Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-11-07
MAUI REPUBLICANS SWEPT
ALL BEFORE THEM
WITH EXCEPTION OF LANAI
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rived at the polls just ten minutes be.
fore the polls were opened, were In
side the court house through some IA
yoritism or discrimination, and were
permitted to vote before those who
had patiently stood outside the court
house some of them had a right to be /
there such as police officers, runners
agents. but there were some who had |
no right at all. However, the board OF /
worked with a will all day
and bv 4 o'clock over 400 had already
cast their ballots.
During the first hour ~ voted, which !
was considered very fast work, as
there were only three booths as the
law allowed.
About 4 o'clock Huelo the Eleventh
Precinct. was the first to send in the
returns, which we're Kuhio % and Will
cox L. Some of the Republicans, who
were in a happy frame of mind, pre-
dicted a victory for Kuhio, for since
Wilcox was defeated at Huelo (mean.
ing taiD. he would so remain at the
tail end.
Senator Kaiue. President Of the Sen.
ate. and Home Rule campaign boss on
Maui. was very confident Of success up
to the opening of the ballot boxes. To
him the two hundred or more who
passed in review before him during
the day wearing Kuhio badges were
Home Rulers at heart, and he was not
70 L., III 10 thn
Home Rule leaders have been teaching
campaign of falsehood to the ma
tives, telling them to assume Republi.
can appearances, but Home Rule in
stincts. And the natives have been
true to their untruthful leaders and
have met their defeat as untruthful vo.
tiers. Some of them are working for
the Government and had to put on Re-
publican airs in order to keep their
jobs. and thus they followed the be-
hest Of their leaders.
While Senator Kaiue was confident
Of success all day, Republican Cam.
paign Manager w. F. Pogue and Hon.
A. n. kepoikai were likewise confident
Of Republican majority, and their ex.
pectations were realized at IL o'clock
that night, when the counting of the
Waikiki ballots were concluded and
the returns from the outer precincts
were received.
The returns from MOlokai and Lanai
only helped to increase Kuhio's major.
ity little. The Republican party did
not receive as many votes as they
have been assured the Prince would
receive at Kalaupapa. but the fall was
due to campaign falsehoods spread
tarOund by the boat crew which
brought VIM. White from Lahaina,
saying that Wilcox was thrown into
the sea by Republicans.
Judge Kalua, who was at Molokai at
:he time, tried to tell the natives on
the Kona side that there was no truth
In the report. but II had already gone
into Kalaupapa and beyond his reach,
and not few Of those who pledged TO
vote for Kuhio went wild with mad.
ness and voted for Wilcox. VIM. White
Is now taking his defeat easy at La.
haina, and now thinks and believes
that Dickey is a veritable political
giant.
| While all the Islands, Hawaii, Maui,
Oahu and Kauai, gave Kalanianaole
large majorities. yet Lanai, the home
of Kaululaau. has the distinction of be.
ing the only Island which gave Wilcox
majority, and this is the more sur
prising because the Island gave Par.
ker a majority last election. While
Maui, Molokai and Lanai gave Kalani-
anaole slim majority of 25 votes only,
yet 1t ranks second in returning Repub-
lican candidates: Kauai stands first
with 100 per cent; Maui, 81 l.2 per
cent; Oahu, &c 2-3 per cent; Hawaii,
so per cent.