Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-03-14

q evening, and the result will =
q be published in the Friday =
% issue of the Evening y
% Bull etin This will al u
q low the news of the hrst u
q count to reach Maui by Sat- u
q ,urday, and the Hilo people =
q will know the result on next y
q Sunday, when they receive =
q the Claudine Mail. The first u
q count is being made sooner u
q than intended, on account of u
. the desire of contestants and y
q their friends to know the =
q standing Of the candidates. u
Territorial Ballot Box.
Send In your votes for the count
at once. 1t is well to hold back a
few votes all the time, but you
should make as good a showing as
possible in the first few counts. The
second count, or the regular days
for the count, will be announced
soon. Don't keep the votes clipped
from the paper. They are good only
for stated time, and the time
limit on them may pass IL you neg
lect to send them in. In order to
keep the deposited ballots absolute
ly safe and free from the tamper-
ing of any person, and also to Sc
cure convenience for the voters, a
Territorial Ballot Box was secured
from the Territorial Secretary. Dur
ing the day this box is kept in a
convenient place for all who per-
sonally bring their votes to the
Blu lletin office. Ballots. receiv-
ed by mail are Immediately deposit
ed In the ballot box. Instructions
for the making out Of ballots re-
ceived by mail are followed careful
ly, and when SO ordered are depos-
tied at once in the ballot box. when
no order is given for the disposal Of
the ballots, they are sent to the can
didates named. All such instruc-
lions are followed in secrecy, and
no one but the contest manager, who
makes out the votes, is allowed to
know for whom you are voting.
Securing Club Subscriptions.
Thirty contestants for the Yosem-
ite-California tour made every
working moment of the first six days
of the contest net them a magnifi-
cent number of votes. A number
of them secured within the first week
enough subscriptions to award
them the votes offered for club sub.
scriptions. One popular contestant
has enough subscriptions now te
give her fifteen thousand bonus
votes. The contest manager is tell
ing you this SO you will not thinl
that 1t is impossible to take advan
tage Of the exceptional club offe
made at the beginning Of the con
test. What others have done, yor
can do. There are still fifteen day
left In which to secure these blocks
of votes. and everyone who is ear
Iiestly trying to earn this summer
trip to California can get one OF
several of these subscription clubs
Commendatory Letters Not
Published.
Interest in the beginning Of con
test, in former years, on the outsiG'
islands has always been lacking II
spirit for an early effort, but thi
year, II possible, the initial inter
est on Kauai. Maui and Hawaii out
ranks that of Oahu. Over forty let
tiers were received on the Maun;
Kea, and every one OF them contain
ed orders for subscriptions or vote
clipped from the paper. Some o
the letters contained both. Tw,
letters were received in which tn
writers stated their views as to VIII
were the best candidates named Il
their respective districts. Thes
letters, nor any like them, will no
be published. as the contest manage
does not want to, and will not, Civ
a privilege to one or two candidate
that Is not enjoyed by all.
Vote-G Getting, Not Letter Writing.
Space would forbid the pubiisf
Ing of letters about all, and henc
the publishing of letters about som
is forbidden. The contest manage
hopes to make this clear, and want
to advise the letter-writters that
while he is always interested In any
thing dealing with the candidates
the best, method to get results 70
friends is by vote-gathering and no
by letter-writing.
How to Help Friend.
II you have friend in the cor
test and want to see her win, sen
in, your subscription to the Bull
letin and get your friends to
the same. A few subscriptions wi
place your favorite candidate 6
high in the count that many VIII
do not know the lady will commenc
to help her, as they wish to car
their votes for one who, II appear
has chance to win.
Nominations Not Closed.
There seems to be an impressio
that nominations are closed foreve