Hawaii Holomua, Volume II, Number 21, 12 October 1894 — AN OPEN FRAUD [ARTICLE]

AN OPEN FRAUD

Figures i the H puhliean Voters Apropon of the preseut reg:str.«tion for vot»-rs at the coraing eleeiion, it will not bo ainiss to gire e >m; r»ntive figares of the votoK e i?»t at the elections of 1S90 aml 1892. nml llie registration of voters in l s 94 for tho first e!ection to l>c held nr.der the auspices of ihe K- puhiiean Government of Hawuii. The fignres for Ihe year 1890 are taVen frora Throni’s "Hawuiian Aunuah' Those of 1092 were compiled from fi.rares pnblished in the loeal papers of that date. Ti»e nnmbers of registered vo(er»on all the Islands aeeonling to the olliei-il eenana tables of 1890, were 13,593 of whieh 8,777 Native Hawaiians aud 777 Halfcastes. Votes cast for Nobles in 1890: H«waii 741 Maui. MuloL<i an<i Lan.ii 527 0«liu 1717 Kanai »n.I Si hau Is0 (īrnnd Total 3,1^7 \’ot*s c i«t for Representatives in 1890: Uawaii. .. 3,757 Maui aa<i Molokai 2871 Oahn 3876 Kanai ..1169 (>r»nd Tutal ....11,671 Votos cust for Nohlea in 1892: Ouliu ulx.nt 1876 Kauai “ 198 Hawaii “ 6.'0 ' **»ai . . no tiirare given. i Voteacast for representatives in 1892. (h»hu S560 n '* RU ' ' Molok.il ) liauai 944

(•niml T»*«l lu 1804, tlii' total number of j>e»ons who havo rogistercil ou tho lalauil of Ohan is 1017, «s follows: Son. i’Uoe oi Birtli aiu) Rep. Total K<-|>, onlv. Hawaiinei 2S3 22B 501» l’nitrj st«t.n ;a»j :i 41»; Kngland aad Colonit»... £M 50 27-1 (,rrinanv 1*1 ;jj 175 IVrtu£ai »nj L- ai il.< >« 2r!9 3ft» i»tbcr naiion 98 ;CJ 131 1 lia 0S1 1917 j Of tho?e registererl for Vv>ters theie were: Naturaliz.\l j4 Hawaiian Honi 504 | Kewivcd V ertlfi<atcs ot S< rricc 1331 I Rc\-< .v,Js ial I.< tt, i> of Peni«ation .. 2' lt is a uotewortby īact, tbat the

regi8tonng onicials imve apparently purposoly witbheld from tho pub!ic the uumber of Nutivo Hawaiiana who h«ve registered. ihe 500 boru in Hawaii-nei evidoully includes Hawaiian born foreigneis. Deduct from 1917. sny. .'hX> 0 f the arrivals of foroigner-: duriug the j*ast twenty mouths who are subservient to the present governmont in the caj*acity of spies, soldiers etc., 4tX> government officials who are comjx > Iled to registcrur lose their |H>sitions, thoso clorks and other omployees iu the several busiuess houscs of tho city who are also eomj*ebod to registor or forfeit i >heir jx*sitions, the mcmbers of ! the citizens reserve who nodonbt i have roceived “sj*ecial ccrtificates » of serrices'' say 800, the showing i is not one to be j*rond of. I n-official retnrns state that j about 70» porsons have registered ' on tho islaud of Maui and 587 on 1 »he island of Kauai. No returus j have as yet beeu receive\l from I Hawaii.

It is at«(ed bo«ever, tlat sj-e eial certificates of service Lave been issued as follovrs, To persons on llawaii 839, on Maai 408, on Kuuai 36G. Tbe allowaneea for coojyul8orj' registration m*y also I>e dednctod from the retums of tbose is3ands, whieh wiil sLow a very amall percenfcage of tbe roters of pa«t years. Tbe present government and ifcs •>upporters bave notbing to be prood of. It is cot expected tbat

the tot d nomber of }>ersons repstering as votera on »11 the islands will rcuch over 4,000. \Vbst do th* «najority intend īo do ’ Are tbey g ing to allow tL«-ms- Ives to be rnled by tbe • m:B'»ritvf