The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-08-04

A L o'clock yesterday morning il
"a the dining room of the Reform
4 D School. Palama, when but thirt.
Of the four hundred and ninety
four ballots cast at the seventh prim
airy remained to be called off, the eIec
tris lights went out. there was 1
reaching OF unseen hands for the wood
ballot box and in an instant nearly
fifty men were engaged In a mild free
for-au fight When the lights came on
again several OF the combatants were
ON the floor and the impact of fists
could be heard here and there accom-
panied by hard words. Warden Henry
of Oahu Prison. the Judge OF the cleo
tfon was defending the ballot box and
preventing it and the precious ballots
from being thrown out of window.
Despite the sudden onrush of politi-
clans to gain possession OF the box the
warden stood his ground manfully and
guarded it well, and although the
cover was half wrenched off not a vote
was lost
When the trouble was over there
were not so many men in the dining
rupted. as several had been seen to
make hasty exits out of windows and
doors, assisted. in some instances by
the police A call for the patrol wagon
and refnforcements had an immediate
effect on some of the combatants, for
a hasty retreat was made and when
the wagon finally did appear there
were few men. outside the election Off
cfaIs. In the room. The disturbance
caused a recount of the ballots owing
TO the fact that the tally sheets of the
clerks had been seized while the lights
were out and were either destroyed or
carried away.
IL was an exceedingly haggard look
ing hungry and sleepy half dozen of
officials at { O'Clock yesterday morning
when the count was finished and the
Huddy- Wallace -Crawford-Clark ticket
declared elected over the Sims-Vida-
Sherwood-Otepau combination.
1t was an exciting night in thei
seventh precinct of the Fifth District,
but to a certain extent the row was
not entirely unexpected, for the leaders
of both factions had been carrying
chfps on their shoulders during the
afternoon, and when the polls closed at
o'clock there was suppressed excite
ment in many quarters. There were
hurried conferences between the respec-
ffSse leaders and their active lieuten-
ants, and almost from the moment the
poll. closed both sides seemed anxious |
10 precipitate trouble.
IL was seen that the count of the
ballots could not be made on the porch |
where the voting took place and at /
somebody's REQUEST superintendent /
Gibson of the Reform School was asked |
TO open the dining room for that pur-
Var ffeaTll
Henry lifted the box from the table
and started in with it, At once there
was protest from the Clark side be-
cause there was no light in the room.
Three men for each faction We're then
chosen to accompany the judge and
tellerS into the room, and the candl-
dates and press were also invited TO
enter. Finally the procession took up
lis march and the ballot box was de-
posted at the end of a long table. Mr.
Henry seating himself beside it, Lunch
Vas brought in and for fifteen minutes
he hungry officials ate. At $50 o'clock
Stewart who acted as spokes-
nan for the Clark Huddy faction. an
lounced that he had the key of the
,alIot box and he presented it. in an
nvelope to Warden Henry.
st. Peter" came a voice from the
rowd II
Ii was annosuced by the clerk that
ccording to the Registered list of vot-
RS there should be found four hundred
nd ninety-four votes in the box ,
sharp words were exchanged between
inns and McCants Stewart over a i
uestion of the votes in the box tally .
ne with the list. and then the Warden
the count of votes. The .
cures tailed exactly and three cheers :.
ere given.
The first ballot picked out was one IA
{ the Vida a-Sfms- Sherwood side, and
{ once McCants Stewart arose to pro- =
ST against the name of Vida The -
rowd became impatient at interruption