The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-05-09
FROM THE BIG ISLAND.


HlLo, May THE election for dele.
gates to the Constitutional Convention
passed of very quietly at llilo and all
other places heard from. There were
five candidates elected. Mr.. Holstein
of Kohala was not elected. ID. II.
Hitchcock received the highest number
of votes by sixty five, and the way he
secured SO many was by the Portuguese
of Hilo voting five each for him and
not voting for any other names ON the
ticket. The club of which Mr.. Hitch
cock is president has Portuguese vice
president and there are probably not
over eleven members not Portuguese in
the club. In order that these men
might not make any mistake in voting
it is said a stencil was used and as each
Portuguese came out from voting he
handed the stencil to another
voter. And then it is said that there
were promises made the Portuguese
that made them think perhaps
that they were to be greatly
benefited by voting as they were di-
rected to do by the manipulators who
ever they were. Had the club of which
+. S. Lyman, Esq, is president, voted
mot W, for him David Howard
Hitchcock would have been showed
under 1900 without doubt. But the
+. S. Lyman club, the genuine Ameri-
can Union club, wished to see other
candidates elected besides Judge
Lyman, and so voted for all the names
on the ticket, thereby assisting the
enemy.
Now people generally do not object to
Hon. d. II. Hitchcock being delegate
to this very important convention.
Such men are needed; men of age and
experience who love their country and
will do their utmost for its best inter-
ests. Several managers have said to
the writer that they considered ID. IL.
Hitchcock an able and good man to go
to this convention, believing that he
will do good service. But it is the way
he was elected, the means used, that
many do not like. We do not want any
more Australian style of voting here.
1t is not what the people generally
think square thing. 1t is likely to do
great injury to good government. A
' was used for figure . and allowed
by the Board to pass for a 8, which was
wrong, some think; and also five
straight marks for 5, when the law says
"a figure" not Figures" This is "a
matter of great importance and should
receive notice by those who have the
deciding of such things. What are
figuresE The election may be contested,
as it is considered that the V used is not
legally figure.
1t will be noticed that there were two
departures of vessels for California from
Hilo in one week laden with sugar.
This has occurred once before. The
means of loading and unloading have
been increased, some of the sugar being
brought by steamer from Hakalau,
which discharged alongside the vessel.
Sugar from Wainaku and Waiakea is
put in very large scows, which are lowed
by small tug boat, the Rover, which
tows vessels in and out of port. Hilo
has a future, there is no doubt of it,.
The time is coming when vessels will
go from this port entirely laden with
coffee, and bananas will also go from
here in large quantities.
Hilo is a very loyal town. l believe
there are only three white Royalists in
the place.
Rev. Mr.. Twombly officiated at the
Foreign church, Hilo, on Sunday the
9th inst. (morning and evening" very
acceptably.
Glad to see the genial face of Mr..
Frank Damon again in Hilo.
Arrived at Hilo, April 26-Schooner
Weatherwax, Captain Smith, from San
Francisco, cargo merchandise.
Sailed from Hilo May 4-Schooner
j. NJ. Weatherwax, for San Francisco,
with 1858 bags sugar valued at $42,-
041.3G.
The four-masted schooner Bangor
Captain Apse, arrived at Hilo May LIST
from San Pedro, CAL, in ballast and
sailed for San Francisco May 6, with
cargo of 1889 bags sugar valued at
$42. 3S9.16. o. B. j.
GOOD PLAY WELL ACTED