The Hawaiian gazette., 1908-09-08
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Those defeated for the Territorial
convention were S. +. Chillingworth
43; Robert II. Baker, 80; w. L. Castle,
25.
Second Precincs, Fourth District.
In the second precinct, fourth dis
trict, including Manoa, College Hills,
Pawaa, Punahou, Waialae, etc, Assist.
ant United States District Attorney w.
I. Rawlins defeated the Buffandeau-
Makalena- Catchcart scheme to keep him
| out, and goes to the convention, but
the slate practically won out otherwise.
This was largely due to the machine
and underhand politics resorted to to
defeat the good party nominees opposed
to the Butfandeau wing. Mr.. Rawlins
discovered the scheme to defeat not
only himself, but the entire opposition
/ to Catbcart and Buffandeau, and this
feature doubles back on Buffandeau,
who is not only president of the pre-
cinct club, but is assistant secretary of
the County Committee. 1t was his wing
which worked out this move against Mr..
Rawlins, for when the nomination meet
ing was held a week ago, President
Buffandeau, in endeavoring to keep
Rawlins' name off the list in vain
snapped out: "Well, tell you, Raw
Inns, you won't get elected, that Is all. -
| The executive committee, or. at least,
part of it, headed by Makalena, was
entrusted by Buffandeau with getting
out the official ballot for yesterday Is
election. Those ballots, supposed to be
guarded and placed in the hands of the
election judges, were tempered with,
according to evidence secured by show
ing that extra official ballots were used
by the Makalena faction beforehand,
marked off with the Buffandeau slate
and given to the Hawaiians of the Wal
alae, Moiliili and Pawaa sections to
vote direct. These ballots they were
to place in the ballot box, retaining the
new ballots unmarked, as they were re
ceived from the judges, to be given out
side to others, so that these could be
marked and voted by waiting voters
1t was a rotation scheme. This is the
manner in which the Buffandeau fac
ton secured its high percentage OF
votes, but the man directly aimed al
for defeat was elected, and ran only
three votes behind Makalena himself
Mr.. Rawlins made the following state
ment to an Advertiser representative
"When / reached this voting place al
twenty minutes to clock this after
noon, which was twenty minutes before
the ballot-boxes were open for business
a Hawaiian came to me and asked if
was running for the convention.
told him ] was. Then he said: 1--WE
have everything fixed He pointed tt
his left sleeve and said: Il have
the ticket already marked He theI
handed me the official ballot with thu
slate marked on it. ] asked him wher,
he got it. / Immediately called DR.
Whitney and another gentleman owe
to witness this affair. The Hawaiian
told me there had been a meeting o.
Palolo and Waialae in the forenoon ant
the ballot had been given to him, al
ready marked. and he was instructed t,
go to the judges and get the white bal
lot, then go into the voting booth ant
make show of marking the regular
ballot. Then, concealing the ballot re
ceived from the judge, he was to come
out, hand the one originally marked
in the forenoon TO the judge, and theI
come outside and give up the unmark
ed ballot TO one of the crowd engaged
in furthering this scheme.
81 got this ballot from Sam Kepanc
and he said he received it from Jacl
Hawai-. This slate was aimed at mt
particularly. Then / got another bal
lot like this one from Henry Kahiwai
who had also received ballot markej
like Kepano's. saw him swap bal
lots in the voting room. I went to
Mr.. Pringle, judge of election, and
asked him who handled the official bal
lots, and he. said he got them from
Bufandeau. went to Buffandeau and
he said they had been handed to him
( by Makalena. Half an hour afterwards
I saw him and Makalena talking to-
/ gether, and the word was sent out
shortly afterwards that / was onto the
game and to keep sharp lookout.
told Makalena he was chairman of the
executive committee, and as such ask
ed him where he had the official ballots
printed. He said it was none of my
/, business, that was his business.
After the vote was announced, and
Rawlins was found to be elected in
spite of this underhand work, he was
approached by Makalena with re-
quest that he drop the matter and
shake hands and "pau pilikia." Mr..