The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1894-04-28
Truth About the Registration.

EDITOR BULLEriS:---
You published few days ago.
some excellent editorials on the re-
suits of the registration of those.
among our voters, who have coudrs
cended to abdicate their manhood
aud right to independent thought.
through adhering to the irOmbUund
Z. q. oath. Those editorial have
naturally aroused the anger " the
Star, with il usual sequel Of abuse.
and to fight your conclusions tho
editor OF that paper tried his hands
at statistics. But he is we'll known
to lie particularly unfortunate in
that line. for his previous mauipuia
tiOus of statistics have either been
lies or mistakes. His present effort
is no exception. tie boldly pro.
claims-iu view of the outgoing
mail tomorrow. which must cary
to foreign parts the news uf the pN.
traordiRarv success Of the L. c.
that tn" lNIS uanuS r"giei"rod here
represent all the available voters.
since the balance Of l2I2 To- make
up an equal number with the voters
of lS!'2, are all delinquent tax payers.
disqualified from voting. ptc.
might enquire whether the various
prominent members of the Govern
ment WHO have cOnspiCuOus'y failed
to register. are also delinquent tax
payers, hut my ptc-"nt task is only
to deal with statistics. So murder
I ously v handled bv the star
! II may be true that the Honolulu
actual voters Of lS!'2 amounted only
Ia 21i0, but this durs not take into
5 account tn" voters duly Registered
who did not choose tO cast u ballet
, In l>n the voter. of Hruulu'u
reached 80 aud :}S7G for IL" whole
Leland. Aud can safely sav that
the total numubnr Or voters un the
official register for llUunlu II alouc
was over BOO aud a li''I" over iuN
fer the whole Island. Thrs" uIu.
hers have not uulN not Diminished
hut they have increased bS the full
amount uf all the aivsn;ir"rs that
nav" ilOck"d to this port since the
revolution. t. g.. suld,rrs. T. g.. -pic+
and luitrrs. amounting To a total ui
about ,an | rhGil"ug" the Govern.
/ ment to d"uy il vino hav" never
before Registered. Thus. the voting
pnpulatinH If linunlulu alnn" must
now bc uCariv 3Jlh and iiWl fur the
, whole Ot Oahu. bui OI these. lJliS. uf
" percent uu,y. have rpgi.turrd IN
! town, 2Nb refusing 10 IlO 50. aud the
= Government have taken gr ~ pains
that the balauc" uf reg -'ratiun on
this island sh"uld not b" pubii.hr,i
. officially bef"r" the departure " he
, steamer. Bui r"rI ainl \ l".. than 3HD
hav" registered in IN" rural Districts,
. thus making the government rr,iN
on Oahu. really ~ prrc"n' uf Ia"
: total voting population. ir such b.
, he condition Ou this island. the
stronghold uf III" gry"run,rui, wh"rr
all their i"ur-. employees aud
{ mrrmidunS ar" concentrated. what
must it br nn rh" tlI"r r,itnds, The
reports ~" purpu.ciy k"pi secret,
nul II can b" anticipated that the
, general total Of Ia" government sup.
pOrtcrs. aS "liritrd by the frgisl ~
ton. will not reach 1870. cat Il q
total "f lIWn rrnI voters. M"r"
I "'rr, ia" registration iiSur"s wrIt H,
more Telling sIrll, when compared
N'Ih thus" "lHlm"d for the NuurNn
ton club ru!ls. Wh"r. ar" th"sr
1WD buast"d aih"r"mr-. ui ,"ur," ~
5 clUdiug women aud "Gjiirru. But
I th,, viii make ,h" .uhj"r' 81 iulur"
better ~ III" m"amwh,l. We can
verify call IA" registration a Guv
"rmn"nt victory " h Pyrrhus.
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