Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-11-05


/ Nothing doing. said the police Of
I fieer on duty, when asked IL there had
7, been any election rows. This is the
qufetest election ever known in this
Punchbowl precinct"
fFifth District. =
Voting was heavy and regular In tf.s
town precincts of the fifth district all
tmorning. Crowds at the polling places
were not large, excepting at the kalini
booths and not very large there.
Utmost good order prevailed There
was neither sight nor smell of booze
anywhere, and inquiry failed to locate
anything resembling open house In
any precinct. -: ~. ..-.z.se. - -
Split voting was suspected to tome
in formidable amount only in the Ka.
hhiwaena precinct Although the in
dependent candidates for senator anG
mayor, Cohen and Hustace. claimed
! each big support, the regular pal%y
men nowhere conceded anything Of
the kind. g., --r. ;: 49,, ssssss.4ss
| 1t appeared as If the Republicans
were doing the hardest work Ia every
precinct, an air, of lassitude being evil
dent with Democratic badge Wearers,
While of eouree each side made boasts
In only one or two cases did the work
Icrs put forth obviously ridiculous pre-
fences. ~ sssss. sss5s@ @ssg szg
shortly before II o'clock Star.
bulletin reporter made round of the
seven town precincts of the fifth, end
ling at II O'Clock. and obtained state
ments Of the polling progress and esti-
mates from party men Of all stripes.
Mint, Precinct, Fifth District.
Polling place, Kalihi pumping plant;
At l1:15 there were 240 votes cast
out of q registration Of sos, and the
waiting line was not long. Democrats
claimed the precinct was going strong
" Democratic. Republicans claimed
they were holding their own. w. A.
Kane, former Republican supervisor,
said there was lots of split voting,
but could not say on which side it
was.
Joel C. Cohen and Charles Hustace
were at this poll when the reporter
called Cohen said the independent
vote was strong all over the fifth, and
Hustace agreed with him.
Tenth Precinct, Fifth District.
The polling place of this precinct Is
on the Kalihiwaena school grounds.
AZ 1880 o'clock t115 had poted out Of
a4total registration of 302. It was fig.
uTed that total vote of ESQ would be
pSlled.
William e. Miles, Democratic cap.
tain said: Il think we win carry two;
thirds Democratic straight. The whole
Democratic ticket win lead In this pre-.
cinct McCandless will have q big
majority. Republicans are splitting
this Way--Pacheco, Petrie. McClelIa,
Markham, Cox, Bartlett and Enos
Paeheco, Mcclellan and Petrie are es.
pecially strong S s
rs Paddy Ryan. Repnb lican, said of this
split: That's q good ticket. Pachecu
is q good man. We want supervisor
who lives out here.
81. A. Franson. Repnbli This is
"a strong Democratic precinct, but | /
think we viii break even. I think we
will be able to hold our own.
At Noon. ss &
At noon today, one hundred and
fifty-five votes out of a total registra-
ton of 800 had been cast Quiet
reigned at the polling place during the
midday. An early vote presented it.
self at this precinct. During the first
hour following the opening of the
polls a heavy vote was cast. Demo
cratic workers near the polls predict
heavy vote for their party candi-
dates, The Republicans are also OPP
timistic and ii, is believed that the
rush of voters may be expected at the
last moment.
Independent candidates in this pre-
ciflct are not much to the fore, though
their runners are busy and express
hopes for good showing In the count
ing of the ballots. ~
Eleventh Precinct, Fifth District.
The booth for this precinct is op.
|posite Kaiulani school Out Of a re-
gistration of sos voters, $50 had cast
their ballots at Hips. Rudolf Duncan,
Republican, said The Republicans
voting is. very strong. Our candidates
for mayor and sheriff are running
away ahead of expectations, as also
lis the senatorial ticket. We expect to
put six supervisors In. the lead here.
He claimed there had been 1S9
straight Republican votes cast at that
hour, and declared that only two votes
had been. cast for the independent
candidates. - -. Ia i, -
No Democrat could be, found who
would venture an estimate of strength
One claimed they were stronger than
two years ago, -
A steady vote from the time of the
opening OF the polls. is recorded in
this precinct. At eleven-forty this
morning, 800 votes had been cast out
of a total registration of 500.
A good Republican vote is conf.
IDENTIFY predicted here. The Demo
cratic workers point 10 the .fact that
this is Parker'S precjnct and the can