The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-11-07
ELECTION NOTES.

In the Fifth Precinct, Fourth Dis
trict. the voting was done at the old
Survey Department building next to
the Judiciary building. This was one
of the slowest precincts in the city.
Voters standing at the end of a line of
$50 men waited for two hours and thir-
ty minutes to take their places in the
voting compartments. At 1915 there
were 100 men in line. The hundredth
man voted at exactly 1853 p. m.
Captain Berger, leader of the Gov
eminent band, was two hours and fif-
teen minutes in line and voted his bal
lot inside of three minutes Merrill
johnson stood the same length of time
and prepared his ballots in three
fourths of a minute.
A reporter timed several persons of
the different nationalities in the Fourth
Precinct, Fifth District, from the mo-
ment they entered the voting compart-
ments until they left them. A native
entered one of them at 1871 and seven
teen minutes later turned away to give
his vote to Inspector Wilder. 1t was
then found that he was not eligible to
vote. Four white voters could have de-
posted their ballots in the time thus
lost.
A Portuguese voter in the Fifth Pre-
cinct, Fourth District, surprised every
one by his quickness in preparing his
vote. He entered it at 1874 p. m. and
left ii at 12:47. The natives were gem
orally the longest. One commenced the
task of filling up his ballot at 12:46 and
lnished at1 o'clock-fourteen minutes.
No11 inf cd nd
tired man at 1 o'clock yesterday after
! noon. He went to the Fifth Precinct
| polls and stood in line from IL o'clock
| until nearly / when it was shown to
| him that he was in the wrong precinct.
| AT that time there were fifty men
ahead of him.
The voting in the Fourth Precinct,
| Fifth District, during the forenoon was
slow. Following was the poll between
IL noon and 1 p. m: Noon, 1876 votes;
12:45 D. M, 232 votes, 1880 p. m, 24S
votes; 100 p. m, 253 votes.
| In the Fifth Precinct, Fourth Dis
trict, there were 565 registered voters.
| At L o'clock, after five hours voting,
only 253 had been able to cast their bal
lots, not a half of the full number reg
tistered, and only four hours more to
run in the other 312 voters.
Bob" Wilcox and d. Kalauokalani
frequented the precincts throughout
the day. In the Fourth Precinct
| Fourth District, they wore anxious
looks, as the voting seemed to be
heavily in favor of the Republicans al
the noon hour.
The system employed by the inspec-
tors of the Fourth Precinct, Fourth
District, was one which put the voters
through in quick time. AS each man
appeared at the rail his name was call
ed out, the inspector checked his name
off the list of registered voters, his bal
lots were handed him and he waited
his turn to enter the voting compart-
ments. Upon finishing his task there
he turned about, handed his ballots to
| Inspector w. c. King, who deposited
the ballots without further formality
By this means the line was kept NOV
ing.
In the Fourth Precinct, Fourth Dis
trict, the voting was slower by reason
of the inspectors attempting to make a
double check. Not only was the voters
name checked off when he appeared al
the head of the line, but before his bal.
lots were deposited in the boxes. the
name was again checked. This worked
"a hardship of the voters in the line
Often native who by some unac.
countable lax checking in the first in.
stance was allowed to get into a com.
partment and used from ten to seven.
teen minutes time in filing out his bal.
lot, was found ineligible and time wa.
lost all around. The checking in tn,
first instance should have been mad,
carefully doing away with a SECOND
check. Dozens of ballots were with
held on the second check.
Peck, the drayman, was an enthu
siastic Republican and took good car,
that his friends and employees got I,
their respective polling places all right
His drays were put into service, must,
was on hand all day, and Peck drov,
In his buggy behind the procession.
In the Second Precinct of the Fourth
District 150 men voted in one hour anC
forty minutes during the forenoon.
The Chinese voters took advantag q,
OF the opportunity to cast their frs
, American ballots. In the Fourth Pre-
cinct Hang Lung Man, an America,
citizen OF Chinese birth, went through
the formalities as If to the manor born
Ihey took much less time in the booth
than most of the Hawaiians and Por