The Hawaiian gazette., 1910-10-11
LIST SHOWS GAIN
OF ELEVEN
HUNDRED
Registration Closed Last Night
With 1886 Names on
the Roll.
ROW AMONG THE REGISTRARS
Members Threaten to Resign
Over Ruling Of the
Chairman.
row AMONG THE REGISTRARS

The registration board closed its
books last night with total of 1886
voters registered, a gain Of 1109 over
the registration of 1908.
The fourth district leads the fifth
district by six votes.
Registration for 1908 gave a total of
6427 votes of which 3239 were from the
fourth and 31SS from the fifth.
The town was secured yesterday for
eligible voters and autos we're used by
the Republican party to bring in de-
linquents. Every effort was used by
both parties to get every voter in line
and registered.
The rush came after four o'clock,
when the board opened for its last SEES
sion remaining open until ten O'Clock
last night when Chairman Chillingworth
dramatically extinguished the lights
and declared the board adjourned.
That adjournment, however, marks
hiatus in the affairs of the board, for
Registrars John d. Holt and A. K.
Vierra have practically resigned their
positions, and will lay their complaints
before Governor Frear tomorrow morn
ing. Both resigned because of what
they considered an adverse arbitrary
ruling on the part of the chairman. In
brief, the trouble occurred over the
question of whether young voters, who
win be twenty-one years of age after
4 yesterday and before election day,
4 could be registered. The Board unani-
mously decided to not register any not
4 yet twenty-one years of age, being their
/ version of the law and in which they
were supported by A. Lindsay, attor-
ney.general. At one o'clock yesterday
afternoon bunch of young men who
will shortly be twenty-one years old
were brought in and a statement made
that one of the circuit judges had de-
clared they were eligible to be regis
tered Thereupon Chairman Chilling
worth ordered Messrs. Holt and Vierra
to register those brought before them.
They refused on the ground that the
board had decided what to do in such
instances, and on the further ground
that no written decision had been
brought before the board.
Chairman Chillingworth thereupon
personally registered the half-dozen
coming voters and the remaining two
members of the board then declared
they would resign, but rather than i'm
pede the last hours of registration
would hold on until ten O'Clock.
The member sof the board hold APP
pointments which continue in force
until election day, inclusive. Their
resignation, therefore, will cause some
embarrassment during the next few
weeks, unless their view of the situa-
tion is sustained and the chairman IS
action reversed. Messrs. Holt and
Vierra declare that if there was any
legal question raised as to eligibility
of wouldbe voters, the matter should
be taken before the supreme court for
decision, upon which the board could
then act
There was a material increase in the
Chinese registration, the total this year
being 341, as compared with 152 in 1908
The Portuguese registration this year
is between no and 500, as compared
with 1926 in 1908.
Outside Registration.
Throughout the Territory, despite
some losses ON Maui and the districts
in West Hawaii, the total registration
this year is fairly satisfactory one,
the greatest that has been.
Maui Is total is probably less by some
two hundred. In 1905 the figures
showed 2691 votes there and ON Molo-
kai; on Friday afternoon, when the last
advices from Waikiki were received
the board had only registered 2427, and
the work was about complete.
Nothing has been heard for a week
from Kauai, but the word was that the
registration figures were ahead of those
of 1905 Two years ago the official
registration showed 110s; this year, ae'
sording to advance figures, the registra.
tion totals 1135.
West Hawaii shows falling off Of
approximately one hundred voters
Wireless advices yesterday stated that
he board will turn in a list of 1880
while two years ago the list carried
1877 names.
On the Hilo side, according to the
outlook yesterday morning, there will
De 1900 registered, gain of more than
hundred and fifty over the last regis
ration and enough 10 make the total
,ote on the Big Island larger than two
years ago.
At the last general election the total
egistration amounted 10 1924, fall
ng off OF three hundred from the 1900
egistration, BY nationalitles, the vot
n IN 1908, as registefed, weTei Hawa
ans, 1867; Americans, l7lbi Poftu
uese, 1880: British, 507i Germans, see
ther whites, 1886 Chinese, e7si Jepa
ese, o.
Nine hundred and hfty,eiRht who reg
stored failed n vote In 1908, the l2ials
tho did vote dividing aF followai Re
uhliean, 6Gasl Democrat asabi Home
iule, PISA These figures are the vote
oF delegate,