The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-08-18
JURY FINDS
A VERDICT

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the cross. / don t believe he would do
it. If some one were to tell me to-
morrow that Mr. Kinney had nailed
Negoro to the cross, [ should deny it,,
really, l should.
But we all knew what Mr.. Kinney
meant. He WASH t using mere idle
words. He meant something. but he
dldn t mean that he was going to Il Il
Mr.. Negoro to a cross II
Chops and Tomato Sauce. -
Mr.. Lightfoot, illustrative of w.
meaning, read to the jury the addres.
of Sergeant Buzfuz to the jury in ting
story of Pickwick, with the famous
chops, tomato sauce and warming pan
incident. And the jury was really :
terested.
Now, haven t we had the chop hid
tomato sauce? Tail. Bokume Ao!'
We've had taiii and bokumetzu untA
I am afraid that if you go hon go
your wives ask you if you III have soass
tomato sauce you IL yell bola@net -
You II be yelling tail and boysaet2P
in your sleep.
NC WV AOuodnu y
hadn t taken his seat on the Saess
stand until he was telling "a what
frightful things taiji and bMnmetzu
are. Tail, to get rid of, a sssr,S u-
metzu, that's worse-to get ~ off
cholera germs Awful! And t Saad
$4,000 of our money to bring VI ~
the way from Japan to tell us%hShs
Now. I hope that when you 60 homseI
you'll forget all about taiji all box q
mcfarland Prof. Dening. M v
"Why, his voice trembled so w. could
hardly talk when he tried to stgll us
what some of these words mean hey
were terrible, terrible.
"Gentlemen, when there arg e 30
meanings to word. one good al - ne
other bad, give the defendantsax he
| benefit of the doubt. Go around With
magnifving glass if YOU want to fRd
the meaning of words, but use the glass
! to find the good meanings. as well as
| the bad. 7 contend that suppress is
as true translation of 'taiji' 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 taijis and bokumetzus of the
Jill. We tried to show you those words
in the other papers but we were not
| allowed. But we do have one taiji
and two bokumetzus in the Shinpo, and
one iron fist. When the taiji is used
in the Jill it is one thing, and when
it is used in the Shinpo it is something
else It is an elusive fellow. this taiii
something like catching a flea. When
we find that the good Mr.. Sheba, the
! planters friend, is using it, it is per
fectlv harmless.
cit is funny sort. Tn the Jill il
means violence but when it is used in
the Jiyu, it is such a nice word, such
| as 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. OF
St Peter will get you by the scruh
of the neck and fire you out.
Persecution, Not Prosecution.
''I say to you. that you have right
" thhC LilN ICctiilip'N VI iAt NCINiih
ants here that these words were used
as figure of speech. The Planters
Association may desire very much tt
railroad these men to jail, but don
you be party to the crime.
"When we simmer it all down, what
does it all mean? These men are be
ing prosecuted because they are ae
cused of having engineered a strike
Thugs and Agitators!
"When sugar plantations began pay
ing sometimes as much as three and {
half per cent. a mOnth-and on water
ed stock at that-these Japanese asked
for more wages. The price of provl
sions, they said, has gone up twenty
five per cent, but with no correspond
ing raise in wages, and we can't live
on SIS month. We can t work TWEEN
ty-six days in the month. 1t is toC
hot We can't average over $1S
month
"'What was the result2 Thugs ant
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