Ka Leo o ka Lahui, Volume II, Number 308, 23 October 1891 — Page 4

KA LEO O KA LAHUI.

"E Mau ke Ea o ka Aina i ka Pono."

 

KA LEO O KA LAHUI

 

John E. Bush.

 

Luna Hooponopono a me Puuku

 

FRIDAY, OCT. 23, 1890.

 

UNCLEAN FOOD

 

Professor Michaels says: "Three days of inspection of pork under the microscope has reveled more trichinae than I expected to find. I do not care to inform the press of the number of hogs we have found to be infected. It might cause alarm." The safest way to avoid the deadly disease with it entirely.

This is an unclean animal in its ha@@@, and must necessarily breed uncleanliness in itself. Even pork without trichinae will breed scrofula in time, and perhaps many other diseases if known are tracebie to that and other meats we eat. Fruit, seeds, and vegetables, were the only food eaten prior to the deluge, and we learn that the anti-diluvian's were giants in those days, and lived several hundreds of years. The construction of man's teeth proves the truth of the assertion advanced by hygienic and health writers that man never was intended to be a flesh eater.

 

UNEQUAL JUSTICE

 

The Platform of the National Liberal Party, among other things has an article, directly, and others indirectly for all men. Some of these articles refer to the inequality of the franchise, to the uneven and partial administration of affairs in general, and the necessity of instituting and further extending the elective system in the election of public servants, beginning with the judiciary of the country, the Executive and Legislative.

Our attention has been particularly called to this uneven state of administering the affairs of the country, by the following item, which appears in the Daily Bulletin of Oct. 19, 1891.

"A Portuguese named Mariano was brought before the Police Justice this morning, charged with larceny of a case of whiskey, valued at $20 on October 16th, the property of Lovejoy & Co. Mariano admitted his guilt, when he was sentenced to ten days imprisonment at hard labor and to pay a fine of $40 and costs.

"Ah Loy, a Chinaman, was convicted on a similar charge, the article taken being three bundles of cloth, the property of a fellow-countryman. The larceny was committed on Wednesday last. When accosted on the street he 'gave it away' by saying the articles belonged to Sing Loy, whose store was burned. He was found guilty and sentenced to one year's imprisonment at hard labor and to pay a fine of $30 and costs."

Here are two men, on a Portuguese, and the other a Chinese, both alike composed of that earth from which man originally created, enjoying all the senses with which man is endowed, to enjoy the pleasures or to feel the pains, trial and disappointments of this life. They both committed larceny, a crime against our laws, and a transgression of the moral code; each are equally guilty before both codes. The amount of stolen property is the same or very nearly so. The question which the public is interested to know is, why should there be such a wide difference in the punishment of these two offenders. It seems to us arbitrary and unfair that one man should be imprisoned one year and another man only ten days. This is a matter of judgement, and shows the ability and fitness of a person for the position, and its influence upon the minds of the public.

 

"HANDS OFF."

 

When KA LEO after the "troop clause" treaty experience, knows of a treaty being negotiated without a word from the Ministry as to the purport and intentions of said Treaty, KA LEO, is not at all inconsistent in saying "hands off," not withstanding what the Bulletin may say. The latter is blinded to the true interests of the country, and cannot see any other good to come to this country and its people unless it is by and through its patrons-the sugar barons, even if it is a treaty that takes away the freedom and independent action of the Hawaiian Government, The Bulletin's style of advocacy of a cause, is always besmeared with sugar and molasses, and not from unbiased desire to see a free and just administration of the affairs and interests of Hawaii. That paper is edited by aliens, in the interests of a few moneyed foreigners, whose interested are best served by endeavoring to prostitute the general good to that of a few. We do not consider it at all inconsistent to prefer open annexation to the United States, than to be suppresses of our liberty of action by a treaty giving that power to the United States. Open annexation for the benefit of all is what we prefer to secret annexation for the benefit of a few capitalists and sugar planters, and such parasites as the Bulletin crowd, who are unable or are disinclined to live without being a @emora.

 

OUR CONSISTENCY

 

We hear that a dispatch has been sent on to meet the new Minister or Envoy to Washington, Dr. Mott Smith, by a bearer. which left in the Steamer Alameda yesterday non. The rumor states that the purport of the mission is to make a new treaty. giving away Pearl Harbor to the United States, and to insert the obnoxious "troop clause" allowing the Hawaiian Government the right to make use of United States forces for the maintenance in power of those in authority.

As we have always held, this is nothing more nor less than an attempt to barter away the right of every individual man, woman, and child in his country. without having a voice in doing. To this style of governing the people of Hawaii we enter our protest in behall of the Hawaiians proper who have shown their disapproval of any such underhanded work some three years ago in one of the most popular and unanimous public meeting ever held in this country. The course which we advocate now is consistent with the position we took then and since, in regard to this more than annexation. Annexation to American pure and simple gives the people of this country all the glorious privileges and protection of that great and free country. But annexation by cession of territory, piece at a time, and by being policed with foreign troops, subject to the beck and control of the unscrupulous ministry, backed by a handful of moneyed men, is what our free spirt was born never to admit as just an worthy of a freemen. We hope the champion government and protector of man's freedom and rights will not be led to do anything to sully her honor, in the case of Hawaii, who will naturally become a part of her at no distant day, without being a party to such systems of chicanery, never before allowed in the administration of her affairs or in the history of her intercourse with other nations.

This is an age of deceptions, of treachery, and of greed and selfishness. Every phase of our individual and national existence is tinged with that which is superficial. There is very little that is genuine, and very little that is just and true. And as we have said at the heading of our article, our consistency is in maintaining an opposition to such a degraded state in either the individual or the Government.

 

IMPORTANT

 

We understand that a motion for a new trial, in Regina vs. Hoopii, will be argued before the Supreme Court in Banco, on the ground that one of the jurors on that trial was a well known member of the Legislature. This point was brought before Chief Justice Judd, while presiding at the trial.  on a demurrer, which we understand was overruled. The ground of the demurrer is based upon the 20th article of the Constitution, which defines the several and distinct functions of the three estates, which form our government. The decision in this case will be equally as important as that already given, on similar reasons, by the full bench in the case of the Hutchison Plantation Company vs. the Government and Tax Assessor. This latter case was decided in favor of the plaintiff, upon the fact that a member of the tax board was an official under pay, which is in every respect similar to the position of the Honorable Member of the Legislature who was elected to sit as juror.

 

ON DIT

 

That the result of bitter strife, based upon moral grounds and right principles, always brings victory in the end to those who are fighting for their rights.

 

That $900,000,000 is spent annually for liquor in the United States, and $6,000,000 only for Christian Mission. and yet that great country is called a Christian nation:

 

That the Reform motto is never throw away dirty water until you are sure of a dirty water until you are sure of a supply of eq@@ puri. Our present ministry are in use for all they are worth, navigated by the sugar@@@@@. That the Hawaiian Sugar men are today in a position, so to speech, as was the wicked boy, who, on being convicted of the murder of his father and mother, appealed to the Court for a lenient sentence on the ground that he was then an orphan. In the good old days, if Mr. Planter had ordered from the United States instead of from Germany and England, he might not have been so cruelly sat upon

 

That the National Reform Ministry, upon gaining power commenced to worship the Golden Eagle, and was captured by the '87 crowd.

 

That the political car of Juggernutic tendencies will soon roll crushing the slave drivers and their advocates the Bulletin and Advertiser.

 

That none but a fool would think and write that there are fools in Paradise, as the sequel some day in the future will prove.

 

That great will be the downfall thereof: If the Nationals win, the Mahope must go. If the Reform (87) party gets ahead down goes McGinty-clean water will then be available.

 

That John L. did not succeed in the Colonies, because he got "hilarious," and said he could knock the wind out of Slavin, the Colonial champion. "A Sport" here, says, J.L. gave himself away.

 

ITEMS

 

The new Rajah of Manipur is a boy five years of age.

The entire German army has been supplied with a new rifle.

The Russian Government has succeeded in floating a @24,000,000 loan.

The New South Wales loan of @4,500,000 has been successfully floated.

Floods in France have been attended with serious loss of property and some loss of life.

The report that a reconcilliation has been effected between Emperor William and Prince Bismark proves to be untrue.

A serious strike of 3,500 lumbermen is reported, from Canada. The malitia have been ordered out to prevent disorder.

Members of the royal family and nobility of Austria are among the 700,000 pilgrims who have visited Treves to join in the adorstion of the HOly C@@@ at that place.

The B@@@@ of South Africa are agitating a @@@@ again this time to Damara and in West Africa.

A battle has taken place between Spanish troops and the rebellious natives of the Philippine Islands in which the the former claims a decisive victory.

An exceptionally severe hailstorm occurred in Italy near Rome about the 18th@@@. Some of the stones weighed as high as @@ ounces, and many persons were killed by them, also cattle the were in the fields.

 

PLATFORM OF PRINCIPLE OF THE HAWAIIAN NATIONAL LIBERAL PARTY

 

PRINCIPLE OF GOVERNMENT AND CONSTITUTION

 

1. We deem that all Government should be founded on the principles of Liberty. Equality and Fraternity; we hold that all men are born free and equal before the law and are endowed with inalienable rights to life, to liberty, to property, to the pursuit of happiness and to self-protection against arbituary concentration of power, irresponsible wealth, and unfair competition. We believe that just government exists only by the consent of the People, and that when it becomes necessary for the public welfare, they may abolish existing forms and establish more advantageous and equitable system; and, as the present Constitution of the Hawaii Kingdom never has had approval of the people,  @@ was established by intimidation and fraud for the benefit of a certain class, therefore, we favor the adoption of a new and more liberal Constitution, to truly secure a Government of the people, by the People and for the People.

 

INDEPENDENCE OF THE COUNTRY

 

2. Out of consideration for the inherent rights and present opinions of the native population, we desire to retain the independence of the Country 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, so as to better meet present necessities in exchange of those granted by us.

 

JUDICIARY REFORMS

 

3. Our Judiciary system and Code of Procedure must be submitted to a thorough revision, so as to secure a cheap and prompt administration of justice, free of all sectarian or partisan spirit, and to render the Judges more directly responsible to the People; and we are in favor of a more liberal interpretation of Constitutional guarantees of the freedom of speech and of the press.

 

TAXATION

 

4. A just and perfect system of Taxation must be inaugurated, to abolish the present inequalities, by which the property of the poor is excessively taxed while much of the rich man's goods are under-valued for assessment or entirely escape taxation; we shall therefore demand the passage of laws that will more effectively subject the property of corporations and rich citizens to their just proportion of public burdens, while granting more liberal exemptions to the poor; and as a means of discouraging the locking up of large tracts of uncultivated lands, a differential tax should be levied in addition to the usual assessment on valuation which should be in proportion to the f@@@@@@ of the soil. We shall also favor the establishment of a graduated income tax, and thus expect to obtain ample funds for conducting the government and attending to all necessary public improvements without any further calls on the masses.

 

MONOPOLIES

 

5. We shall use our efforts to obtain laws by which all favoritism in the government and all monopolies, trusts and privileges to special classes shall be rendered impossible, by full, definite and mandatory statutes.

6. Better laws should regulate the Civil Service. The principle of the election of officers of the government by the people should be established, and no man should be allowed to hold more than one office of profit, whilst salaries should be adequate compensation for the services rendered. All excessive salaries should be reduced and all sinecures or superflous offices abolished.

 

PROTECTION TO HOME INDUSTRIES

 

7. We are in favor of encouraging all home agriculture and industries, and all our native products, like rice, coffee, wool, tobacco, etc. should be protected and fostered by proper tariff regulation; and also it must be the duty of the Government, in its contracts and other operations, to give preference to national products over imported ones.

 

PUBLIC SERVANTS

LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT

 

8. We desire a more liberal 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 resources and the satisfaction of their wants. In fact, the principle of local Self-government should be extended whereby giving localities may choose the most important of their local executive officers, and levy taxes for the purpose local improvements of a public mature.