The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-11-28

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Judge Frear: "We want to be salts
| fed that there has teen real informa
ton given to the petitioner. We don =
| propose to go into the question OF
| who furnished Mr.. Brown this informa
| ton
Judge Hartwell: "Can not you state
now on what your information is
| based?''
Judge Gear: cit was from watchers
and inspectors and people who saw ano
gave information. Mr.. Brown has beer
Informed by them and some have gone
so far as to make atfidavits. -
In response to a question Judge Frear
said: 1.-The facts show that nine bal
lots were properly rejected The peti
tion shows that IS should be properly
rejected. -
Judge Gear: "These were to some
extent guesswork. If we have found
one that is sufficient. There are %
precincts all told. We have shown that
there Were nine ballots counted that
should not have been counted and that
in a precinct where the inspector has
been in charge for many years and
knows his work. That should be enough
to show that these different inspectors
have made mistakes. Some of the in
formation is in the form of affidavits.
Mr. Brown has been informed that
enough votes were east for him to give
him a majority of the legal votes cast,
We will be ready to present the evi-
denee to the court tomorrow
Mr. Kinney: "Mr Brown IS watch
ers We're at the polling places and, ae-
cording to our information, none made
any objection. -
Judge Frear also stated to Judge
Gear and Mr. Dunno, counsel for Brown,
that their allegations in regard to re-
jected ballots are not specific but gen
eral.
Judge Gca-, in response, stated that
the court would recognize the fact that
Mr.. Iaukea in his answer to the petit
tion of Mr. Brown, set forth that more
than fifty votes cast for him Iaukea)
were not counted for him. The Judge
asked that the rule work both ways.
Judge Frear reminded Judge Gear that
Mr.. Iaukea was the defendant, not the
petitioner.
The court was then adjourned to 10
o'clock this morning when Mr.. Brown
is expected to present his showing for
further proceedings.
MORNING SESSION.
When the case was opened in the
forenoon Eugene Buffandeau, clerk in
the Office of the County Clerk and as
sistant secretary of the Republican
County Committee, was put on the
stand by Mr.. Kinney. He told of his
work in the office of the county clerk
and his relations with the Republican
County Committee. During the entire
l. e = I,
mittee After the election he was
seldom at the county committee rooms,
just long enough to sign a voucher or
two. He did not conduct the cor
respondence of the committee. He was
present at nearly all meetings of the
committee and heard the discussion of
plans for the conduct of the campaign.
When asked whether the county com
mittee ran a campaign for the petit
toner Brown, Mr.. Buffandeau hastened
to say the campaign was run for the
whole Republican ticket.
HEARD AT THE GRILL.
He was asked whether there was any
discussion after election in the com
mittee room about a recount. He re
piled he never heard of it in com
mittee meeting, but he had heard about
II III the UTiI anu Oli tiit otit tSI-
He stated that the Republican head
quarters were practically closed the
day after election, and few people
seemed TO visit them, a comment which
caused smile to spread about the
courtroom audience
Has no work been done by any
member of the county committee 10
the correctness of the re-
turns?" asked Mr. Kinney. NO, sir,
none to my knowledge was the re-
ply.
Mr.. Buffandcau said he had a duph-
cate KEY to the county clerk s safe.
Mr.. kaiauokalani generally locked and
unlocked the inner door. He had work
ed nights at the Office but generally
when the Supervisors were in session
Late in afternoons ct times he was In
the office when some member of the
Board was present signing hills, etc.
he had left the door un
latched so that it might be opened by
a member
THE "ENDLESS CHAM
Then came the feature of the day
the opening up of the ballots of the
First Precinct They We're deposited on
a table, and the court bailiff was placed
IN charge of them with instructions to
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