The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-11-05

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would have it be, and there was an al
most entire absence of the usual cleo
ton hilarity.
/ Kuhio's good showing in the count
for delegate was an eye-opener for the
big majority for Wilcox but the verdict
| was accepted in good spirit.
! There were thirty ballots thrown out
in the senatorial count, the most of
them because they were entirely blank
many that had the names only of one
or two candidates.
EIGHTH OF THE FOURTH.
Both Edgar Caypless and c. W. Ash
| ford were present at the eighth pre-
cinct polls watching the count. There
was no hope for Caypless in the count
for delegate, his friend Wilcox being
showed under at a ratio of about three
! to one There fifteen votes were thrown
out for various reasons the illegality
of the ballots being agreed to by Home
Rulers and Republicans alike.
| There was considerable scratching in
this precinct on the part of the Home
Rulers, and Ashford benefited as Cay
pless lost. The Republicans voted their
| tickets practically straight, and there
was little scratching on their part in
| the vote for senators.
| The polls here closed promptly at five,
Detective KAPPA being the last man to
cast his ballot. The crowd of hundreds
which had been in line all day had
melted away in the early afternoon.
SEVENTH OF THE FIFTH.
| o,o ooy hos
were in the hands of many and the in
spector counted off the last minute by
seconds. The election declared over by
| Chairman Birbe the boxes were moved
away from the counters and the tired
workers were given a breathing spell.
A lunch of poi and pig, the latter
savory in it's ti-leaf covering, was plac-
ed before them and for twenty minutes
or more they discussed their meal, the
crowd meanwhile waiting impatiently
| for the counting of the ballots.
| Wilcox was present in the Seventh
Precinct nearly all the afternoon watch
| ing nervously the line of voters. Dur
| ng the cast of the ballots he leaned
| through one of the windows of the vot-
| ing booth keeping closely in touch with
one of his lieutenants inside. If man
seemed to be in doubt as to whether his
name was on the list Wilcox was on
| the Jump to look the matter up, espe-
cially when he thought the man was a
Home Ruler. He and Prince Cupid oc-
casionally met in the grounds and talk
| ed pleasantly. Wilcox did not boast
/ of his chances but several times en-
| deavored to patronize the young ALI
who didn't give him much leeway.
| The crowd watched the two leaders
with interest. Wilcox remained until
after dark and the count of votes had
proceeded well along down the list.
! 1t was seen after the second hundred
| ballots had been cast that the Home
Rulers would not have the overwhelrn-
| ing majority they had anticipated. It
was thoroughly believed in the Seventh
that Wilcox was pinning his faith in the
| Seventh for sufficient majority, to
carry him well along, hoping thereby
/ to cut down Cupid's majorities in the
| Fourth, but when the end came with
| only one hundred and one votes
as majority for the Home Rule leader,
| the cheers for him were not so pro-
nounced. On the other hand the RE
publicans felt that they had actually
won a victory because of the small
majority obtained over Cupid.
| Charley Clarke, Jim Kupihea, Line.
| McCandless and a number of others
who had engineered the strong fight
against Wilcox were looked upon as
heroes and their hands were almost
wrenched off. Despite the rumors that
| trouble was on in the Fighting
Seventh at various times during the
evening, they were unfounded and the
| Seventh for once came out of the cleo
ton with a "non-fighting'' record.
| EIGHTH OF THE FIFTH.
In Achi's own precinct the voting was
conducted at the warehouse bearing his
| name in the hollow off Liliha street
near King street. There was little
| diversion there all day long and the
| counting of the ballots was serenely
accomplished. That Wilcox only receiv-
| ed majority of forty votes over Cupid
| is evidence that hard fight had been
lwaged by the Republicans against him
and his followers. Crowds congregated
about the polling place all day long,
/ and 1t was thought until late in the
afternoon that there would be an even
| break in the votes cast. AS most of the
interest seemed centered in the Seventh
precinct voting at the Reform School,
the voters did not linger long about
the Achi warehouse. A large number
of women were interested spectators at
| the warehouse and did considerable
| electioneering.
| NINTH OF THE FIFTH.
People in the Ninth Precinct of the
Fifth District had to vote at the booth
at the corner of Nuuanu street ard
kuakini road and here also after the
polls were closed a large crowd gathered
| to watch the work of counting. The
Judges were A. w. Medley, F. w. Weed
and j. Fl. Meekapu. The work of count
ing was done quickly and considerable
enthusiasm was manifested when the
result of the voting in the precinct be-
came known.
TENTH OF THE FIFTH.
When the polls closed there was a
feeling in the crowd that Vida had gone
ahead of his ticket and that the Re-
publican representatives had made
about an even break for konors. The
results showed that the wise ones were
correct for three Republicans and
three Home Rulers on the representa-
i've ticket We're elected.
With the aid of lanterns the inspect-
ors and tellers went to work to count
the votes. The crowd seemed move IN,