The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-04-09
quote Wisconsin Law.

lleu hhutf CONCENTRATION were not
necessary.
Quote Wisconsin Law.
Mr. Robinson read the provisions Of
the Wisconsin primary law. which pro
vides that each voter shall be handed
"a ballot for each party. regular and
non.partizan. and that the voter selects
the ballot of whichever party he de.
sires to support.
The suggestion that the plainly map,
plicable stipulations in Senate Bin No
be superseded by the Wisconsin idea
was favorably regarded aud the amend
ment inserted as follows:
Each of the official ballots shall be
of the same size and color, folded in a
uniform manner so that the contents
thereof shall be concealed -
After providing for the actual voting
the provision states that the marked
ballot shall Immediately be placed in
the ballot box provided for the pur
pose and the remaining ballots shall
be placed in a separate box, marked
and designated as the blank ballot box
Immediately after the canvass the in.
spectors shall, without examination, de.
stroy the ballots deposited in the blank
ballot box. -
Robinson stated that he thought the
provisions of the Wisconsin law in this
respect were adapted to local condi.
tions, and would operate far better
than the idea as contained in the Sen.
ate Bill.
Senator Moore raised the point that
all ballots should be the same and with.
out any distinguishing marks.
More of coelho. g..
Section Is aroused the ire of Senator
Coelho. He stated that it was design
ed in the interests of the Honolulu
oligarcies"; an observative that was
too much for the gravity of the Senate
The phrase Honolulu oligarcies -
sounded pleasant to the ear of the
Maui statesman, and he proceeded to
state that the bill was "no good" and
it was waste of time to consider it. He
also promulgated the disquieting opin.
ion that party loyalty was a delusion
and snare; all of which, he argued,
was shown in the Republican Central
Committee considering a Senate bill
without the presence of representa-.
tive from Maui. 1t was not quite clear
to the Senate what "party loyalty"
had to do with the merits of the di.
rect primary bill.
Prevents Postponement.
Coelho was followed by Senator Me
Carthy, who declared, in emphatic
terms, that the direct primary bill
should be postponed until the Senate
learned the fate of Bill 12l, the new
election law measure. He insisted that
an intelligent consideration of the di.
rect primary bill was altogether de-
pendent upon a knowledge of the final
disposition of the election law bill pass.
ed by the Senate Tuesday. Mccarthy
said that if direct primary bill was
to be passed it should become law
in workable and practical form. He
conceded that the object was a good
one, but that it was actually ridiculous
to proceed with the measure while Sen.
ate Bill l21 was before the House of
Representatives.
81 am in favor of the direct ipri.
mary observed Senator Mccarthy.
''but | do not think much of this bill.
L move that the committee rise and
recommend that the bill be laid on the
table until Senate Bill 12l is finally
disposed of, one way or another"
Coelho seconded McCarthy's motion,
but Senator Chillingworth, the sponsor
of the direct primary in the Senate,
entered an immediate protest.
"This is not entirely unexpected"
he said, with obvious reference to a
preconceived plan upon the part of
somebody to slay the direct primary in
its infancy.
"But it will take at least two weeks
for Senate Bill 12l to be finally acted
upon in the House of Representatives.
If the idea is to kill the direct primary
bill let us do it now and save time. ("
Senator Mccarthy fastened to say
that he did not take the stand for the
purpose of killing the bill, but that
he sincerely thought it was a useless
waste of valuable time to consider the
bill in its present form.
81 do not see how the bill can be
made workable until We can proceed
with an idea as to whether the provi.
sions of the election law bill will or
will not be in force" concluded the
Oahu Senator.