The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1892-02-06
NOT SATISFACTORY.
How We Do Things on KOna,
Hawaii.


The reelection of Rep. Waipuilani
has given general satisfaction, but in
every other way both in methods
and results the elections in Kona have
been eminently unsatisfactory, re-
fecting seriously upon those en-
trusted with their management:
The reelection of Waipuilani
being a foregone conclusion, the gen.
eral interest was centered upon the
ticket for the road board. 1t was
understood throughout the district
that Mr.. G. w. Miller was candi-
date, that gentleman having re-
signed his appointment as Inspector
of Elections for that purpose. On
the day previous to the election, how
ever, it was whispered abroad that
his name was not on the ticket. How
this information was obtained is yet
to be learned, as enquiries of Mr.. w.
Miller, Chairman of the Board of
Inspectors, elected the statement
that the packages of tickets, being
sealed had not been tempered with,
and could not be opened before the
morning of the election. When that
time arrived the truth of the rumOrs
was substantiated. Had he been
voted for, Mr.. Miller would without
doubt have been returned at the head
of the poll. He had not volunteered
to stand but had only done so in
response to urgent solicitations from
all parties, particularly native Ha-
Waiians and Portuguese. That the
affair was q clever conspiracy is with
out doubt and it was successful be-
yond the expectation of the origin
ators. The voters having made up
their minds for weeks as to those
they would vote for, were startled
and confused at the last moment by
the information that their favOrite
was no candidate. With their minds
in confusion they had to make q new
selection right at the polling place
and were an easy prey to the agents
of those who were in the secret and
therefore on the alert. AS a result
those have been elected who all along
had the poorest show of success, and
everyone is dissatisfied with himself
as we'll as with his neighbOr When
it is remembered with what glaring
inefficiency-tO use q mild term-the
late Board executed it's trust, is it
surprising that the people of the dis
trict feel bitterly that their intention
to elect an honest and energetic Road
Board has been frustrated by n mis-
take (?). With one of the candidates
(the most unpopular) in charge of the
Post Office, and his principal sup
porter and canvasser Chairman of the
Board of Inspectors, we may expect
some revelations of avery shady char
acter when the mistake (?) is investi-
gated. The gentlemen we intended
to elect are Clark, Miller and Nahale,
the gentlemen we have elected are
Kalemakule, Kaalamaka and Nahale.
The conduct of Mr.. Muller in many
instances betrayed his solicitude for
the unpopular candidates. In one in
stance he refused to allow voter
because his name was misspelled by
an inspector in q previous election
Previous to the election, he requested
Mr.. Miller to inform the voters from
Kainalio that they We're to vote for
the Road Board at Holualoa. When
they presented themselves, he coolly
informed them that it was mistake,
and that they could not vote. By
this trick Clark's supporters were cut
off. Nahale is Deputy Sheriff, and is
the only good man on the Board.
ApropOs of Mr.. w. Muller, the
schoolmaster: In recent impress
sion of your paper correspondent
stated that Mr.. Muller was in the
habit of devOting school time to the
private business of photography. So
far Mr.. Muller has made no public
denial of this statement. Why has
he not done so? Is it because it is
true? If he is blameless in the mat
ter surely he owes it to himself and
his department to clear himself of
what is practically charge of dis
honesty. Even supposing that he
works at the business in what may
he called his own time, l, for one, con-
slider any such practice by a man in
his position as mira. dig. Further,
when it is remembered that one of
the principal duties of a schoolmaster
is, both by precept and practice, to
inculcate obedience to the law, Mr..
Mullers conductin devoting Sundays
to the profitable practice of photo
graphy is utterly objectionable; for,
without considering the religious as
pect of the affair at all, he not only
breaks law of the land himself, but
leads others into doing the same.
a TAXPAYER OF KONA.
Kailua, February 4, 1892.