The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-09-03

drank the gin and then voted the othep--
ticket.
/ Lewis did his own challenging. Tie
challenged nearly everyone who did noG
appear with a yellow ticket, the color
In which Lewis had had his Tickets
printed But Frank Cooke who was
the presiding judge overruled most of
his challenges, though i'm doing so he
had TO overrulc his own decisions on
one point. At first ne had ruled that &c.
vote voter must have lived in the
precinct ninety days. Under this rul-
ing a large number of yellow ticket
voters who said they lived at the Unit
ed States Sailors Home, Turk aud,
Lewis boarding house" as IL was fr-
ieNerently called at the polls, were sue
cessfully challenged on the ground
that they had lived there only "aboun
two months" But later, after these
voters had gone, Captain John Good
offered To vote and on a challenge OF his
vote il was ruled that If voter had
lived i'm the district ninety days he was
entitled to vote. Lewis says he viii
make this ruling one Of his grounds OF
contest in the convention
FORTY PIECES OF SILVER.
Lewis was Overwhelmingly defeated,
but he says he is satisfied with the re-
suit and that next time he will know
how to do things.
We only spent about forty plunks
IOI HdChS anu everything, ana we amt
through with EN- yet. Wait till we fses-
before the committee on credentials
There's where you will hear my elo-
Quence."
In the Ninth precinct of the Fifth
district, the missionaries" won hands
Gown. This is the precinct where the
missionaries were left holding the
bag at the primary last May. But they
seem to have learned their lesson we'll
and carried everything before them
Saturday.
The vote in the several precincts was
as follows: Fourth district, first pre-
cinct, l03 second precinct, 429; third
precinct, 10; fourth precinct 122: fiftIN
precinct, 1888; sixth precinct, 81; seveuttz
precinct, o.
ond precinct, 10 third precinct, 114=
fourth precinct, 3d. fifth precinct. "a
sixth precinct, 3d. seventh precinct, 122-
eighth precinct, "a; ninth precinct. I4T;,
tenth, 80.
A CLOSE VOTE.
In the second precinct of the Fourth.
district, where the largest vote was.
cast and where the keenest contest WIS,
waged the vote for precinct club off,
GERS was almost as close as for dele
gates, Col. j. H. Fisher was elected
president by 217 votes to FOG for +. A
Gilman; Dan Logan was elected secre-
tary by PA votes, to 209 for Dan H
Case; j. b. Atherton was elected treas
urer by 215 votes, to 2O7 for w A
Bowen.
For delegates, the vote stood, j. w
Jones, 41S; Charles Wilcox, 225; johns
NJ. Kea, 222; c. 3. Wilson, 222; George
Mcleod, 221; Andrew Brown, 2IS=
Lorrin Andrews, 213; j. b. Atherton-
212; w. H. Hogs, 2OS; William Hay
wood, 2O7 Jonah Kumalae, 21O.
In the Turk and Lewis fight in the
fifth precinct of the Fourth district, the.
heavenly twins" ticket polIed rs. "a,
las for the other ticket.
In the seventh precinct of the eth
district, the Reform school precinct, J.
L. Holt received 81 votes T. McCants.
Stewart, SO; and DR. George Huddy an0
r. c. Winston, Sc each.
w. c. Achi held very amable and
gentle primary at his house, i'm the
eighth precinct of the Fifth district
There were "A votes cast, and every
body voted for got "A votes
In the Ninth precinct of the Fifth
district, where the missionaries SO.
completely turned the tables on the
! machine" the missionary" candidates
received about 100 votes each to about
so each for the machine" candidates