Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-11-06
RAYMOND TRIES
DESPERATE TRICK
REPUBLICANS SAY
Declare Sensational Story From
Valley Isle Eleventh. Hour
Political Canard
HARRY BALDWIN SAYS
"ABS0LUTELY FALSE"
Point Hinges on Similarity of
Sample and Official Ballots;
Charge Taken Up First With
Governor


Because Of information which he
has received from Maui to the effect
that sample ballots for senator have
been printed so near like the official
senatorial ballot that he believes this
difference might be easily passed over
by unwary inspectors, Wade Warren
Thayer, secretary. Of the territory. to-
day sent q copies Of q circular wire
less message &c official polling author-
tiles on the, Valley island.
Word OF the sample ballots was
: sent to the secretary by request Of
Dr. ]. n. Raymond. who is sid TO be
i'll, the letter itself being written by
II. G. Mossman. clerk in the tax office
at Wailuku II declares that infoTma-
ton leads to the belief that an at
tempt will be made to have certain
voters deposit those ballots in the
ballot box, bringing out with them the
official ballot to be used on the next
voter under "a chainless ballot
scheme"
BY wireless from Maui this morn.
ing Harry Baldwin characterized the
charges as absolutely false and made
purely for political advertisement, as
he (Raymondl is desperate
Secretary Thayer says that while
Il is too late for an investigation now
10 go thoroughly into the facts. he
will do what can be done to probe the
occurrence.
Republicans in Honolulu laughed at
the story this morning and several
said they were convinced it is an
eleventh hour trick directed against
the G. o. p. candidates on Maui in
the hope OF benefiting DR.. Raymond.
Secretary Thayer's wireless mes
sage, sent out to the chairmen of %
polling places, is as follows:
You are warned against voting of
q sample senatorial ballot printed on
paper similar TO official ballot; top
edge smooth; black lines show
through paper; words Sample Ballot
in small type beneath words Terrific
ry CT Hawaii Allow no illegal use Of
this ballot"
With the letter from Aiossman.
which was sent TO Governor Pinkham
and by him turned over to the secre-
tary for action. are furnished copies
OF the alleged dangerous ballots and
prepared affidav;ts OF two employees
in the office OF The Weekly Times at
wailuku. where the ballots are said
10 have been printed
The two affidavits are for Moses
weiwaiole. compositor and printer in
the office, and for John Duarte, press
man and typesetter, and to be sworn
20 and forwarded here today.
he Waiwaiole affidavit declares
in part that On October 30, 1915. "one
p. }. Goodness brought to the printing
shop OF The Weekly Times. managed
and owned by v A. Vetlesen, certain
ballots with the word Specimen writ
ten across the face thereof In red ink,
for delegate TO congress, senators and
representatives. and after talking with
The said Y. A. vetlesen for short
while left the shop; that shortly there
after the said Y. a. Vetlesen approachE
cd deponent and smoke to deponent.
ntial'y in the following Ian.
~uage tYcp must not spread this,
thing opt or around or there will be-.
trouble II you do that said V. A. Vet.
iesen then approached one John Du-
arte. a pressman and typesetter en-
ployed In said shop aad addressing
him used substantially the same Ian
cuage as used TO deponent: that the
ssid V. A. yetlesen then placed said
ballots on the lob hook. that depcrent
then went to the job hook and inspect
cd said ballots. and found written on
cne Of said senatorial ballots 1900
written in figures. and on another sen.
atorial ballot, the figures 500 written;
that on the ballot ON which was writ
ten the figures T500. q cross mark ap.
peared in the space opposite the
names Of Harry a Baldwin and
George p. Cooke, while no cross marx
AZ all annearcd on the ballot on which
vas written the figures 500; that said
.Ichn Duarte printed said ballots. aud
on the Sd day Of November. 1916.
George r. Cooke, aforesaid. came into
said printing shop, and after inquirihg
about said ballots instructed the said
V A. Vetlesen to deliver the same 70
Charles Wilccx, and that thereafter,
SID ballots. so printed, as aforesaid,
were taken out of the shop of the said
'Uaaklv Times"
The Duarte Affidavit
The Duarte affidavit states that
Eetlesen ordered him ito print 1900
senatorial ballots with cross marks in
the space opposite the names of Harry
A. Baldwin and George p. Cooke: and
IL Drint 500 senatorial ballots without