The Hawaiian gazette., 1906-11-27
CHA|RMEN
DISAGREE
rrnm saturdays Advertlserl

,rrom saturdays AdVertlserD
Chairman Mossman Of the Demo
cratic County Committee takes issue
with Republican County Chairman
Murray's explanation of the officia
ballot blank which was procured d!
the Republicans and presented to vot'
ers the morning of election day. MI
Murray is quoted in the Bulletin US
follows:
Il am surprised that the Advertiser
should be surprised that we got the
color of our sample ballots right" said
Chairman Harry Murray OF the County
Committee today. There was no srea'
skill required to find that out, as tht
law expressly sets forth which colors
shall be used for the various ballots'
can tell you that no one from the
County Clerks office gave US the
slightest assistance.
I'm this connection II may be inter-
esting to know that the Democratic
sample ballots, which were printed by
the Advertiser several days before the
election, did have the same order OF
officers as on the official ballot, and the
latter accordingly had to be changed.
"As a matter of fact, 1t makes no
difference whatever IL the sample pal
lots have the same color and arrange
ment as the official ones, as the head
ings on them are entirely different, and
it would be entirely impossible to per-
petrate any fraud with them. If
voter should cast one of these sample
ballots it would be sure to be thrown
out"
I'm answer to Mr. Murray's state
ment," said Chairman Mossman yes
terday, Il wish to state that the sam
pie ballot we had printed was taken
from the official ballot we mad TWO
years ago, which was also printed on
yellow paper. and our ballot had print
ed crosses upon it. The names of the
candidates for this election just past
were printed on this sample ballot In
the order as they appeared on last
years ballot, and not from any knowl-
edge we had of the arrangement on
this last ballot. We had those out
three days before election.
THE Republicans, on the other hand,
had a ballot out of the exact color
of the ballot used at the last election,
and a few minutes before the polls
were opened these ballots, without
printed crosses, were ready for dstrl-,
button.
MIR. Murray says it would be i'm
possible to perpetrate any fraud with
the Republican ballots because of the
headings on them. That ballot they |
had gave the opportunity for the end
less chain system to be started. A
ballot such as they had, of the same
color and arrangement of names as the
official ballot, gave voter the chance
to cast that one in the ballot box,
while he could take the official ballot
out with him and hand it over to his
party workers. OF course, the fraudu-
lent ballot would be cast out and
would not be counted, but the Repub-
lican workers gained an equivalent in
value, as they could send in voter after
voter with the endless chain ballot.
"If County Clerk Kalauokalani was
so anxious to reprint the ballots be-
cause our sample ballots had the same
Dr. a similar arrangement as the Off
cial ballots. he certainly showed a
great deal of energy in our case, and
eniency as far as the Republicans
we're concerned.
Il claim, however, that there was
nothing to prevent his giving out the
'egular order of arrangement of names
If candidates to both parties, as that
you'd only assist us both In helping
he voters to a proper understanding
# the manner in which they We're to
mark their ballots. But l don't believe
he color of the official ballot should
AVE been made public"