The Hawaiian gazette., 1908-09-22
REPRESENTATIVES,, FOURTH DIS.
TRICT.
A. d. CASTRO,
R. w. sHINGLE,
j. @. COHEN,
E. A. DoUTHITT,
JOHN KAMANoULU,
e. A. q. LONG.


Convention came last night, when the
delegates from the Fourth gathered in
reconvention and chose the six of their
number who will go on the ticket to
represent the district in the contests
for the House of Representatives The
contest for the fifth place was close
between Douthitt and Long on the first
ballot, the latter having to take sixth,
and that on second marking.
The first vote elected five of the
candidates, Castro leading, with Shin
gle close second. Cohen ran strong,
while Douthitt squeezed into safety
with one vote to spare.
On the second ballot Long had an
easy thing understanding those still in
the running.
Kaleo, the Booth nominee, was bad
ly beaten, withdrawing after the re-
suit of the first count was announced,
while Makalena, the Manoa ballot
was showed under and
had to be pulled out.
Delegates Assemble Promptly.
Chairman Judd called the recon
vened Fourth to order within a few
minutes of the advertised time, calling
upon the delegates to elect their own
chairman and other officers.
G. Fl. Cooke was nominated by L. z.
Twomey and elected without opposi-
ton as chairman, while Joe Little was
selected as assistant secretary and
Bernard Kelekolio as interpreter.
The calling of the roll found 12S
delegates in their seats, one notable
absentee being Kalanianaole. j. w.
Cathcart was represented by proxy.
The total number of delegates allowed
the Fourth is 1873.
Judges of election named by Chair
man Cooke were James L. Holt, Mark
Robinson Jr. and Walter Drake. who
took their places ready for the ballot
ing.
On the ballot paper the candidates
were named in the following order, the
order of nomination.: j. C. Cohen,
Lima Kahaunaele, John X. Kamanoulu,
Solomon Hanohano, J. II. S. Ka-
leo, A. ID. Castro, George Makalena, R.
w. Shingle. Haapili Baker, E. A. Dou-
thitt and E. A. c. Long.
When the balloting began, enough
delegates who had not answered the
roll call had arrived to bring the total
M to 1873, making 67 necessary for a
choice.
First Ballot.
There was plenty of Pumping notice
able when the ballots began to be call
ed off, Pumping of every kind, with
out any noticeable agreement among
the ones who cut short their voting
privilege.
The first twenty ballots were fairly
evenly divided, with the Hawaiian
names getting slight majorities. Coher
and Single appeared to be running
well in the first forty votes, with Dou
thitt strong. Long fell away behind
in the first ballots, his name not APP
pearing at all on the first dozen voting
slips. He came up when the count
was about half over, however, being
well up six. Castro took lead early
and held it through the count. Kalet
and Makalena were away behind the
bunch, with Baker third among tn,
trailers.
Castro was the first man to reach thu
necessary 65, being four ahead OF
Cohen and five ahead of Single al
that stage of the count. Cohen was
next and Single reached the necessar,
number on the next ballot paper. A
this stage Kamanoulu, Long and Dou
thitt followed in the order named, will
Hanohano few votes to the bad.
Kamanoulu reached the election
point when the counting was about
over, and the last ballot found Dou
thitt one over the necessary and Lon.
seven short. Five had been chosen oil
the first ballot, Castro having the big
gest total, with Shingle close second
The vote stood as follows: J. G
Cohen, 81; Kahannaele, 50; Kama
noulu, SO; Hanohano, So; Kaleo, 90
Castro, 90; Makalena, "a; Single, 81
Baker, So; Douthitt, 6s; Long, 60.
This made another ballot necessar,
to elect the sixth nominee for Repre-
sentative.
Kaleo withdrew before the voting
his example being followed by Maka
lena. at which announcement Interpre
ter Kelekolio from the platform ask
ed: els there anybody else who woul
like to withdrawn
Second Ballot.
| Long won with a margin of seve
votes, at the time he secured the ne,
essary 81 being sixteen ahead of tn
combined votes of the three Others o
the ticket. The voting results were
Long. "a; Hanohano, 25; Kahaunael
%; Baker, 4.
Boyd Denies Report.
Immediately after the Announcement
of Longs election the delegates bega
to leave the hall, but were called I
order by the chairman, James III. Boy
having asked permission to make
statement. He said:
"Mr. Chairman and Fellow Del
gates: There seems to be misunde
standing in regard to my withdraw
from my candidacy for the Senat
The papers this afternoon have it tn
public office if you can get somethii
else to do. They are not best, and
can point to myself as an example
, the truth of this.
Boyd's speech was received wi
cheers, and following it number
the delegates took occasion to shal
, hands with him and congratulate hi
on what he had said.
Castro to Work for Record,