted wilh Me?3rs. A.;drew8 and Day, in 4ic4 we were not aware that th<»ae |wo gentlemen existed, le»ve alone srere member8 9f the B >ard of Weallh, but we do know Mr. John ■iia and h.B exj»erience as an exaoember of the Legis!atnre and a wember of the Advisory Council - : eughf to have been sufficient for kim to know that the Board of iieaUii per k caunot uudertake a «uea»ur£ like the removal of the |»pers from Kalalau without the •auelion 1 and c>J-oj>eratioa of the Attorney-$eneraJ. In a former ia •ue we caillcd the nttention to the tct that, under the Wilcox admi*i*tration, the proj)08ition waa ■aade to remove the lepers from Kaialau and w«8 rejected by the Board ot HealU» of whieh Mr. J O. Carter waa a raember. The positiop ofthe Board wa* laid before the At-|orney-General, Cecil Brown, who •uslained it, and oa behalf ofhis d«p&rtment adopted th« same •ttitude. Mr. Carter has not changed his j>otitiou since then, •nd we are »ure thal both tbe great •*aealeT” Mr. Ena and the two unkno«n in-iividuai8 «re euffering Br.der a mi8apprehension when tbey try lo tangie Mr. C*rter iuto »*?jH)r.8ibiUty t»r the scandai .«hieh thej and tbe iearned Attor-*ey-Geueral have czuaed tbrough |heir inexperi«nce »nd imehneea. jt ia do uae tor tbe AttorneyGeueral to lrj to «birk tbe reepon•ibilitj for the blundtr. In the fir«t plaee, he lua ®o bu»ine* lo

boid tbe two poaiiioiiW with whieh > be īb burdened. He i»n’t fit to h«ld eitber of them §ingly, Ieave alone both. Therc is hardly a case in court where he ought lo pmeei cute bat he has t-j hire outs.de attorney9. aud we expect lo see some needy lawyer attend to all the pr.>SfCutioii8 in the August terrr>. But «3 he i» Attorney-Gen- • erai be should have advised the B >«rd of Heallh that the attempt lo remove the !epers fr>m Kalalau ' w.i9 un unwiāe step, and his de1 i>.<rtment c>»uid not »fft-r any assisUuce or ailow any of its «ffieials t > Uke part in the move. Such , I cttitude wou!d effectuai!y have ■ stopi>ed the matter aud īt wuuld | have g>ne iuto oblivion till | some olutr tirae. while tbefour un- , fortunales who feli as victiu>s of ! Kooiau’s hulleia aud Smith’s fool- | ishnes3 wou!d have beea alive today. The Board of Health need not wurry over the responsibi!ity fnr ihe Kalalau nff.iir. President W. O. Smith and the Board. (including “Alexander” Ena) stands acquitled, while in puhlie opinion, Attorney-General Sniilh stands c>>nvicted f»r every Gult counected with the malter. The mnst regrettahle feature in the matter as far as the B»ard of Heallh is cuncernd is the resignation of Mr. J. 0. Carter, He was *.tl»e only member of the Board in whom the people, and more especially the Hawaiians, have any confidence. His honesty and sincenty, and well-known >ympathy, and feeli - g of aloha for the Hawaiians, inade him tbe most valued member whieh the B»ard had, and it is dis:<9tr >us t>* see him re8ign. and replaced by a malihini, who, however re3pectablehemay be inhie lillle sphere <»f life, is unknown t<> Ihe Hawaiiana, and in»*xperienced 1 in the work and j)urjx>ses »f that >nr>st important branch of the govermnent —the puhlie 'nealih.