Ka Leo o ka Lahui, Volume II, Number 292, 30 September 1891 — Platform of Principle OF THE HAWAIIAN NATIONAL LIBERAL PARTY. [ARTICLE]

Platform of Principle OF THE HAWAIIAN NATIONAL LIBERAL PARTY.

PKINCIPLE OF GOVERNMENT AND CONSXITUTION.

3. We deem that all Governnient i should be founded on the principlW xrf: Liberty, Equality and Fraternity; we i hold that all men boi-n free and equal i belore the law and are endowed with inalienable rights to life, to liberty, t6 propertp, to the pursuit of happiness and to sc J-protection against arbitrary conoentration of power, irresponsible weaUh, and unfair oompetition. We believe thatjust government exists only by the consent of the People, and that, when it beeomes necessary for the publie welfare, they may abolish existing forms and «stablifih more advantageous and equitable Bystem ; and, as the present Gonstitution of tlie Hawaiian Kingdom never has harl the approval ftf the People, but was establisiled by iniimidation and' fraud for the benefit of a certain claes, therefore, we favor the adoption of a new and more liberal Gonstitutiōn, to truly secure a Government o/ t"ne People, by the Peopl-e and/or the People. INDEPENDENCE 0F TIIE«COUNTRY 2. Outof consicleration fortheinherent rights and present opinions of the nativē pōpiilation , we dersire to retain the independence of the Oountry and defend its autonomy, under a liberal and popular form of government; but our Treaties with Foreign Powers, and especially with the United States of America, should be revised, "ho as to better meet present aiul to obtain more equitableadvantages in excliange of those granted by us. .TUDICLVRY REFORMS

o. Our Judiciary system and Gode of j Procedure must be submitted to a tliorl ough revision, so as to secure a eheap ! audpr*mpt adminiBtrationofju6tiee;fre£ l of or patigin ispirit, and to render tKe Jflidges more directly resj ponsiblē to tlie_People; and we are in a more liberal interpretation of <!onstitutionai guarantees of the f reedom #f epeeeh and of tlie press. TAXATION 4. A more justand perfect system of Taxation miist be inaugurated, to abo* lish the present inequalities, by whieh the property of the poor is excessively taxed, wliile mueh of the rich man's goodsJ are under-vāīuM for assessment or escape taxation; we shall therefore demand the passage. of laws that will more effectual]y subject the property of corporations and ricli citijcens to their just proportion of public burdens, while granting inore liberal exemptions to the poor; and as a meanf? of discouragīng the locking up of large tracts of uiicultivnted lands, a differential tax «lioukl be levied iii addition to the usual as-se£s?meiU en valuation.which should be in proportion to the fertility of tlie soil. We shall alsa favor the establislmient of a graduated income-tax, and thuis expect to obtaiti ample funds for conducting the government and attending t« all necessary puhlie improyements without any further calls on the masses. MONOPOLIE^ r>. We shall use our efforts to obtain laws by whieh all favoritism in the go/* ernment and all monopolies, trust« and privileges to special claßses shall be rendered impoeaihle, bv full, definite and mandatory statutes. PUBUC SERVAKTS. (5. lietter lawe should regnlate the Givil $ervice. The principle of the eleetion of-oSicerr of the government by tlie people ehouki be extend<Kl, and no man shoutd be allowed to hokl more t han one otfice of prefit, whilet salaries ehouM be adaquate c<jmp«ii9ation for thesarvuH>3 renderod. All exce«sBive laries should Ik* redneed and all sine-cui-es or Fupertiuoup aboliehe\i. PKOT£CTION TO HOME INr»USTBIES ' T, We are in favor of enoouraging all j home 9griculture and mduBtriea, and all ouT <*atiVe pVoduc.ts, llke rice, coffee, j wooī» toba*3o, *fk. Bhouid be protectsd|

and fogtered by proper tariflf regulafcion; and also it muet be thfe duty of the Go?ment, in its contracts and other operatione, to give preference to national products over imported onee. LOCAL BELF-GK)VERNMENT V : . ■ . S. We desire a morē~tiberal policy towards the different Islands of the Kingdom, outside of Oahu; they should receive a fairer proportion of the public ,moneys for the development of their reso«rces and the satisfactirn of thfiir w*ants!, In fact, the principle of loeal Self-government should be extended, whereby givirig localities may ehooee the most important of their loeal exeeutive : offieers, and levy taxes for the purpose loeal improvements of a public nature. * PROTECTION TO THE LABOURING CLASSES 19. We shall endorse all mēasures tending to improve the condition of the working classes, and consequentlv, without injuring any vested rights, we will advocate laws to prevent all further īmportation or employment* of contract- j labor of aijy kind, upon conditions i whieh will bring it into a ruin©us and degrading competition with free Hawaiian or white labor. W r e ehall also, iri the interest of the better protection of the jToor, ask lor more liberai exeinptions of their property from forced sale on ex- i ecution, aud from seizure in bankruptcy proceedings. SMALL FARMING AND HOME-1 STEADS. 10. Tlie wealthy- fraction of our populat|on havehitherto prevented the develop- i ment of aii independent class of citizens; the public lands have been acquired and have beeii tieu up in a few hands or parcelled to suit favorites, and smail larmers and planters have been driven out by corporations or combinations <sf capitalists; but as small farming is eonducive to the stability of the State, it should pe encourage<l by a new and more liberal Homestead act, by whieh the ownership of small land and the settleinent thereon of families 4owr^sentw^ation,--and i ly of the native Hawaiiana who have been left almost hoineless in therecoun-try,-should be rendered possible. To that end, the Government and Crown ljands, ( in so far as ean be done without ijnvadtng vested rights ) should be devoted as soon as possible to homesteads. and conferred u]>on bona-fide settlers free of taxes for a limited period. j It should bethe further aim of governrhent to p at onee, so far improve the means of transpoijt£>tion,-4ocal,- Hational and interuationM,—as to provide, in all the districts, eheap means of conveying the product* ofthe soil to market. KLECTORAL RIGHT.

11. We hoM that upright and hqnest manhooU, and n|ot the of Wealth, arbi trarily fixed, should eonstitjhe right to vote for nobles as well as i}epresentativēs, and no more power shonld be aeeorded to the ballot of the ifick tlie ballot of the poor man. The disorimination in favor of >vealthnow niade in onr Constitution is eontrarv to all the eternal principles of right and juBtic-e, and inuet be abolished. To this end, we Avill favor a leveling of the present dietiuction of wealth j*nd elasses whioh blemish our laws with respeet of the rightfo vote for 110hles, therebv rekoring to the native Hawaiian» privileges whieh pertain to them in their owii countrv, and of whieh they have heen unjustly d©prived. j INTERNALJMPROVEMENTS j 12 We iavor tlije expenditure of sufficient 6ums to sec« ,re a number of needed puhlie improYemcints onOahu syad other Islands; school, railroads and hArbore *nd wharves f puhlie light, and also a thorough syatem of reservoirs and water-workß» aot only for Honolulu, hut ilirough-outthe other lßlandB. | - ' —■ — | bwn Wongifing is one of them; inat he waa adjudjfed Ruiltless of any intontion tp have opium in his Posge6skm, when opium was fbund fn hia cuetody. is most gloriouā proofthat W Hiug is wsth luck, aud b&& plenty good fnends.