The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-11-28
The Recount.
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statement was brought out that he
based his petition on information FUR
nished by outsiders, and that, of his
own knowledge he knew nothing.
Brown was on the stand for over two
hours and when he left the witness
chair the court consulted for fifteen
minutes and then announced a recess
until o'clock.
The courtroom was well crowded this
morning when the proceedings COM
menced; lawyers and political workers
were there in force.
A. NJ Brown the petitioner was first
placed on the witness stand to tell the
court upon what information and
knowledge he had received on which
to base his claims for a recount. He
said 1T is based up the result of in
quiries made by myself of things that
took place and were done in the differ
ent precincts on election. l have in
terviewed as many as possible Of peo-
pie who were present at the voting
places during the voting and while
the count was being made. | have
been told by persons that there were
Illegal ballots counted for Iaukea. In
the precinct at Waialua l have been
informed by a man who had voted the
straight ticket that his ballot had
been thrown out because a blank
ballot had been attached to the ballot
that had been marked, had been
thrown out, in spite of the protest of
the witnesses informant who had not
been allowed to get another ballot and
vote. This rejection had been made
in the fact of the protest of my in
formant.
i have also been informed that
there We're 10 Brown votes cast in that
precinct but when the returns were
made to the county clerk there were
109 Brown votes,
Il have been informed by another
eyewitness that in the fifth precinct
of the fourth district that one ballot
was counted for Iaukea, where cross
had appeared in the name space instead
opposite the candidates name on the
ballot. Another ballot had been count
ed where there was a pencil mark
| across the ballot, making a distinguish
ing mark, still another ballot had been
counted for Iaukea where there had
| been a clear erasure. These ballots
| had been counted for Iaukea in spite of
| the protests of my informant. l was
also Informed that there had been
| several other ballots counted for Tau
kea where a mark had appeared below
the names of the candidates.
Il also received information that
there had been ballots counted in the
! ~,
erasures on them. The inspectors had
ruled that the intent of the voter was
| to be the sole guide in the counting.
81 had understood that the reason
for most of the ballots being rejected
in that precinct was because too many
candidats had been voted for.
Il have also been informed that there
were three ballots at the Vineyard
street precinct, counted for Iaukea
one that had been erased and two with
marks under the names of the candi.
dates.
Il visited the office of the county
clerk with Judge Gear following the
election to secure information concern
ing the returns and the number of re-
| jected ballots. There had been no ac-
count kept of the number of ballots fol
| Iaukea rejected and the number OF
ballots for me rejected. l had to make
! inquiries from the various watchers
and inspectors to secure information
regarding the ballots rejected for Tau
kea and myself and also regarding the
ballots that had been improperly count
ed for Iaukea."
Replying to questions of Justice
Hartwell, the witness stated that there
! was really no definite knowledge upon
! which he had based his claim relative
to the rejected ballots and the ballots
that should have been counted for him
self and should not have been counted
for Iaukea in the first precinct. He
had taken what Jimmy Boyd had told
him, and from the knowledge of what
he had learned other precincts were
doing and had made up his figures
from that information. The reason
Brown had delayed so much in filing
his petition had been because he had
been making inquiries relative to the
matter.
On cross examination Brown stated
that he had received information that
| about 20 votes in the fifth precinct
of the fourth district, the Kakaakc
! precinct, there had been about 20 bal.
lots improperly counted for Iaukea
These ballots had been Improperly
marked in the name spaces instead OF
in the marking spaces, They did not
segregate the number The witness
stated that he had received this infor-
nation from Sidney Jackson and w
II. NeWlands. This information was
allowed, over an objection by Gear
Kinney asked the witness if he had
made any inquiry Of the Republican
watchers, relative to these charges.
This was Objected to by Gear and the
objection sustained Kinney argued
at length trying to get the court tc
allow the question, on the ground that