The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1902-10-31
HOW THE CAMPAIGN HAS
BEEN MANAGED FOR KUH|O
Where the Money Has Gone to In Prosecuting
Work Of the Republican Party through.
out the Hawaiian Group.

Next week the great battle OF the bal
! lots will be fought once more in Ha-
wall, and by an army Of ll.ll6 voters
/ who will good naturedly denote their
preferences for the different candidates
and as good naturedly accept the deci-
sion of the majority. Both sides feel
confident, yet the odd ll6 men may have
| the deciding power in their hands.
/ During the past three months the
! leaders Of the different parties in the
campaign have been busily engaged in
using different methods that are cal
culated to influence the voters to either
side. Among the Republicans these
methods have been mainly In the dis
| tribution of literature, and campaign
oratory aided by a little music. Com
| pared with two years ago, the work
has been much more quietly conducted
during the present campaign, but 1t is
believed to have been more effective.
When the work OF electioneering in
Hawaii is placed beside that of a Ma
| tional campaign on the Mainland II
seems Insignificant but 1t is a fact that
the Republican leaders here have cir
culated more literature per voter than
was circulated from New York and Chi
cagO headquarters in the Presidential
campaign of 1900. In the United States
there were 14.5OO.OO0 voters two years
ago and S0,00O000 pieces of literature
were circulated, or little more than
five pieces for each voter. In the pres
ent campaign in Hawaii there have
been 10000 pieces of literature circulat-
ed, or an average of slightly more than
seven pieces per voter.
Considering the small amount of
money that has been placed in the
| hands Of the Republican committee this
| year. the results achieved have beer
! remarkable. The cost of the literature
distributed throughout the United
states in 1900 was $3.50 Here the
cost would probably be covered by $500
| There the amount of money expended
daily In postage was 1925. Here it will
be about 800 for the whole campaign
| The weight of the literature circulated
on the Mainland two years ago was
$500 tons, and much of IT was printed
in eight different languages.
This campaigns literature was dis.
! tributed on all the islands of this Ter
ritory, being sent to the managers In
the different Republican districts who
| in turn, passed it on to their leutenants
ana luenCe IL went INTO the nandS oil
the voters. Most of it, fully ninety pei
cent was printed in the Hawaiian Ian.
guage. The largest demand was fol
| the famous speech of Ex-senator
| Thurston, which was delivered in tn,
| Orpheum about two months ago, anC
two issues We're made of this sixteen
page document Prince Cupid buttons
have been in great request. Five thou
sand were quickly absorbed on the 9TH
er islands and the demand for them on
oahu has been such as to keep the Of
iicials at headquarters wondering how
to supply them. Funds being low, the
committee refused to make any further
appropriation for buttons, although
they appreciated their popularity
among the Hawaians. Prince Cupid
however, came to the rescue and made
Chairman Crabbe present of one
thousand of the ornaments that bear
his portrait. Banners and sample bal
lots have also been distributed, the
quantities used in the different islands
being as follows: