Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-12-31

| ''ih"'" huui"'Nu'
ana we Delie'e ulu' lhI'ilii"a'e iha"'
OF inc electors
Strange Coincidence.
We think it remarkable coincidence
that this one mistake should have been
made 50 generally by supposedly in
tglligent men, acting independently OF
each other and that no other mistake
should have been made by them; and
this. after many protests were made
| 70 which they replied that they were
running the election and did not pro
pose to be intorfcred with by uutsid.
! eUs. These inspectors showed anything
but a desire to be unlightoned, but
now. with one accord. enter the plea
of ignorance. For instance, in the pre-.
| cinCt in which Il. Il. Lockwood was
Chairman of inspectors, where 2lO
votes were cast with their numbers on,
he persisted in continuing to do this,
although repeated protests against his
conduct were made. to all of which he
replied that he had his instructions
and was taking no outside advice or
orders, and did not desist until SeCre
tary Atkinson appeared. after twelve
o'clock and ordered him to tear OIL
the numbers. d..
We find, however. that there is no
way under the present election laws
to prevent such acts Of the Inspectors.
rs the laws seem to make them the
| sole Judge of their own acts, without
appeal. except to the Supreme Court
vi the Territory (Which is not In ses.
sion on election day..
We further find, in two instances at
| least, there We're duplicate official bal.
lots In existence. One was a complete
| ballot stub and all. without any mark
found the day after election. And we
| liud a number of ballot correspond.
iuG to this unmarked ballot. to have
| been voted in the ith Precinct Of the
4th District The Inspectors in that
| rccinrt testified that they tore the bal.
| lots OF the stub in every instance, re.
thinning the stubs. But this ballot
had the stub attached. Unfortunately.
when We called for the package, con.
! tanning the returns of this Precinct.
we found the bag containing these
returns uusealed, and the stubs OF the
| legislative tickets missing. Inspectors
Savldgc and Angus, of this Precinct.
roth said that they put the stubs in the
| bag and delivered them to Mr.. Buck.
land, Secretary of the Board of Regis.
tration. at one o'clock a. IN. All the
ether returns were found, sealed. ac.
cording to law, everything was there,
but the one thing needed, to wit: the
stubs Of the Legislative tickets. The
other case was in the 9Th Precinct Of
the 9Th District. where the witness
testified that he and two others re.
ceiyed the first three ballots given out
at that Precinct, and that he was the
first to vote, and saw the number torn
OFF his ballot. That when the two
others voted he saw the numbers torn
of their ballots. lie further stated
that he was at and in the booth all
the time, from the opening of the
except about one.half an hour at noon
ana saw the numbers torn OH every nal
lot while he was present. But to his
surprise, and the surprise Of the ln
spectors, when they were counting the
ballots, one ballot was found in tho
box with number attached, and he
| lthc witncss) retained the number
when the Inspector tore it off, and
found ii to be the same number as the
ballot of the man that voted just after
him in the morning, which he, himself
saw torn OH at the time the ballot wa
put into the ballot box,
As to other matters concerning the
election, having found several indict
mcnls, We Will make no further com
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