The Hawaiian gazette., 1904-12-13
WORKS HARM
TO HAWAII
Some Knocking News
paper Faker Fools the
New York Herald.

York Herald has been gulled systemat-
ically by some weird fakir in Honolulu,
who has been piling up a pretty big
space bill by making a monkey of the
great American newspaper So long
however as this was confined to silly
rot like the red shrimp rain story from
Hilo or the tale of the shark that tow
ed the steamer, or even that romance
of the flying fishes that scared up from
the vasty deep and MIXED the cows
along the Kona coast there was no par
ticular harm done.
OF course, nobody cared how much of
: pale gray ass the news editor of the
New York Herald was-and certainly
here was no objection to a needy news
paper faker eking out his salary by
ingenious lying. There have been men
who have even gained a kind of fame
hat way, their lies acquiring a SAVIOR
Of respectability from their improba-
bility. A pretty lie may be work of
art and admirable because of that. SO
long. of course, as everybody recognizes
that it is a lie.
When this newspaper faker becomes
malicious. however, and lies to the hurt
of the community that helps the Her
aid to give him board and clothes then
it comes time to call halt 1t is such
publications as the following in the
New York Herald, allowed to go with
out contradiction, that hurt not only
those people at whom they are clearly
aimed but likewise those people whom
the wretch who writes this kind of
drivel pretends to be desirous of help
g,, ,fIl,
the native Hawaiian is held on the
mainland elevated by means of such
publication as this? Here, that the
measure of the offending may be
judged, is the malicious effusion of the
Honolulu correspondent of the Herald:
HONOLULU, T. H., Nov. 15.-The
election in the Hawaiian Islands last
week was attended by precisely the
same result that marked the election
on the mainland, A complete Landslide
swept the republican party into control,
and made that organization absolute
master of these islands for the next
two years.
The victory was the most complete,
as it was the most surprising, that has
ever been known since the islands be-
came American territory. In its gem
eral aspects the local campaign was
analogous to the larger battle on the
mainland, but there were details of
the local fight that differed materially
from the causes that led to the ma
tional republican victory.
Three tickets-the republican. demo-
cratic and home rule-.were in the field
H,l,y I'm OF,
trol of the government machinery, and
had, in consequence, strong organ
ization. The democratic party, for the
first time in four years had ticket in
the field, and the fight was clearly be-
tween those parties. In the opinion of
many well informed politicians, and, in
fact, the community generally, the
home rule party had been induced by
republicans to enter as a stalking
horse in the hopes that it would keep
votes from the democratic party.
The issues of the campaign We're up
on the methods pursued by George r.
Carter as Governor. The issue was
keenly appreciated by the natives and
white people as well. The chances of
democratic success grew stronger as
did not concede probable democratic
victory We're sorne republican leaders.
The work of winning the election be-
gan the night before November s. al
though the democrats did not learn of
the danger until the following day.
On Monday night word was passed
out that it would be useless for any
native to scratch the republican tick
ct, as the republican managers had
arranged scheme whereby they would
know exactly how every man had
voted. such knowledge was precisely
what the natives did not care TO have
divulged, and the fear that it would
be caused the utmost CONSERVATION a
mong them. The precise manner in
which this information was to be gain
ed and the supposed secrecy of the
Australian ballot system in vogue in
this Territory TO be violated We're not
explained, but the method became ap-
parent the minute the polls opened on
the following day.
For months, largely in anticipation
of the approaching election, the repub-
lican managers and administration had
been employing voters on various pub
lie works. Times have been very hard
with the natives, and the prospect of
gaining republican disfavor by voting
another ticket, and in consequence
losing employment caused hundreds of
natives to think twice and finally sub
nit to the threatened coercion. They
realized that discovery meant dismiss
sal
When the ballots were opened for the
voting on Tue day morning the eX-
PLANTATION for the confidence on the
part of some leaders of the republican
party became apparent. The stubs to
which the ballots were originally at
tached We're numbered consecutively
and in addition to this number. on the
upper right hand corner of every bal
lot was corresponding number Nat,
urally, as the ballots We're handed out
to the various persons in the booths
records in rotation were kept. The
voters noticed the unusual numbers or
the ballots, and when it was seen In
many precincts that these numbers
were not being torn off but the bal