The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1868-02-15

IN tic Convention oil lNDt- lie ms TIE Iclutd-
ton of being an intelligent, upright man and n
firm supporter Of the peoples rights. Tie cleo
tors Of Kau have made 4 most excellent choice.
The success of the defeated candidate will afford
him in future n pointed illustration for his stump
speeches, when he talks aboat being . weighed
in the balance and found wanting"
In South EOna the vote stood rs follows:
" Claude Joae-, 0ieeiei)----------i. va..
hulak-e------
In North Kona, after a spirited contest, the
~tallOting stood as follows:
Gesrr. W. PHpa, CbeeteD Of votes
J. - kamalo -
o
Mr.. Pilipo went into the canvass ne the Peo-
Pies candidate against Mr.. Kamalo, the Govern
ment candidate. The latter gentleman has rep
resented his district for several years, and in
some respects was well fitted for the position
but his excessive subseryiency to the Ministers
during the last Legislature disguised many of his
friends, and appears to have also his constituents.
In Hamakua the contest was one of the most
hOtly contested on the Islands, and we hear that
the Iartisans of the various candidates there cnn-
mitted gross outrages. The balloting resulted as
follows:
/ CIV. ID. Haiemanu, ketrd)..-.--.---I4 vote.
Ssr:c5Scss-
Kaanain1n9 50
%
Up 50 the hour of going to press we have no
report of any kind from Hilo or Puma.
There are in all twcnty-seven representatives
returnable from all the districts. 1t may be well
here TO glance at the political complexion of the
new body, which is to convene in May next. In
nearly every district there lave been two separate
and distinct parties, with their respective candi-
dates. One of these parties has been composed
OF those electors who, from various c:uses, sup
ported the Ministry, right or wrong. These gen.
orally received the direct aid and assistance of all
Government officers, from the Ministers to the
most petty district judge. Their candidates were
for the most part Government employees, in minor
capacities, or men who were ardent supporters of
ministerial policy.
Opposed to them, and engaged in a legitimate
and honorable rivalry, were the masses of the peo-
pie, who, from various causes, preferred to vote
for their own candidates, and who may be dcsig-
mated the Peoples Party, or the Independent
Party. The organization, so far as it may be
designated rs such, has been brought out to OPP
posc the election of Government employees, who
cannot lie fair and outspoken representatives of
the people, and to choose only the best men, who
lrOullSc 10 q III Hlosl taiiDlc iE ~ IOcitlOu-
In some instances, probably, no Improvement has
been made, in electing an independent nominee,
and in defeating tie Government nominee. Still,
u beginning had To be made, and il was made this
year, to show that he people hare ninds of thar
oirn, and will not vote all one way, ~ tie Gov
ernmcnt Gazette had il minated. Those who voted
for the Peoples candidates ere just as loyal and
true to their King as those who voted for the de-
fcatcd Government nominees. They may not APP
prove Of the present ministry OF the ministerial
policy for often to condemn this is the purest Of
loyalty to their sovereign.
The election will show that the people have in
tclligence, that they will vote as they choose, and
that they do not believe the malicious SANDERS
which have lately been promulgated by the Gov
eminent press. 1t is these SANDERS alone, issued
by ministerial authority, that have resulted in
the defeat of Judge Wanna, j. p. Kamai, j. III.
Kamalo, J. NJ. Smith, and Others that might be
named. And it is a reaction which will have n
healthy effect on all concerned.
The complexion of the representatives elect, so
far ne they are known and heard from, will be as
follows