Ahailono o ka Lahui, Volume I, Number 15, 27 January 1890 — DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES [ARTICLE]

DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES

Per«he goUiae* ttt (mMmm p*ynfd u4 adpported »t tL>i t>£Xt electtoa iatii{elal«nilqrCM>a, H. 1., by the co«jbined.pahicft) Asaociatioo»,the npeehaniea' Uniem »nd the Hui K&lwi>ln».

Our amdidates are rebuired to promote bnd { de99&d all measnreB for the «dTantag« of the worklngc]Meee aad to oppoee L wbaterer aj|ght be <mb?«rdve of their Hmi» anA i&tereate, not forg6ttiaa. however that aTI da*Bes in tbe nation betng alike entitled to coteslder»tibo aud pirotoctton. any kfblatlOß mnet be made the maJority or the people, on the haeU oi equatyty for all the ciTltiaed race« here settled, asd no 2bnger perrerted to the designs or purposee of any cliqae, &ction or colony; 9. Our candidates'are emphatically pledged to the abeolute indepe&dence and perfect autonomy 0f the kingdom aad agree not to support any kind of treatito£ or measnres whieh mightlead to the practical annexation or absorption of our country by anjr other power; bnt, for the pnrpose Of faifwal a* independence, with a definlte guarantee ofneutral rights T they will favor a apeeial appeal, not only to America, but also to ail*the Qreat Powers who have hitherto protected usand made treaties of friendship wlth thls kingdom; they wlll aiso countenance the.continuancf of the present Ree|procity Treaty with the United States of Ameiiea, under this re-; &ervation however, that, in the event of an abrogationor alteration of thcir present tariflte, Haw ul must be at liberty to adopt measures to mect the eontingency; 3. Whilst deprecating atiy ill-considere'. tam-1 pering with the present Constituiien, we think that j —from its having been framed very hsstily—lt is. neoeBMiily impertect, and that a healthful revision of kmight be obtained in ealm eouneil *without undue outside pressure. Sucb a revision—made in a progreSsive and liberal &pirit, keeping in view the political and sociai advanccment of the country and carbfully guardine the people's liberties,— wouid be the most efficacious and satlsfactory method of eradicating for ever all ideas of retrogrez«ion, whieh at pieaeui uo lululUgeul man, nailve or foreigner. ean entertain without fear for our future safety and indewndence;... 4. Our candldates will support a liberai modification ofthe present iaw on the , r property and ineome qualifications now require<i oi electors for nobles, in order to include ih that voting prlrilege ! a wortby clas6 of nativee, emall land owners snd mechanics, who are now unjustly debarred. It might also be well to conSider whetber a more satisfactory status of the legislature could be obtained by dividing it into two scparate bodles, in stead of sitting together, as at present, whieh is an anomaly not to he found in any other constitunonalW governed country; 5. We bclleve that certaln public offices bc satisfactorily filled by clcctiou of thc people and recommend the questlon to the thoughtful eration of the legislature. At any rate, we espect !h%t the appointments to ali the puhlie offices wiil, in the future, give to the public better satisfaction than they have done hitherto, and we are iu favor ot the adoption of a judicious civil service and equitable pension law, to protect the really eflicient and faithful public servants and secnre them 1 from arbitrary removal witb every political change; . 6*. We decidedly favor the most rigid economy i in the ezpenditure of ihe public funds; and one of the most practical proofs of that desire ean be, given by the suppression of all unnecessary offi«.«B, aow used for the purpose of favOritism and by the reduction of many exeessive salaries, while at the «me time, the humble and indispensable puhlie strvants, who, at present, barely exist oa a !sta~vation salary, should receive % just increase. 7. As the strength and wealth of a nation are built on the partition of the soil into numerous ; sm*J farms rather than into a few larffe estates, our candidates will endorse all practicable suggestions for angroenting tbe cfficiency of the Home, stcad ACt, and cousider the wavsand meaqs of obtaining and devoting more lands to the purp6ses of that act Concernlng immigration generally, it must be tbe daty »f tbe government to devote Bpecial attention to the questlod of repopidating the kingdom with suitable people and of facilitating thefr &etUement. 8. Our candidates will uuconditionally endorse and further by ail means, the earncst wish expressed by our Political Associations, for immediate and stringent meMures against the Asiatic Hordes who lhrēsten this countrv,—suppianting and starv"log out the Natives and driving away thetoreign Workmen. Chirese laborers seem evidently indispensable to our planting lntereets and planters must have the propei facilitics for procuring at theirexpense and obtaiu'ng aa many as they may need, but theee must be fctrictlykept on the plantations and must be returned to their homes as soon as no longer used for plantation labor. For that purpose, proper restiictive constitutional legislation must be enacted without delay. Moreover, in connexion with thlsasiatic question, we insist on thcse pMnts: A) —that neither the government nor any puhlie officers or government contractors should be allowed to uc»e Asiatic labor on public works; B)—that no ncw-comers ofasiatic races should be allowed to cngage in tradc or meehanieal oeeupations, the present licenses being gradually cancelcd on thc natural disapt)carance of tbe actual owners; 9. In tbe speclal fnterestB of thc laborlni( classes, Hawaiian aud foreign, w* favM thc following t>uggustions. A) —that no tinished mate ials that ean be made or procured bcre on reatsorablc t«'rms bc imported lbr government use. s<i as to protc* t loeal indust ries; B)— that, iu consideration of tb . hcavy subsidics |M»id to the QueenV Hospital from public fuiuls, thc g<ivermuent hbould insiist ou il* truBteee modiyin<r tlicir re«rulationi», so as to mak<- of it a truiy charitatde Institulion, more accessiblc to the desti tudc of all nationiilities; — C)—that the prcbcnt $iin<luy law bc libera!ly mo<liftcd, so that Uio }»eoptc l»c al]o\vcd ljcaltlif:il r*H*r»'atioii on tliat day: l>)—that a more e«iuitaMe assosment of proiH > ty and a just ruvi*iou of thc tax la«> l»c obtaiucd; 10. Reirardiiiir tlie "lihenil ]H»lic v dcsircd bv our Associations abouT pnhlie impr«»vcmcnts:h.ivini; for objc< a t the dcvelopniciit <»f naluuwl re»<»ur<»eTi anu givinj; :rrcater faciiiti<'n t<» thc foreiguauddom<*>t ucommerre", we si>ecially recommend thc following measurea A) —the immcdiate improvemcnts of Houolulu Harbor, to accom«>date vessels of thc larg*jst toiīaāge and thc increasing commerce ot the port;

■ tt» isnd» •** D)—thfe lmproT«aeat of hurbor aod kkadiiw f»cilitiea oa aU ttie tekm& l *a& m&m*trMttoūū aU neoeBB»rj vbarres *nd If, to cArry oct tbfif aboTe conteiaplAted meate, or for the refondlng ©f the presaat debt f a loah be neeaMArj, we raeoßmieDd a proper atillBatioa of the Post-OfHceSavjing Beak; 11. Due &tteatSoii must be «lvea to th* geoera! edoeatlon,—wttii llberal enppoii of pabl!c sebooi£,' —to tbe bealth of the cotwtcy at larjre «ad to the; saaitoi7 condlt!oofi of. the clty of lionolala. Is i rlew ot preventlng the receat. of govern-1 ment centrali2»Uoa, a c»&tiOQ6 atody mnat be made of the feaeibilitj of loeal Mtygwmutoe*t: md fioally, we deKiaod a etrong aad rigid adsnixueti«tion of tbe taws and a mon lmpartmi proseention of deiinquonU, opiom smagglerß, iuicit liquorseUera and v*grants. Hoping that these brief views,—formnlated in no partisan Bpirit, but witb tbe most .earsest desire of senisg. the int.erests of Um» eoimtry -ak ktrge a» weil as ofhelping the canseof the people aod of tbe working claesee,~-wili meet with tne approl»tion of tbe people in the same way as they already bavc been endorsed by onr candidatee, we earnestly eall on tbe voters to masifest their adbesion at tbe poll». Honolulu, Jantuiry 3,1890.