Hawaii Holomua, Volume III, Number 286, 17 August 1893 — Untitled [ARTICLE]

\\ k nuliee lbal at tiie Insl meetmg «»f the Koar<l l, f Heallh. a t>etition < f <»'»*• Mr». Kalii;i Ha»»le to g» as kokua t» h<*r husb»ind to Kalawao was »lenietl niiile uelion waa deferr>d »n h ?inr»ilar j»etition from <>ne .Mrs. I.ilia K<tmiik;»i. It w»»uld be ititer»->itinp if l’r sident W. 0. 6mitii wrnuld arise and give an anxions puhlie nome explanation in thet»c matters. We think that the request of any tvife t» g» with her huebaiid t<» ti»e t<ettleinent 3ti»uld be granted. Segregation in itself ig a n uel, and as we believe, an unjust ai«l uniieceasary measure, but to estiiblish a policy f»rbidding a wife t» f.»llow her husband to lhat Iiving grave, makee ihe iueasure still n»ore objeclionable. Mr. Hai>ie is an oid man, and undoubtedly in need of the care and atlendance his wife t>ll’ers him. She haa. ii we remerober rigbtly no children and her plaee is undonbtediy at the side of her sick husband. The forcible parting of husbands aud wive». guilly »>f no »tfense, is little short »f inhuman and barb »nc, but if such measure is left to tbe sweet arbitrary will of a man like W. 0. Smith, it becomes inlolerable and calls f»r the strong>'8t censure. We trust ihe Board »f lleallh will »>HVr e»me explauation in regard lo such an arbitrary disp< sitiou of petitions as the one r* ferred lo.