Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-10-14
PROTEST ON BALLOT
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nation papers. One Of these ques-
tons Is called forth By the fact that
date. which did not express his party
affiliation, was taken by @ represen-
tatiYe of the party and the oversight
remedied by that man, Whether the
law requires that each candidate
shall himself write in the utilization,
OF shall be permitted 90 have some
one else do It, is q matter over which
the sSecretarysis i inclined to express
some double
Estter 20 lindsay. " 80. sT
HIS letter to- Attorney General
Lindsay b IN part aa fchOwss
The facts in regard to these nomk
nation papers are as follows: the
nomination papers Of all the above
mentioned candidates, came IN q
registered letter TO myself, and were
accompanied by d letter also incl0s-
ed In the registered letter from 5. Z.
Kalama;s dated october 4, 1919. the
original OF which is inciosed here
with. Said registered letter was re-
ceiyed and opened at my office on
October 5, at $3.50 p. nj. Upon ex-
aiming the nomination papers they
appeared to be regular on their face
with the exception that none Of the
candidates stated by what party
they had been nominated, what their
party affiliatiOn was or whether they
were non-partisan. =
From the course adopted N re-
gard to all nomination papers re-
fused to accept them for fling and
sent to each of the candidates, on the
same afternoon of October word to
that effect. - IS
Upon receipt Of tsie wireless reply
the nomination papers Of the above
named were stamped with the
Secretary's receipt stamp and mark.
ed received October s, 1917, atf7:05
D. m. that is, on the same day and
q. the same time as the .feceipt Of
said wireless. inclose the nomina.
ton papers OF the candidates ahoye
mentioned.
in the case of Geo. p. Cooke.
inelose his nomination papers. He
being In Honolulu on October .;
1872, appeared at my office at the
time stated in HIS nomination papers
ana wrote on his nomination papers
Republican Party s
Wants advice
sf"I have the honor to ask that y )u
advise me as to my duty In the
premises: k.tts z. = aea
81. Whether I should place The
names of the candidates protested
against upon the official ballos7
a. If that question be answered
I'm the affirmative, whether should
place the party affiliation of the can.
didates on the official ballot?
49, Should the candidate state his
party affiliation simultaneously with
the filing of his nomination. papers,
or can he so state subsequently and
by separate letter of later date than
of placing his nomination papers in
my office? =. @ = =
4. Can candidate state his party
affiliation through an agent or by the
officers of political party acting in
his behalf" IS lb.f
Matter Admittedly Serious. 81.
Robert w. Shingle, chairman of the
Republican, Territorial Central Com
mittee and titulaF head Of the party
In this Territory, was asked last Sat
urday night as to what action his par
ty would take to protect the Maui can
didates. Mr.. Single had heard OF the
Democratic protest only few hours
before, and was not fully, acquainted
with the facts, but he did not deny
the gravity of the situation.
II am not able to say just now what
will be DONE" he said. ut looks
somewhat serious" -. rs
Mr.. Single, Delegate Kuhio, r. w.
Ireckons and the Rev. 8. L. Desha
left last evening on the Mikahala for
a campaigning tour of Maui, and lat
er Kuhio and Desha will go to Ha-
wall. While on Maui the Republican
leaders will confer with the Maui Re-
publieans regarding the fight on the
Valley Isle ticket 5 2''., -.
Democrats we're telling with some
zest today how the story leaked out
that the Republican nominations from
Maui were, as 1t is claimed, Illegally
filed. Il appears that the Maui Re
publicans realized their mistake after
they had been wirelessed 10 on the
night the nominations closed by the
chief clerks Office here. One of the
Maui Republicans happened to tell
the story to Maui Democrat and
that individual took his pen in hand
and wrote to T. J. Ryan. at Demo
cratic headquarters here. Ryan saw