The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-11-09
DECIDES TO
ASK FOR RECOUNT
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there Is as yet no proof of the allcra-
tiou that i'm one precinct a consider
able number Of ballots favoring Brown
for Sheriff were thrown out with dee
sign.
Sheriff Brown said this morning:
"As soon as Judge Gear returns from
Kauai We win file papers i'm the SUI
preme Court asking for recount.
Whether we will ask for a recount Of
all the ballots i'm the County election,
or of just the rejected ballots. or Of all
or of just the rejected ballots I'm cer-'
tain precincts, l am not at this time
prepared to say That will be deter
mined by my attorneys on the return
of Judge Gear from Kauai.
LAS l have before stated, ! believe
chat there was a large number Of bal
lots rejected which should not have
been rejected. OF course, among the
rejected ballots are those favoring Iau-
kea as well as those in favor Of myself
! 1 have recently been informed by sew
! eral cases in different precincts where
| there seemed little or no excuse for
! the rejection of ballots.
II cannot say that ! believe that
recount would change the results, nor
would I say that the results would not
be materially changed by recount /
know that a good many ballots favor
! ing myself were thrown out and n my
! information is correct there are some
200 ballots among those thrown out
which. If they were counted would be
found to be in my favor. How many
of the rejected ballots, If counted,
would be added to the credit of Iaukea
I do not know.
1--WE will know all about it next
week. One thing is certain, We will
neglect nothing that will help to bring
out the facts Of the matter. If there
were ballots rejected which should not
have been rejected they should be
counted, no matter to whose benefit the
recount will result"
Harry Murray, chairman of the Re-
publican County Committee, said:
1T is difficult to prove anything, but
7 may say that we have been busy
gathering information of an interesting
nature and there may be as big a sur
prise in store for the public when the
supreme Court has passed on the re-
!
the various statements made by officials
turns from some of the precincts are
peculiar: for example in one precinct
the vote for Sheriff is about GO less than
the vote for Delegate ana such neon
sistencies are noticeable in the COM
harrison. of the votes cast fJr Senators
and Representatives as well as those
case for County officers. It is dithcult
to interpret the proposition unless ii
be taken as an indication of how bal
lots were rejected. l would not iuu-
mate that there had anywhere been
any deliberately designed rejection and
II would be foolish not to consider such
a possibility in an earnest endeavor t'
arrive at the facts. We will have re-
l count, that is the main thing and the
recount will tell the story. In the
meanwhile We are not idle and are ac-
cumulating information"
Sheriff Brown stated during the day
that there seemed a wide difference IN
the people on election day. The re-
, at the polls i'm regard to why and how
ballots were rejected, The kind of bal
= lot that would pass inspection i'm one
precinct should pass in all precincts
y and the kind of ballot rejected In one
! precinct, should, if rejected for cause
; be rejected in any other precinct.
Among the supporters of Sheriff
: Brown there would appear to be a very
Il considerable belief that a recount will
{ proclaim him the next Sheriff. Brown
himself will not say how he feels II
y this regard, probably because he doe
: not know, but it is no exageeratlon t.
say that he has hopes"