The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-02-04
VICTORIOUS!
The National Ticket
Sweeps the Field.
Total ROut of the indie
pendent Opposition and
NOndescript Party.
Seven NationaIists and One Oppo.
sition Candidate Elected on
Oahu-2,157 Votes Cast in
observation-disclosures,
Etc, Etc.

Inc election or TOUR Candidates 10 repre-
sent Honolulu in the Legislature was held
| yesterday, and all things considered, it
| passed off in quiet and orderly manner.
| The usual arrangements had been made at
Aliiolani Hale.
| The Judges of Election were His Honor
| Police Justice Bickerton; Captain Luce,
| Tax Collector; and Mr.. F. w. Wunden-
berg, substitute for Mr.. F. H. Hayselden,
| Tax Assessor. One ballot box was in
| charge of Captain J. H. Brown, and Mr..
| Wundenberg had charge of the other. a
strong detachment of police were present,
| but their services were not required.
| The polls were opened at O'Clock, and
| the first vote cast was for the National
| ticket. Soon after that hour large crowd
| gathered around the entrance to the poll
| ing place, and it required strenuous efforts
| on the part of the police to keep no more
than six voters from going in at a time. The
| grounds were dotted all over with specta-
| tors anxious to watch the proceedings.
| During the whole time the voting was
| going OH speeches were made by different
| persons.~ Mr.. ]. NJ. Poepoe had the most
| attentive listeners. He made several ring
ing speeches from the lower balcony, and
| was SlCObCO Will AOuu CHSCIS. MI 41SIlIS
Waterhouse talked himself hoarse at in
tervals during the day, but he was simply
| an object of amusement and ridicule to-
the natives, who enjoyed Poepoe's sarcas-
tic references to his thrifty attempt to in
| fuence voters by orders for tainted salmon.
| A native caused great amusement by shak
| ing brandy bottle, half filled with fluid,
| behind Mr.. Warehouse while he was ad
! dressing the crowd; and another native
| who was actively canvassing for Mr.. Car
| ter, upon being challenged, produced a
| flask of gin, exclaiming Joe Carter he
smart; get gin every day" Mr.. Carter,
however, did not leave the polling place
| during the day.
| About IL O'Clock company of the Kings
| Own, under command of Captain Charles
Clark, marched to the building to record
| their votes. While waiting in line, Mr.. J.
Magoon, young lawyer, broke through
| their ranks and told them they must vote
! for Mr.. J. o. Carter This intrusion was
| promptly repealed by the men taking Ma
| COON by his coat collar and running him
out of the way in double-quick time. In
! the afternoon a couple of young OppOsi-
tionists, f. A. Jones and f. o. White, with
several of the Household troops who were
making their way to the poll, but they ut
| terly failed in their effort and skunk away
amid derisive cheers from the crowd.
All the omnibusses in town and large
number of hacks were engaged by the Ma
| tional ticket to convey voters to and from
| the polls. Each omnibus carried a string
band of music, and on the outside were the
words, "Balota Lahui, in large black let
| tiers painted on white canvas. A bounti-
full repast was served in u lanai at the cor
ner of King and Merchant streets for the
National supporters, while the Opposition
took care of their voters on the opposite
| corner. The latter used number of hacks
| to convey their supporters to and from the
| polls, each one carrying white flag with
the names of the candidates on it in black
! letters.
Soon after noon an express wagon drove
| up to the rear entrance of AliiOlani Hale,
| filed with the unfortunate inmates of Luz
nalilo Home, who were helped out of the
conveyance and marshalled by Superin-
tendent Swinton and his aids as best they
| could. The spectacle was a humiliating
| and disgraceful one Several of the old
men were blind and had to be led by the
! hand; others were unable to move without
assistance and none of them seemed to know
| or understand what they were doing. Of
course they voted for Warehouse, Carter
and Swinton, but they were not free agents.
When the Opposition found that the cleo
ton was going against them, they resorted
to a rather INSCRIPTIONS and dishOnora-
Bile dodge to get votes The National ticket
was printed on blue cardboard, and the
| Opposition set to work to print a counter
| felt ticket with their own candidates names
on it. The fraud will be seen at a glance
| from the following comparison of the gen
| uine and counterfeit tickets:
BALoTA LNHUI.
r H. HAYSELDEN txfkaha),
HON. JOHN T.. BAKER,
HON. JAMES KEAU,
HON f. K. LILIKALANI.
LCnamakaainana 1885.
BALoTA LAHUI.
j. o. CARTER (Reo Kaaka},
HANALE WALAKAH AUkI,
H. SWIN'TON dale Pinao)
w. Q. ACHI tKale \ XIII
LunRmakaainana 1886.
When this discreditable trick was dis
covered steps were taken to counterfeit it,
but not before many of these bogus tickets
had been distributed and voted.
Another incident may be mentioned, as
it turned against the Opposition. 1t hav-
ing been demonstrated during the day that
they offered persistent obstruction to men
in uniform going to the poll, the soldiers
were ordered to put ON civilians dress, and
on making their appearance they were
pushed on to the polling booth by the very
men who had obstructed them before.
DECLARING THE RESULT.
The counting of the ballots was COM
pIeted within a few minutes of seven
o'clock, and it was soon known to the null
titude assembled around AliiOlani Hale
that the National candidates had won a