Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-11-05
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that "Kakaako" j. pretty quiet this
year." SO - H. * 80
! OF the total registration of 446 bal
lol of 1853 had been cast at n. m. This
is the largest precinct in Honolulu, YET
voting has progressed in such order
~ manner and so rapidly that only 81
tbsllots remained to be cast in the
Hast three hours of the day. The in
,IsPectors were kept constantly at worE
land the booths were filled steadily
during the first four hours.
4. The only voters remaining, it was
i inquired, were the Honolulu railway
employees, who will vote during the
] last hour. as they return home from
their work. This is the city's most
4 congested district. where trouble is in,
variably anticipated, but despite the
big crowd around the polling place
nothing untoward had occurred. Dem
ocratic partisans were making de
nonstration nearby, with a band and
campaign oratory. A noticeable feat
ure this year at this point is the abb
seLce Of drunkenness around the poll
ing booth.
i Seventh Precinct, Fourth District
j At 1890 o'clock this morning III
/ out of $40 registered votes had been
/ cast in this precinct The polling
/ place Is at the board of health build
ing In booth under banyan tree.
At one time this morning there were
twenty or more of the candidates in
/ sight, most of them claiming indiyi-
dual victories. Mayor Fern, Charles
/ Hustace, John Markham, John w.
| Cathcart, Joe Cohen, Col Mccarthy
and others were busy watching the
''Kakaako bunch" in the sixth and sew
enth precincts.
!, Eighth Precinct, Fourth District.
The election moved smoothly in the
Eighth of the Fourth, the polling place
for which is on Emma Square. BY
I1I:45 1S1 votes had been marked on
the sheet, more than SO per cent. of
the total registration of SS9. The
straight Democratic ticket was MAX
ling a good run, according to rumor,
while the Republicans were getting a
isplit vote.
Several members of the police force
put in an appearance shortly before
noon, and asked ifethere was anything
for them to do in the way of quelling
riots, but the election officers gave
them the laugh, the voting during the
morning being about the most quiet
land orderly on record There were
mo fights Of any. kind, and the work
lers for both parties confined their arr
guments entirely to moral suasion.
At 1.50 this afternoon the total vote
Ipolled was 246.
Ninth Precinct, Fourth 1istrict.
Out of total registration of 49,,
the largest of any precinct in the city,
l253 votes had been polled at 1926.
this afternoon. The voting was heavy
from IL o'clock on, the rate being
about one per minute S.
Fl When the polls opened this morn
ling, Soap Box Barron Link McCan-
Idless, handy man, entered a protest
against the makeup of the election
board, claiming that the rights of the
| Democratic party had been overlooked
| In the appointment of all three Repub-
| lican inspectors.
IT was originally intended" said
Barron that John Townsend should be
/ the Democratic inspector. 1t seems
there are two persons by the name IN
this precinct, and Mott-Smith sent the
notice Of appointment to the Republi-
can John Townsend We found out
| the mistake the next day and asked
the secretary to make the change.
/ but this he wouldn't do. entered a
protest merely to safeguard our
rights
From a straw vote taken of those
who were willing to talk over their
ballot, it seemed that McCandless
was making a strong rum The Demo-
Gratis claimed 70 per cent OF the vote
cast, for the head of their ticket e.
II Paris was being knitted, according
| to polling place rumor.
Tenth Precinct, Fourth District.
There was very little stir around
this polling place. corner Nuuanu and
Bates streets. the registration being
small and confined largely to the resi-
dence district The vote came fairly
strong in the early morning, and then
fell on howard the noon hour 1t is
expected that there will be some late
votes in just before the polls close.
The total registration In the tenth
! of, the fourth is 1856, and of this mum.
her 20 had cast their ballots at IL 80,
and 81 at 1890. What electioneering
was being done around the polls seem.
! ed to come from the Democrats, their
badges being more in evidence than
those Of Republican workers. :
Eleventh Precinct, Fourth District. /
Waimanalo--A telephone message
from that precinct to the Star-Bulletin
at lao p. m. stated that voting is slow
and light, only a small number of the
registered vote being cast up to that
hour. Republican prospects reported