The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1910-07-29

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Many Were Confused.
Notwithstanding the apparent sim.
plicity Of the ballot which would seem
io make 70 virtually impossible for che
voter to make mistake, there is no
doubt but that large number Of The
liawaiians voted differently from the
way they intended 90 vote. Even ilis.
zoner, Mayor Form. was badly mixed
last Sunday, according TO o story that
was told yesterday. The story goes
that Ilizzoner was a caller at Booze
Headquarters last Sunday. where he an.
nouncod that he would vote wet.
How are YOU going 10 mark your
ticketf' asked one Of the booze mcr.
chants.
"why, IN put cross after yes
Of course, replied the mayor.
Whereat there was great consterna.
tion among the liquor dealers present
for they figured that If the mayor Of
the city Of Honolulu ddn 7 know
enough to mark his ticket properly
there were probably a great many 9th
er voters equally ignorant
There was a lively scrap in one pre-
cinct between two voters both of whom
wanted to vote against prohibition but
who disagreed as to the method. One
insisted that the way to vote wet was
to make cross (X) after the word
"aole"; the other was certain that
that would be vote for dry town
and that the only way to save the coun
try and the saloons was to vote "ae. y
They were separated before any mate
rial damage was done, but the affair
was exciting while it lasted.
No Free Booze.
There was little if any free booze in
evidence for the voters. The Adver
Users exposure of the liquor men ;.
scheme of trying to further befuddl,
the wits of the Hawaiians by ladlinl
out to them unlimited booze and there
by inducing them to vote for the reteu
ton Of the saloon evil scared the booz,
merchants and orders were hastily sen
out that the plan must be dropped anC
no liquor dispensed around the polls A,
consequence there was little drunken
ness, except in n few of the outlying
precincts where the watch kept ON the
| liquor men was less strict.
To their credit be it said that some
of the wholesale liquor firms took every
precaution to suppress free booze
Hackfeld & Co., it is reported, had nj
less than eighteen of their clerks out
watching for any indication of the dis
pensing of liquor.
Victory Cost Money.
The liquor men won their fight
against prohibition, the fight to pre-
serve the saloons, but it cost good, colo
hard cash to win. Just how many thou
sands of dollars had to be spent ma,
not be told outside the inner circle o
the liquor mems association, but it wa
not cheaply gained. Autos, for in
stance, for one day cost hundreds
Twenty dollars a machine is the leas
calculation and thirty machines COS
over 5000. There were other extr
vehicle charges running this bill clos
to thousand dollars. The salary lis
was large. In addition to the larg
amount of local money put into tn
pool by the local liquor interests, NOR
than $4,000 came from the mainland
This is a low estimate, and all of
was spent. While some who claim t
know say that $4,000 is the cash out
lay for the liquor men IS campaign, tn
figures are, of course, only estimated.