The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1900-05-22


Somebody vas tfylur 10 vfihg 10
cold dntk said taFialn chimney
A. stated iriufu shen the juarcs dis
lowered the ballot h0S bad lsra stuffed
ihey unanimously de, afed the slessloi
nuil and void
AZ this point in The proceedings 7
a4tCNnu stewart stepped iorv ard an,
lsked IT the Judges
10 you declare these elections nul
and void"
we de- said the Judges
What are We to rcpori2' said "a.
/ blan.
simply that The ballot box contained
more ballots than there were registered
/ yotorH answered the lawyer.
As chairman OF the Executive Com.
| mlitee ! am going TO take charge OF
this ballot box and | announce that
shall call meeting OF the Executive
Committee to decide on what to do
with the sans"
Fabian said MOI"
T. McCants Stewart then read a rule
of the local club giving the executive
Committee full charge of all properties
OF the association in the absence OF the
association. Stewart started on with
the UdllON-DuN uHutI MS arm W mn w
II. Sims-so Stewart relates the Incl
dent-took hold of II also. And then
these two men held lengthy and
strongly-contested argument as TO who
had a right to the box. Sims declared
that he was standing up for the judges
while Stewart was holding on for the
Executive Committee. At last the box
was placed on the table and Sims.
overcome by Stewards eloquence, said:
You're right"
Stewart continuing with the story
said: James Holt handed me q paper
and in the presence of the judges and
the assembled people emptied the bal
lots out of the box into the paper,
wrapped them up and gave tAem TO
Mr.. Mulch, who is a member of lne Ex
ecutive Committee, and then l jumped
on my bicycle and started for home"
Before the party broke up Sims re-
quested that the meeting of the Execu-
tive Committee be called for Sunday
morning at IL o'clock. This was agreed
upon but as Stewart expressed it, I'VE
couldn't get in telephone touch with
the members"
1t has been decided to hold the Ex-
ecutive meeting tonight, Monday, at
the Kalihiwaena School house.
Sims changed his mind about the
ballots after Stewart left and advised
Fabian and Timoteo, the two native
judges that they ought to have the
ballots.
Fabian demanded the ballots as one
of the judges, from Mr.. Mulch. Mulch
held on to them as member of the
Executive Committee. Not much"
he said.
X. r. G. Wallace, the man OF muscle,
stood by in case he was needed; he was
going to see that the Executive Com
mittee got the ballots all right. Then
Sims changed his mind again and said:
Mulch, l can trust you, take the bal
lots"
You'll have to trust me-" said
Mulch. Mutch's rig carried the ballots
home.
1T was case of Loves Labor
Lost" said Stewart, speaking of the |
matter generally.
I'VE regret very much the outcome
of this affair."" said he. I'VE believe
the primaries are at the basis of ali
government, and that they should be
as carefully as the gen.
eral elections. The last pubIc move
ment in which l was concerned was in
New York in 1898, when l attended as
4 member, and also as member of the
business committee, Of the National
of Leagues for primary
elections. Other members were the
Secretary of the United States Treas
Try and ex-mayor Strong of New YORK,
ogether with many governors and
mayors of the country. The object OF
he conference was to have laws pass
ID in the respective states for the pro-
ection Of the primary elections.
You may say that concerning the
elections on Saturday, the majority of
egal votes were for myself for dele
,ate.
There was a contest before the club
n which Sims, Holt and myself were
l secured the majority of
he votes and became the regular
lominee. Holt made speech in which
lie said he would turn his followers
,ver to me for my support.
1T was only the other day that the
eport reached the Kalini Council that
T. McCants Stewart couldn't be man
ged in Brooklyn and was paid to get
nut of that city.
Now | defy anybody to search my
'oliucal record extending over a quar-
er of century, of which sixteen years
we're spent in New York, and find a
ingle instance where T. McCants Stew
rt ever handled dollar in politics
lther for himself or for disbursement
mong others. l can not too emplat-
cally express my regret of the out
ONE of Saturdays primaries"
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