The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-11-06
ROOM FOR FIVE.

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The Sam Johnson method of voting is
to be adopted in all of the large pre-
cincts Inspector Brock, of the Fifth of
| the Fourth, has AIT votes in his precinct
| and he is anxious to have fair count
and get through on time.
eve have decided in our precinct he
said. ''to have a shelf built on each side
of the booths, to have just enough
space to accommodate one voter. That
means that five may vote at one time
and when one of the voters leaves
booth the sixth man can go in and
prepare his ballot. Understand we are
not going to even suggest that a voter
use the bench-it is there for him and
he may use it if he likes This ar
rangement will be in several of the
precincts and We hope to get through
with the county ticket by midnight. If
all of the precincts will make it rule
to count the county ticket first there
will be no doubt of having the returns
in for the morning paper The interest
is centered in that ticket, and next
comes the legislative ticket, not includ-
ing the ballots for Senator. When We
are through with those two the heaviest
part of our labor will be done, though
I do not expect to finish with the total
count before o'clock Wednesday
morning.
BUCKLAND IS THROUGH.
Chief Secretary Buckland, of the Sec
retary's office, has everything ready
and is now waiting for the holler. One
vote too many for the Supervisors will
invalidate that ballot, and as the coun-
ty officers are on the same ticket it is
supposed that is the ballot that will
suffer the most from faulty marking. |
The arrangement of the names is diff |
ferent from that of the last election, |
so there is no way of getting a line |
on the form until after the first man
votes. The Republican committee had !
a printed sample ballot passed around |
on Saturday and it will be extensively |
used at the polls.
SANS SUNDAY SCHOOL.
John Lane has a rival in the Sunday
school class business in Sam Johnson,
and the school has been in session in
the Bungalow every week. This class
meets for instructions and reports prog
ress. Last Sabbath there was a real
good attendance, and beer, and the
boys reported something like seventy
tickets in the road machine in
the Fourth. But from one of these very
tickets of the straightest vot-
ers it is learned that the boys report
straight because there is always a glass
or two of beer for them after the report
is made. However, it is satisfactory to
Johnson, and everything goes.
A JEALOUS POLICEMAN.
This talk about the inefficiency of
the police of Honolulu is rather over
Drawn said an official of the quaran-
tine station. why, it Is as efficient
as it is over-zealous. Only the other
lay 1 rode up the street on my wheel
and stopped in front of a business Of
ice, lifting my wheel to the side of the ,
building so it would be out of the way, :
when Chinese officer came along and
Informed me that l had violated the
aw and would have to go with him to
he station. 1 resented in a mild way, Y
md he rang for the hurry wagon, and !
iown to the bastile 1 went. 1t was an
loying to me and do not know what
ny friends thought of it. When 1 ex-
'lained the matter to the clerk [ was
eleased and afterward some one sent
ne note of apology. That was very I
lind in him, but it does not COMPENSATE :
ne for the annoyance. It seems to me
hey should be made to use little more
are, a little more Judgment in the per- r.
ormance OF their duties
THE LAW OF THE CAFE.
The matter of cafes has had the at
ention of the Attorney General and he
las decided that he can do nothing to
revent their opening and selling booze
With a sandwich.
The law is clear enough" said At
orney General Peters. 'and the facts
we're printed in the Advertiser as clear
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