The Daily bulletin., 1889-12-03
a. IL. Wilson. George Norton aud j
~. How'd WIN q SInAr Cnn1rat

the work OF counting commenced
with the following result:
FOR cnItF ENGiNEER.
Total number of votes cast ..,..229
thas. B. Wilson received .l2o
Julius Asche received .............l00
Mr.. Wilson was declared duly
elected.
FOR FIRST ASSISTANT.
George Norton received cd...........li6
L. b Thomas received. d.............ll3
Mr.. Norton was declared duly
elected.
FOR SECOND ASSISTANT.
James II. Boyd received. .........ll7
Henry kaia received. ............. ll2
Mr.. Boyd was declared duly
elected. i.
The result when announced by
chairman Smith was received with
loud applause. 1t was an exceed
ingly close election, rs will be seen
from the figures. Asche only wanted
votes to beat Wilson, Thomas to
beat Norton and Kaia 8 to have got
ahead of Boyd. There is no doubt
the supporters Of both tickets work
ed hard.
Immediately after the declaration
of the polls adjournment was had TO
the room Of Engine Company No.
9. Foreman Ryan presided and said
that by request Mr.. f. b. Thomas
would be allowed TO make the first
speech.
Mr.. Thomas said it afforded him
pleasure to be distinguished char
acter in the history Of this election.
1t was his intention with others to
try and beat those elected. He was
on the opposition ticket, but accord
ing to parliamentary rules the best
man wins. Though defeated he had
stood by the party who nominated
him. 1t would delight Him to send
abroad an account Of how much he
had been honored by Hawsiians and
haoles. If he had arrived here from
abroad two weeks sooner he might
have done better. He would be fire
man in the Honolulu fire department
rs long as hc lived here. Before re-
suming his seat, Mr.. Thomas shook
hands with the newly-electcd en-
gineers.
Chief Engineer Wilson, who was
we'll received, then said: 1t is with
pleasure that l arise and speak for
the fourth time as your Chief En-
gineer elect. thank you all for
your interest in supporting and
electing me and my associates TO
the honorable places you have done.
l thank you for the score. 1t was
the closest contest 1 have ever COM
peted in. The result of the election
remained with yourselves. 1t was
your effort, and had none of my
assistance. The ticket you have
elected was nominated by the fire.
mon who supported it. ] trusted
you this much, that it was unneces-
sary for me to go to each individual
member to ask him to vote for me.
/ trusted you with confidence which
you have justified. Three and 8
half years ago / was first candidate
for Chief and, though meeting with
great opposition outside, was elected
by a large majority without any
canvass at all. You have declared
by this election that / am worthy OF
the position, aad l am bound to dc
my duty the coming two years. II
shall be my endeavor to do so with
the aid of my associates. During
my incumbency / have had the
healthy support of the members o.
the department, and ask for it in the
future on behalf of myself and as
sociates. Gentlemen, / thank yot
for the honor conferred.
First Assistant G.. Norton sale
that in days gone by when hauling
on the ropes he did not realize tina
he would ever stand in th'
proud position of First Assistan
Engineer. He hoped that all orders
given to him by the worthy chic
would be executed, and that at th'
tap of the bell every honest fireman
would not forget his duty. HI
thanked them one and all.
Second Assistant Boyd thanked
them all for the honor and conf
dence that gave him the responsible
position of Second Assistant En-
gineer. lie asked them all to d,
their duty as firemen and obey tn
orders of the Chief.
Henry Kaia said smilingly that h
WAS sick at heart, but thanked thos
who had voted for him.
Ex-chief George Lucas made
happy speech, in which he congra
tulatcd them ON the election, saying
it was as he wished. 1t was owe
and both sides should now aim TO d
their duty as ilremcn.
Remarks were also made b,
Messrs. Is. Ordenstein and Waite
Hill. The meeting broke up shortl.
| after eleven o'clock