The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-08-06


answer. /
An Astral Plight.
Kinney then questioned him about |
the vote that was taken at Kahuku by |
which four men were declared to be |
sycophants and were given three days |
in which to leave the plantation.
twas it their astral bodies or their
common sense bodies that were to
leave the plantation in three daysi"
he asked.
The witness replied that he believed
the laborers intended that the four
men should actually leave the planta.
ton in body.
"of course, you put notice in the
Jill Immediately telling these four
men that they were not required to
do that, said Kinney.
Lightfoot objected. "We are not
here to answer for our sins of omis
sion," he said. And he gave some
apropos quotation from scripture.
GAN sorts of people may quote
scripture, said Kinney sarcasticaIly.
Even the devil" sweetly agreed
Lightfoot.
Unfortunately for you,'' went on
Kinney, addressing the witness, the
Jill expressly approves of the action
taken by the laborers, and he proceed
ed to read the last part of the article,
in which the Jill promised TO aid the
strikers who had voted their fellow
countrymen sycophants, and called upon
the Japanese to ostrasiZe all sycophants.
Negoro contended that the japanese
word used means to exclude the syco-
plants from the councils of the japan
csc, not to exclude them bodily from the
plantations. Then, under continued
rapid.fire from the guns of the oppo-
sition, he became confused and began
to apologize. He admitted that he had
J done wrong in not inguiring whether
! or not the four men had been given a
4 chance to speak in their own defense.
/ 1t was also to be regretted that the Jill
had pursued the policy it did.
"Do you think, them Numbered
Kinney, THAT when you learned of the
cowardly and dastardly acts of the
strikers, your use of the words 'taizi
and 'bokumetzu was at least unfor-
tunate!p
Passes the Buck.
"Well, yes" said Negoro, cit may
have been unfortunate, since they took
them in the literal sense. 1t was un-
fortunate to have those words in the
paper, because they are the cause OF
this case; they caused us to be prose
cuted. l don't want to say anything
bad for Mr.. Sega, but l IN not respon
sible for the policy of the paper.
"When did you first conclude that
the use of those words was unfortun
atel"
"When we were arrested"
A Missouri Japanese.
Kinney took up another line. "DiC
you say on June 49, he asked, "that
Sumetaro Sheba and his followers shoulc
, be eXterminaJedi'
"lou've got to show me, +" said Ne
goro.
Kinney showed him, producing thu
paper and pointing out the passage.
cit is plain enough to the ordinar,
japanese reader said Negoro, "tha
no harm is intended by these words. 1
is rather unfortunate that they wer
g used, but it was to heighten the spiri
!. of the strikers. They were used 20 de
stroy the influence of Sheba, and di
not mean the actual killing of Sheb
and his followers. i didn t think D
fanatics at the time
Q "Why didn't you think of fanatics
You knew, didn t you, that there wer
fanatics who might read the articl
: and take it literallyf''
Witness admitted that he woul
probably have known of it if he ha
stopped to think at the time.
= 81 believe" pursued the prosecuting
attorney, that you paid hig
tribute to Mr.. Sheba on the stand tn
!. other day. You stated that he was
courageous, independent and homes
man?'
eyes If I didn't say he was hon
$ est, / should have said So"
j. ''And yet, while you were callini
q Sheba traitor, a planters dog,
planters spy, you knew in your hear
: that he was a courageous, Independent
+ and honest mani"
"We didn't really think he was
9 cowardly, but it was intended to b
funny. We just used the words t
;, make speech,'' explained the witnes
i weakly.
v "And to sow the devil in the heart
n of the laborersi" Lightfoot objecte
. that there YVES no evidence to sho
! that anybody had been sowing tn
devil, but the judge let the expressio
}, go.
v "We were showing Sheba up in
= poorer light and our own side in I'll
y best light possible went on Negor
{, "iust as have seen Mr.. Bryan an
It Mr. Roosevelt caricatured."
5, Kinney was apparently just gettin
r. warmed up to the chase when 1913
came, and with it the usual adjourn
?. ment.
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