The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1901-08-06
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w quarantine officer, and what
they want done with him. were set
forth in words which were hot and fer
vent at the Japanese rhass-meeting at
the Japanese school, in Nuuanu street,
last evening Notwithstanding the
words, of the speakers were direct
charges of incorrect behavior toward
the women OF the race. there was aoso-
lutte quiet. Though there were 1,5OO OF
the men of the colony present, the ut
most orderliness prevailed and the on
ly interruption was when one eXcited
man shouted, I'VE must appeal 10
Washington"
There were few features to the meet
ing, except the appearance of Japanese
speakers. who spoke in both the YER
nacular and in English, and the pretty
effect produced by the decorations OF
the grounds. There were strings OF
lanterns, flags of the nation and high
lights, while the men, many in evening
clothes, and the women in bright colors,
added to the picturesQueness of the
scene. The crowd was one which could
be wrought to a high state of excite
ment, and they often broke into APP
plause upon the utterance Of some sem
timent of hOnoring the women or unity
of purpose which appealed to them.
That Japan has new women was
shown when two daughters of the soil
made addresses. one in Japanese and
the other in English. The closest at
tention was paid to the speakers ana
their points were often cheered to the
echo. The meeting lasted until a late
hour. as there were men present who
had prepared an address and they must
Ian ,i,,er has
features there was the deep underlying
current of patriotism to the home coun-
try, to indicate that they would have
hard time who would meet the Japan
ese when they had their deepest feel
ings aroused.
The meeting was called to order by
c. Shiozawa who introduced the chair
man of the meeting, o. Oshada. agent
of the Kei Hin Bank. MIR. Oshada was
for many years member of the Japan
zee Parliament and was an ideal pre-
siding officer taking part in all the
events by introducing the speakers in
q word, which set the audience APP
plauding from the first. Y. Sega was
made the secretary. and at once the
meeting was under way. The chair
man Of the evening explained the pur-
poses Of the gathering and called upon
r. dshikawa, who told Of the work of
me Investigating committee. He
wrought the crowd into a frenzy of APP
ptause when he told how the women
cried Ter very shame when they were
Subjected to the indignity of the exam
nation. and asked If there should not
be a protest.
A. K. Ozawa made one Of the best ad
dresses Of the evening. speaking to the
cadence in English. He recited the
events Of the incoming OF the America
Maru. and how the Japanese passen-
gers and officers Of the ship had to
stand examinations which were not re-
quired Of the Caucasians of the ships
company. He pleaded with the men to
take the matter without any heat. but
admitted that the provocation was
great DR.. Cofer. he said. had tried
his case in the newspapers. but the
turn Of the Japanese had come and
they would give public trial and leave
the matter to the hands of an unbias
ed public to decide. He explained that
DIR. Cofer was an officer of the Federal
Government and that there would be
no difficulty in making the case clear.
He said that the duty of DR.. Golfer was
to watch the health of the community
and all should support him when there
was any chance. but If he got off the
track. the duty of the people was to
condemn him. which brought out shouts
of applause and determination. Speak
ing of the examination of the women
of the party, he said that it was an in
suit not only to the women but to Jap
anese generally. He said that he be-
lieved that the surgeon was an opin
donated man. that he would not treat
the people right, and that there must be
a return to proper methods. He said
that this could not be explained as a
mistake, that any explanation from
such a man must be Viewed with sus-
picion. He attributed the action Of DR..
Golfer to w-mindedness'and preju-
dice.
There were several women who spoke,
but the address of Mrs. Imanishi. de-
livered in English, was most to the
point. She said that IL the women Of
the country wanted to secure the re-
spect of the community they must re-
spect themselves. She thought there
would be not one of the women of this
country but would protest against the
treatment accorded to the sex. She
said that the people came from clean
ports and a clean bill of health.
DR.. Mort called attention to the fact
that the doctors could have discerned
whether or not there were any of the
primary symptoms of the disease. but
that his not doing so was a sign of i'm
proper use of authority. He thought
that there should be the same treat
ment given to every one. There was
much labor expended in getting up the
memorial and all should sign 1t.
There were dozens OF addresses but all
were fairly of this order until the min
listers spoke Of the pleasure of seeing
the Japanese working in harmony.
Then C. Shiozawa again spoke of the
outrage and offered the following reso-
lutions:
whereas. Upon the entrance into the
port of Honolulu Of the steamship
America Maru" from the Orient. bound
to San Francisco. upon July 18th. A. d.
1s0f Il was reported ythe ships physi-