The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-12-14
WILLIE CRAWFORD
WANTS RECOUNT
Says 1t viii indicate Him
From the Republican
Calumny.

CT hope the Supreme Court will
grant a recount in the mayoralty con
test, at least as to the votes in the
Fourteenth Precinct of the Fifth Dis
trict,' said w. II. Crawford Satur.
day. "That is the precinct where the
| Republicans charge me with defeating
Lane. l want an inspection of the
ballots there to prove that all their
accusations against me are false.
81 was appointed clerk in that pre-
cinct by County Clerk Kalauokalani. /
arrived at the polling place in the
morning of election day just as Ber-
nard KelekOlio, the chairman of the
board of inspectors, was opening up
the polling place. After the polls
closed and the counting of the ballots
began, Kelekolio told me to keep the
tally of the votes as they were count
/ ed. He and Kaaloa examined the bal
lots and called them off, while Motley
strung the ballots on the string. We
had counted about seventy ballots for
city and county officers when my eyes
began to trouble me and I told Ke-
lekolio that I couldn't tally any
longer. So he took the tally sheet,
Motley took his place examining the
ballots and calling them off, and 1
strung the ballots.
"We had counted perhaps hun
dred more ballots when Kelekolio
complained that his eyes were troub-
ling him, and that he was hungry
and sleepy, and he proposed to get
something to eat and some coffee. The
other inspectors said they were hun
CRY and sleepy, too. So all the bal
lots were put back in the box and
locked up and given in charge of the
policeman on duty, and a representa-
tive of the Republicans, of the Home
Rulers, and of the Democrats were
called in, and the inspectors and my
self went down to Loves Bakery and
got something to eat. Then we got
some coffee and doughnuts and took
back with US for the fellows we had
left watching the ballots, and the
count commenced again. Kelekolio
told me to take the tally sheet again.
Pretty soon Joe Fern came to this
polling place and he stood behind me
as the count went on. Soon after
that Charlie Chillingworth came there,
and he stood behind me. too, and saw
me mark the tally sheet. 1t was after
5 O'Clock Wednesday morning by this
time.
"When the ballots had all been call
ed off, I began adding up the tai
lies. The Democratic taller added
his quicker than I did mine and he
called off the number he had for Achi.
Mine was exactly the same. He call
ed off for Lane, and mine was exact
ly the same. Then he called off for
Fern, and he made his one more than
I did mine, but when he went over
his again he found he had made a
mistake in adding, and his total
agreed exactly with mine. AS soon
as we had added these up, Kelekolio
went to the telephone and gave the
result on Mayor to the Republican
headquarters. Then the result for the
other officers was added up, and as
fast as the footings were made up for
each Office, KelekoiO telephoned the
result to Republican headquarters.
GAS for the statement in the petit
ton that I offered to bet Jim Kulike
that Achi would get more votes in our
precinct than Lane, some days before
the election I said I believed Achi
would get more votes than Lane in
our precinct. Kulike offered to bet
me-not me offered to bet him-ff-
teen dollars that Achi would not get
more votes than Lane in our precinct.
We went to put up the money, but
Kulike had only twelve dollars. /
said we would make it a bet of twelve
dollars. but he would not. Then, on
the morning of election, Kulike ask
ed me if I still thought Achi would
get more votes than Lane in our pre-
cinct. and / said yes. and said l would
make the same bet of fifteen dollars
that he offered to make some days be-
fore. He did not take me up, how
ever.
Gas for rejected ballots, there were
only two voted for Lane that were
rejected. There were six voted for
Achi that were rejected, and twelve |
voted for Fern that were rejected.
"'The whole trouble is that I work |
ed for Achi instead of for Lane, and |
the Republican leaders are sore on me; |
that's all it is
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