The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1920-07-30
Lakes Name Omitted
Goodness WithdrawS
Result Is No Names For Ballot For
Special EleCtiOn-Clerk Kaae'S In
depreciation Puts Lake Out Of
Running-Law On Subject Vague

Unless William Fred Kaae, clerk
mind, there will be no election on Au-
gust Ia, to fill the vacancy in the
board of supervisors, as announced by
official proclamation of the board
And all this for the reason of dis
pute as to how the candidates for the
position should file their petitions in
order to be legally placed upon the
ballot for the voters to pass upon.
On advice of County Attorney Bev-
ins the board of supervisors, in issu-
ing the proclamation for an election
to fill the vacancy caused by the death
of Supervisor Pia Cockett, notified
prospective candidates to file their
nomination petitions with the terri
torial secretary in Honolulu, together
law. Other lawyers came forward af-
ter the proclamation was issued, with
the claim that this was not the proper
procedure, and that the filing should
matter was finally referred to Attor-
ney General Irwin WHO re-'ered an
opinion to the effect that while the
legislature had evidently failed to
make the procedure clear, it seemed
that filing with the secretary of the
territory might properly be consider
ed the proper method, since no other
|, was specifically provided for special
elections in counties, but he recon-
mended that candidates would be safe
il they filed with both the secretary
and the county clerk.
Only two men on Maui, apparently
wanted the job-Charles Lake and
Guy S. Goodness. The former filed
his papers with Secretary Iaukea, ac-
cording to the proclamation. Good
ness took Irwin's advice and filed both
with the secretary and with the clerk
kaae Interprets
But here Kaae took hand, and In
ordering the ballots printed refused
to recognize Lakes petition which had
not been filed with him, and ordered
only Goodness name on the ballot.
When Goodness heard of this he
came to town yesterday afternoon and
withdrew his name, stating that he
did not wish to take advantage of his
opponent in any such manner. Thus
the county clerk was left without any
names at all to put upon his ballot.
Therefore, unless Kaae should back
down from his position and accept
Lakes name as having been properly
= presented, there can be no election
and it will probably be up to the SUI
Rervisors to issue another proclama-
ton and start all over without, how
ever, there being any assurance that
the same deadlock may not again re-
suit.
Turned Lake Down?
Lake in the meantime is over on
east Maui electioneering and perhaps
has not yet heard of the impasse in
to which his candidacy has run. His
friends, however, are hot in the collar
over the matter. They declare that
the county clerk told him to send his
petition to the territorial secretary,
virtually refusing to accept 1t when it
was offered to him. Also that Kaae
refused to certify to the fact that the
20 names -. Lakes petition were duly
r~&stered voters. However this was
later done when the secretary's office
sent the list of names back and ask
!. ed the county clerk to certify to them,
which was done.
The matter has been the topic of
considerable discussion in local poll
tical circles for several days, but up
to the present time no one seems to
have offered any suggestion that can
straighten out the tangle.