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-
lions is called forth by the fact that
1.-THE document sent in by one candi-
date. which did not express his party
/ affiliation, was taken by q represen-
tative of the party and the oversight
remedied by that man. Whether the
! law requires that each candidate
shall himself write in the utilization.
or shall be permitted to have some
one else do 1t, Is matter over which
the Secretary Is inclined to express
some doubt.
letter to Lindsey.
E His letter to Attorney General
Lindsay is in part as follows:
"The facts in regard to these nomi-
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 letter also inclos-
ed in the registered letter from 5. Z.
Kalama, dated october 4, 1872, the
original of which is inclosed here
with. Said registered letter was re-
tceiyed and opened at my OFFICE on
October S. at $3.50 p. m. 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 affiliatfOn was or whether they
were non-partisan.
4 A. u,
kgard to all nomination papers | re-
fused to accept them for fling. and
sent to each Of the candidates, on the
same afternoon Of October 5 word to
that effect.
Upon receipt OF TIE wireless reply
the nomination papers OF the above
! named we're stamped with the
fSecretary's receipt stamp and mark
ed received October s, 1912, at 7:06
D. m. that is, on the same day and
at the same time as the receipt Of
said wireless. | inclose the nomina-
ltion papers of the candidates above
mentioned
I'm the case OF Geo. p. Cooke.
inclose his nomination papers. He
being in Honolulu on October o.
1912, appeared at my office at tie
time stated in his nomination papers
and wrote on his nomination papers
E"RepubIican Party.
Wants Advice
81 have the honor to ask that yOu
advise me as to my duty In the
| premises:
II. whether | should place The
,Jof Oh
against upon the official baiios?
"2. If that question be answered
in the affirmative, whether ] should
place the party utilization of the can.
didates on the official ballot?
SO. Should the candidate state his
party affiliation simultaneously with
the filing of his nomination papers,
or can he 50 state subsequently and
by separate letter of later date than
Iof placing his nomination papers in
my office?
f. Can a candidate state his party
affi1iation through an agent or By the
officers OF a political party acting in
his behalf?''
Matter Admittedly Serious.
Robert w. Single, chairman OF the
Republican Territorial Central Com
mittee and titular 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 a few hours
before, and was not fully acquainted
with the facts, but he did not deny
the gravity OF the situation.
Il am not able to say just now what
will be done" he said at looks
somewhat serious lH- .. |
Mr. Single, Delegate Kuhio, r. w.
-reckons and the Rev. s. L. Desha
left last evening on the Mikahala for
a campaigning tour of Maui, and lat
er Kuhio and Desha will go to Ha-
waii. While on Maui the Republican
leaders viii confer with the Maui Re-
publicans regarding the fight on the
Valley Isle ticket
Democrats we're telling with some ;
Zest today how the story leaked out
that the Republican nominations from
Maui were, as It is claimed, Illegally
fled It appears that the Maui Re-
publicans realized their mistake after
they had been wirelessed to on the
night the nominations closed by the
chief clerks Office here. One of the
Maui Republicans happened to tell
the story to a. Maui Democrat and
that individual took his pen in hand
and wrote to T. ]. Ryan, at Demo-
cratic headquarters here. Ryan saw