The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-05-21
BOX WAS
STUFFED
Crooked Ballots Make
Election Void.
GROSS FRAUD AT KAL|H|
Ofhcers in the Seventh Precinct 9
the Fifth District, Check Dis
honest Methods.

seven precincts in the Fourth district
and ten in the Fifth district of Oabu
held elections Saturday for delegates to
the district ,conyention of Republicans
which meets on May 80 in Honolulu, to
elect two delegates to the National Re-
publican convention at PHILADELPHIA. on
June IL. 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
talned yesterday. In one or two cases
1t IS understood that there was no cleo
tlon 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
ulation 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 a delegate to the
Republican District convention, held in
the Reform School building last Satur-
day. afternoon between the hours of 4
and o'clock, was declared by the
judges to be null and void on the ground
that the ballot box was stuffed" and
further, that a 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 j. c. Cluney, B. P. Fabian
| and Rev. Timoteo were the Judges
| When it came to the count it was found
that $50 ballots had been cast, whereas
only lao names had been registered.
| There was considerable excitement in
the Reform School for a while, and that
the affair did not end up in an old
fashioned "free-for- is due entirely
to the eloquent persuasive powers of T
McCants Stewart, the muscular form Of
K. R. G. Wallace and the Quaker quail
ties of Captain Cluney
The ballot box was a large sugar tir
with a slit in the top, and reposed on G
table in front of the three judges. Al
went we'll 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 tir
should be removed to room by itself
and that the voter should be unobserv,
ed while casting his vote.
Captain Cluney thought that the best
look after the ballot box.
Il knew that the opposition was out,
said the Captain, "and l wanted tc
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 a 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 ii
had to go
What will you do if too many votes
are cast?" inquired Cluney. getting an
CRY.
20, if there are a few over. we can
fix it," answered Fabian.
| FIX it how" said Cluney
20, it can be managed somehow" Ia
blan replied.
| Wnen a South Sea Islander wanted tC
vote, it was discovered that he could
not write. Timoteo proceeded 10 teach
| the fellow how to sign his name. Ciuney
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 if he could really master
the task Timoteo then took hold OF
| ne south Sea Islanders hand to make
| him write.
Ca tain Cluney was getting furious
| He said things in broad Anglo Saxon