The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-01-26
CALLED UP THE
WRONG SPEAKER
tFrom Mondays Advertiser.l


the speeches made consisted in denun-
Citations of Editor Sheba Of the Hawaii
Shinpo and the Daily Chronicle for not
siding in with them, or, at least, for
opposing the agitation, and an en-
deavor to convince the audience that
the reason the trustees of the Plant
ers' Association have not replied to the
several resolutions of the agitators was
because Sheba interviewed
The plans of those responsible for
the meeting went astray when they
asked one man in the audience to ex.
press his views. This man, Mr.. Takei,
expressed the opinion that the whole
agitation was hot air and had simmer.
ed down to a war of personalities be.
tween the newspapers. He said that
the sooner some influential men of the
Japanese community cut the Gordiap
| knot the better. Some of the audience
tried to hiss Mr.. Takei off the stage,
but he stood by his guns until he fin
ished,
Each speaker except Mr.. Takei took
n whack at Mr.. Sheba and accredited
him with being the author of transla-
tions from the Jill into English, and
| that such TRANSACTIONS were literal and
1
| ter method of translation should be
used. However, the speakers said they
were like eats with nine lives, and
would continue to carry on the higher
wages propaganda, even if they fell In
the ditch while trying to carry the
works. They said that they were like
the soldiers killed at Port Arthur. The
spirits of the dead came back to earth
L Al, 10
ture the fortress.
Mr.. Maxine said the agitators had
received a letter from w. o. Smith, on
behalf of the Planters Association
saving he would present the resolu'
lions to the trustees. Two mass meet
inps had since been held, but no ac-
acknowledgement of the resolutions pass,
ed and forwarded to Mr.. Smith had
been received, due, he said, to Sheba' 6
interference. He said the agitation
had been carried on in quiet, conser
vative manner, but Mr.. Sheba, he de
clared, wanted to bring the matter be
fore the grand jury. Mr.. Maxine said
he was willing. He said he and his
followers had not attacked the plant
ers at all.
''These people are trying to get US
into JAIL he said, "but they can moi
do anything as long as we are carrying
this matter on in a lawful way. Amer
lea is a free country, and these people
can not iuggle the law one way or an
other. The Declaration of lndepen
dence says that if the government
doesn t give justice to the people, why
the people can change the govern
ment. -
, Mr.. Tasaka of the Nippu Jiji FIRE
auently attacked Editor Sheba of TIN
Shinpo. He claimed that MI Shebi
S made translations that were imperfect
r and that Mr.. Sheba had misrepresent
t ed the Jiii's attitude in the matter
: He claimed that an interview wit
a George w. Smith, of Benson, Smith
e Co., on the wages matter, which wa
l an interview written out by MIR. Smith
g from which japanese translation
e was made for the Jiji, was again trans
lated from Japanese into English an
h turned over to the Planters Associa
ton. Tasaka claimed that the plant
}. ers complained to Mr.. Smith that h
t had made use of derogatory state
e ments concerning the planters H
e said that Mr.. Smith replied that h
/ had not made such a statement, a
J. though as an American he had RICH
h to present his views, and he thereupo
:, had asked the Jiji for the copy he ha
= handed that paper. This English cop
was unlike the translation made froi
the Jill for the planters. Mr.. Tasak
l, said he was not sure that Sheba ha
n made the translation, but he though
so.
e The speaker did not offer the SUI
y gestion that the translation into Jal
t. anese made for the Jiji may have bee
Y radical departure from the expresse
IN views of Mr.. Smith written in Engis
1t and that, after all, the Sheba transl
p ton back into English was merely IL
at way the Jill had put it. Mr.. Tasal
constantly made use of ''dogs al
ne pigsn in referring to the conservati'
~ element among the japanese who ha'
et not fallen into line with the agitatoI
Given though we are handcufed,
Is' he concluded, "we will not sink al
5h the propaganda will go on.'
Y. Sega, editor and manager of Il
be Jill, as well as one of the large
ST stockholders, was the next speakt
d Mr.. Sega was not at ease and maj
~ people left the hall. The scuffling
TO dozens of wooden-shod people Great
'o so much noise that much OF MS spec
ey was drowned out He said the hight
lie wages propaganda was succeeds
IN through the efforts of the 10000 JaI
nese in the Islands, and not SO mu
through his little paper. He did n
take up the matter at first, but VIII
he was accused, he said, Of getting $
month from the planters, his bio
r. boiled, and he jumped into the fr
/ to help the agitators.
IL After Mr.. Sega finished his spec
,tt Fred Maxine, chairman of the meetii
he called upon Mr.. Takei, II profession
err orator, to come down from the gale
ar and express his opinion on the matt
FOR Mr.. Takei responded by going up
the stage. He said:
he ~ will express my free opinion.
Il. looks to me as if the Higher-Wa
in Association matter had been set as
me and that the newspapers are indulgi
of in personalities over the question"
Led went on to say that he thought it
led time for influential members of
SEQ Ianonesa Merchants, Association