Ka Leo o ka Lahui, Volume II, Number 325, 17 November 1891 — Page 4

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This work is dedicated to:	Nina Kealiiwahamana

KA LEO O KA LAHUI.

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

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NA LEO O KA LAHUI

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John E. Bush.

Luna Hooponopono a me Puuku.

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TUESDAY, NOV. 17, 1891.

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Our New Governor

A Hawaiian writes to us to inquire the reason why a Scotchman is appointed Governor of Oahu, when there are plenty of Hawaiians eligible for the office.

We are puzzled as to the proper reply to make.

In these days the regular order of appointments and promotions, is not the rule; appointments are made more according to one's make up that to any mental superiority or fitness. We may be mistaken.

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A Military Politician.

That one of the greatest polioticians in the Mechanics' Union is the Captain of the Queen's Guard; he is not only a good man to be Captain, he is also a good political wire-puller, and his presence at the political meetings shows how the Queen's Government proposes to work, of course, - as with Mr. Kenyon, a Captain in the Civilor Police Service, - only as a tax payer, a tax payer!

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COL. H. BAKER.

The Hon. Hoapili Baker has been appointed at last to an office of some service to himself, though it is only a custom - house guard. The Colonel is on her Majesty's Staff, and was also an honored attendant on his late Majesty Kalakaua.

This gentleman has been living in poor circumstances since the King's death. It seems to the the destiny of those who were appreciated by the late King to fall into disfavor with her Majesty and her Government. There are undoubtedly many good Hawaiians who were not traitors to the King; who are being ignored by the present government because they were too loyal.

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Charity.

St. Paul by inspiration, speaketh of this greatest of all gifts that human nature can ever possess in this wise. "Though I speak with the tongue of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass or a clanging cympal. And though I have the gift of prophecy and understand all mysteries and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity. I am nothing. And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned and have not charity it profiteth me nothing. Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, &c. * * * And noe abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity."

This is what the Source of all Wisdom, insp;sires the great apostie to tell the Church of Corinth, and through them to the body of Christians to the end of the world, of which we are a part.

With this beautiful exposition of the true meaning of this godlike gift, that man may possess, and should possess as a true Christian, we are pained to here of the uncharitableness of some of our wealthy professing Christians; men, who are loud in their contributions of thousands of dollars, for churches and other charities were there is a prospect of obtaining fifty or one hundred per cent in return. They give with trumpet sound with one hand and with the other they squeeze the last penny out of a poor man or woman for some unavoidable obligation that they may be under to these soulless vampires.

Within a few days, to our knowledge we are credibly informed that one of these loud and ranting Christians, was ready to turn a poor man and his wife and their children from one of his many houses in this city, because they were unable to pay ten dollars in advance for their monthly rent; and when money was obtained to pay the rent, a few days afterm refused even to accept it for a time.

Besides the foregoing case of unkindness, which was done by a Queen Street Merchant, we have another instance of an unfortunate woman with five children whose husband is away seeking employment. This woman lately lost her reason and is now an inmate of the Insane Asylum. The womand having been a source of great comfort in prophesying good luck for and keeping away all evil from a certain lady of ver high station in the land, the latter was asked if she would give some help towards the maintenance of the children. Her assistance came in teh shape of the following reply. If these are foreigners instead of Hawaiian subjects, they had better appeal to their consul.

This pagan disposition isunusual in a lady, who tries to make people think that she is Christian. And detestable in a man, especially when that man is credited to be very wealthy, some even going so far as to say that he owns a large portion of a city that is growing very rapidly in value.

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New Hawaiian Postage.

We are kindly remembered by Mr. Walter Hill, with sample two-cent Hawaiian Stamps forwhich we tender our thanks. The stamp is rather a pretty one with the bust of a Hawaiian lady, and the face resembling very much the rather pretty countenance or Mrs. Theresa Cartwright. We are not informed, however, whose features it is intended to represent.

As it resembles so much the above mentioned lady, who is a relation of the present royal family, we congratulate Mr. Hill in his choice and the good sense he has displayed in selecting an attractive countenance for a stamp from among the remaining Chiefs. Prince Kunuiakea has yet to be honored and as a decendant direct from Kamehameha the Conqueror, we hope that the Postmaster Generar may in issuing a new postage stamp, remember the Prince. Who knows, but the P.M.G. in doing so may be honoring a future sovereign - King or President.

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ON DIT.

That Mr. Kenyon is not a candidate for Legislative honors, and his effort to help the fifth district is only as a tax-payer.

That the officers of the Athletic Association are all old soldiers of the Reform League of 1887. We hope they will not forget, in their effort to grow muscular, the use of arms, in case of an uprising in the future.

That Mr. L.Wilcox isnot a candidate for Legislative honors, but his forty-second cousin Mr. R. W. Wilcox is.

That a Hawaiian has been appointed through the influence of a butcher, another through the influence of an official, and another through the influence of Eliza to be customs guards.

That the Dark Reform Horse is to be run in the present campaign by a couple of boodle jockeys with the National Colors, with the assistance of a number of Unionist.

That a lot of political outcasts are endeavoring to obtain a nomination, and think to get it by joining the Union, and sneaking around the Hui Kalaiaina. These few are from both classes, and they are the kind that are always ready to make a bargain, I do, you help, me sabe!

That Phillips was seen on the street embraced by Tenny. 'Tis good, said the Shepherd King before he was King for bretheren to dwell together in unity.

That the National League is to be bought up by and by, the Union is to be bought now, if not already gobbled up in the interest of certain few members, who assume to make all future arrangements for the Union.

That the natives on the Crown Lands leased to fireigners are getting a pointer from the landlord. Some of the tenants have to pay sixty days labor or sixty dollars for the sweet privilege of existing on Crown property leased to favorites instead of by auction sale as it should be.

That the only difference between a lawyer and an attorney, is about the same as that between a crocadile and an alligator - they both take in all they can.

That a four cent compliment was sent us a few days ago and duly appreciated "A soft answer turneth away wrath."

That a certain millionare merchant on Queen Street, refused to allow a poor woman and her children to remain in one of his houses, on Nuuanu Street,

as a tenant. because her rent lapsed a few days. Pure religion and undefiled before God is this: "To visit the fatherless and widows in their afflictions."

That of Twenty Commissioners for the World's Fair at Chicago, only three Hawaiians are appointed on it, - and they do not represent the Hawaiian people or sentiment The country is virtally annexed to foreigners according to this.

That Customs Department officials are being substituted by another set of officials, who will be equally as smart in a short time in the discharge of their duties.

That it is the duty of the Minister of Finance to appoint the Electoral Registrar who shall examine the Register of voters between the 1st day of October and the 30th day of November, in each year immediately preceding a general election. Not seeing any notice or reference to this matter, we give the hint to the Minister to remind him of this very important function.

That a young Hawaiian born lawyer, believing the natives were divided, undertook to obrtain the consent of Mr. J. Kahoonei, to run none but foreigners for nobles and representatives except Mr. Kahoonei. The game is to split, bribery will be the next thing. It is a poor cause that has to stoop to dirty ways and means to help it.

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Platform of Principle

OF THE

HAWAIIAN NATIONAL LIBERAL PARTY.

INDEPENDENCE OF THE COUNTRY 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 propertp, to the pursuit of happiness and to self-protection against arbitrary concentration of power, irresponsble 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 Hawaiian Kingdom never has had the approval of the People, but was established by intimidation and fraud for the benefit of a certain class, therefore we favor the adoption of a new and more liberal Constitutionm to truly secure a Government of the People, by the People and for the People.

TAXATION

4. A more 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 effectually 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 unclutivated lands, a differential tax should be levied in addition to the ususal assessment on valuation, which should be in proportion to the fertility 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 offic of profit, whilst salaries should be adaquate compensation for the services rendered. All excessive salaries should be reduced and all @necures or superfluous offices abolished.

PROTECTION TO HOME INDUSTRIES

7. We are in favor of encouraging all home agriculture and industries, andall 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 differnet Islands of the Kingdom, outside of Oahu, they should receive a farer 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 loocat improvements of a public nature.

PROTECTION TO THE LABOURING CLASSES

9. We shall endores all measure tending to improve the condituion of the working classes, and consequently, without injuring any vested rights, we will advocate laws to prevent all further importation of employment of contract labor of any kind, upon conditons which will bring it into a ruinous and degrading comp@ with free Hawaiian or white la@. We shall also, in the interest of the @ protection of the poor, ask for more liberal exemptions of their property from forced sale on execution, and from seizure in bankruptcy proceedings.

SMALL FARMING AND HOME STEADS.

10. The wealthy fraction of our population have hitherto prevented the development of an independent class of @; the public lands have beec ac@ and have been tied up in a few @ or parcelled to suit favorites, and small farmers and planters have been @en out by corporations or combinations of capitalists; but as small farming is conducive to the stability of the State, it should be encouraged by a new and more liberal Homestead act, by whch the ownership of small tracts of land and the settlement thereon of familiesof our present populations - and especialily of the native Hawaiians who have been left almost homeless in there country; -should be rendered possible. To that end, the Government and Crown lands, (in so far as can be done without invading vested rights) should be devoted as soon as possible to homesteads and conferred upon bona-fide settlers free of taxes for a limited period.

It should be the further aim of government to, at once, so far improve the means of transportation, -local, national and international, -as to provide, in all the districts, cheap means of conveying the product of the soil to market.

ELECTORAL RIHGT

11. We hold that upright and honest manhood, and not the possession of wealth, arbitraily fixed, should consti- the right to vote for nobles as well as representatives, and no more power should be accorded to the ballot of the rich man than to the ballot of the poor man. The discrimination in favor of wealth now made in our Constitution is contrary to all the eternal principles of right and justice, and must be abolished. To this end, we will favor a leveling of the present distinction of wealth and classes which blemish our laws with respect of the right to vote for nobles, thereby restoring to the native Hawaiians privileges which pertain to them in their own country, and of which they have been unjustly deprived.

INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS

12 We favor the expenditure of sufficient sums to secure a number of needed public improvements on Oahu and other Islands: school, railroads and harbors and wharves, public light, and also a thorough system of reservoirs and water-works, not only for Honolulu, but through-out the other Islands.

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NOTICE

LADIES wishing their feathers dyed or cleaned and curled can have it done by MRS. WERTHERN. 103 Beretania Street.

LADIES wishing to purify their complexion and eradiate tan and freckles will be instructed by MRS. WERTHERN free of charge. 103 Beretania Street past the Armory. 317-d3m*

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Public Notice

Know all men by this notice that from and after this date, Ihave this dau discharged Mr.H. C. Ulukou from acting as an agent, for me in any sense whatever, in the charge and administration of all my property, and in the collection of all dues and rents upon any and all my estate in this kingdom.

Any one who holds or is in possession of any property or who has any business or payments to make, will transact the same with me personally, at my place at Honuakaha at Honolulu, Oahu.

KAPIOLANI.

per Jos. Nawahi

Honolulu Nov. 3, 1891 d-3m.