The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-04-17

was lost and then Chiningworth moved
second passage which prevailed
PRIMARY ELECTIONS.
Second reading Of House Bill 40, the
primary bill was called. ChnlingworJh,
Makekau, Woods, Bishop and Brown
voting to table Consideration of the
measure, section by section, then con-
tinued. Makekau wanted to knock
out the section that required candi-
dates to put up $40 fee in the primary
elections
Smith said that if there was no such
restriction placed, there would be an
innumerable number of candidates and
any number of Objectionable persons
might run.
Makekau's motion prevailed and the
fee provision was stricken out
Lane amended the bill 50 as to re-
quire the lists of candidates be pub
lished instead of the County Clerk be-
ing required to send a list to each can
didate. Lane offered an amendment
providing that the voter shall be 10
feet away from the inspectors while he
is marking his ballot. Smith moved
to amend the amendment so that the
voter should be not less than 10 feet
away. making the wording clearer.
The amendment carried. Lane also Of.
fered an amendment providing that
the voter himself should deposit his
marked ballot in the box, instead OF
the inspector, while the blank ballots
are returned to the inspector
Knudsen asked if such provision
was not getting back to the DAYS of
stuffing the ballot box II the voter
had the right to put the marked ballot
into the box, he might put in four or
six ballots.
Lane replied that nothing of the sort
could occur. 1t would, on the contrary,
prevent fraud or intimidation by the
inspectors.
! Smith opposed the amendment.
Lane said that in the 18th precinct
when Birbe was chairman of the board
and seen how the vote had been rec
orded. He gave a signal so that a rec
ord of how the election was going.
Subsequently they held back the vot-
ing so that the candidate rightfully
elected was defeated He wanted to
prevent such frauds
Mccarthy offered an amendment
which provided that the voter was to
put his marked ballot himself into the
ballot box and give the blank ballots
that had been originally given him.
should be returned to the inspectors
who should put them in the separate
box. His amendment was similar to
Lanes but was merely change in
the wording.
Smith and Knudsen argued that the
amendment left open a loophole for
! fraud.
Lane said for instance, that an in
| spector was interested in seeing a cer-
tain side win, whereas the voter was
interested in his vote. For instance he
himself might be an inspector and
might see chance to slip in blank
ballot instead of a marked one, and
he might do it.
"Oh, I am sure that you would not"
suggested President Bishop amid the
smiles Of the Senate, at Lanes sugges-
ton that he might do practical poll
tics" under the temptation of oppor-
tunity. However it was apparent that
the senator's remark were Illustrative
and general rather than specific and
confession.
Smith again spoke against the pro-
posed amendment and said that il
would open the opportunity of ballot
box stuffing.
Chillingworth asked Smith If he did
not think the best way out of the diff
Guilty was to table the bill. smith said
it was not.
McCarthy's amendment was finally
adopted, Lane having withdrawn his
amendment
Mccarthy said that the bill did not
seem to provide for the substitution Of
any new candidate in case of a regu-
larly nominated one having died, prior
to the election.
Lane wanted to amend the provision
that the substitution was to be made
by committee Of the particular party
duly authorized for such purpose. The
idea was to leave this substitution in
the hands Of the party which the NOM
inee may have made. The amendment
was adopted.
Lane moved to amend the act so that
each nonpartisan candidate receiving
the highest non-partlsan vote for the
office be sought should be entitled to
have his name placed on the ticket.
The original bill required that the