The San Francisco call., 1909-03-24
my daughter loves Mr.. Aoki and that ends it, The
against his color and his birth petty and
un- Christian" MRS. JOHN A. EMERY
Helen Emery and Mother
Will Leave State Today
Archdeacon Refuses Consent to Marriage With
Japanese and Family Is Rent

bear the sight of Helen and her
mother kissing the man"
Friends calling in for visit would
De startled to see the affection exist
ing between the two women and the
houseboy. On occasions he would be
seen seated in an armchair with the
mother on one side and the daughter
on the other, their arms entwined
around his neck. The attitude of Mrs.
Emery was of course motherly, but
Corte MADEIRA failed to understand.
Whispers were heard They grew to
open murmurs and finally into an out
burst of protest. The archdeacon who
during these days had been spending
only two or three nights a week at
his home, endeavoring TO swamp the
bitterness of the haunting thoughts
by an avalanche of work, now ceased
his visits altogether.
Archdeacon Is Firm
The home of a lifetimes toll toppled
about his ears and he withdrew unto
himself, saying nothing. On one point
he was firm. He refused to sanction
the marriage; whereupon the mother
and daughter proceeded to take the
case into their own hands and arrange
the, union without his consent. Up to
this point the dominance of the moth
ers will had carried its purpose, but
here it snapped.
Public opinion arose against her
and her aims The friends which be-
fore contented themselves with
shrug @of the shoulder now openly
voiced their Indignation against her.
Aoki was driven from Corte MADEIRA,
and crowd Of angry citizens watched
every train to prevent his return.
Theirs was the simplest remedy of
hnl
sound thrashing for the houseboy.
And Aoki remained away. Last night
Mrs. Emery gave way. With her
daughter She began to pack up her
belongings with the intention of leav
ing the state today.
This marriage is going to take
place" said she. When. I do not
Do not think either my daughter or
myself are to be frightened by the
anger of hoodlums. l don't care
snap for public opinion. l know 1 am
right in my stand and nothing will
make me waver. / am going away
from here. going away from California.
away from the scum of the earth. l
am going to live among white people.
with a colored son in law?' she was
asked
with q son in law whose soul is
white 1 do not care what people say
or think. / am right. I know l am
right. My daughter loves the man and
he is a good man. His color or his po-
sition is immaterial to me, and it would
be un-Christian for me TO allow them
to interfere with my daughters happi-
ness
Does marriage to a white man guar
antee her happiness2 On the contrary,
the divorce courts show that three out
of five marriages end unEappily-and
this is among the white race. Can the
same be said O. the Japanese? No.
have met all The arguments for and
against the marriage. and I rest con-
tent in the knowledge that am right.
AS for the public I do not care. l have
no freinds here and l do not want any
of this type. Nowhere else but in Cali
fornia would there be so much uproar
over a marriage of this character 1t
is here, in this state. with its petty,
childish. blind hatred of the Japanese
race that 1t can only be heard. And do
you think l am affected by what the
mob says or does-this mob which is
ruled by lying press or the empty de-
nunciations of lying politicians? l am
right Nothing can change me-"
The ripples from the storm center
broke in another direction. Rev
c. Aoki. who in the intervening years
had won honor in the executions of
his missionary work among his
countrymen and given a sacerdotal po-
sition above them. suffers also. His
friends have advised him to resign.
His work of years is in danger of
being swept away. The Japanese
population declare that it would be
better for him to give place TO one
whose family name has not been dis
graced.
Il do not know what to do said
he MY brother is very foolish and
unwise TO talk of marriage to Miss
Emery. He has no position, no money
and no prospects. / have done my
utmost to prevent the step, but he has
refused to listen to me- In the face
of the disgrace he has inflicted on
my family name my friends have ad-
vised me to resign. I will discuss the
matter with Bishop Nichols and abide