The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-08-20

IN your sleep.
"The Two Thousand Dollar BABY
hadn t taken his seat on the witness
stand until he was telling us what
frightful things taiji and bokumetzu
are. Tail, to get rid of, and boku-
metzu, that IS worse--to get rid off
cholera germs. Awful And thew paid
$4,000 of our money to bring him all
the way from Japan to tell us that.
Now, l hope that when you go home,
you II forget all about tail and boku.
metzu-and Prof. Dening.
"Why, his voice trembled so he could
hardly talk when he tried to tell us
what some of these words meant. They
were terrible, terrible.
Gentlemen, when there are two
meanings to word, one good and the
other bad, give the defendants the
benefit of the doubt. Go around with
a magnifving glass if you want to find
the meaning of words, but use the glass
to find the good meanings, as well as
the bad. I contend that suppress is
as true translation of 'taiJ' as get
rid of is.
The Angelic Chorus.
"Just one word more about boku-
metzu and these horrible words. Mr..
Kinney told you you must beware of
side issues--we are only concerned
with the taiiis and bolSumetzus of the
Jill. We tried to show YOU those words
in the other papers but we were not
allowed. But we do have one tail
and two bokumetzus in the Shinpo, and
one iron fist. When the tail is used
in the Jill it is one thing, and when
it is used in the Shinpo it is something
else. 1t is an elusive fellow, this taiji
something like catching a flea. When
we find that the good Mr.. Sheba, the
planters friend, is using it, il is per-
fecty harmless.
"It is n funny sort. In the Jill it
means violence but when it is used in
the Jiyu, ii is such a nice word, such
ms the angels use. I really think that
the angels, as they circle around. sing,
'bokumetzu, bokumetzu, bokumetzu, =
but bokumetzu as used in the Jiyu.
If ever you get up above and use the
word bokumetzu, be sure you use the
bokumetzu that is used in the Jiyu, or
st. Peter will get you by the scruff
of the neck and fire you out.
Persecution, Not Prosecution.
"I say to you, that you have a right
to take the testimony of the defend
ants here that these words were used
as a figure of speech, The Planters
Association may desire very much to
railroad these men to Jail, but dom
you be party to the crime.
"When we simmer it all down, what
does it all meant These men are be-
ing prosecuted because they are ac-
cused of having engineered strike.
Thugs and Agitatorsl
"When sugar plantations began pay
ing sometimes as much as three and
half per cent. month-and on water
ed stock at that-these Japanese asked
for more wages. The price of provi-
sions, they said, has gone up twenty
five per cent, but with no correspond
ing raise in wages. and we can't live
on $lS month. We can't work TWEEN
ty-six days in the month. 1t is too
hot. We can't average over $13 a
month.
"What was the RESULT Thugs and
agitators, shysters and lawbreakers.
We won't consider the increased wag
scale, because you are thugs and agi-
tators, because you are shysters and
lawbreakers. And then comes the next
step. Mr.. Kinney, we have got to put
this higher wage movement off. Put
it off year if you can, month if you
can't And from that day
the criminal arm of the law has been
doing nothing but drag these people to
the bar and on such flimsy charges as
thisl Mr.. Kinney says 1T may be
the hand of the Lord is with u.s. Yes,
the hand of the Lord is indeed with us.
This strike is indeed going to be the
best thing for the Territory of Hawaii.
Citizens will have chance to work
for reasonable wages and any man,
be he white or brown, will have an
opportunity to barter his services for
reasonable wage. It may be that
the hand of the Lord is with usl
"This strike cannot be squelched.
Mr.. Kinney says, 'The order of these
Japanese makes me tired to a degree.
What does he wantY A chance to drag
these people to the bar of justice in
thousandsf
"He says this ism t an orderly strike.
We know what orderly strikes are, with
the burnings and assaults. If these
people were not orderly, not stick of
cane on these islands would be SAFE
He says we are an army. If Mr.. Kin
ney owns n share of stock, he ought
to be glad we have discipline. Why
shouldn 7 we combine together, as the
planters combine7
The Clutch of the Planters.
eco from Hawaii to Kauai and
you II find everything within the
clutch of the Planters Association. No
wonder the japanese had to combine!
There isn't an employer that doesn It
know that the japanese are worth more
wages than they are getting, and !
hope to God they will keep at it until
they get them. The 10000 japanese
look to You. Let them know that, al
though the flag may have been dragged
in the dust these past few weeks by
the police, the flag gives the laborers
protection that is their right.
~ leave the case with you, and ex-
pect that within verv few minutes
after you go into the jury room, you
will bring in verdict for these de-
! have done.'