The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1892-04-19
FUNNY BUSINESS.
MOre About that Unfinished Elec
tiOn in North HilO.
An Old Resident Explains the
Situation to a Stranger.

tween a Hamakua man and a
stranger upon the special election
in North Hilo:
Stranger-"Can you tell me the |
particulars of this North Hilo cleo
ton, hear so much talk about?"
Honokaa.-"Yes To begin with,
there were three candidates at the
General Election of February Sd,
when Mattoon and Homer scored a
tie"
Sd know all about that cleo
ton, but what about this special
one?"
H.-"This one was a different
affair, for the Hon. w. II. Richard
was in IT, and you bet he knows
how to pull the native and Portu-
guese votes; and he has all the in
fuential and intellectual men of
Hamakua to back him, too. When
he first went over to electioneer, he
took with him the Tax Collector
and Representative Elect of Hama
kua, and was met at Kamaie by
the Governor of Hawaii. They had
rousing meetings all through the
| district, and"
S.-"Isn't against the law for
Government officials to electioneer
for a candidate?"
H.-"They didn't electioneer;
they only spoke a little. Richard
made the speeches, but it was after
he came home that he got in his
fine work. Why he had the dis
trict full of runners. Just see how
sharp he was in his work among
the Portuguese. He sent runners
from here, two at time, to work
among them, and when the first
ones thought they were suspected,
they were to move on, and others
would take their places. The third
detachment of Portuguese got in
the work"
| S.-"Bat what inducements did
he offer them to vote for himW
| H.-"Better wages and no fur
Their importation of cheap labor"
| S.-"How did he get the ma
tives?"
H.-"By food and drink. He
sent to Kamaie two pigs and ten
chickens, and to Laupahoehoe four
pigs and plenty of gin. He knows
how to treat the natives when their
votes are wanted"
| S.-"If pigs, chickens and gin
catch the native vote, why did not
NATION and Horner give some"
| H.-"Mattoon saw he wouldn't
be in it against Richard, and
Horner isn't up to political wire
pulling or speaking. There was a
meeting held at Laupahoehoe on
| April 9th, and when Richard called
and invited Horner to go over with
him he dares'nt, for he knew he
couldn't speak as we'll as Richard.
Mattoon was there, but was so
overcome with Richards speech
that he left in disgust before the
meeting was half over. Richard
even took Haakimoa from Horner,
and could whistle him up at any
| time"
| Swell! who was elected?"
| H.-"There was no election In
the first precinct, you see Richards
application didn't git down in time
for his name to be on the ballots:
so his friends on the Board post
poned the election in that precinct
to give him chance hereafter"
| S.-"Did the Board have the
right to postpone the election on
Richards accountW
H.-"They did not say it was on
his account, they claimed that
they had no approved list of voters
so refused to receive the votes when
the voters came"
S.-"What did NATION and
Horner say to that?"
H.-"They were there and kicked
like thunder, but that did no good
for the Chairman was firm"
S.-"Were the polls opened?''
H.-"Yes, and kept open all
day. You see if Richards in
spectors had not staid there to keep
the box empty, Ben Macy, the OPP
position inspector, might have gone
on with the election, which would
have spoiled the fun. He was
willing to use the list of voters OF
the last general election; so were
the voters"
S.-"Won't they have to wait
now till they hear from Homo
lulu?"
H.-"No, indeed !! that very night
they did their first electioneering
for a new election. On the way
home, Richard, the Representative
elect of Hamakua, and the Chair
man of Inspectors, stopped at the
native houses along the road and
announced a new election for April
! 3Oth. They asked the natives for
their support, which was promised.
That's the way Richard gets ahead
of his opponents,-works whilethey
Sleep"
Although in the second precinct
Horner received 9S, and NATION
II LEGAL votes (all that were cast(