The Hawaiian gazette., 1908-11-06


Maui produced smile and shouted:
"Here he comes fellers, here comes the
White Knight" Mr.. Single smiled a
little more sweetly than usual, If pos
sible, apparently not appreciating the
allusion. Then the original herald
shouted: Gle didn I quite fall over his
horses neck, but we II fall over him,
you bet. - And the crowd cheered lust
ily not quite knowing what IL was
cheering about, but willing to make a
noise about anything.
A funny incident occurred early in
the evening before the sun had taken
away its kindly light from the tele-
grams posted in the windows of the Ad-
vertiser office. Hughes of New York
was posted as being probable winner
according to some big New York politi-
cian's forecast. An old lrishman stop
ped to read the notice and then was
heard to remark in a very emphatic
tone: "Oi don t know phwat the dick
ems Moo Yark knows about Honolulu,
but / voted for Hughes meself. They
must have heard about il.
There was little group of satirists
standing comfortably near the crowd
where they could lean against wall
and make opposite remarks about peo-
pie and politics. Somebody said scme-
thing about George Beckley. Beck
ley," replied one of the epigrammatists.
Beckleyi You know what he is going
to do don't your Treasurer this time,
sure. Then Mayor, then Delegate to
Congress, then Governor and finally
President of the United States. Sure
thingY Well, / WONDER
Up till the last returns came in the
interest was very intense. People
watched the figures as though they were
+, listening to the verdict of jury on
each individual s accusation. Like all
Americans they treated the matter
lightly, but there was On undercurrent
that proved how seriously the people
nave ldheH IHt tlSCblOu.
The street however did not contain
the whole of the crowd. The roofs of
the buildings opposite the Advertiser
Office, the Metropolitan and Waity
buildings, were the reserved seats for
a good many score, and the windows
of all the buildings from which a view,
or even partial view of the election
bulletins could be secured, were filed.
People got tired of standing but still
they stood. A good many people got
enjoyment and forgot their own fatigue
by watching others shift from one foot
to the other in the effort to fnd an easy
way of standing.
As the hours dragged along the curbi
on both sides of the street, and the
sairways in buildings on the street wer'
found by people to be possible as places
to sit down, and sit down hundreds O.
!, them did, to jump up and get into tn
middle of the street again when evel
a shout announced that new bulleti
had appeared on the balcony of the Ad
: vertiser office.
The Bulletin too showed election re
turns and some interesting pictures an
these had an audience.
More elaborate plans for securing
election returns promptly were mad
this year than were ever made in thi
Territory before. There was tele
phone in every voting booth in the cit
as there was also electric light. TIL
, telephones were put in by the Reput
!, lican Campaign Committee, the deart
of funds which charac terized the frs
part of the campaign having given wa
:, to plethora in the latter part Th
Instructions to the inspectors of electio
;, were to telephone the first returns t
the Secretary's office at the Capito
:, But apparently great many forge
:. they were government officials and II
membered only that they were partisan
, and telephoned results to the part
headquarters before they remembers
,. to telephone them to the Secretary
:, office.
= The Democrats, though they didn
. have money to put in telephone syi
A tenn had number of exceedingly yea
q GUS partisars who made Mercuries Q
/. themselves and made haste with returl
:. to Democratic headquarters as soon {
they were announced. So efficient WI
=, this volunteer service that in some i
: stances the returns were at the Dem
70 cratic headquarters ahead of their a
~ nouncement either at the Republic;
no headquarters or at the Secretary's @
=, fee.
40 The first official returns to come
n. the Secretary's office were from t
IN First Precinct of the Fourth Distri'
They arrived at $40 o'clock. TIL
~ contained the vote for delegate, sen
IN tors and representatives.
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