Ahailono o ka Lahui, Volume I, Number 7, 17 January 1890 — THAT LAST PLATFORM. [ARTICLE]

THAT LAST PLATFORM.

V»"e pu!)Ksli to-Jay, £or tlie beneiit uuili 4iatl\u xlciVtaMttl. UUU llii'* gn €joctors, tLe pliiiforiii put ;ortli by (Ik' governineiit j>arty. We A*ish ail who rc.»ct it to iiiamotltatelv ?ompare it soetiou by s«etion, as £ar is it goes, with ihe declnratiou of prineiples of tbo national reforiu j>artv priutcil on o«r foarl!i pugo. We e«[.)eci>uiy eull tho cf nativo fciawaiiiuis to tlie elauso cf tlie !*overnmeiit platforru referriiig to ihe ihdoi>emleiic« of Hawaii. lVe shaii u ': ;n a few <1 >y • (o analyze tliis l«<tw goveruiuent aud eompnie tt with the naiīoiu'l i" form docinnent t of whieli it is a: weak imitation; we there£ore w;sh our readei>; tf> be postcd in advauce 011 the ft>rm ftud sub»tiince of ilio two documeuts. PL.%TFORM UOVERNMENT PAKTY. 1. We piedge ourse!ves to maiuiuiu, iuvJolate, &eai!toiK*my aiui iadej>ern!cnce of tliis Kmgdom, w>hik siecuriug, at tlw* *ame lime, the auiplest ?Oiiimercia! nt lits iu our ro!afiou.s witli tjie Un ; r«* I S;atv-s. -• jjOcnT\' ad6quate legialatiou, by constitutipu;d auieiulmeul or otherwbe, \rlier*% Asiatic ittiinigr«tioii sh;\l! be rx;strict<?d to thc ugrieultural cf t':e cauntrj\ aiid Chinese, iiot now W prohibiū?d frc»ui herc<ifter eiigagiiig Llieneiii. 1 3. To fftvor and li'x-ral appropriatioiis for t4teraal iisipi\>v€uients, and to Mist:un a progressijire policy in the developmeut o' our nutional r«is»v>nrc^->. 4. To st:>cv<rv such an ext€nsion of the present Nomestead Aet as will facilīiate thē seti T eijient oi aiiall I<uidholdere tlm.mgh->nt the Kingdom. j5. To pir>cure for the peopk au houe>t, **>u<.<wie *ud efficient administmtioii in aU dc p4rtnient» of thv* GoYernnieLt.

I Thrrt ms t > l»o a groAt donl nf lulk Utd) nbout. M piinciplos, uot men/ moaMucs, not mon,' 1 Ifc i& »* Oi. lu» thr*t titO y # i\v*y whitii a<lvooutcb llio Boj)aTatiofli of priyeiple? an<l moasures from tho mm who otHcially re.prcscnt them and aro respo»fiblo for earrying thom out, h tho |>arty with a bad 4 a very~bacl, pO' Htical recoril. Thig party objects tō any ne<r party without a political r*cord trying to estnblish and miforco |n iin*!|M»'s nini nirHsurts, whieh thc peoplo*ondorse an-1 propose to liave carrie<l ont as specdily as posTTavl)!g vIolat«!cl fai'h iUclf, ihe gov«rmmmt p»iriy wishes to Bēpar* ate its nnreliable oflieials from abs>tract pclitical prlneiph.s, so it eon iusist tliat principlos aiul not men aro to be votcd for. This it has ilono aiul is doing. Tuo p«oi»U»un i)»e oihor hstiul inßist th»t political principles «'uul ihe men represcnting them cannot be sc paratcd and eithēr be dcpendcd upon! i Ti«w l»t op!ti ueiuaiiu priucipLs and |men shall not be sep;uatod, iis prac i tised by th« govcrufi'ont. party auiiag I its two years' diggraceful and per- | fldious career! For this rea£on the J people of this kingdom, reprebented jby the national reform party, have | bound both thoir polilieal prineiplc»s ( and their eand;datos together—makthe respoiisible for tho j fcrnTcr—aiul weo l)ct;dō tho candidato, jwli3n elected, wiie» dares separate aetion from the politicāl |princip]«s ui>on wh eh he was plaeed lia (»Mce. The demand now is-~both | princlplcs an l mt n! I