The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1897-05-18


= er than any of those. The famous Let
] ters Of Junius began to appear in tn
] Public Advertiser. then Is years ole
t on April %. 1857, and that the last on
} was published January 81. 1772. TIL
! London Morning Post was the frs
daily paper still existing, having beel
a regular morning paper in 1775. Their
, was a Sunday paper in 177S, Johnson
! Sunday Monitor The same year tn
first evening paper, The Star appeared
The editorial I'VE" was early adopted
and until 1740 communications wert
addressed "To the printer" The La
dies Mercury, February IS, 1892, would
seem to be the pioneer of women!
journals. A comic paper appeared No
vember 29, 100, called The Merry Mer
curry or Farce of Fools. The Daily
Courant. at the beginning of the 1911
century, was the first daily paper. It!
editor left comments alone, givins
facts only, "supposing," as he said
''other people to have sense enough tc
make reflections for themselves" The
! quaint puffery bestowed on advertisers
| by the editors of that time was illus
trated. In concluding, the speaker
/ briefly referred to the immense devel-
/ opment of journalism in our days,
/ helped about by inventions in printing
and by the electric telegraph.
The Hawaiian press was represented
by J. NJ. Poepoe, editor of the Kuokoa.
He spoke in English and gave a cordial
welcome to the journalists from Japan.
afterwards he spoke of the success and
failures of the Hawaiian newspapers
and the influence of the press upon
Hawaiians.
In introducing John NJ Vivas of the
o Luso, the only Portuguese paper pub
lished in Hawaii, Mr.. Atkinson re-
ferred TO the fact that together with
Mr.. A. Marques he had started the
first Portuguese newspaper published
in the islands.
'In speaking for the Portuguese
press" said Mr. Vivas, 81 wish to say
that I represent the only paper in Ho-
nolulu published exclusively in the
Portuguese language. There have been
others but they are not working To
have the Portuguese of Hawaii united
under one flag and one newspaper has
been my aim for ten years past and my
efforts were rewarded a few months
ago in so far as the newspaper is con-
cerned when A Sentinella, a journal
of which / had the honor of editing was
merged into the o Luso Mr. Atkin-
son said something about his Portu-
guese paper having been printed in
gold. That was before my time for we
have not had enough gold among our
people, since I have been editor. to
get out such high class publication.
There is a charm about newspaper
work not equalled by any other profess
sion and I remember when, as a boy,
I ran away from home and sought
work among the i'll smelling presses
in a small printing office and it is this
charm, perhaps. which compensates US
for our otherwise poorly paid efforts
To the gentlemen of the press from
far off Japan and to Counsellor Aki-
yama, extend a cordial greeting and
as the banquet progresses, | hope the
band viii play on"
Mr.. Shiozawa of the Hawaii Shinpo.
answered for the Japanese press in
Hawaii. He mentioned the recent mis-
understanding between the two Gov
tluultHlS III d I1dlltl dl NulCn llO O-lt
could take offense. He spoke as fol-
lows:
"In behalf of the Japanese press and
the Japanese Colony of Hawaii, we
wish to express our hearty appreciation
of this honor to the press of the home
country. 1t is a well known fact that
the press of any country or people ex-
presses the thought and sentiments of
the same. At least, it should be
of the best thought of the
best people. In this way the press be-
comes the popular educator. More
people are educated in the affair of
civil life and in the affair of govern
ment than by any or all agencies com
bined. A progressive people can not
do without the common daily or week
Iy paper. 1t is that which keeps them
in touch with all the rest of the world
Accordingly the $4,000 Japanese of
Hawaii give their patronage and sup
port to three japanese publications.
Without these the Japanese could not
know much of the doings of the world
because of the fact that so many do
not speak or read English. While it
is the purpose to furnish the japanese
colony digest of the news of the
world in general and things of interest
in particular of the Japanese govern
ment, yet is far from any desire of the
Japanese press to do or say anything
detriment to the prosperity. the peace
and general welfare of the government
and the people of Hawaii. Japanese
people have always felt kindly toward
the Republic; the vigor and ability of
her administration has challenged the
of all governments. We
recognize the responsibility of a gov
ernment among such a mixed national
ity as is in Hawaii We know that peo-
pie of so many nationalities represent
so many ideas of government and So
cial life, hence the more honor to the
present administration of the Hawai-
ian Republic. It would be a wonder
indeed if some thing was not done. oc-
casionally, contrary to the wishes of
some of the nationalities represented.
We give it as the best wishes of the
Japanese residents in Hawaii, that the
recent little difficulty between Japan
and Hawaii be speedily and peacefully
settled, and that the friendly relations
existing shall continue. We feel that
the matter is safe in the hands of Min
lister Shimamura and Counsellor Aki-
yama on one side and the officials of
the Hawaiian Government on the
other In conclusion let US be remind
ed that the idea of this banquet was
by member of the Europe
an press and heartily supported by all
the nationalities without exception. It
clearly shows what attitude the people
of Hawaii show toward those of Japan.
We tender our compliments to Coun-