The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1904-11-08

gruDDIt stores aud mUUt shops rIu us
usual with the delivery OF goods. about
the city. The banks remained open
until noon and then closed down for the
remainder of the day other places diu
likewise.
An early protest was made in the
eleventh precinct Of the Firth District.
by Eugene sullivan, In behalf Of the
Democrats. Sullivan watched "a large
number of voters believed to be Repub-
leans casting their ballots and claims
that the election officer In charge failed
to tear the number off the corners of
the ballots as provided by law. This
would leave the ballots I'm the box I'm
such shape that they may be Identified
with the men who cast them. Sullivan
left "a written protest and announced
that he would demand that all ballots
bearing numbers be thrown out Of the
count. He claims that there are over
sixty such ballots I'm the eleventh.
In the First of the Fourth things were
quiet 1853 registering their votes during
! the morning.
The Second precinct of the Fourth
was another in which matters ran
]
! events. There were a few who wanted
votes but whose names could not be
found ON the lists and these were re-
! ferred to the Registration board. The
| record up to one o'clock was POI.
The Fourth of the Fourth District
began with a large early vote at Emma
square. The precinct is at Emma
square which always polls a full vote
and will do so again this time. The
number cast was near the 200 mark by
noon.
In the Fifth of the Fourth, the polling
place for which was in the office of
| President Plnkham of the Board of
Health, there was something doing all
day long Captain Sam johnson was
there I'm person looking after the faith
full. Up to one o'clock 2S7 votes had
been cast.
At the fire station, Beretania and
Fort streets, the voters of the sixth of
the Fourth gathered All was quiet,
the election officers being undisturbed
i'm their work by any serious disputes.
There will be full vote.
The voters of the Eighth of the
Fourth had Thomas square as their
gathering place. Things went quietly
during the morning but good deal of
work was done PIP votes being cast up
to noon
Voting was heavy i'm the Ninth of the
Fourth, at the corner of South street
and Kawaiahao lane. There is a large
native vote there and there was "A noisy
Bat good humored crowd about the
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o'clock numbered 23S
In the Tenth of the Fourth, the poll
ing place being at King and Alexander
streets there was considerable activity
towards noon though it was slow dur
ing the morning. There were no dis
$ putes and up to one o'clock 236 haG
[ voted.
: The troublesome Fifth and the Fight
I ing Seventh are memories today. The
2 election w to 1870 o'clock this after
, noon was about the most quiet that has
J ever been held. There were no rows
and comparatively few men with jags
on were to be seen about the polling
places.
With the exception of the Tenth pre-
cinct the voting has been very slow
There is little danger, however, of any
of the people desiring to vote not hay
ing sufficient time in which to do so.
Governor Carter voted i'm the Ninth
Precinct of the Fifth District. He
voted in the forenoon There was &
a good sized crowd present when the
Governor went to the booth.
In the Seventh Precinct of the Fifth
245 votes out of a total registration o
/ 1854, had been cast at 1:O5 p. m. In the
% Eighth of the same District, 223 vote
q had been cast at 1888 p. m. out of Z
I total registration of 474. At the Mint
e precinct of the Fifth 224 ballots out 0
a registration of 4O4 had been cast a
% 1926 p. m. and in the Tenth at 115 p
: m. 305 votes out of "a registration o
@ 4S9 had been cast In the Eleventh
+ Precinct Of the Fifth District, the vot
S ing was progressing slowly, In tn
f Third Precinct of the Fourth Distric
. at 1890 u. m. only 222 votes out of
> total Of lO1 registered, had been cast.
Il In the outside precincts of Wanna
. nalo, Koolau, Waialua, Eva and Waia
i nae the voting is reported by telephone
to have been progressing slowly. Their,
= was little prospect of anybody beini
crowded out of voting through lack o
, time.
n The Board of Registration, with Ale1
= Lindsay as its chairman, was in ses
i sion at the Capitol all day. The board
q occupied the upper hallway Of the
building with maps of the different pre-
cincts on hand as we'll as the officia
] voters lists. The duty of directing
lost sheep voters to the place of de-
posting their ballots began very early
! There were the usual number of trans
fers required and rather more than the
customary number of men seeking theil
polling places.
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