The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-04-18
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Pauahi Street has triumphedl
Governor Pinkham and his works
have been repuliatedi d. @
These and other Explanations pune,
turied the atmosphere at midnight at
the McCandless heaGquarters when
Benjamin N. Kahalepuna, secretary,
announced that the MeCandless
Wing" had triumphed hands down in
the little squabble between oahp Dem
ocrats for control of the Bourbon
Party
SO far as the Island of Oahu is con
eerped John II. Wilson, incumbent, de-
feafed, William p. Jarrett for Demo
cratic national committeeman. Wilson 8
vote was 544. while Jarrett Polled 3l3.
There are tvs precincts to be heard
from, Kaneohe and Laie in Windward
Oahu, but these cannot in the least af-
feet the results already, announced.
l.. L. McCandless, Manuel c. Pache-
co and Jesse. Uluihi were elected dele
gates to the National Democratic Con
vention to be held, in June in st. Louis
for the nomination of the Democratic
candidates for President and Vice.
President of the United States The 90
called Pinkham slate was showed under.
In fact, it had not look in. JOSEPH
J. Fern, city iailer and former mayor
of Honolulu, led the opposition, but
this did not elect him. Judge Arthur
A. Wilder received thirty-fouT votes in
the whole island He, too, will remain
at home. Judge Wilder ran as an in
dependent candidate, refusing to iden-
fifV himaalf y,,sNh s. 4.
Bourbon direct primary war
The Last Count
The vote for delegates to the ma
tional convention was as follows: L.
l.. McCandless, CPS; Manuel C. Pache
CO. 567, and Jesse Uluihi, 543, these
three being elected. Those defeated
were Joseph j. Fern, 304; Manly G, X
Hopkins, 25l; Gilbert J. Waller, 1871
and A. A. Wilder "a.
| There was no contest for altern ates
to the national convention. The three
nominated and elected are reputed al
lied with the McCandless wing. The
alternates elected and the vote east
for them yesterday follow: Kiakahi
loela, ASP; Richard II. Trent, $3.50, and
Judge T. B. Stuart, 381.
Carrled both Districts
The McCandless faction won out
easily in both the fourth and fifth dis
trict in the election for members of the
territorial committee, six committee
men being elected from each district
The results were as follows:
Fourth District-E. II. +. VOTERS
3O5; loela Kiakahi, 300; William A
Bryan, 2S9; G. L. Almeida. 2S0; vii
lam p. st. Clair, 228. and Thomas Ne
Veagh, 226, all of whom were elected
lThosr defeated were Joseph J. Fern
l5l; William II. Jarrett, l26 and M. H
Sanders, 1922
/ Fifth District-Robert Ahuna, 1888
Robert w. Davis, 343; M. C. Pacheco
305; Joseph KaIana, 3O8, and r. w
Holt, 227, elected. r. J. Ryan, appar
emily, is defeated, his vote being eel
With the two precincts to be hearC
from yet change may take place, but
this is doubted, however.
Governor 5 Precinct Barred
| Secretary Kahalepuna last night re
fnsed to accept the returns from tn,
fifth of the fourth, which votes a
Thomas Square. He alleged that tn,
precinct has not complied with tn,
rules and regulations Of the party.
| This is the precinct in which Cover
nor Pinkham resides. 1t was Learned
that but five or six Democrats of tn,
precinct had exercized their preroga
tives as free and INDEPENDENT Ameri
cans and Democrats, taken the trout l.
to so to the polls and voting for tn,
men OF their choice. Kahalepuna las
night announced they had no choice.
Short, but decidedly warm speeches
were made in Pauahi street last night
McCandless was called and mounted &
chair. He told his fellow. Democrat