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5 5 2 HAWAIIAN ISLANDS.
because they seem to think they have something to build up. And
what they say has much truth in it. One of the elements of the islands
is the element represented by the Portuguese people.
The CHAIRMAN. Are the Portuguese entitled to vote under the constitution?
Mr. EMERSON. Yes.
The CHAIRMAN. Being Europeans!
Mr. EMERSON. Yes.
The CHAIRMAN. They are entitled to that privilege in Hawaii without
changing their nationality, without renouncing their allegiance to
the foreign government?
Mr. EMERSON. I think all Europeans, Germans and all, who are
domiciled in the land under certain conditions. I can not tell you the
conditions that permit them to vote. While considering themselves
American citizens, some of the white men have voted. They vote and
act as citizens of that land.
The CHAIRMAN. Petaining their citizenship in their native land, they
are permitted to vote in Hawaii under the constitution of 1887 ?
Mr. EMERSON. AS I understand it. I do not know just what relations
the Portuguese Government permits.
The CHAIRMAN. When the Japanese come to Hawaii do they bring
their families?
Mr. EMERSON. I am sorry to say that the Japanese come there
rather too promiscuously. Some of them are married men; but they
tire of one wife and take another.
The CHAIRMAN. The Japanese, if I understand you correctly, are
introduced into Hawaii by an agreement between the two governments?
Mr. EMERSON. Yes.
The CHAIRMAN. Do the overseers, controllers of these Japanese,
come along from Japan?
Mr. EMERSON. There is an agent, a Mr. Irwin, who ships them from
Japan. Of course, there are interpreters, men who go there to bring
them over; just how, I could not say.
The CHAIRMAN. Mr. Irwin is the agent of the Hawaiian Government?
Mr. EMERSON. Yes.
The CHAIRMAN. And he resides in Japan ?
Mr. EMERSON. Yes.
The CHAIRMAN. And he sends out these Japanese to Hawaii?
Mr. EMERSON. Yes.
The CHAIRMAN. They come under a contract between the two governments?
Mr. EMERSON. Yes.
The CHAIRMAN. DO they establish homes when they get there ?
Mr. EMERSON. The Japanese are rather apt to be migratory. Now
and then a bright, intelligent Japanese man will get a store. There
are certain young men in Honolulu who are establishing stores in the
city, and also the members of the legation. Karely you will find one
who is married; they are young men. Their prospects in the island
are good, but most of the laborers return.
The CHAIRMAN. They come under a contract to return, do they not?
Mr. EMERSON. I believe they do. I suppose there is a contract to
return.
The CHAIRMAN. The Chinese who come to Hawaii, are they brought
HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. 553
under an arrangement with the Government of China or do they come
of their own accord ?
Mr. EMERSON. In regard to these Government contracts, my knowledge
is that as to the immigration of the Chinese they are limited, as
in the case of the Japanese. As I understand it, there is a limitation
upon their coming.
The CHAIRMAN. DO you mean that a certain number may come
within a year ?
Mr. EMERSON. I can not say just what it is.
The CHAIRMAN. When the Chinese arrive there, do they bring their
families with them?
Mr. EMERSON. I know this, the Chinamen are sending to China
often for wives. My cook said, "Mr. Emerson, if you will lend me
$200 I can get a wife."
The CHAIRMAN. In what kind of service are the Chinese employed
in Hawaii?
Mr. EMERSON. The chief service is to their own people, rice planters.
Senator SHERMAN. And sugar planters ?
Mr. EMERSON. There are not so many working the sugar plantations.
Then there are cooks in the cities.
Senator GRAY. Domestic servants?
Mr. EMERSON. Domestic servants.
The CHAIRMAN. Have the Chinamen ownership over the lands
where they raise rice?
Mr. EMERSON. I think it is mostly rented land.
The CHAIRMAN. But they have farming establishments?
Mr. EMERSON. Yes.
The CHAIRMAN. And they are engaged mainly in the raising of rice?
Mr. EMERSON. The Chinaman, I think, is quite an item in Hawaii,
so far as his labors are concerned. There are quite a number of children
(descendants of Chinamen are numerous); they are given to
marrying native wives, native women.
The CHAIRMAN. HOW is the native population, the Kanakas, related
to these different people—the Portuguese, Japanese, and Chinese?
Are they friendly?
Mr. EMERSON. Friendly with anybody. A Chinaman can ingratiate
himself into the native's house. He will say, u You put up a building,
and I will give you a certain rent." The Chinaman will run a store and
pay the rent, and the native will live off it. The Chinaman will go into
the country and say, "I will take your patch off your hand and plant
the patch;" and the Hawaiian rents to the Chinaman, and he makes
money off it. It is a very great misfortune that the Hawaiian is being
worked out of his independence by this race. He needs protection.
The CHAIRMAN. DO the native Kanaka women intermarry with the
Japanese, Chinese, and Portuguese?
Mr. EMERSON. I do not think the Japanese and Portuguese do. I
think there are quite a number of Portuguese women there; there are
certainly more Portuguese women than Chinese women. The Chinese
are most apt to marry the natives.
The CHAIRMAN. The native woman has no fastidiousness with
regard to marriage—she will marry a Japanese, a Chinese, or a Portuguese?
Mr. EMERSON. I think not, if she get a chance to marry a Chinese
or Portuguese.
Senator GRAY. Does she ever marry a white man?
Mr. EMERSON. When they can not get white husbands.

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 because they seem to think they have something to build up. And
-what they say has much truth in it. One of the elements of the islands
+because they seem to think they have something to build up. And what they say has much truth in it. One of the elements of the islands is the element represented by the Portuguese people.
 is the element represented by the Portuguese people.
 The CHAIRMAN. Are the Portuguese entitled to vote under the constitution?
 Mr. EMERSON. Yes.
-The CHAIRMAN. Being Europeans!
+Mr. EMERSON. Yes.
 Mr. EMERSON. Yes.
-The CHAIRMAN. They are entitled to that privilege in Hawaii without
+The CHAIRMAN. Being Europeans!
 changing their nationality, without renouncing their allegiance to
-the foreign government?
+Mr. EMERSON. Yes.
 Mr. EMERSON. I think all Europeans, Germans and all, who are
-domiciled in the land under certain conditions. I can not tell you the
+The CHAIRMAN. They are entitled to that privilege in Hawaii without changing their nationality, without renouncing their allegiance to the foreign government?
 conditions that permit them to vote. While considering themselves
-American citizens, some of the white men have voted. They vote and
+Mr. EMERSON. I think all Europeans, Germans and all, who are domiciled in the land under certain conditions. I can not tell you the conditions that permit them to vote. While considering themselves American citizens, some of the white men have voted. They vote and act as citizens of that land.
 act as citizens of that land.
-The CHAIRMAN. Petaining their citizenship in their native land, they
+The CHAIRMAN. Petaining their citizenship in their native land, they are permitted to vote in Hawaii under the constitution of 1887?
 are permitted to vote in Hawaii under the constitution of 1887 ?
-Mr. EMERSON. AS I understand it. I do not know just what relations
+Mr. EMERSON. AS I understand it. I do not know just what relations the Portuguese Government permits.
 the Portuguese Government permits.
-The CHAIRMAN. When the Japanese come to Hawaii do they bring
+The CHAIRMAN. When the Japanese come to Hawaii do they bring their families?
 their families?
-Mr. EMERSON. I am sorry to say that the Japanese come there
+Mr. EMERSON. I am sorry to say that the Japanese come there rather too promiscuously. Some of them are married men; but they tire of one wife and take another.
 rather too promiscuously. Some of them are married men; but they
-tire of one wife and take another.
+The CHAIRMAN. The Japanese, if I understand you correctly, are introduced into Hawaii by an agreement between the two governments?
 The CHAIRMAN. The Japanese, if I understand you correctly, are
-introduced into Hawaii by an agreement between the two governments?
+Mr. EMERSON. Yes.
 Mr. EMERSON. Yes.
-The CHAIRMAN. Do the overseers, controllers of these Japanese,
+The CHAIRMAN. Do the overseers, controllers of these Japanese, come along from Japan?
 come along from Japan?
-Mr. EMERSON. There is an agent, a Mr. Irwin, who ships them from
+Mr. EMERSON. There is an agent, a Mr. Irwin, who ships them from Japan. Of course, there are interpreters, men who go there to bring them over; just how, I could not say.
 Japan. Of course, there are interpreters, men who go there to bring
-them over; just how, I could not say.
+The CHAIRMAN. Mr. Irwin is the agent of the Hawaiian Government?
 The CHAIRMAN. Mr. Irwin is the agent of the Hawaiian Government?
 Mr. EMERSON. Yes.
 The CHAIRMAN. And he resides in Japan ?
-Mr. EMERSON. Yes.
+The CHAIRMAN. And he resides in Japan?
 The CHAIRMAN. And he sends out these Japanese to Hawaii?
 Mr. EMERSON. Yes.
 The CHAIRMAN. They come under a contract between the two governments?
-Mr. EMERSON. Yes.
+The CHAIRMAN. And he sends out these Japanese to Hawaii?
-The CHAIRMAN. DO they establish homes when they get there ?
-Mr. EMERSON. The Japanese are rather apt to be migratory. Now
+Mr. EMERSON. Yes.
 and then a bright, intelligent Japanese man will get a store. There
-are certain young men in Honolulu who are establishing stores in the
+The CHAIRMAN. They come under a contract between the two governments?
-city, and also the members of the legation. Karely you will find one
-who is married; they are young men. Their prospects in the island
+Mr. EMERSON. Yes.
 are good, but most of the laborers return.
-The CHAIRMAN. They come under a contract to return, do they not?
+The CHAIRMAN. Do they establish homes when they get there?
 Mr. EMERSON. I believe they do. I suppose there is a contract to
-return.
+Mr. EMERSON. The Japanese are rather apt to be migratory. Now and then a bright, intelligent Japanese man will get a store. There are certain young men in Honolulu who are establishing stores in the city, and also the members of the legation. Rarely you will find one who is married; they are young men. Their prospects in the island are good, but most of the laborers return.
 The CHAIRMAN. The Chinese who come to Hawaii, are they brought
-HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. 553
+The CHAIRMAN. They come under a contract to return, do they not?
 under an arrangement with the Government of China or do they come
-of their own accord ?
+Mr. EMERSON. I believe they do. I suppose there is a contract to return.
 Mr. EMERSON. In regard to these Government contracts, my knowledge
-is that as to the immigration of the Chinese they are limited, as
+The CHAIRMAN. The Chinese who come to Hawaii, are they brought
 in the case of the Japanese. As I understand it, there is a limitation
-upon their coming.
+{{p|553}}
 The CHAIRMAN. DO you mean that a certain number may come
-within a year ?
+under an arrangement with the Government of China or do they come of their own accord?
 Mr. EMERSON. I can not say just what it is.
-The CHAIRMAN. When the Chinese arrive there, do they bring their
+Mr. EMERSON. In regard to these Government contracts, my knowledge is that as to the immigration of the Chinese they are limited, as in the case of the Japanese. As I understand it, there is a limitation upon their coming.
 families with them?
-Mr. EMERSON. I know this, the Chinamen are sending to China
+The CHAIRMAN. DO you mean that a certain number may come within a year?
 often for wives. My cook said, "Mr. Emerson, if you will lend me
-$200 I can get a wife."
+Mr. EMERSON. I can not say just what it is.
 The CHAIRMAN. In what kind of service are the Chinese employed
-in Hawaii?
+The CHAIRMAN. When the Chinese arrive there, do they bring their families with them?
 Mr. EMERSON. The chief service is to their own people, rice planters.
-Senator SHERMAN. And sugar planters ?
+Mr. EMERSON. I know this, the Chinamen are sending to China often for wives. My cook said, "Mr. Emerson, if you will lend me $200 I can get a wife."
 Mr. EMERSON. There are not so many working the sugar plantations.
-Then there are cooks in the cities.
+The CHAIRMAN. In what kind of service are the Chinese employed in Hawaii?
 Senator GRAY. Domestic servants?
-Mr. EMERSON. Domestic servants.
+Mr. EMERSON. The chief service is to their own people, rice planters.
 The CHAIRMAN. Have the Chinamen ownership over the lands
-where they raise rice?
+Senator SHERMAN. And sugar planters ?
 Mr. EMERSON. I think it is mostly rented land.
-The CHAIRMAN. But they have farming establishments?
+Mr. EMERSON. There are not so many working the sugar plantations. Then there are cooks in the cities.
 Mr. EMERSON. Yes.
-The CHAIRMAN. And they are engaged mainly in the raising of rice?
+Senator GRAY. Domestic servants?
 Mr. EMERSON. The Chinaman, I think, is quite an item in Hawaii,
-so far as his labors are concerned. There are quite a number of children
+Mr. EMERSON. Domestic servants.
 (descendants of Chinamen are numerous); they are given to
-marrying native wives, native women.
+The CHAIRMAN. Have the Chinamen ownership over the lands where they raise rice?
-The CHAIRMAN. HOW is the native population, the Kanakas, related
-to these different people—the Portuguese, Japanese, and Chinese?
+Mr. EMERSON. I think it is mostly rented land.
 Are they friendly?
-Mr. EMERSON. Friendly with anybody. A Chinaman can ingratiate
+The CHAIRMAN. But they have farming establishments?
-himself into the native's house. He will say, u You put up a building,
-and I will give you a certain rent." The Chinaman will run a store and
+Mr. EMERSON. Yes.
 pay the rent, and the native will live off it. The Chinaman will go into
-the country and say, "I will take your patch off your hand and plant
+The CHAIRMAN. And they are engaged mainly in the raising of rice?
 the patch;" and the Hawaiian rents to the Chinaman, and he makes
-money off it. It is a very great misfortune that the Hawaiian is being
+Mr. EMERSON. The Chinaman, I think, is quite an item in Hawaii, so far as his labors are concerned. There are quite a number of children (descendants of Chinamen are numerous); they are given to marrying native wives, native women.
 worked out of his independence by this race. He needs protection.
-The CHAIRMAN. DO the native Kanaka women intermarry with the
+The CHAIRMAN. How is the native population, the Kanakas, related to these different people—the Portuguese, Japanese, and Chinese? Are they friendly?
 Japanese, Chinese, and Portuguese?
-Mr. EMERSON. I do not think the Japanese and Portuguese do. I
+Mr. EMERSON. Friendly with anybody. A Chinaman can ingratiate himself into the native's house. He will say, "You put up a building, and I will give you a certain rent." The Chinaman will run a store and pay the rent, and the native will live off it. The Chinaman will go into the country and say, "I will take your patch off your hand and plant the patch;" and the Hawaiian rents to the Chinaman, and he makes money off it. It is a very great misfortune that the Hawaiian is being worked out of his independence by this race. He needs protection.
 think there are quite a number of Portuguese women there; there are
-certainly more Portuguese women than Chinese women. The Chinese
+The CHAIRMAN. Do the native Kanaka women intermarry with the Japanese, Chinese, and Portuguese?
 are most apt to marry the natives.
-The CHAIRMAN. The native woman has no fastidiousness with
+Mr. EMERSON. I do not think the Japanese and Portuguese do. I think there are quite a number of Portuguese women there; there are certainly more Portuguese women than Chinese women. The Chinese are most apt to marry the natives.
 regard to marriage—she will marry a Japanese, a Chinese, or a Portuguese?
-Mr. EMERSON. I think not, if she get a chance to marry a Chinese
+The CHAIRMAN. The native woman has no fastidiousness with regard to marriage—she will marry a Japanese, a Chinese, or a Portuguese?
 or Portuguese.
-Senator GRAY. Does she ever marry a white man?
+Mr. EMERSON. I think not, if she get a chance to marry a Chinese or Portuguese.
 Mr. EMERSON. When they can not get white husbands.