Ka Leo o ka Lahui, Volume II, Number 329, 23 November 1891 — Platform of Principle OF THE HAWAIIAN NATIONAL LIBERAL PARTY. [ARTICLE]

Platform of Principle OF THE HAWAIIAN NATIONAL LIBERAL PARTY.

PEINOIPLIE OF GOVERSMENT AjSTD CONSTITTJTIO:s. 1. We deem that all Govp.rnment Mhould be i'ounde<l on the principles of Liberty, Kquality and Fraternity; we holil that all nien are born free an<l equal before the law and are endo*Sed \vitL inalienable rights to life, to liberty, to proport\) % ';.to the pursuit of happiness scif-protection against arbitrary coneenti*ation ol power, irrerj>onßible \yealth, and anfair eompetition.' Wē be-1 lieve tlvat just government exists only j bv tlie eonfient o£ tbe People. and that, ] when it beeomes necesgarv for the pub- j lk* wolfare, they may abolif?h existincs iorms aad eetablieh more advantageous! and equitable Byetem; and, m the prēsent Cohstitutaon; of the Hawaiian Kmghas the approval of the Peepe, feut waH estab3ifided- by intimidation anti fraud for the, benefit of a ceTtain class, theref6re, we favor fcihe adoption of a new and more liberal Conetitution, to traly eecure a Government of the People, by the People and /or the People. ; TAXATION j 4. A inore j«at *nd perfect aystem of i Taxation mu«t be inangurated, to abo« lisb the present inequalitiee, by whieh the property of the poor ie exces6ively taxed % while mueh of the rioh man'9 goodB are under»valued for ag¥€«smei3t or entirely eaeape taxation; we thereforo demand the paseage of lawa that will more effeetua!ly subject tbe prope.rty of corporaticn6 aud rich citigeiiB to their iust proportion of puhlie \Mr4&as > while j «wntmg mom liberal exemptions to tite peor; and aa a mesn» <if dfecouraging the locking up of Wn tr&cts of imco)tiVMted lantls, % differeatial tax should be levied in addition to the UBtjal f»ss6samenf en vahmti<Ki,which should be in nroportion to the fertSlity of the soil. "We ehall aiso favor tab&&mentt>f a graduat«l income»tas; and thue «spect ampki ftodB for conducting &e gOTernmeid «iīd $t* tending t% aH neceasary r»uWk iapiw* mente without any fvurui«r calb oa maB9BB. MONOPOLIKS 5. Wo ehili our eobrts to obtaiu i UwB by whleh ali£ftvoriUBm in ttegwi ernment and allmonepoliea, trusteand pri\ileges. to epeeiai cksses sball bQ ren«le(«d unpoemhle, bv full, d*finite andmandatorv statutes. 6. Better laws should regulate the Givil Service. The principle of the tfen of oflk«ra the govemm«at by — Peopk eho«ld be % ** nuin ahouki he aliowed to hohi mm* than 000 offioe of proflu whiist ft&&ite"srasߣ tene« OiouM bered«ced i®d aii eiee>*tmseor *q*«fy|Q«3 officet aho&fetdL

dote s ; they sbe«M rea fairer propdrt>on of i|® liiil)lkr ta€Hieys k>r tbe devtk>pmeet o| tlieir reso«rces mā toe satfefaetirn of tfieir wnats. la fiaet» We prui£iple o£ l©ca; Self~governme»t gii©tiid be ext€atwled wherēby giviiiglocalitieB m-„y ehooee Oiemost important g£ their loc»t officers, and levy tax«g for tbe keal improrvemeiits oi a xmblic natnr£. PROTECTION T0 THE L.iBOUEW<i OLASSES 9. We ehail endorse all tending to impn>ve the cotidition ©I the working clasges» withofit injnr?ng any veāted ngfttg, we wfli t advocate laws ft> preveaat a£l further importation or employiße»t ei contractlabor of , any llnd, Upoa eooditūms whieh wilLbrmg it *&£& » miooue an4 ng competitk>n with £r©e H&wai ian or white labor. We ehsdi sdao, m the interest of the better prot£Ctionoī the poor, ask for moreliber&L «£e«B|)tiionB 'o! their property foom m\s mi execHtion t aud from eeisHire ist tj»Bkraptcy proceedinee. SMALL FAfiMING AITD HOME ~ 10. Tiie wealHiy lrac6ion of our popusātion have hitherto prevented the devek>pment of an independent dass ofcitiKens; the public landf? have b£en acqoired and have been tied up in a few hands or parcelled to Boit favorites. and sma» fafmera and planters l\ave been driven oot by corporations or combinations of <japitalists; bnt as smal! farmins is £ondacive tothe stal»lity of the Btate„ it Hhould pe encouraged btf tr a new aud •ißOre liberal Homestead act, hy wheh the ownerehip of small tracte oS lsmd and the settlement thereon cff families of our present population,—aod especiaii ly of the native Hawaiiana who have been ]effc almost homeless in there eonn-try.-should be rendered possible. To tliat end, the Government and Crowji lands 4 ( in so far as oan.be done without invadmg vested rights ) should be devoted as āoon as possible to' homegteads. and conferred upon bona-fide settlers free of taxes for a limited period. Itshouldbethe further aim of govern-menl-i:©, at onee, 90 fer iraprove thē/" nteans of transportr tion,—loeal, naUon-» al and internātiohal,—as"~to provide, in all the digtrictB, eheap meane of conveying the product of the soil.to market. KLECTOBAL KIHGT k 11. We hold that upright and honest manhood, and not the iK>Beegsion of wealth, arbitrarily fixed, should conitithe right to vote for nobles as well representatives, and no more power should be accorded to the ba!lot of tlie ,rich nnn than to the ballot <>f the poor man. The diseriminatk>n in favor of wealth now made in our C©nstitution is contrary to »11 the eternal pnneiple* of right and justice, and must be aholiahTo thia end, we will favor a level-> mg of the present (Uetinction of wealth and c?asses whieh hlemieh our laws w&h respect of the rigbt to vole fe>r aor liles, thereby restoring to the »ative Hawaiiane whieh pertaia tf> them in thwr own eomitry, a»d of rthic h they have been niHostly d«f»ived.

INTERNAL IMPROVEMENtB 12 We f«vor th* expenditare of deflicient enma ko secore a nox&ber ©f nee<3*d pablic improvementa onOahu aado*her l6landa; pohooU mlrMds «ad luurbe9s and wharv©e, pabJic 'm& Uso a thorough s>*atem o& res«rvoirs and wftter«worka, not o»ly forJHonolultj, b«t throusfh-out the other lel&nds.