Hawaii Holomua, Volume III, Number 101, 1 May 1894 Edition 02 — To-Morrow's Election. [ARTICLE]

To-Morrow's Election.

The Advtrix*er continues its •leep «ilenee in reg«rd to the' eleelion toraorrow. It does not inake even an attempt tn exp!»tin the mannep in whieh the voting is to be done or tells tlie peopl* how to use the accumulated Piih-. Oor esteemed contemporar\' is evidently sick aud tired of the whole bnsineH8 and thoroughly disgusted with the demonstrated failure of the p. g. in even gettiug a decent rainority. The official fignres of regis!ered voters ou tho other islands are yet withhold frora the puhiie aud it begius to look as if those ii. authority contemplated not to eall a conveution at »11 although obliged to hold the election. Tlie rules to be observed b>raorrow are those prescribed iu tho eleelion laws of 1S90 and 189-. We see no notification thoogh anywhere that wutchers and iuspectors ou the part of the ean didatos are allowed. nor is a word said iu regard to t!ie challenging of voters. The rules that bave immediute bearing on tho voting are as follows: 1— The voter, iramediately upou eutering tho polling-ploce. phall proceed to the table of the Ch»iirmun of Eiection nnd there identify himself as entitled to vot*-. Thereupon he shall receive from the said chairraan a folded ballot to voto for delegutes. 2— Immediately upon receiviug his folded baIIot from tho Chairmun of Election the voter mnst go into one of the compartments, and with the peneil provided iu the compartmeut mark a ri<jure on the ballot in the rectangular sp.»ce thereon provided after the uame of the candidato or candidates for whom he votes, showing how manv votes he casts for eaeh candidate. 3 — The voter is then to re-fold the ba)lot just as he received it frora the Chairman of Inspectors, and thus foided deliver it to the lnsjiector of Election in charge of the brtllot box. Thereujx)n the voter is to leave the polling plaee forthwith. 4— If the voter inadvert«ntl\ spoils the ballot paper, he may return it to the ehairman of eleeticn, who shall thereupon giv*him a new ballot. No votershall be allowed to retorn to the chnirman more than two spoiled ballots. 5— The sum total of the figure or fignres plueml on the ballot must not exceed tho nuraber ol delegates to whieh the division in whieh he votes is eutitled. 6— If the voter places any mark on the baliot by whieh he may be identified, his vote will be void, and the vote will not .be counted. 7— No voter is ullowed to take a ballot ontside of the polling plaee. 8— If the voter hands to tbe inspector in charge of the ballot box any otber baIlot than the one given him by tbe Chairman, his ba!lot shall be void. In another eolomn we print a sample ballot as it sbonld be (and presumably will) according to the provisions of the eleelion law. Tbe accumnlnted vote eai» be ased, tbat means that a votei; ean gire one vote to eaeh of tbe aiz candidates or datribute hi> vote amoug Uiem aa he pleases «s lor.g aa he doee not thro« • more than six votes. V** Unioa o8baded

with J'idge Roberts*>n pr-*poses jto div:de its votes arooug five caruli(ldte5 e isting one snd one1 fifth voie for eaeh of the five. • 1 The sopjorters of Klemme »bool<) write oits'de bis nume to the ! right oe the ballut, a plain C iu ' figures. S.x roarks lik* X X X X X X will not do aud : t!ie balict wili be cancelled. Nor i ean a voter write Six in Ietters. The oniv ballot that will be i iccepted will be thosc marked with figures. nnd these mustalways be j piaei d to the rigbt of the uame vud not .o the left. We shoul.l , havethcnght thatthe goverument wouhl have preferred to use a mark instead of figures know i n g that very fe « >f Uie P Jituguese c»m write. Of courie, we »Kderstand that the g<»vernm 3»t does not desire Portuguese tiecled, it looks rutlier iuconsisteut to see it ailowirg m P(irtjguese who cannot write register by siraj»ly ra;<king a raark uext to Lis naine, while bo is forbidden to nse tho mark lo ! s : gmfy t»e elioiee of his cnnd.d»ites. We nre surprised we have not heard a protest from M< ssrs Vivns aud Feruandes iu reg:»rd t<» this mutter. The prospects are that th« gre.it maj »nty uf bullots castbytho Portnguese will bonull aud vuid turough being faulty. fhey might be tanght lh<»ugh to write a 3 outs.de \Tvas and FernHude.s’ names, if tliey dou‘t turu the b dlut upside down aud count from the wrong end. Tlie H.iwaiians should uot be induced to vote for A. K. Kuni.ikea. This geutloman ‘ums been put f**rward simply becanse the p g. dtsired to sport his name abroad «s a high chief, a Kamehameha, j*er I fectlv in accord w.th 8unex<tM»ii *«nd a Repoblic. It is cerlainly ’ n»t onue ouut of the gent!emun's ability or apeeial qu.dities in iuaking constitutions that he has been cbosen. At one time he w*»s ■ paraded iu one of the p g. organs • as having wr.tten a letter in 5 whieh lie signified his adherence 1 to, and syinpHlhy «ith the unnex- - ation cuuse, but a few d>ys later > ho eame out in an<»ther letter t<> 1 the HOLOMOA in whieh he declartd his IoyuIty to his country, and r cluimed that his letter to tlie - Star was bogus or at least obtaiated under false pretences. A g nlleman whose i*rinciples are i so vacillating, and whose views i are so very chai.genble from day i to day is hardly Uie proper nmu ; to see in a convention, that is, t>» r fn»mo fundamental laws for the r country. The men we desire to i see elected from Oahu are T. J. King, A. G. M. Robertson, H. I Klemme, J Mitcbell, J. M. \Tvas j A Fcrnandes. And we beheve th:it they have a goud , ehauee of getting there.