Hawaii Holomua, Volume III, Number 103, 3 May 1894 Edition 02 — THE ELECTION. [ARTICLE]

THE ELECTION.

The Maehine Defeated. Tbe res»lLs of tbe eleelioa vesterday bave been a severe blow to the government and to tbe men wbo desire to rua “maehine'’ pilotics in Hawaii Judge Robertson who was openly denounced by tbe American Union Party, wbose name was ornitted from tbe official auuonneemenl of candidutes an<T who was oppK)sed toolh aud nail bv the alleged professional wardpoliticiaus in the employ of the government went in with a clear majoritv of 368 over tbe official candidate Mr. L. C. Ables. Tbe Union party, tbe government and tbe'‘maehine” have be<-n taught a lesson that it will be well for tbem not to forget in a hurrv. Tbe eleeiion of Messrs Fernandes nnd Vivas is extremely gratifving to those who believe in popular goverument. Tbe Portugueso voters stootl solid for tbeir eandidates and in spite of all elforts on the part of the missionary elemont sent them in witb big majorities. The “maehiue” succeede»l iu electing Ables and Carter. Both of tbese gentlemen went in through tbeir persoual po- j pularity ratber than tbrongh tbe ! work of tbe alleged profess- | iouals. lt is notowortby j tbat Mr. Ables pulled a bigger vote iu the lst district tbau Mr. T. J. King, the official candidate. ! Mr. Carter pnlled a heavy vote in tbe outlying districts a fact tbat perbaps saved him. MesSrs, Klemme and Knnuiaken ure about | eveu, tbe difference boiug only : two and a fraction. A recouut will be demanded and it is possible tbat Mr. Klommo will make | a tost case of the legality of the fractional vote through whieh Kuuuiakea gained tbe majority claimed. Klemme was abead in Honolulu proper, while bis op- i ponent pulled moro votes in tbe country districts. Tbe eleelion as a whole was a miserable failure for the p. g. 1507 voters were re-1 gistered aud about 1300 went to j the polls. The coutest between tho different factions brought , everv man to tbo fore, and the au- j nexation party undoubtedly turn- i ed out iu its full strengbt. But what bas becomo of all the j braves? Where are tbe rank and file who (on paper) appeared be- i fore Blouut nud the Senate? Are 1 they dead or have they deserted? 1 Alas! eeho answers “tbey were never there.” And yet we havo before us the statoment that I ap}H?jred iu Tbrum’s last annual and that was “compiled by j courtesy of F. B. McStocker, j Chairman of tbo Executive Committee, 8ept 30, 1893,” and that I shows, that tbe glorious, tbe only . Club, at that time eounleil 6.597 members or as Mr. McStocker naively says 63 per cent of the Toter». For Oahu the genial ! Chairman of the Executive Committee ennmerates his faitbful followers in regard to their 1 natioualities as fotIows; Auenoan 950 Hawaiian 610 ; Pctftngneetf 935 G«mn. 243 i Britiah 213 ! Sonrcgi*a 51 Otbcn> ‘•uncl»sfcihtd’, 305 : Tutal 51*07 ] And we read constant!y in tbe 1 Adivrti«tr and ihe Star tb«t the « «nnexation sentiment is becomiog I »ojre «od more populw «nd tb«t '

tio Clab roll is being dnii\ | swelied and tbat tbe work of tbe officia!s uf tbat organization is incre«sing from bonr to hour. And yet the same papers, in one of their leisure moments, not “cntting faces” at eaeh others i iell ns tbat the great and mighty flock that aow ho!ds the banner of annexation and tbe p. g. high and that registered last month oa Oahu most be enumerated as foilows: Aeoeneae 390 H&waiian IS5I BrtfaiL 195 j OenuAn ; 120 P,'rtngae*« 4IS ! Hk«au&Q bom (fureiga> 101 I 0:hers “nncIi3siBed” 981 Tutal 1507 j Where, oli, wbere is tbe rest' Have tbey deserted tbese sbores’ Have tbey bec<>me royalists? Are thev in durance vile or in jail? * . . * Or aie tbey iu biding? Who will enlighten ns? Will the Chairman of the Executive Cotnmittee. Mr. F. B. McStocker hitve tbe courtesy to explaln, orj is be fol!owing tbe example of his' great Master, who never, never explains—wben itdoesn’tsuithim and is tbere more gold in beiug a siieut guardian aU liiem tban tbero is silver in being an bonest! C. J. Let ns peruse tbe figures for Oahu and compare them: SATIOXALITIE8 CLCB KEOIMkKKU Ameiiean 950 390 Hawaiūm 610 IS2 Portugues« 935 418 Oennau 246 120 British 213 193 Xorwegian 51 — Othere “unclassitied’' 205 9S Hawa'n boru (foreign) — 101 Total 3207 1507 That sbows plaiuly tbat 1700 have disappeared from Oahu, ' lost” as it were. Aud we must reraember that we are coraparing figures from Sept. 30, 1893, with figttres referring to people of whom many only arrived two or three months ago aud do uot 1 appear in Mr. F. B McStocker’s j ealeulalion of Septeraber 1893, We regret to say it, but thero is a i doep and disagreeable donbt iu the minds of many people as fai as the figures of tbe esteemed 1 chairman of‘the etc. is concerned. There is something wrong somewhere; who will clear up the mysterv ? 1