The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-11-22
LINK SAYS He
CAN UPSET
THE ELECTION
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some contests, all have to say is that
we are prepared to give them all the
contest they want. DO you know how
much money was spent on Kauai?"
The interviewer admitted complete
ignorance, whereupon McCandless re-
peated his remarn that he could go to
Washington and upset the election.
Republicans do not take Links
threat seriously. In the first place his
own sworn statement of election ex-
penses, showing an admitted personal
expenditure of over $4,000 for cam
paign purposes, would, it is claimed,
throw him out of court at once, as
far as Congress is concerned No
Republican candidate for any Office
spent anything like that sum.
McCandless is believed to be fgur-
ing on running again in two years. lie
is fully convinced that the Democrats
will carry everything on the mainland
next election, electing a Democratic
President, and he thinks that Hawaii
will be in line, and will send a Demo-
crat to Congress.
The Democratic County Committee
held a meeting last night to consider
proposed election contest in behalf
of r. II. Trent for city and county
treasurer, as against r. w. Shingle,
the candidate elected on the face of
the returns. Statements were made
to the committee regarding use of
money at the polls, and it was decided
to make further investigation, hunt
up witnesses and start a contest if the
dope" can be found.
According to statements made to the
committee there was a jingle of coin
at the polls in several precincts on
election day. One of those making
the charge testified to shaking hands
with a Republican worker for Single
and discovering coin in his palm when
the handshake was over. The Demo-
cratic committee decided to take af-
fdavits and hold another meeting be-
fore deciding what to do.
of we find we can prove what we
have been told by some of our pre-
cinct men," said Chairman c. J. Nc
earthly, 1--WE shall go into the contest
in earnest. We are securing affida-
Wits now on which to proceed"
Col. Mccarthy was at the meeting
last night, as were also L. l.. McCand-
less and other prominent leaders. In
addition to the talk about Single
contest, they discussed the Lane-Fern
) contest. The Democrats profess to
be quite unterrifed by it. Col. Nc
Carthy declared that the Republicans,
Lane included, had agreed to what
took place in the Kakaako precinct.
Mccarthy said it had been reported to
him that several of the Republicans
who took part in this agreement had
Indignantly withdrawn from the coun-
ellis OF the party, because they regard
ed the contest as bad faith in view
of the agreement.
'Other precincts may De contested
on exactly the same grounds as Ka-
kaako," said Mccarthy, land perhaps
some other offices will be affected, If
II is established that precinct vote
is to be thrown out on account of vot
ing after the legal hour.
eve have received information Of a
precinct in which the chairman put
back his watch twenty minutes, to al.
low voters to get in before five o'clock
The voting didn't begin here till TWEEN
ty minutes past the legal hour. in the
morning. The election officers de.
cided to make it up by allowing vot-
ing until twenty minutes past five.
That was just as Illegal as Kakaako. y