Ahailono o ka Lahui, Volume I, Number 16, 28 January 1890 — DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES [ARTICLE]

DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES

Portb* guidence cf omdid«tM |Meaented tal mypirt«d at tbi ocxt election ia ialaa4af Oehu, H. 1., by tbe c«>mbinedpoHticfcl AMoēlfttioiie, the Meehaniea' Union »nd the Hui Kaleiaine.

1. Oar caadidatoB arē feauiredto promoto anQ defead ali meaaana fbr thdaovai>tage of the worklng eiaeaea aod to onpoae whatever might be nWiln ofthdr rlMita akd latereata, aet $»rget- % however that ail ewaei lii the aatlon being a'iiie eatiUed to cottitideraffion and protectioa, any ttf»islation mnat be made fbr the mā|ority of the people, on the basiß ot equality ior all the cjvOiaed racea here settled, and no longer perrerted to the deal£na or pnrpoaee of any 4Uqne, faction or colony; 2. Oor cāndidates are ompb*tic;vlly pledged to maini&in tbe abeolnte lndependen(re and pwfect antonomy of the klhfdom tnd agreu oot to sapport any kind of treaties or meaanrea whieh mightlead to tbe practical annexation or absorption of our country by any other power, but, for th« purpoBe of obtainHig a atlll reeognltlon of our independence, with a definite gnaranteeofnentral rlghts, they will faror a epeeial 'appeal, not only to i America, bntalso to all the Great Powers who have hltherto protected na and made tmties of friend«hip wltb this kinjerdom; th#y wll! alao countenance I the eonUnnanee of «Ihe preHnt R«ciprocity Treatv with the Unlted Stat€« of iAmeHea, ander this reserration howeyer, that, initheevent of atif abrogation or alteration of thelrf present tariflfe, Hawaii mnst be at liberty to adopt measnres to meet the contingency; 3. Whilst deprecatiDg any ill-considered Umper!ng With the present ConsUtnU«n, we think ihat —from its baving beenftamed very hastiiy~it is neoeesarily impenect, and Khat a healthful revl»ion of it mlgbt beobtained in ealm eouneil witbout nndue ontside pressnre. Sach a revision-*made in a progressive and liberal spirit, keeping in view the pplitical and aoelal advan£ement of tbc country and carefnlly gnardipg tbe people'» liberties,— wonld be the most emcacious and satisfactory method of eradicating for ef e£ all ideaa of r&rogiwxion, whieh āfpresent no lntelligent man, native or foreigner, ean entertain without fear for our future safety and independence; 4. Our candidates will sapport a liberal modificatiou of the present iaw pn tbe fproperty and ineome qnalifications now require»f oi eiectors for nobles, in order to include |n tbat voting privilege a worthy class of natives, small Land owners and meehaniee, who are now uojustly debarred. It might also be well to consider whether a more gauefactory statusoftbc leglglature could be obtained by dividing it into two separate bodies, in stead of sitting togetl»er, ag at preeent, whieh is ananomaly not to be found in any other constituUonall? governed country; 5. We beiieve that ccrtain puhlie offices might be eatisfactorily filled by election of tbe people and recommend the question to the thougbtlnl consid- j eration of the legislature. At any rate, we erpect j rhat th« appointments to aU tbe public offices will, in the future, give to tbe public bettcr gatisfaction I tban they have done hithcrto, and we are iu favor ' ol the adoption of a Judiclous civil service and equitable penaion iaw, lo protect the really efficient &nd raithful public senranU and securc them from arbitrary removal with every politieal change; 6. We d.ecidedly favor the most rigld economy { in the expenditure of the puhlie funds; and one of | the most practical proofs of tbat deslre ean be ! given by the suppression of all nnnecessary offices, i āow used for the purpose of 'favoritism and by the ! reduction of many excessive salaries, whlle at the , samc time, the humhle and indispensable public { servants, who, at present, barely exist on a sta**vation salary, Bhould receive a j ust increase. 7. As the Btrength and wealih of a nation are ' built on the partition of the soil into numerous emeul farms rather than i»6o a f<;w large estates,; onr candidates will endorse all practicable suggestions ioraugmenting the efficiency of the Houie, j stead Act, aud consider the waysand - meaus of ob-1 taining and devoting more lands to the purposes.of j that act. Concerning immigration generally, it! must be thc duty of tbe governiQcnt. to devotc j special attention to the question pf repopttlating the > kingdom with suitable people and of facilitating j tbeu-settlcment. t

8. Our candidates will unconditionally endorse and further bv ail mcans, the carn.es t wish exprcssed by our Political Associations, fbr immediate and strtngent messures against thc Asiatic Hordcs who thieaten this countrv,—supplanting and starvtng out the Natives and driving away the toreign Workmen. Chinese īaborere seem evidently indispensable to our planting interests and planters must have tbe proper facilitics for procuring at thcir ezptwte and obtaining as many as they may need, but these must be strictlykcpt ou the plantations and must be returned to their homes as soon as no longer used &>r plantation labor. Foc that purpo6e, proper reētrictive constitutional legislation must be enacted without delay. Moreover, in connexion with thisasiatte question, we insist on these points: A>~that ueither the government nor any puhlie officcrs or goverament contractora should be allowed to nse Asiatic labor on puhlie works;

B>—that no new-comere ofasiatic raccsßliould be allowed to cngage in tradc or meehanieal oeeupatious, thc present liccnses heine gradually canceled on the natural disappearance ol tne actual owners; 9. Iu the spccial fnterests of thc laboring classes, Hawaiian and foreign, we favor thc fr>Howmg suggestions. A> —that no finished materlals that ean I>e made or procured hore on reasonable terms be imported for govemment use, so as to protect loeal industries; B>—that, iu consideration of tbe lieavy subsidics paid to the Quecn's Ilospital from public fuuds, the govermnent shonld insist on its trusteee modi* ying thcir regulations, so as to make of it a truly charitable Institution, more acccssible to the desti tudc of all nationalitics;

C) —that the prescnt Suuday.. law be liberaily modificd, so that the j>cople be allowed bealtliful recrcation on that day; D)—tliat a more et{uitible aBw»smcnt of propcrty and a just revision of th? tax laws bc obtaincd; 10. Rcgarding the ,4 liberal policv dcsircd by our Associatione about pubU<* improvcmcnts baviug for object- tlie dcvelopiueut of nalional resource£> and giving grcater facilitics to thc forelgn aiuldonu%tic commercc'\ we specially recommcnd thc following measurcs

A) —the immcdiate improvemcnts of Honolulu Harbor, to accomodate vcssels of thc largest tonuage aud thc increasing commcrcc oi thc port;

mm *H aoi but «bo &dUtate settiinf of oml pioiMM Hm CBlt!viitio9 of fts laa^ C)-4ke adoptkm ol« M4w«4 īaōt® ijiUiiait!f road #slen, and tbe opei4og ol «ew ioM« ia tb» di»tflcta wbe«3 tho loeai raad4mfi oiw' D)—the i*nproveme©t of. kiHwr. aod fecilltteB on&ifthe£*tft&da, and tte coßstractlon of al) neoeMary wh»rvcs and bridgeß: , ■ If, to carry oafc Uie above eoalempkM improvemēQts, or for Uw reftjadlfig of the preseat naiiooal debt, a loan be nececa<uy, we r&coa&BXoQd a proper ; ntUiaation of the Po»t-Office Baiik; 11. Dae attentioa mast be gi?es to tbe gezterai 6dneatioQ,~wlth iiberal enpport df pnbHe aehoola, —to tbe health of tbe coim&7 at larae and to llie eanitanr eonditkma of tise clty of Honolalu. la view of preTeating tbe recent exceaees of governmeot eentraiigatKra, a caūtio«a stady maat be made of tbe feaaibility of loeal a»d finaily. we demand a strong and rlp administratfon of the iawa and a more lmpartml prosecation of delinqaents, opinm smuggier», ilucit iiquorseliera and vagranta. Hoping that theae brief vlewB,—formn!aied lnno partisan epirit, bnt with tbe most earoeat de»lre of tK>itiujg Uie iulcrcgts 0f the conßiry īdarge as weli a« of heiping the eaaee of the people aad of the working elasses,-*-will meet wiui ine approbation of the people in the aame way aa they afreadv have been endoreed by our eandidates, we earnesuy eaii on tbe voters to thcir adheaion at the polla. Honolnln, Jannary S, 1890.