Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1906-04-14

Washington. Arril 2.-Following Is
the report oi the Committee on ElC"-
tons made on the contested election
Of -. =. laukea against J. Kuhio Ne.
lanianaolc. on this report the House
voted To seat Kuhio as Delegate:
The Committee on Elections No. 2.
10 whom was referred the contested
election case Of Curtis =. Iaukca vs..
Jonah X. Kalaniannolc. from the Ter.
riiury Of Hawaii, having heard Mr..
e. A. Galbraith and Mr.. Il, =. Dole.
counsel for the contestant. and Mr..
w. w. Dudley AMI MIR. George u. Nc.
Clellan. of counsel for the Contcstcc.
and having read the record and briefs
Of the respective parties. after careful
examination and consideration begs
leave to submit the following report:
The Territory of Hawaii Is divided
into six election districts and 60 cleo.
ton or voting precincts. The said
election took place on the Sth day of
November. 1904. Thereafter the votes
cast at said election for the Office Of
Delegate to Congress were counted
and Canvasscd, and as the result Of
said count and canvass Hon. Jonah X.
Knlunianaole. the contcsIee. was de-
clared to nave received G.S33 votes.
Hon Curtis =. Iaukea. the contestant,
10 nave received 1865 votes. and the
Hon Charles Motley. the candidate of
the Home Rule party. to have received
| 2,2Sa votes, making total Of 1880
votes cast for this office and the Gov.
ernOr of the Territory issued to the
cOntC stee herein the certificate OF
election.
Tho notice of contest was served by
the contestant on the contestee within
The time specified by law, and sets
forth the allegations and charges on
which this contest is based. and which
briefly stated, are substantially as loi
lows:
The Charges.
That the official ballots prepared by
the Secretary of the Territory Of Ha
wall and furnished to the various In
spectors OF election throughout the
Territory were illegal, in that said
ballots had printed thereon numbers
whei eby they could be identified. con
trarY to the express provisions Of law
regulating such election; that said
ballots with the numbers on were ac
tunlly cast or voted in many Of the
precincts: that the numbers on such
ballots corresponded with the numbers
entered on the poll book opposite the
electors names, and by that method
the secrecy of the ballot was destroy
ed: that many Of the electors In the
Territory were. prior to and at the
time of said election. In the employ O
the Territorial Government, whose Of
ilccrs and agents were the part,
friends and supporters of the contcs
tee and the fact that the election In
spectors could determine how an,
man vO. cd afforded n means of intim
dating and coercing those employees
! 10 vote for the contestee even agains
their convictions: that employees o
the Territorial Government engage,
In the construction of roads and othe
nubliC works were organized into pc
litlcal clubs by government officials II
, authority over them and were prevent
cd from attending or participating II
> meetings held In behalf OF contestant
= and were threatened with loss OF en-
plOymcnt If they manifested any fayo
for his candidacy, and that such On
|, ployCcs were marched to the polls an
voted in bodies while wearing the I'M
forms of such clubs, and were threat
/, enci with loss of employment II the
did not vote for the contcstee; tina
. there were several precincts in whlc
ballots were cast with the number
u on, and such numbers were torn oi
by the election of officers before the
were counted or before they were OF
: cnci and credited to the several cal
. dIdates: that this was a mutilation q
y the ballots. and that those ballot
v.sssssyss.,s,s,s,sls,s ACKNOWLEDGEMENT