The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-09-21
DEPUTY sHERIFF-HoNoLULU.
Christian Holt.

Christian Holt.
The Republican County Convention
remained in session until nearly four
O'Clock yesterday morning, when the
delegates from the Fourth District ad-
journed, leaving the delegates of the
Fifth still settling who would go on
the ticket from their precincts as Rep
resentatives. By that time the con-
lest of the delegates staying until the
end, while the spectators had all gone
long before the last vote was taken.
After the nomination of the Super
visorial ticket, which was concluded
about half-past two yesterday morn
ing, there was quite fight made on
the part of some of the Fourth dele
gates to secure an adjournment, but
the movement was resisted from the
Fifth. the country members particu-
larly desiring to stay and finish up
rather than have to put off their re-
turn home until Tuesday. When it was
seen that even the sleepers did not
want to go home to bed, Chairman
Judd pounded with his mallet and call
ed the vote for Deputy Sheriff for
Honolulu.
There were three candidates in nomi-
nation for the convention choice, Ar
thur McDuffie, Henry Van Giesen and
Chris Holt. On the first ballot Holt
had big lead, but failed of a major
ity of the delegates left, III in all.
The necessary majority was SO, Holt
being two short. The vote stood:
Holt, 81; Van Giesen, %; MeDuffie, 3S.
An attempt was made to get the two
low candidates to withdraw IN Holt S
favor when this result was announced,
but both refused, and second ballot
was started. 1t had not proceeded for,
however, when it was apparent that
this time Holt was going to get about
nine out of every ten votes, and to
save an announcement to that effect,
in the middle of the balloting, Van
Giesen and McDufie pulled out of the
fight.
Choice of the Fifth.
The adjournment of the Fourth fol
lowed this election, and the Fifth pro-
ceeded with their work, unhampered
bv the presence of outsiders. 1t took
two ballots to decide this contest. Ac-
cording TO agreement the two names
placed in nomination from the outside
districts were allowed to go in by ac-
clamation, while the country delegates
LETT the townsmen to themselves tol
pick their four. Willie Crawford with
drew from the running before any vote
was called, leaving eleven ambitious
ones in the field, each certain that po-
htieal hOnOrs were about to descend to
him. Only one, Kaleiopu, was nOmI- |
mated on the first ballot, however, |
while it appeared rather evident that
there were knives out for C0rrea, who |
was expected TO run strong. The first |
vote stood: Kaleiopu AZ, Kama, %, |
Kanekoa 20, Kaea 20, Kalana 19, Cor
rea 10, Holoua 16, Auld 10, Nahora |
Hipa s, and KelekohO, the Boy Orator,
6. The last-named had confidently ex-
pected to head the ticket, and the
count must have struck him as rather
a surprise.
Attempts were made to secure the
Withdrawals of some of the low men.
Kama offered to get out of the way for
one. but as he had made a good show
ing he was persuaded not to. Hipa
did not require any persuading. When
asked to pun out, he drew himself up
in Indignation and announced that
E'the captain of the Kings Own is not :
a coward On with the vote and let
the ballots decide
The vote went on. the second ballot
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the ticket.
Fourth Meets Tonight.
The delegates from the Fourth will
reassemble this evening to chose their
Representatives, which will be the last
business of the convention. In antiei-
patton of the reconvening there was a
good deal of work done yesterday af-
ternoon by the various candidates and
a number of tickets were being circu-
lated.
There are nine names up. from which
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