Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-05-23

The stretch In the popularity race
course was reached this morning,
when the final week In the YOsem-
ite-Californla Contest began, and
every active candidate. their cam
paign managers and their nearest
friends put into play all the plans
they have been formulating for the
contest close.
Spirited indeed will be the finish,
II the demand for ballots today and
last Saturday. both by mail and
through personal requests, can be
taken as indication of the pace that
will be set by the vote getters dur.
ing the week.
Leaders Fear Reserve Vote.
The danger OF being strateglcally
fianked by IA big reserve vote Is be-
ing considered by every candidate.
and there is not contestant who Is
ahead, according to the scores given
today, thar does not realize that she
must strengthen her vote total be-
fore the week ends.
There are other candidates, as low
as fifth and sixth place In the score.
who seem assured that they will be
able to get enough votes for the final
count to give them the trips.
The contest In District presents
an enigma for the guesser.. The
trlct is less than twenty thousand
4, yP,es. This Is no more than is given
with one five-year daily subscription.
At least three candidates in that dis
trict have assured the contest man
ager that they are going to secure
the District trip. Rumors OF many
thousand votes in reserve or sub
scriptions with which to secure
many thousand votes are constantly
heard in the contest department.
Still, no one connected with the con-
test department has the faintest
knowledge of who has the best
chance TO win that trip.
Saturdays Ballot.
The ballot-boN was literally
swamped with ballots as a result OF
the week end voting. Hundreds Of
thousands OF ballots were brought In
during the day, and the box was as
full when It came time to count as
II was at. the beginning of the con
test after two or three days voting
The result OF the count showed
that two of the leading contestants
had strengthened their positions In
such a way as to seem Almost invul-
nerable. Mrs. Moore, chaperone can
didate, had one hundred and one
thousand votes cast for her, and a
few hundred besides. This big block
of votes advanced her total to three
hundred and fifty thousand. Miss
Pangelinan. an almost constant lead
err In District /, deposited nearly
fifty thousand votes and advanced TO
wiSin seven thousand votes OF the
three hundred thousand mark.
But the voting was not confined to
these two leaders. Two other lead
Ing chaperone contestants cast large |
blocks. Mrs Beggs held second place,
which she regained as result of
the Friday voting. and Mrs. Siemson
added to her total at third.
No More Paper Votes.
The vote coupons In the paper
were printed for the last time ON !
Saturday. and the only way now to
help the candidates is by subscrip-
ton payments. Friends who have
been aiding candidates by clipping
and collecting these ballots can turn
their attention to artillery action and
60 after the big vote blocks that are
given with subscription clubs.
Premium Offer Renewed.
The premium offer was renewed
this morning for the last time. II
has been changed in no way since
made three weeks ago. 1t allows
five thousand extra votes for every
candidate who turns In, or has turn
ed In for her. three new or three old
daily subscriptions Two thousand
five hundred votes are given for
every club of Ave new or five old
weekly subscriptions.
HAWAII. Maui and Kauai.
All contestants and their friends
living In Hawaii, Maui and Kauai
districts and depending on the mails
to bring their subscriptions to the
b bulletin office, MUST be sure
and have all their votes and sub
In the balot-box before 8
o'clock p. m. SATURDAY, MAY 2S.
rs that is the time set for the final
count OF the votes. and any votes
coming In after that date will not
'e counted and allowed Those send
ng In votes or subscriptions should
REGISTER same before mailing. as
here, will be less chance for them |
o be lost in the malls. and II any
hould be lost and show up after the {