Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1884-02-09

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a,.uno f ihs nsrt, mnn'h m1, dance ru
iiobauiau htup o.. ibsy oUl " aol emo
anrad lht Tie foregoing mHhph.t =. missed.
d1t pu BE- mot bottled ,ui tbai events do nuf
hus.. 'h. reply ,tt ,he Alden u1 n0u
pnf.s b. r,,ur'iuut ing tbs matpg VI mc
ti'vt.Ho a0 pl Ut, and that 81 the nest .,1
month, o' Legislation So um l.ri thc duu
n5Ht nlera f lio1,'uip d mcr, danse Dion
90. aupr, hut m,r pre- artateL
luoday AZ noon ramc independent c'ac.ou
Iu 'iv maiu Huuu' NJssr g. H.Natu Co.
anl .ioi loudly lm keu Eaaln Nr T. %.
'Wol NbJnint gentleman ,im, livrl
Jo odlro rHe crowd mlb two huadt.I Doc
~. accompanied o., Mr stephen D,.ba, who
ldod interpreted Nr lot k.uIutau, tud
L'ru iohn latcrvoepf erurlromihcuut.a OF
lh, Alm,ua'nuuupauy anI Prince kmuot8
aud tr \ = Etlmi,o1 riqm no, iudsprul
anu nath ,lr spoke lod hr interest ol
ihe crowd w. Divided. ltu4.th, ast omta
u,al lil' br,v.au lhc rulouiins factions
tussds, night Doc Independent. bad their
n#t mlb ai kavtnHao ,hmuh Oyet .Is
bundled person. vcrr present, only q l,H OF
whom vsre out OF ymyaihy with the purposes
oi fro meeting ~ four lndopculen' tindi
ialo spoke Mr Cater in Eoglah, Translated
Iul. Hawaiian Ny Nr John Sheldon. Mcar
kuouakca, Kto1iuui and Kalaukua in la.
vaiiau. An address ia Hawaiian was read lot
Nj Carter 10y Nh stephen Dc,ha, previous 10
his cslcmpomD remarks in English. The
meeting was at once orderly attentive aud GU.
thud1sic. There was but one interruption
On the part 81 Nj Simon Knai; aud the meet.
ing adjourned in perfect order.
During the evening aud I'LL late at nigh, q
great deal 81 miscellaneous canvassng wa,
done and mmos were rife Of lrickcry here
and treason there very little 81 which had
discovctablc foundation, Then the city went
TO sleep upon mats and patent springs and beds
81 down, wrapped ia various bed clothes, yari
gu, emotions and various degree, of conscience.
So lar as Honolulu Is concerned the morn.
ug OF election day W., all that might reason
ably have been asked Tor. During Tuesday
shower, ten in town, dampcning the streets
ireshcning the grass aud inyuring the lung, o
the orators, whose name was legion, rather les.
dust laden oxygen than they had hoped ior.
beyond The reef broad band Of indigo blu,
stretched ip the horizon. \ coronal Of snow
white cloud was pierced 10y the peal. Of Ton,a
la, and a film Of ashhucd vapor Aoated ovc
the crest Of Waanac. "a full vote, an hon
est ballot and t1ii count said the bland fac,
III nature And the pseudo statesmen, tn,
pto politicians and the wi,cacrcs OF high anc
low political dcgiec looked into the face Of ma
iure wiukcd solemnly and then laughed out
right.
But the events Of The day proved that two 4
least Of natures promises faithfully bad hccr
kept There was pretty full vote and a man
itestly iair count. In the languageof acandida,e
~ the ballot was not in every case 40 homes
| one there is no reason TO believe that the abso
lutte freedom Of is exercise would have change,
he result, OF that every Independent vote eas
could bear the scrutiny Of investigation.
For fully an hour before the polls opened
the mauka front OF the government building
was througed. Inside, the afrnrt smcn;s 10
sotinc had been admirably planned. Tn
corridor thanking the central stairway had beer
rallied across on both sides, cutting off tn
lateral Railways leading to the legislative chan,
I Der on one side and 10 the attorney general
Office on the other, Behind these rail
| ings were small platforms on which rested IN
| Two ballot boxes used. To the left and righ
and in the rear OF the ballot stands were tables
I sis in all, al which sat the clerks or Inspector
who checked OF the tally lists and entered tn
names Of voters. The inspectors were Judg
I K. +. nickeron, police judge Capt. Georg
( H. Luce, tax collector; Mr.. +. IL. HaySelden
/ ex.tax assessor. The clerks were Capt, JOIN
II Brown, agent Of the board Of health Mr.
| ]. A. liassinger, chief clerl,ol the interior dc
panment: Mr.. !. 5. Smi,hies, clerk Of tn
board OF immigration: Major Antoine Rosa
eleik Of the attorney general ". l.. Wilcox
lanne; Henry Smith, assistant clerk Of tn
su,reme court and II. Kaia, clerk Of the iaterio
office.
The corridor between the interior depart
men,'s public and private offices was rallied OF
with a narrow gateway at each end Behiu'
Ibis railing were the candidates, and occasion
ally some chosen henchmen.
The arrangements Tor voting were simpl
and effective. Deputy Marshal Dayton stoo
in The space between the ballot boxes, watch
ing the proceedings. AT signal given by hi
whistle not more than six voters were admiite
at the mauka entrance. On entering, the 81
were divided, three passing through the marrow
pas-age at the nigh, end OF the cross railin
and three at the leh. As fast rs they vote
they were passed ont at the makai door
At 50. NJ Judge Bckeron mounted hv
steps % the central stairway, accompanied b
Mr.. Lather Wilcox. and in English an
Hawaiian Was announced the important fac
that the polls were open.
The FIRST elector 10 depnsi, his ballo, va
Depaiy Collector Hendy; the second va
Ainu, the policeman regularly on duty at III
custom house. Shortly thereafter Mr.. J. c
Carter and Lico,enan, Baker having graceful
exchanged ballots. voted side by side. AT N
end OF the FIRST hour 900 votes had been q,
coticd al noon, so4 had voted at ~. n
the polls closed with a recorded vote Of 1915
one box taking ioi7 s,iss and the Other oul
s9s
Outside, the scene was Continuously an
mated. at times exciting, a, times quietly pk
turesque, was ,hroughou, ordedy .eifeo,
tanned, fairly courteous aud admirably goo
tempered. \ number al nativc women Ia
gnceioIly disposed themselves upon the law
10 the Ega SIDE OF the statue Then brigl
dresses added some chalmingly oAccti,
bits OF eolo1 to the scene. There was
god deal Of noisy ouloy IN ~his