The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-10-30
VERY QUIET ELECTION.
THE INDEPENDENT SINKS UNDER
A. U. p. BALLOTS.
solid Ticket Goes and There Was \,
Plumping-short Resume of the
Days Doings.

With this they were coming and going
all day.
And voters had purpose in going |
to the polls Monday, |. e.; to snow the |
indie, endent under again. Mr.. klemme
was beaten by four votes, falling that
number behind Mr.. Winston.
In the fifth representative district
there was little to interest the voter
Only the one ticket was up, and every
body knew that one straight vote, If no
more were cast, would elect the list oil
nominees. So certain was it that sew
eral voters went down the country and
did not ballot at all.
In the Fourth, however, considerable
interest was felt by every person quail
fed to use the ballot. The American
Union Party had done considerable
campaigning, but Klemme, the indie
pendent, and his support had done
more. For fully ten days prior to the
election they had been studiously at
work
The independent used the Schutzen
Club Tor all it was worth to boost him,
and drew upon the Portuguese as large
as circumstances would permit.
During Friday, Saturday and Sunday
special working committees were out i'll
Portuguese town, and every man who
had vote and was at all shakey was
canvassed. Each person seen was
urged to vote three straight for Klemme,
and for the most part this was done.
At all OF the polling places in
the Fourth District men were stationed
t. meet the voters as they approached
and to urge the interests of MIR. Klemme
Each one who seemed at all uncertain
MS to how he should vote was given
specimen ballot which read as follows:
CHARLES CARTER.
HENRY KLEMME, 8,
d. L. NAONE,
E. G.. WINSTON.
On the other hand the regular party
having their candidates urged every
elector to cast one vote for each. This
was done with few exceptions.
The way the arrangement worked out
may be illustrated by the example of
the vote at the Royal School. In this
precinct Klemme led, having received
$50 votes; but was the choice of far the
least number of votes. Out of the num-
Der of electors assigned to this precinct
Klemme received the support of only 81 !;
Carter polled l25 votes and was sup
ported by 1913 voters; Naone piled up l3l
votes and was supported by l24 voters ;
Winston was supported by 100 solid
voters.
Therefore it is clear presumption
that Klemme, in Mondays electioni was
not supported by 200 voters.
Quite a large number of ballots were
thrown out. 1t was astonishing and
, sometimes really amusing to note the
: density of knowledge of the system
BETRAYED by some of the electors. The
tickets were not infrequently mutilated
almost beyond recognition. In many
instances they were illegitimately
drawn and bad to be cast aside. AT
the Royal school alone fifty-six repre-
sentative and forty -seven senatorial
tickets had to be repudiated.
In one of the precincts voter dis
> carded the nominees and made ticket
OF his own. His chances will not bt
published in this connection. Ii
! another voter drew a picture of the
l full scope OF his mind on the election
and j. NJ Vivas is laughing over it yet
Considerable interest was felt as t,
{ how the single voter at Waimanalo would
express his choice. The polls were KEEP
4 open over there to give him chance
There was no campaigning done, ant
interest in The one-man precinct pollin
place Jagged somewhat during the day
u And after all the one vote had to b
thrown out. The big-hearted voter, no
v wishing to slight any of the candidates
y divided his ballot and voted for all fou
of them. When the box was opene
@ the result was telephoned Wray Taylor
= and the whole Interior Department
G breathed a sigh OF relief from the awfr
d suspense. 1t was generally deplore
that the one vote from the other sid
had lost its effectiveness by being in
perfectly made out, especially as the
ballot cost just $50.
At 5 p. m the polls were closed an
the work OF counting the votes begai
s After an hour and half the box,
II began to come in at the GovernmeI
building. The ballots in the Fourt
d precinct OF the Fourth District had to |
l. counted twice on account OF a mistah
James Mott made in the tally. tt
{. recount gave Klemme one vote MOI
v and caused the box to be detained unit
o'clock. The last report to arrive wa
from the Second precinct of the fourt
District and was brought in by Sylv'
b. the politician with so many children.
lie As fast as the returns arrived the
n. were drawn off on the official calend'
i by Wray Taylor and Minister King, an
he the crowd assembled at the GovernmeI
he building soon had the final result OF Il
election. When the last report WI
received Harry Klemme, the indepen'
=, ent, was seen to shake his head and tul
-. away. The total results in all of IL
No. precincts were as follows:
m sENAToRs-FoURTH DISTRICT.
We Cecil Brown. ..,........ ..........,.o o.
MT j. A. McCandless. ........,........"5
III. w. Schmidt Observation-Disclosures
= Henry Warehouse, ......,,,.', ,....5
w. c. Wider .......... ......,.,....... 4
j. n. Wright ....,..........,,... "A
on
- sENATORs-FIFTH DISTRICT.