The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1914-11-06
DEMOCRATS TURN
POLITICAL TRICKS.
Silent Vote Is Feature Of Elec-
i'ition Day andFKeepssPOk -Flet
ontIeians Guessing fo,i
Police Violate Law Dead Per.
Pasons Are 'votedsand Other
@ Things Happen llhe
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Both Republicans and Democrats
worked vigorously from the opening to
the closing Of The polls yesterday,
and, in the ease Of the Republicans,
undor some rather adverse eireum.
stances. Considering Governor Pink.
hams refusal to declare election DAY
a holiday, the parties did perhaps bet
ter than expected IN getting Che yot.
ers TO the booths.
II was a "silent vote, ~ the pol
iticians phrased IL in both districts.
and it had them guessing. Different
from the ease OF the primary, II was
almost impossible to get an accurate
lipe on the way a precinct was turn.
/ ing. There were three "fiights' Of
voters during The the first in the
morning, the second at noon and the
| final one between four and FIVE 'cloek
in the afternoon; the heaviest being
In the morning.
Many political tricks were Turned
lbv the Democrats il the morning AMI
lafternoon; and In some distriets-es
!pecially the ninth Of the ffth--they
stand charged with conduct of real
seriousness; an election Judge votino
for drunken men. Again, in the sixth
lof the fourth, the election officials de.
lliberately closed the booth from
Itweve-thirty 60 twelve fifty to have q
round OF poi
Men Were Having Dinner
j r. w. Condor appeared there during
4 that time ana was informed by q
lpolice officer stationed there that he
could not enter the booth az tho men
lin there were "having dinner" To
A confirm the officers statement, he
Hooked through the window and saw
them in the serious BUSINESS Of poi
eating. @
Serious consequences may hrise from
Sheriff Rose IS action in sending police
lsofficers to the different polls. Many
Il complaints were made that these men
we're electioneering within the tabu
A lines of the booths. and were theTns
selves advocating that straight Dem.
ocratic ticket be voted.
u 10. H. Brown OF the civil service
commission is expected TO prefel
Eoharges against these men and Sheriff
Rose, or to take some other action, for
the reason that the officers in election
eering not only violated the law but
the express rnles of the commission az
well.
Efforts were made IN some precinets
of the firth district TO ''vote dead
linen. y, and IN other cases men voted
under false names. Sam Kawaa o.
1.-THE Kakaako precinct diseovered thas
some one had voted in his place wlfcn
he went TO the polls this moralng;
and he started out looking for Im
without delay, swearing reyenge
Tooth opens Half Hour Late
| The Kaimuh Rreeinct was half an
Ihour late in opening The key had
lbeen left down town by mistake and
4 liz was necessary to make a rush au'
tomobile trip for il. There was con
siderable feeling in the sixth Of this
fouSth over the vote cast by blind
man. The election inspectors claimed
that the election Judge took the mar
I'm charge, ashered him into a booth
marked tho ballot for him, and re
fused to allow the inspectors to watch
the marking. Ee
/ Whatever the count Of votes may
show the oatcome Of the election to
! he the Democrats must be credited
with making thorough preparations
for tile day, and being in a better pos.
ition than the Republicans TO take
voters 10 the polls. They had more
than Atty automobiles hired for no
other purpose than this, and one OF
1.-TWO Of these machines were large
busses. big enough to hold twenty
EIGHT men. These busscs operated
I during the day, first 10 one precinsl
aud then to another, doing a big busi
ness and apparently bringing the Dem
I, ocrats many voters 10 tho polls.
city Employees Have Day on
Not only this, but the board Of su
peryisors and mayor gave all city EN-
ployes, including more than 500 road
iaborers, a day off to do politics
These men were to be seen Mt every
precinct, but Of course, mostly IN IN
fifth. This put them In decided 81
Vantage over the Republicans, who
were not given the advantage Of ~
holiday.
So Governor Pinkham s refusal Il
make yesterday holiday presents AL
the ear marks of "A political strategieei
lplay. 1t prevented many voters reach
ing the polls, especially Republicans
who were not so fortunately situated
las the Democrats in the matter .oi
eonveyances.
Should this election prove q Repub
lean victory, il will mean. a great
deal more than its victory in otheI
'dyears; FOR IL has. heen the most econ
omical campaign ever carried on Ny
7 the party IN this Territory. Yoster
slay exemplihed the economy that hai
market each step of the fght NJ
7 lavish sums wero spent on automobiles
no runners and only a few party
workers were paids and in every
: way strict economy was insisted upon
IL was fight made, along clean linci
and upon business principles of econ
lonly, and whether the returns shows /
lvietory or a defeat, the leading party
men declare they win have the com
fort Of knowing they fought it on
cleanly. wv NRa.@t &I.r
Machines Are Volunteered .. ~. ~.
:, The machines used yesterday weri
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