The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-11-09
AN ELECTION
AFTERMATH
Good Work of the Fifth
District.
WHAT THE FIGURES SAY
Senator Elect Geo. R. Carter Writing
to W. c. Achi Replies to
Criticisms.

The following IS a copy of a letter sent
TO W. G. Achi yesterday by senator-c.aet
George X. Carter:
November S. 1909
". &. Achi. city.
Dear Sir: Since the election have
heard statements made about the Fourth
District saving the day. in comparison
with the good-for- nothing Fifth District
and also because some of the helpers in
the Fifth District have felt IL necessary
70 apologize tor the result, j have made
az statistics frcm the figures given in
last nights Star. which I think prove
conclusively that the workers of the Fifth
District have nothing to be ashamed Of
when you take into consideration the
following figures. showing the proportion
OF Hawaiian voters against all other ma
ticnalities:
Fourth District,
Hawaians o.. .......... 1881 or - per cent
All other nationalities. 1902 or As per cent
Total registered lib
Fifth District
Hawaiians . ........... 20I0 or u per cent
All other nationalities . sol or % per cent
Total registered ..25n
From the above figures you will see that
in the Fourth District the Hawaiian vote
was only slightly i'm excess of all other
nationalities. whereas In the Fifth Dis
trict the Hawaiian vote was nearly four
times as large as all other nationalities
combined.
10 ~ evident to all that II was only the
Intelligent and younger Hawaians who
supported the Republican party. while the
natives as "A whole voted solidly the hide
pendent ticket.
Now " the criticisms against the Fifth
al II f. heir n
Hawaiian population, that Is a matter
over which we have no control. but II they
are intended for the Republican workers
In the Fifth District the following facts
Will show that they are 'unwarranted and
without foundation.
~ Is fair TO assume that the Republic
cans and Democrats together carried all
the votes other than Hawaiian. Now ir
the Fourth District the Republicans re-
Ccived 1.2S0 votes, or 40 per cent, and the
Democrats 4i6 votes. or II per cent. and
the two together S. per cent of the whole
vote cast. Now a. per cent of the vote
cast In that district was other than Ia.
waiian. Thus II is evident that the Ha.
waiian support OF the Independent party
was cut into to the extent of but Is pei
cCnt-a matter of some 300 votes.
Reasoning the same way i'm the Fifth
District, the Republican vote for Dele
gate was S13. or 80 per cent, and the Dem
ooratic 321. or Il per cent-a total of 5
per cent. But i'm the Fifth District al
rationalities except Hawaiian composed
orly p per cent, so that % per cent o.
the Hawaiians were taken away from the
Independent party. or a gain Of some s.
votes.
I think the above method Of reasoning
H. fair, and II shows by actual figures
which are borne out as well by the Re
publican vote for Senators and Represent
atives. that in the Fifth District the ne
gain from the Hawaiian vote was % pc
cent or $50 votes, while the net gain fror
the native vote in the Fourth District wa
only Is per cent. or 294. This, taken int
consideration with other facts known {
you. certainly does the workers in tn
Fifth District no discredit.
Another very important fact f. this--i
the Fifth District the lowest vote pole
By a Republican candidate for Represent
ative was ga votes. and yet there wer
only 56l votes other than Hawaiian. Will
in the Fourth District the lowest Repul