Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-11-06
SAMPLE BALLOT"
CHARGE ON MAUI
ORDERED PROBED
Or. Raymond's Allegations
Start Activity BY SeCre-
tary Thayer
HARRY BALDWIN SAYS
STORY OF DEMOCRATS
"ABS0LUTELY FALSE"
Point Hinges on Similarity Of
Sample and Official Ballots;
Charge Taken Up First With
Governor; Desperate Trick,
6. O. p. Leaders Claim

6. @. P. Leaders Claim
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 % copies Of circular wire
less message to official polling author
tiles on the Valley Island.
Word of the sample ballots was
<sent to the secretary by request OF
DIR. j. II. Raymond, who is said 10 be
i'll, the letter itself being written by
II. c. Mossman, clerk in the tax office
at Wailuku. II declares that informa-
tion 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 Qtaymond) is desperate"
Secretary Thayer says that while
il is too late fok an investigation now
TO 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 Thayers wireless mes
sage, sent out to the chairmen OF y
polling places, is as follows:
fou are warned against voting of
a 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-
of the alleged dangerous ballots and
prepared affidavits OF two employees
in the office Of The Weekly Times at
wailuku, where the ballots are said
to have been printed.
The two affidayits are for Moses
r waiwaiole, compositor and printer in
the office, and for John Duarte. press
man anu typesetter, and to be sworn
10 and forwarded here today.
he Walwaiole affidavit declares
in part that On October 30, 1916. 'one
=. J. 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 V. A. vetlesen for a short
while left the shop; that shortly there
after the said Y. A. vetlesen approach
ed deponent and spoke to deponent
Essentially in the following Ian.
euage: You must not. spread this
thing ort or around or there will he
trouble II you do that said Y. A. Vet.
,lesen then approached one John Du.
arte, a pressman and typesetter EN-
ployed in said shop. and addressing
him used substantially the same Ian:
guage as used to deponent: that the
said V a. Fetlesen then placed said
ballots on the lob hook. that depcrent
then went to the job hook and inspect.
ed said ballots, and found written on
cne of said senatorial ballots 1890
written in figures and on another sen.
atorial ballot. thesfigures 800 written;
that on the ballot: on which was writ
ten the figures 1870 cross mark ap.
peared in the space opposite the
names Of Harry A. Baldwin and
George p: Cooke, while no cross mark
st all appeared on the ballot on which
was written the figures 500; that said
,Tchr Duarte printed said ballots. and
on the Cd day or November. 1915,
George p. Cooke, aforesaid. came into
said printing shops and after inquiring
about said ballots INSTRUCTED the said
V a. Vetlesen to deliver the same to
Charles Wilcox, and that thereafter,
said ballots, so printed. as aforesaid.
were taken out of the shop of the said
Weekly Times"
The Duarte Affidavit
The Duarte affidavit states that
Vetlesen ordered him TO print 1900
senatorial ballots with cross marks in
the space opposite the names of Harry
A. Baldwin and George p. Cooke; and
tc print 500 senatorial ballots without
any cross mark on, that deponent.
acting under said instructions on the