Ka Leo o ka Lahui, Volume II, Number 336, 2 December 1891 — Platform of Principle OF THE HAWAIIAN NATIONAL LIBERAL PARTY. [ARTICLE]

Platform of Principle OF THE HAWAIIAN NATIONAL LIBERAL PARTY.

! ĪXDE?ENDEN(>: 0F TIIE COI'NTKY - 1 PKINOLPLE OF GOVEKNMEXT AND ' I '- - V-. ■>'■.' : . ; --t i CON STITUTIOM. i j 1. We Aeem tliat aIK Government I I Rhould be .l'oimde.(V ou t.hje pnneiploe of ! i.Liberty,' Equality and Fratemity;- we i ! hold that all inen are hovn £ree an(lequal r {ltf.fore .th(i law and are eiui \vith viiuilifiialjivr ri>rliLs to life, to liberty, to i ! propertp, to- the ]>>ursuit. oi happiness--; |andt<y <elf-proiertion agrainet arbitrary ; concen{ratiou of f o\ver, irres-ponf-ible i \vea-lth, and u-n/aii' eonipetition. We bei lī(-ve tliatjiisi governnient. exists onlv i >>y the con<ent of the l'eople. and that, | wlien it beeomes necessai\v ior the puh- : lie weiiare, they may a]2olisli existiiiy: ! iorms and €t-tal)lish more advantageous ! an.il equitable system; and, as the pre- | sent Cohstitution of the Hawaiian Kingdom never has had the approval of the People , ¥nt was establisded by mtimidation aml fraud for the benefit of a | certain clasfi, therefore we: favor the i adoption of a new and more liberal ConI stitution, to trulv secure a Government o/ the People, l>y the People and for the People. JĪ7DICIARY' RĒFORMB i 2. Out oiconsideration for the inherent I righte and presfent opinions of t.he n.v | tive popnlation, we dersire to retain the ! independence of the Country and rlefend pits autonoray. uncter a li#ral and popular -form of governinent; butour Treaties with Boreigp. PoM'ers, and especially with the lTnited States of America,, should be rev i sed, so as to better meet present necespities and to obtain more equitable ad vantages in exehaiigeof those granted by us. 3. Our Judiciary systein ahd Code Procedure must be submitted to a thorohgh revision, so as to seeure a eheap and prompt administration of justice,frec of all sectarian or patisan spirit, :;nd to render the Jndges more directly responsibie to the People ; and we' are in iavor of a moi e liberal interpretation of Constitutional guarantees of the freedom of speech and the press. TAXATION ! 4. A more just and perfect systeni of | Taxation inust be iiiauguratqfl/ to alx>. |lish the present inequalities, bv wliieli • t.he property of tlie poor is excessively | taxed, while mueli oi the rieh man'n i goods are under-valuetl for assessment or entirely escape taxation; we shall therefore (lemaiul the passage of laws that will more effectually subject the propert.y of corporatit ns and rich citizens to their jupt proportion of .public burdens, while i?ranting more liberal | exemptions to the poor; and as a nieans oi discouraging the locking up of large ! tracts of uncultivated lands, a differenj tial tax should be levied in addition to ) the usual assessmen/ ©n valuation.whicli j elioukl be in projx>rtion t<> the l'ertility 'of the soil. We sh;vll also favor th»« es- ) tablishment ot a graduateil income-tax, i and thus expect to obtain ample !undi3 ! for oonducting the government and atI tending t« all neeessarv puWie impr<sve- ; nieuti» without any furt-her calls on the [ mas-cs. : MONOPOiji:s 5. AVe shall useo!thrts to ohiain ; h)ws by whieh !\ll fawvUisni iu the : enuneiu and a'l monopo!ies, irustsand j to sp«H'ial clas<es shall lie i rendered by iull, delinite i and mandatory statutes," > <5. t»etter should regulate the Ci•vj 1 Seryice. The pmuiple of the i iion v>! oi:vrrs oi the >iovernment bv { the }>e<>p!e should l>e established, and no hnan should hi' allowe*! to hokl more ihan >ne ofti< e of proflt, \vhUst ) shoukl Ih» nilaqu:tte eoEQpoiisat;o»v ior • tiieN-irYices rrndered. All evee*sive iaviea shonM be redneed and all t?me- > enres or siu>ertluous oilkee alKOisheiL rROTECTION TO HOMK INi I»rSTHIKS • 7. We are in tavor eiu :t4i ; home aml imhiMries. amlali iour nat»ve liki rict\ ! wooK ete, sh»>ukl l>e pmleeUNl ; and fof»ternl V>y taritf i\'guU\tiot\;' , and ulsr» ī» m U» the *iuty of thē - i vuent, in itj» *oiu rmtf>i gnd\»ther oj>era- j tJon.H, to uiv»' pnMei\ k n*"v to national pro- , ilnctK o\er inn»ort«H.t «>ntvs. .

PUBLIC Si£RVANTB. I.OOAL BKLF-li./VEfiNMESn: 8. W« desire a inore Hberal po!icy toWRi'ds tht> different lßlanUg of the Kpgoutside of Oaliu ; they eh(ftildnr€H ceive a ' airer proportion of the public nioneys for the devt Jopnient 01 theu- resonrces' and tne Hatif:factirn oi thftir wants. In fact, the prjnciple of Joeal t»hoti!d be extended, • ■whereby looalitips may ehooee the moat important or their loeal exeeutive ■officers } anā levy taxe.s for the purpose--1 eal imi>rovement.s of a Dubl,ie nature. PROTKCTTON TO THE LABOUEING CJ;AHSEB 9, We shall endorse all ttjeasure tending to improve the condition of the working classes, and consequently, without iujuring any vested righte, we wfll advocate laws to prevent all further importation or employment of contractlabor of any kind, upon conditions whieli will bring it into a ruinous and degrading competition with free Hawai ian or white labor. AVe ehall also, in k the iMerest of the better protection oi ; the poor, ask for iaore hberal exemptions ; of their property from forced sa'.e on ex- ' ecution, aud from seizure in b t ! proceedinss. ! SMALL' FARMTNG -A5vD lIOME | STEAI)S. • I 10. The wealthy fraction of our popula- ; tioM h.aveliitherto prevented the development. of an independen t cla.«s of ei i:izens: ! the puhlie lands !iave been ac(|!Ūred and - liave heen tied up in a few iiandw or > parcelled to snit iavontes, r.nd small ; farmers and 7)':utter.s h;ive bee:i driven : outby eor; or combiimtions of j capitaliv<ts ; ; ii.-s sraall fa.rming is eouducive to the .st.al)ilitv ol; t,he State, it ; should pe encoviraged bv a new and more liberal Homestead act, bv wheh. . the ownership of small tr9cts bi land ' aml the sett]ement thereon of j c ainilies : of oui' present population,—andespeci£li ly of the natiye Hawaiiane who have ! been left almost homeless in tliere eoun- ' try.-should be rendered poss t ble. To i that end, the Government and C» own ! lands, ( in so far as ean be done without invadmg vested rights ) should be devot;ed as soon ae possible to homesteads. and eouferred upon bona-fide settlers ( free of taxes for a Jimited j>eriod. { It should be the further aim of govern- | ment to, at onee, so far improve the i means o£ traneportf tion, —loeal, naiion- ; al and international, —as to provide, in ! all the districts, eheap Hieane of eonvey- ' ing the produet of the soil to market. j KLECTOEAL RIHGT. I 11. We hold that upright aml honest | manhood. and not i»osseesion of ! wealth, arbitrarily fised, should constithe riglit to vote for nobles as well as | representatives, and no more power should be accorde<] to the ' ba!lot of the | rich mm than to the ballot of tlie ; poor ī. an. The discriminatiōn in favor j of wealth now marie in our Constitution ! is contrary to all the ot ~nail principles of right and iustice. ane 'st l>e atK>lish- ; ed. To this end, we v avor a level- | ing of the present dist t . .ou of wealth ! and classes whieh blemish onr laws | with respect of tlie right to vote for no- ; bles, thereby restoring to fhe native ! Hawaiians privileges whieh pertain to j them in tlieir own country, and of whieh : they have been uniustlv deprived. j INTERNAL IMrROVEMENTS | 12 We favor the expenditure of sufti- ; eient sums to secure a number of neei»ed ! puhlie improvements onOahu aml other ,Islands; school, railroads and harbors : tuid wharves, puhlie light, and also a : thoroūgh syatem of reservoirs and , water-works, notonlv for Honolulu, but throussh-out the other Islands,