The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-03-26
FIVE CANDIDATES
lECTEDOUTR|GHT
IN HAMA|| CONTEST
Four General officers Of Big ISL
and and One Supervisor
~. Win At Primaries
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REPUBLICAN VICTORY 4.
NOW SEEMS COMPLETE
Canvass Of Votes Before Chief
Justice Robertson Develops =.
30 some Big Surprises : :.
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,l'tFrom wednesday, 8 Advertiser.)
-Four Of the Ave general county Off.
cffs Of the island Of Hawaii we're
elested outright at the recent primary
election. This condition Of affairs was
assertained yesterday when the bags
sohiaining the ballots cast were open.
ed IN the supreme court before Chief
justice Robertson by John K. Kai
county clerk Of Hawaii. ny,
The law provides that such eandi.
dafes who, In primary election, re-
eefve majority Of the vote east shall
thereby become elected and need not
ran again in the general election, which
in this instance win take place on the
Big island on May A. It happened,
however, that the election inspectors
ofithe second and seventh precincts OF
the second representative district
rnuely, Honomakau, In North Kohala,
and Kahauloa, In South Kona, placed
the election returns, which should have
been sent to the county clerk In Hiloi
In the pouches containing the ballots
cast and sealed the pouches Again, IN
such eases, the, law requires that nc
baIlot pouches shall be opened within z
specified time except in the presence
and by command Of the chief justice
-Four Elected Outright
After all the certified returns had
been totaled up before the chief jus
tea yesterday Il was discovered that
samuel X. Pau, william II fBeers
Samuel Mahnka Spencer and Charles III
swain had been elected outright at the
pri1nhrv election as county sheriff, at
tofTiBy, auditor and treasurer respec
tivkly.. This obyiates, the; necessity Of
. these four officials having their names
placed on, the ballot to be voted for
on May A The last three named would
NOT, however, shaye Opposition in the
regular election, were theyfSto run
again, as no. candidates Of other parties
opposed the Republican nominees. John
LeAI, formerly Of Honolulu, was the
Democratic candidate FOR sherif, y but
he has been counted out, as Sam Ppa
received more than one-half Of the
Homo Ruler Yates victor n A., H
Another candidate whom the counli
ytdlcTuuy OetihTtu GicCtCu ~ ,AothiSi
REPRESENTATIVE Julian r. Yates, who
was a Home Rule candidate for county
supervisor from West Hawaii, He re-
eeiyed us votes, the total vote cast u
West Hawaii being 1856, u
The total vote east in the whole Of
tbs Island Of Hawaii was 3046, East
HHwaii having 1880 and West Hawai-
1886. Necessary TO elect, for officers d
sIarae, was 1924. Sam Pau received
1855; William II. Beers, 1929; San
spencer, 1873, and Charles II. Swain
1854. Beers, It win be noticed, re
cbived Just ave votes more than the re
quiYed minimum. A. A.. Hapai, Repub
lEaA candidate for county clerk, re
eeiyed less than a majority. of the yot'
cast and was not elected outright. III
wilfsbe voted for on May 4 and Is be
ing opposed by Joseph Andrews, tn
Democratic candidate. +. =, M
Looks Like Republican Sweep {
From present indications, il wa
.ieatned yesterday from Hawaii count,
officials visiting In the city, it look
like complete and clean tRepnblieai
victory In the Big Island on May 4 70
county officials. IT, .n1., o.. s2Et
W dohh n. hhl, present county clerl
Z of Hawaii, and William H. Beers, re
elected county attorney Of the sam
iMhnd, were present In the snprem
court yesterday At the opening an
counting Of the official returns Of tn
recent primary election. While they o
hfst expected to return to the Bi
TIelapd today in the Mauna Kea, II i
now believed that they will remain /
Honolulu until Saturday and leave /
the Mauna Kea that afternoon for thei
ofiieial homes Kai did not seek nomins
tion for county clerk, but ran as
Republican, nominee for supervisor Q
large. samuel Kaphaue being nom
mated. KsuhAne will be opposed in n
general election BY DAVID Ewalikl
wbc is shsirmaA of the bosfd Of supe
vil6rs now. /,