The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1892-02-13
KOHALA NOTES.
A Quiet Observation-Disclosures
With the Road Board.

The "King's Daughters with the
assistance of the Kings sons of course
gave a very pleasant entertainment
with music, pantomimes and tableaux
at the house of Mrs. Renton, Friday
evening.
Guests were there from the remote
parts of the district and the rooms
were we'll filled, but there were many
more who should have awaited them
selves of this pleasant way of spend
ing an evening, that was especially
gotten up to relieve the monotony of
their routine life. The scenes were
beautiful and the amount of time and
labor expended in the getting up of
the entertainment must have been
considerable.
To come, however, to the elections.
Although the day opened fair, there
was no exhibition of enthusiasm and
at noon there were probably not more
than 100 people about the court house
and vicinity. A little previous to
this time the flying clouds began to
pour down that surplus moisture, and
continued to do so the rest of the day.
But little speechifying was INDUCED
in, and one of the essays in that direc-
ton ended in a scuffie and the rolling
of white suit of clothes in the mud
of the road.
Knots of Portuguese were seen put
ting their heads together and wisely
posting themselves before going in to
vote.
Owing probably to the ballots, etc.,
not having come to hand until the
evening sprevious to election, the
printed instructions We're not posted
until time for the polls to open.
The results of the election which
were declared some time after 2. NJ.
were as follows:
For Mobiles ]. Marsden Al, Rev.
S. Kekuewa 40, a. Young 50, &. Not
ley 3S, Hoapili 81.
For Representatives.. p. Kamau-
Oha (electedJ 257, J. X. kahOokano
ia.
For Road Board-Kaailau 1S6, Pae
I43, Eben Low 9S (elected1. Votes |
for others ranged as follows: J.
Smith having previously withdrawn |
his name. w. p. McDOugall SO, D. |
Kahookano 81, SolOmOna 81, Keehu |
81, J. Hind 80, Eldredge ~, I. S. Kay |
40, two others Is each.
The number of rejected votes was |
not as large as might have been eX-
pected, said to have been nearly fifty, |
and only about twO-thirds of the reg
istered voters presenting themselves |
at the polls, owing doubtless to the
rain.
These results illustrate the present |
disposition of the native Hawaiian
not only to elect natives in preference /
to whites, but to elect men of very
questionable fitness to say the least.
A fine argument surely for the aboli-
ton or reduction of the property
qualification of electors for Mobiles.
The votes for Kekuaewa and Hoapili
may be regarded as entirely Ha-
Waiian.
The former has good reputation,
and, in justice to MIN, it should be
stated that he does not regard him.
self as a Wilcox man either in his
sentiments or by nomination. But
other men were in the field, and since
appearances gave rise to the impress
sion that he was nominee OF that
party, and he was reported to have
given public utterance to anti-haOle
sentiments, he could not expect to
draw the votes of that class from
other candidates.
KamauOha, representative elect,
was expelled from the memorable
Legislature of 1883 for completely in
bribery, but possesses a smooth eX-
terror and glib tongue that takes with
the natives.
Mr.. Kahookano was elected to the
last Legislature as their special choice,
and having made a good record, was
the favored candidate of the whites 10
the present time. But, because some
one denounced him, these people who
so readily believe that the white in
their eyes is black, if only a loud
mouthed demagOgue will tell them
so, set their hearts and votes against
him.
AS regards the Road Board, the
only member elect who is fit to be on
the Board is Eben Low. Yet he stands
the lowest of those elected, although
it is safe to say that he polled good
share of the white votes, which were
divided between Low, Hind, McDou-
gall and May. These facts tell their
own story. No one cares who holds
these positions of trust, provided the
duties are properly. discharged ana
the public funds are honestly used.
1t remains now for these men to
demonstrate their fitness for offices
they have sought, and Mr.. Low will
be expected to do good service as a
check on his associates. No one
envies him his situation.
So far as heard from, the candidates
for Mobiles stand in the following
order: Young, Marsden, Kekuewa,
Motley, Hoapili; but it is thought
that the Kona and Kau vote will
place Hoapili the third on the list,
and thus throw out Motley and Ke-
kuewa.
Kohala, Feb. s, 1892.