The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1900-11-07

lantern ana placed 20 on the desk Fol
another i've minutes the old man stfur
sled with the ballot and then John short
who was presiding over the election. di
rcctcd that he be- given assistance. mn.
matter was then sotticd easily. but tI,
hour FOR closing had come. and 20 the old
man, whose name was ~. kahuc. had a.,
honor of rasting the last ballot ln the pr,
cinct. The total vote pollcd NJ the hon,
ol closing was "a. or 81 less than the reg.
lstration.
SIXTH or the FOURTH.
In the sixth Precinct Of the Fourth p'p
trict there were igp registered voters. n.
polling place was In the Honolulu Halo
the building next to the postofIlcc Dr
burgess was the first man to vote. VERY
few were on hand when the polls opened
only three being In line. From about $50
In the morning until about 1880 the vot.
Ing was almost continuous: after thai
things went more slowly. Tho mniorit,
of the votes had been cast by If o'clock
independents wearing Home Rule rib.
hons were numerous, and many Demo.
Gratis were present. \ good many Repub-
l!can ribbons were also evident Workers
Tor all parties We're busy and, towards :
o'clock TN the afternoon men were Chas-
Ing registered voters of their own politi-
cal persuasion who had failed to show
up. out OF 1879 registered 173 cast their
votes. Tho rest We're either out of town.
mad been transferred or did not turn up
for some reasCn. Early i'm the day Il
was prophescd that the Republicans
would carry the dav, Wilcox would rarnp
second and David last. Nothing occurred
curing the day that was at all unusual
A small crowd hung around the polls and
advised. caioled argued, prophescd and
/ talked through their hats as well as
| through their mouths.
towards o'clock 1t grew dark near tho
40 tNHn Iv,. ,H#,t..
carried their ballots to the windows TO
mark them At o'clock. when the haIlai
boxes were opened, some one cried: "U'n
cover to the majesty of the people" and
hats came or.
SEVENTH or THE FIFTH
At Sis o'clock yesterday morning the
polls of the Seventh Precinct. at the Re
form School, were thrown open to voters
The inspectors appointed by the Govern.
ment were S. *. Kaloa, julius Asche and
X. Il. G. Wallace. Others who assisted
We're r. McCants Stewart Or Huddy,
Isaac Sherwood. Abraham Fernandez. H.
kanuha and George kaia Immediately
after the opening of the polls r McCants
| Stewart and ID Kanuha cast their votes,
| followed by DR.. Hubby and Abraham
Fernandez. Already at this time fifty
men were in the string waiting for n
chance TO votc--wearcrs of the Republi-
can, Democratic and Independent ribbons
Iand badges. Now the voting had began
and as the voters approached the ballot
boxes, cries of Number" Ballot -
Check" and "Vote." denoting respect! We
Is the mans number, that he was en-
titled to ballot, that his name was check
led and his vote was ready prevailed the
liVelong day from morn to the specified
hour for the ballot boxes to be closed
About o'clock the string increased in
length. numbering about 200 men, Tho
voters moved along slowly. which caused
man to wait about two hours before his
vote was cast Some left the line before
they had voted, to lounge about on the
lawns, preferrng TO vote later i'm the day
and avoid the wait. Shortly before noon
the officers met and decided on account
of the large number of voters present to
give each man only five minutes time to
mark his ballet. in order to give all
chance to vote before O'Clock
The election was carried out slowly All
was quiet Here and there clusters of
Democrats, Independents and Republicans
met and argued at length for the cause Of
nheir respective parties, but peacefully.
The police officers were present but their
services were not required
For short time before noon Hon. Sam
Vel Parker and Prince David were seen
on the campus of the Reform School
only few were refused votes. AmonF
lN'nl was II. II. hhuhhl Unfortunately
there We're two men named H. * Eauah'
TO vote at the same place The one voted
IN the morning and about o'clock in the
afternoon the other came to claim his bal
lot, lie gave II. *. Kauah as his name,
and when II was referred to the registra-
ton paper of the Seventh Precinct, a like
name was already checked. little row
took place here. The unfortunate voter
was asked where he lived. He said thai
he lived on the EVA side of Liliha street
search was made for the other Kauahi
who had already voted.
In the morning there was some slow
work, as the voters were allowed all the
time they wanted one native especially
thought that he owned the booth He re-
riained there half an hour and during
that time he did not accomplish anything
he was finally pulled away from his
booth and put into the hallway of the Re
FORM School tn finish marking his ballot |
In the afternoon some lively work was |
done without pilitia. About 4 o'clock the |
Inc grew shorter and shorter. and at 43O |
o'clock there was no more line to be seen |
but last few waiting for "A chance. At |
if5 p. m. there were 5i7 votes cast and /
m ON 4:45 o'clock to o'clock only two |
more votes We're cast, making n total of |
$40 votes cast out of SIS registered voters
The last man to cast his vote was Ka-
nakanui. He held down his booth for
about ten minutes. When he was ready
not voted for Senators. He was given IA
few minutes more to do this He wore
a Mckinley Roosevelt button and also a
large Sam Parker button. on his coat
were pinned two or three Republican
ribbons besides one on his hat.
At o'clock Mr. Asche declared the
polls closed and the ballot boxes were i'm
mediately removed into one Of the school
rooms, where the counting took place
one of the protests Of the day was rats
70 by 7. McCants Stewart against -. Ka-
nuha The ballot boxes and the booths
were stationed between two stalrways
md on one Of these was mounted D. Ka-
1uha, on" Of the Senatorial candidates Of
Io Home Rule party Kanuhu seemed
% have a commanding view over those
% the booths Seeing this, Mr. MaCau's
stewart, who was duly authorized by tho
f'Huhll'au5 40 watch how things were
Huilr', protested t1 kauuhu STANDING
Nh thr stairway. kHuuh1 told stewart m
arnrst that no could not SEQ 1nythiuH
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