The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1900-05-22
BOX WAS
STUFFED
Crooked Ballots Make
Election Void.
GROSS FRAUD At KAL|H|
officers in the Seventh Precinct o
the Fifth District, Check Dis
honest Methods.
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and ten in the Fifth district of Oahu
held elections Saturday for delegates tc
the district convention of Republicans
which meets on May 30 in Honolulu, tc
elect two delegates to the National Re.
publican convention at Philadelphia, on
June 10. Each precinct was empowered
to elect one delegate, except the Second
precinct of the Fourth district, which
was to elect two delegates Returns
from all the precincts could not be OBJ
tanned yesterday. In one or two cases
1t Is understood that there was no cleo
ton held. In the Seventh precinct of
the Fifth district the election was void
ed by fraud. In all the precincts many
natives, In proportion to the native pop
nlation and the expected vote, cast their
ballots, showing an active interest in
Republican politics on the part of the
Hawaiians. The following were all the
figures obtainable at the time of going
to press:
The election in the Fifth district,
Seventh precinct, for delegate to the
Republican District convention, held in
the Reform School building last Satur-
day afternoon between the hours of
and o O'Clock, was declared by the
judges to be null and void on the grou 4 d
that the ballot box was stuffed" and
further, that large number of voters
registered at the last moment who were
not in any way qualified, not even being
able to read or write the English or Ha-
waiian language. Many expected that
they would be permitted simply to
make their marks in place of signing
their names in registering.
Captain ]. c. Cluney, B. p. Fabian
and Rev. Timoteo were the judges.
When 1t came to the count it was found
that $50 ballots had been cast, whereas
only 140 names had been registered.
There was considerable excitement in
the Reform School for while, and that
the affair did not end up in an old
fashioned 'free-for-all' is due entirely
to the eloquent persuasive powers of T.
McCants Stewart, the muscular form of
X. r. G. Wallace and the Quaker quail
ties of Captain Cluney.
The ballot box was a large sugar tin
with slit in the top, and reposed on
table in front of the three judges. All
went well until Jailer Henry of Oahu
prison came forward to cast his vote.
This will never do" he declared.
This Is no way to cast your ballots"
and he insisted that the sugar tin
should be removed to room by itself, |
and that the voter should be unobserv- |
ed while casting his vote.
Captain Quincy thought that the best |
thing to do was to have trusted man
look after the ballot box.
81 knew that the opposition was out,
said the Captain, land I wanted to
guard against funny business"
Finally the ballot box was removed
to another room and the voting con-
tinued. Captain Cluney expressed his
dissatisfaction concerning the putting
of the sugar tin in separate room by
itself.
There will be trouble" he declared
But Fabian and Timoteo, the other two
judges, said it was all right, and so it
had to go.
are cast?" inquired Cluney, getting an
cry.
30, If there are a few over, we can
fix it," answered Fabian.
FIX it how?" said Quincy.
20, it can be managed somehow" Ia
blan replied.
Wnen a South Sea Islander wanted to
vote, 1t was discovered that he could
not write. Timoteo proceeded to teach
the fellow how to sign his name. Cluney
got mad.
why, he can't write his name" said
the Captain.
Inc South Sea Islander went away,
shortly returning with his name writ
ten out.
See, he can write all right" said his
friends. But Cluney insisted that the
man write his name in the public pres
ence to show II he could really master
the task. Timoteo then took hold of
the South Sea Islanders hand to make
him write.
Captain Cluney was getting furious
He said things In broad Anglo-Saxon.
The upshot of the matter was that the
man did not vote.
All these things were learned from
members of the Kalihi Council at the
residence of T. McCants Stewart at Ka-
hhi last evening.
Captain Quincy, K. r, G. Wallace,
William Mulch and the able lawyer
above mentioned were gathered on the
latter's veranda discussing the events
OF the night before.
People actually went to register on ,
Friday who had been taught how to
sign their names within the last few
days, for when they were requested 10
I'LL in their residences. occupation. etc. I
they couldn't do 1t. They had simply
mastered their names for the occasion. ,
Ten Chinese applied and numerous ,
Portuguese registered.
The riff-raff gathered around. those
who had no business there, as we'll as
some who had, occasionally gave vent
TO the battle cry OF Down with the
haoles and the missionaries" and SINH
lar ungentlemanly expressions.
When the registering was pau, Fri
lay. only eighty-seven names were re-
corded. When the voting commenced |
1t 4 o'clock Saturday afternoon there
we're 40 registered. So there was con- G
siderable hustling at the last moment. :