The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-04-08
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citizen. Dreier as ineligible. and the |
men who put him forward know it, yet
they are asking Cor votes for him un- |
der the hope that the law may be- vio- |.
lated further at.a future time 10y their |
own majority which they know is safe /
The question has narrowed itself down |
not to a question of the attributes of the |
candidates but question of absolute /.
right or wrong.
As was shown in an article i'm these |
columns yesterday, the Judgment of |
the Supreme Court had nothing to do I.
with Dreiers eligibility or his neHgibi- |
lily, that was a matter entirely foreign |
TO the question laid before the court. |
That question was whether the Score |
tary could refuse to put a name on the !
ballot if he. knew it was ineligible The
Supreme Court decided that the Score /
tary had no such power, and conse- |
queutly Mr.. Dreiers name went on the
ballot But the Supreme Court has not
ruled that Mr.. Dreier is eligible. indeed
it has assumed that he is ineligible, and
that though so ineligible he must still
have his name on the ballot, because
the Secretary had no discretion i'm the
matter That is as far as the case has
gone on the legal side
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wrong. If he is such an arbiter it is his
duty to understand what it is ne is
voting for. Though the eligibility Of
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iOeu ny Id" TOT registration ne
N''''Se" us name TO De enter
eu on me register OF voters for repre-
senlaViVeS Oh ms dlstrlct. MT Defer
mas not so registered ana is therefor
pu''lHs up lrauuuleht clam Tor cleo
uoII' "IIch every. one VINO votes FOR him
VIII De aIulns ana aoettlng.
MS Is the question laId before the
VOTERS Inc home RuIers after With
""i"s iI'ilce ouplu as candidate
Deo" use ne was not registered as voter
III MS ulSOiIcI' ana aIter turning down
representative hIhIheluths candidate
MI e'ruSIee' VINO was quaIlhed, nave
pun Io'"aIu an lheHslOle man. ineIigi- .
pie UPON Ine same ground that Prince .
Ouplu was Inc section Of the De |
nv, ''''s VINO nave Joined the Home
i'u'eiS nave uone almost precisely the |
same IhIhs. Ihey nominated Charles .
"Huer ana then round he was ineligi-
O'e' 50 Vhey "llhdreW him. but now they |
are e"uoISlhS the. Home Rule candidate
"'o Is just as ineligible as Mr. Wilder,
"HIch must De extremely satisfactory
- MI "I'uer FEELINGS. on the other
manu- VNeIe Is no DOUBT about the eligi-
DlLIty Oh the Republican candidate
Inc home rulers during their career
- ti'e LEGISLATURE showed very clearly
'i'"' ,ney had no intellectual or moral
capacity TO recognize law, They defed
"a" anu precedent e. from the moment the
SESSION commenced TO its end, They de-
ie''e" 'nelr own object by their utter
,iiSiesaru Oh legislative law But they
ia we learned no lesson from their eX-
pei 80 liei'ee ana we see them going into
- u''ieSS campaign which practically