The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-11-24
'CHAIRMEN
DISAGREE
Mossman vs.. Murray in
the Matter Of the
Ballots,

Chairman Mossman of the Demo
cratic County Committee takes issue
with Republican County Chairman
Murray's explanation of the official
ballot blank which was procured by
the Republicans and presented to vot-
ers the morning of election day Mr.
Murray is quoted in the Bulletin as
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 great
skill required to find that out, as this
| law expressly sets forth which colors
| shall be used for the various ballots. I
! can tell you that no one from the
| County Clerks office gave US the
| slightest assistance.
| In this connection it 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.
LAS a matter of fact, it makes no
difference whatever if the sample bal
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
In 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 had 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 distrI-
button.
Mr.. 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 a 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
" ould not be counted, but the Repub- I
lican workers gained an equivalent in 7
value, as they could send in voter after l
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
0r 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
lothing to prevent his giving out the
'egular order of arrangement of names
Of candidates to both parties, as that
would only assist us both In helping
he voters to a proper understanding
If the manner in which they were to
mark their ballots. But 1 don't believe
he color of the official ballot should
AVE been made public