Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-10-17
MAUI REGISTRATION.

Waikiki. Oct. 16,-The Board Of
Molokai, Lanai, Kahoolawe and Molo.
KIM, comprising the Second Senatorial
and Third Representative Districts of
this Territory, concluded its labors of
registering voters at midnight last
Thursday, October 9th. The total
number of voters registered is 2,127.
or an increase of SO over the registra. |
tion of two years ago, which was 2,50S.
There was an increase in some OF
the precincts and a falling of in 9th. 4,
ers, especially at the Leper Settle
ment, where there is a shortage of 100,
the present registration being only
1852. This was due to the fact that
some of the lepers are now in more
advanced stage of the malady and
were incapacitated to understandingly
read the English or Hawaiian Ian.
guages, owing to the fact that some
have lost their eyesight and some the
use of their limbs on account of the
ravages of this most dreadful disease
However. the Board have allowed
some minors to register (Mr. Searle
protesting), who will attain their ma
| jority on or prior to election day, but
not at time of applying for registra.
! ton.
Attorney Aluli was the legal light
of the Board and he swayed the ma
jority by the force Of his most persua.
sive eloquence, to which the worthy
son of Erin almost submitted, and II
might be said that II was his national
pride and not because he was agin
the governmint" that caused the Ho-
nolua publicist to mot concur" with
the majority The various members
Of the Board have returned to their
homes, Mr.. Hardy to Makawao and
Mr. Searle to Honolua. Mr.. Aluli re-
mains here. Next Tuesday the Board
will meet at the Kahului fishery.
where they will prepare lists Of voters
for the various fifteen precincts of
this electoral district.
Including those who are physically
disabled and those who failed to pre-
sent themselves for registration for
various reasons, there may be nearly
$50 to 200 citizens who are eligible as
voters who did not register. for there
Is not a single precinct in this electo'
rate which can boast that all its eli.
gible citizens have registered. Some
of them are anxious for the opportu.
nifty to register, but can't.
. These people blame themselves for
not leaving their work miles away and
watching the Board on the main road
the livelong day as did the women Of
Rome with babes in their arms to see
Caesar pass by. II is very difficult
matter for this Board, which is obliged
TO visit three Islands, to finish the
route and register everybody within
the required time. The Honolulu
Board travel in palatial cars, the Ha.
wall Board has only one Island to
make the circuit of. but the Maui
Board has not only to travel through
the mountainous and precipitous
roads OF Eastern Maui, from Huelo
to Nahiku, the home Of deep gulches
and rough and slippery roads, but has
also to reach Lanai and the Leper
Settlement by steamer. The Wailau
and Pelekunu valleys were never visit.
, ed. 1t was impossible to detain the
steamer there, as there wasn't enough
money in 1t for the steamship COM
pany. Several. including the Board,
are maintaining that the old way OF
making the Inspectors of Election In
each precinct Boards Of Registration Is
the only logical way of getting every,
lbody registered