The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1910-07-29
MEMORIAL OF A
HAPPY EVENT

HAPI tVtNI
Organ Of Recent Strike Happy at
Release Of Higher Wage
Leaders From Jail.
In celebration Of tho fact that Il. A..
Mott-Smith. in his capacity Of Acting.
Governor, commuted the jail sentences
of Maxine, Ncgoro, Tasaka and Sega,
convicted of conspiracy in connection
with the recent agitation Of the Higher
Wage Association and the japanese
strike, the Nippu Jill, whose editor is
among the four liberated ones, yester.
day issued Memorial Edition. - This
edition consists of sixteen pages, illus
trated with photographs of the four
| prisoners in the prison garbs, of scenes
outside the Jail walls at their liberia.
tion, of incidents of the strike and of
/ ~
number of citizens.
The edition explains itself on the first
page, publishing the following copy Of
a letter of thanks sent to Governor
Frear:
Honolulu, July %, 1910.
| To His EXcellency, Walter +. Frear,
Governor of the Territory of Ha.
wall.
We, the undersigned, Japanese resi-
dents of the city of Honolulu, hereby
express our great gratitude to your ex.
cellency for pardoning
G. NEGORO, Y. soGA,
+. X. MAKING, Y. TASAKA,
of the crime of conspiracy in response
to the request of the Japanese mer.
chants and professional men residing
here. We assure YOU that the Japanese
community appreciates the great execu.
tive clemency on your part, and we
trust it will result in causing the Japa.
nese laboring population to make
greater efforts than ever to remain a
law abiding portion of the population
of this Territory, and cause them TO
feel n greater devotion to the govern.
ment of this Territory.
Official and Editorial Opinions.
One page of the edition is printed in
English, containing a number of letters
from government officials and exoflicials
and the ditors of the three English
dailies, These letters are:
Begin Again.
Honolulu, July 25, 1870
To the Editor:
Hard as it may appear for those who
were directly concerned in the expert.
ences of the past to lay aside all per.
sonal feelings and to begin the work
of the future with broad and gener-
Gus spirit, yet it is hoped that each
individual, whether employer or EN-.
ploye, will do his best toward the &C.
complishment of this much desired OBJ.
ject, Personally, feel that this object
can be accomplished; that in the pur.
suit Of the common good individual
, ism and individual feelings will not
, appear; that methods of peace arbitra.
, ton will prevail in the future in all
transactions between the employer and
! the employe.
r. A. NG0TTSMlTH,
Secretary of Hawaii.
+, Personally Glad.
Honolulu, July %, 1910.
Editor Nppu Jill:
Sir:-As n personal friend of FREQ
Maxine and rather more than an ac
quaintance of Mr.. Negoro and yourself
/ am heartily glad that the Acting
Governor saw fit to commute the sen
fences of the court and that you are
now at liberty. This is my personal
feeling, just as it was my personal feel.
ing when l regretted that you and your
associates were sentenced to Jail.
| Ill I,,N II,
contentious that the wage scale paid to
the japanese plantation labOrers was
too low, however mistaken | may have
believed you to be and however mis-
directed ] may have believed your
efforts were in doing what you thought
was right in lettering those conditions.
understand that you purpose using
this letter and number of others in "A
Celebration Edition" of the Jiji. ]
agree with you that there is an occa.
sion to celebrate. That occasion is the
fact that the recent trouble in the
economic conditions of Hawaii is a
thing of the past, with the Japanese
residents of the Islands again happily
at work and the country again going
forward. That is something which the
Japanese in Hawaii and all others Of
the lslanuS can celebrate, Inc Iact,
also, that the laws of the country have
been satisfied; that the imprisonment
of four of your cOuntrymen, including
yourself, has been shortened because it
was seen that there was no good OBJ
jeet to be gained by keeping you and
your associates further confined, thus
proving that there was no executive
spitework back of your sentence, is
something that deserves celebrating. 1t
is an event that should prove to all
in this Territory, citizen and alien
alike, that American law is not unjust
and not severe toward repentant Of.
tenders.
With personal regards to yourself
and associates, am, yours very truly,
r. o. MATHESON.
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