Ka Leo o ka Lahui, Volume II, Number 326, 18 November 1891 — Platform of Principle OF THE HAWAIIAN NATIONAL LIBERAL PARTY. [ARTICLE]

Platform of Principle OF THE HAWAIIAN NATIONAL LIBERAL PARTY.

.rtTDIOURY RK¥O%M» 2. c6n3kter&tiou jwrtboinUej>anfc rights «ad pred«iit oploioua ol th« 11»« tiv* fwpnlation, w» <lftrsire to retaio tbe of tl.e «ad lwjfelrm of fov«mi&W: te*t<aiT fVeat)c«> with *>ir<4fftato*t»re, and *qieciaM? tbc t'ftit*Kl q{ An^i^i, ahooHi be miaea» w>»i»to Wt«r me«( IVt?€WU toob|āiii «aore tbo«i fffantH by *te

6f th«ir «»flfea»s, aMle?ytaxes £or the parpos6 kcal«imDf«pemieiite ofa »obUc steT TOTHE LAEoimao V CLA-SBJ£S . ; 9. :We ehall cndoree ali aieas&re tending to improve the conditii,ij of >fae working €lasses, and wS£ko«t veet«d advocate laws to prevent aE farmer St®jpoHatlo» < 6r e4apkfytEffiait'labor of aaiy kiaO, apon cG»SitMm3 whieh wiH bring it into $ r«|m>Ti6 arid competrtk>n witia free Hawai lan or*rhite labor. Wē aiso, m the i»t#est of tbe better j»otēction oi the poor, agk.i£or mom bberatexeiiM>tioi?s of their property fromforced sale oe execūtion, aūd from ecizere in bankraptcy proedēdings. SMA£L FABMING AKD* HOMF. STEADS. ..., , 10. The wei&thy {raction ofo\jr popalatkm hsspe hitteto ps®rentedthe deveiop- , ment ofaa iodependeiit dass citiKens; the pobliclands have bpen acouired and have been tied ap 3n a few hands or pareelled to s&& favorites, &$d «mail farmers and have beeai drfve» out by eorporatic% or comtoatkms of capitaMetB; btit farraing jg c6nducive to the 6tabi%[ of tho gts&te, it should im <su<xwra@im fyy a new ?tid more liberal Homest«ād act, by wheh the»ownership of small tracts of laml and the settlement thereon of lamiliee of our pr6sent population,—andespeciali ly of the nattve Hawaiians who have been;ieft almost hometese m tlnereixnm-tryj-shpuld be rendered pēss'«bie. To that en^ r Government and Ctow n lands» \ in so far as ean be done withont in\ādmg vested rfehte ) shoahi be devoV ed as soon as posfiible to ho®esteads. and oohfen-ed wpon bona"«fide free of taxes for a limited period. It t-houid be the further aim of governt at. i?nce, eo far improve the means qf tmif?pbrtf tion, —loeai, liaiional und intemationa3*,—a« to providfs in ; all the districts, <'heap means of conveyinp th.e product of the eoil to market. hx£ctoral rihgt. 11. We • hold tEāt upright anu honest numhood. and not the iwmeeamn of arbitrarily fixed, sbouid eonytinght to- vote !6r nobTes as well a? reprepentatives, and no more powei should be aceord<?4 to the ballot oi ihe rich m<m than to the ballot of the poor man. The discriinination in favor of weaith now made in our Constitutioit is contrary to all the eternal princ%de6 of right and justice. aml must be aholiah- | ed. To this ead, wo wiU fev»ir a } ing of the preeent dißtiuctkm wealth bl«jai«3» rWith,re«pect of right to vote for no- , blea, thereby m»u*r - Hawaiiana privileg*s whieh pertāin to : them in their owa country, and of whieh I they haye-been un[usily depriyed. I IN TKKNAL • BIPRO VEMENTS | 12 Wo favor tbe expenditnre of auliicient euwa to^ecureanUßs^ofooede»l public improvemente onOahu and othei* lelsnda: eehool, rai!rdads aSd harbora aad wharv«», puhlie Hght»«sd &l»o rt thorotigh ayatem of res#»rvoirs wAtei>worits, uot only-tor Honohilu, bnt tiiroua:h«outthe other IslaDd&