The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-09-13
KOHALA NOTES.
What Politicians are Doing in that
District.

District.
KOHALA, Sept. 1O.-For some time
| past prominent men on Hawaii have
| been in correspondence concerning the
| coming elections, and on the evening
| of September Sd meeting of the citi-
! Zens of Kohala was held TO consider
| Senatorial nominations. At about
| half-past seven the meeting was called
! to order. Mr.. Jas. RentOn was elected
chairman, and Mr.. Barnett secretary.
| The whole district from MahukOna to
Multi was well represented. After
! the chairman's opening speech it was
resolved that we proceed to nominate
one Senator for the Senatorial Dis
| trict. Upon request, the chairman
read from the Constitution the qualifi-
cations for Senators, after which Mr..
Frank Northrop was unanimously
chosen as our nominee. The candi-
date is a master mechanic of many
years residence in Kohala, staunch
supporter of the Republic, satisfac-
tory representative of the interests of
al classes, and man who commands
the confidence of all classes, and can
Efeel sure of every vote in Kohala.
Resolutions were also passed recon-
me nding the names of kauhane OF
Kau, F. S. Lyman of Hilo, and c.
Motley of Hamakua, as nominees for
Senators. Primaries are also being
held in regard to the early nOmina-
ton of candidates for Representatives.
A public meeting will shortly be
called.
Prominent natives and whites have
expressed their desire to register, and
it is quite likely the list of voters will
be materially increased in kOhala
upon the return of the Board of Regis
tration from Kona and Kau, where
they are holding their final sittings.
The final registration in kOhala will
have been finished probably by next
mail.
Natives of Hawaii will gladly be
welcomed to the fold. But the cltl-
zens of Kohala feel that it would be
Just as well to leave alien foreigners
on the anxious seat for little while |
longer. Some of them have persist |
emily urged the natives to unfriendli- |
ness, while others have remained pas |
siyeiy on the fence, and it is q |
good place for them to stay. Like |
Johnson's notorious patron, they
coldly if not unconcernedly watched
us struggling for natural life against
opposing winds and waves, and now
that we have safely made harbor they |
offer to encumEer us with help. 1t IS |
to be hoped that alien foreigners may |
have an opportunity to stay at home
on election day.
Between that time and the 4th of |
January there will be ample time for
them to make due submission and
swear allegiance to the Republic.
We are in sore need of rain. Unless
we Get it very soon, the history of
last year will have to be repeated.
The cane will have to be harvested
early, unless we get more moisture
for the rest of the year. Since the fall
of four inches in August we have had
practically no rain at all, and the out
look begins to be serious. The pros
pect of better prices comes oppor-
timely, and is probably the beginning
of better times.
Miss Swasey of Minneapolis was
passenger by last Kinau, to take the
position of music teacher at the SEM
mary.
Mrs. r. H. Atkins gave a dance in
honor of her brother-in-law, Mr.. Jas.
r. Renton, at the Music Hall, and the
dancers had very delightful time.
Mr.. Gerald Bryant and bride nee
Miss Greenwich, are spending their
heneymoon in KOhala, and receiving
the Congratulations of their hosts of
friends here.
A petition signed by nearly every
one in KOhala, and meeting with the
unanimous approval of the district
goes to Honolulu by this mail, re-
0uesting that Kohala prisoners be put
to work, particularly on the roads.
This is a reform that the people have
set their hearts on, and one that no
doubt the Government will gladly
further.
Il Everybody is engaged in reading up
the provisions of the cOnstitution,wlth
especial reference to elections. Now,
while the method of voting for Repre-
sentatives is deliberately laid down, so
that no one can doubt its meaning,
that part relating to Senators is not so
explicit. 1t ought to be clearly ex-
planned in the leading newspapers
whether a voter in Hawaii, the First
Senatorial District, for instance, can
cast, if he wishes, one, two, three or
four. votes for one candidate; or
whether, if he wishes to vote for only
one candidate, he can cast only one
vote for him. The sooner this is clear
~ explained the better.
Messrs. Hind & Low made their hrst
shipment of forty head of cattle from
their new ranch in Kona last week.
Their new venture seems destined to
prove a success.