The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-11-12
NEWS


Fsorous youth to venerable though |
sray-haired and decrepit old age. and
cared they might be called to their
long home before they should reach the
oaiiot box. the goal of their endeavors
occasionally a thrifty individual of the
roiynesian family would exchange his
pace In the line. for a consideration
win come rank outsider a haole, with
more money than leisure The vendor
"oulu then retire to the end of the
procession and slowly begin again his
journey Meccaward. Thus did the wise
PROVISION OF the police encourage polit-
lcai morality and enable the citizen to
'urn an honest penny by selling that
"nlch ne never legally possessed
heelers for the various candidates
rushed at intervals up and down the
me exhorting the patient would-be
voter TO stand firm for Parker. Wilcox
OF kawananakoa. as the case might be.
ana rather suffer martyrdom in a Hilo
RAIN than lose the God-given right to
chuck mis-marked ballots into the box.
The pastor of the HALL Church oc-
casionally appeared upon the scene.
ana uttering a war-whoop. the burden
OF which was. Three cheers for De-
l.
luck been equal to his nerve he might
NOT nave been elected to stay at home.
IN spite of his being the rattoon crop of
an unlucky party
Iempus fugit. not only when you are
waiting for young lady to powder her
nose and fix her back hair before going
10 church. but even when you are
waiting for a chance to vote, and
I M.
thirds OF those enrolled had voted The
\ inspectors, with the laudable intention
OF giving everybody a show. in spite of
the fact that they had been on duty
nine hours and would probably not get
the vote counted before morning de-
cided to keep the polls open a couple of
hours longer. have the votes cast in
separate boxes and unless such vote
should be declared illegal. give those
whom government blunder had de-
layed, chance. over a hundred voted
after this.
counting commenced shortly after
O'Clock. and about this time the returns
from the other precincts began to come
| IN Papaikou led off with a hair-rais-
/ ing Wilcox majority. as given in the
tabulated report above The final out
come would seem to prove that as goes
Il PapaikOu so goes the Island. The rest
OF the district northward to Kukuiha-
ele showed well for the Republican
ticket, but the last named place cover
ed this organization with boar frost.
and the rest of the Island. with the
exception of Waimea. followed with
northwest winds and heavy billiards.
which eliminated in Hilo. where a
good-sized faction of the Republican
party $50 called contributed material
ly to the snowdrift
Comparatively little excitement de-
veloped during the posting of the re-
turns, although considerable crowds
gathered i'm front of the bulletins at
Baldwin's land office and Ray Bros
subsequently, however, the Wilikoki
Hawaiians showed their pleasure by
INDUCING in rotations Of strong drink
The opposition party drowned their
grief at times i'm the same manner.
To those who may not have had the
time or patience necessary to calculate
the result of the votes so far as the
winners are concerned. il may be stat
, ed briefly as follows: Wilcox leads
: sam Parker in Hawaii by 2lS votes.
. |
: are j. r. Brown. Ind. 915: ]. Il. Kaohi.
. Ind. SIS; DIR. n. Russell, Ind. S64; j.
II. Paris. r.. 7S5. The Representatives
elected for the First District are r. II.
: Makekau. u. and l.. $40: $. II. Haaheo.
ID. and l.. 613; William Nailima. d.
r and l.. 500; j. Ewaliko. l.. 564.-Second
I District-J. w. Kelfkoa. ID. and L, 547:
= Julian Monsarrat. r.. ID. and l., SIS;
j. X. Kekaula. l.. 493: G.. p. Kamau-
CHA, r., ID. and l., 1873. This tells the
!, story so far as Hawaii is concerned.
' The solidity of the Independent vote
q will be observed from the table given
{ above. They voted their ticket nearly
straight right around the Island, and
! herein lay their strength. The ticket
carried itself by adopting this course
$ which was apparently thoroughly drill
! ed into the party's adherents. Had
! they felt inclined TO indulge i'm a few
side candidates after the style of theil
!, Republican opponents. they very likely
would have broken down their organ
, ization as effectively
: THE WAY SOME WE'RE KNITTED.
E There has been a weeping and waiiinl
I and crashing OF teeth from the time tn,
. count closed just before dawn yesterday
until the present, says the Hilo Herald
: Wilcoxism Is rampant and the responsible,
= citizens. the men who contribute TO thu
support Of the country by taxation, fee
p that drastic measures are necessary.
When the hour for closing the poll!
arrived there were still number of vot
crs in line. Some one carried into tn,
polling place report that copy of TIN
Honolulu Bulletin had been receive,
y somewhere on the Island containing al
= opinion from Secretary Cooper to tn
, keffect that IF at the hour of closinl
there were persons at the polls willing q
, vote and who were deprived through M
Z faults Of theirs. the polls might be KEEP
., open until such votes were cast" con
II sultation OF candidates was had and wit
s their consent the polls were kept opel
Y. until after o'clock and the ballots put l.
" separate boxes.
N At 7.30 o'clock the count began and con
A. tinued until nearly daylight with the re
l. suit given herein. That there will be
~ contest seems probable on account of
~ double violation of the election lay
~ which provide that the polls shall kee
!, open from a. IN. until p. m. and tina
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