Ka Leo o ka Lahui, Volume II, Number 328, 20 Nowemapa 1891 Edition 02 — Page 4

KA LEO O KA LAHUI.

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

 

KA LEO O KA LAHUI

 

John E. Bush

 

@una Hooponopono a me

Puuku.

 

FRIDAY NOV 20 1891

 

International Liberal League

 

           This Association met at their Hall on Tuesday evening. After the usual routine business was gone through, Mr. R. S. Scrimgeour stepped up the President's table a place thereon a mysterious looking little box. The President an officers backed away thinking it contained a danamite bomb from the Akamai. After the scare blowed over the box was opened and was found to contain a splendid solid gold key, also an address which was presented by the President and members in general to Mr. J. D. McVeigh in commemoration of his eventful interview with a Mr. Mackenzie concerning a brass key to the Hall. Mr McVeigh in response said that this whole matter was grand surprise to him and he wished to express his gratitude and thanks for this beautiful present. The trouble he had with Mr. Mackenzie (for which a learned Judge fined him $25) was in the interest of this association to which he had the honor to be a member. He would always highly prize the gold key as an emblem of sincere friendship from his brother members of the league.

            Remarks on the platform now being on order Mr E. H. F. Wolters was the first to speak, and contended that under existing government arrangements the people go left every time. The planter, their agents and some whole sale houses in Honolulu are the ones who make the money spend it abroad and thus impoverish the country.

            Sixty thousand dollars a year is also too much for one person realize out of the Crown Lands the peoples common inheritance. There is room on this Islands for one hundred thousand families to live and do well if the lands were apportioned honestly and not allowed to be monopolized by a few who are sucking the very life blood of the nation.

            The Lands are capable of producing tea, coffee, tobacco, ramie, Peruvian bark, rice and all exportable @ines of produce. Sugar is not our only hope. In the Colony of Queensland the government having refused to supply the planter with serf or slave labor bought up all of the kicking planter land apportioned them out to small farmer upon easy terms of payment. There is now prosperous farming where once the soulless planter whipped up his cheap Solomon Islander – It is a great mistake to suppose that we cannot get along without growing sugar cane. We are land locked and until the corrupt ring of land grabbers is broken up men will be going around hungry and desolate as hundreds are today, who are able, willing and ready to work. Throw the available lands open to agriculture by the masses. Send good and true men to the Legislature and do not let ourselves be fooled as we were in 1890.

            Mr. D. M. Crowley candidate for Legislative honors for the district of Waimea, Kauai, by request, addressed the meeting stating that no doubt by favor of the evening bulletin , the People of Honolulu, (or as Thurston use to say the mob) knew his movements. He had been nominated by the natives of Waimea, Kauai and if elected, he would do his best for the interest of all workingmen. Great injustice is done to the poor native on Crown Lands, over there. They have to work a certain number of days in the year to pay rent for the privilege of being allowed to stay on Crown Lands. They were better off under the old Hawaiian Chiefs. The white chief hold these unfortunate people in bondage today. Most of us remember the thirty years lease granted to Mr. Knudsen to influence his vote in the Legislature of 1890. The Numerous cases of hardship imposed upon the people by the white chiefs on the Crown Lands, would make your blood boil. There is no time to ventilate these atrocities now, but I hope to be able at some future time.

            As I predicted to you some time ago, the Evening Bulletin is running in the double harness with the Advertiser. I don't blame the editor for having his little fun. The policy of that paper would the same, no matter who the editor is, during election time. Besides the Bulletin office has turned out some estimable public servants, and they may be o theres graduating in the Easy Chair.

            They are welcome to term me an agitator. Daniel O'Connel was one; everyone who tries to help his fellow man is an agitator. One thing they cannot say truthfully, that I ever applied for a government office. I can build coats and do other mechanical  work and therefore am able to say that no government collar, no matter how richly gilded, will ever be found around my neck.

            Mr. Stulman spoke in German and was interpreted my Mr. Wolters said that every hill side could be made to produce grapes and farm produce of many kinds and until the lands are thrown open in a liberal manner there will be embitterment of feeling between the government and the people. Large monopolists are not in a good place here, the masses need the land for small farms and as in Europe what the people want they generally get even if it takes time to accomplish these things.

            Mr. Nawahi, under the head of fostering home productions other than sugar, would draw attention to what was accomplished in France after the close of the Franco German war in three years many millions of war indemnity money was paid off simply by means of Protection to Home Industries what the people want and must have is to get the Crown Lands opened up to agriculture by the people.

            The noble for Hilo (1886) made false promises to the people about lands for the people. In the house that lying hypocrite helped boodlers and all of that kind and forgot his promises to the people. Let all nationalities join together and put in good men at this time. We have been deceived in the past. The land grabber must be driven out of politics, we can get along allright without sugar kings. It is time to stop guessing the fat pig.

 

In Hawaii nei.

 

            There is a certain impression that the names of Royalty should be spoken with bated breath. All who think so read and inwardly digest what is saw about the good Queen Vic. and her  family:--

            “ The amount of the Queen's civil list, @382.000, ” says Labouchere, the editor of the London Truth in no way represent the cost of royalty. The maintenance of palaces is a most costly item, of it includes not onle the palaces inhabited by the soverign, but a vast number of houses in which she lodges her relative and friends. One of these houses has actually been given to the Duc de Nemours, a son of Louis Philippe, and one of the wealthiest of the Orleans family. Besides this there is the building and keeping in repair of royal yachts, and various other such costly items. Incomes, too are voted to the sons and daughters of the sovereign and to other of her relatives. In addition to the revenues of the Duchy of Cornwall, amounting to about @60,000 per annum and income @20,000 per annum has been voted to the Prince of Wales and of @10,000 per annum to the Princess of Wales. The younger sons of the Queen have been voted incomes of @25.000 per annum a portion of which devolves upon their wives if they survive them. The daughter of her Majesty have each an income of @6000 per annum and in addition to this Empress Frederick of Germany received a sum of @100,000 on her marriage. The Duke of Cambridge, as a cousin of the Queen, has @12,000 per annum and his two sisters have severally an income of @5000 and @3000 per annum. --- Forum

 

Universal Suffrage

 

            While the P. C. Advertiser faction are in a quandary as to what to do or say, just now on the question of suffrage, the “ Bush-Wilcox faction ” is on the contrary consistent and ever ready to declare their principles without equivocation having only one object in view, equal rights. In all things temporal and spiritual the  National Hawaiian Liberal Party, to which the “ Bush-Wilcox faction ” are only a part, are of one mind. They claim, and what they claim they readily concede to all that every man who is a resident is entitled to a vote equal with any other man. They are and have always been supporters of universal suffrage. They are not in favor of giving the franchise to a man who drops in among us for a day and is away the next. All that the “ Bush – Wilcox ” faction wants is universal suffrage, which was and we hope will be one of the planks of the platform of the Nationalists.

 

Governor McKinley

 

The election of McKinley as governor of Ohio, by an unprecedented majority gives our sugar industry no great hope of an ease up to the sugar interests of Hawaii nei. But it is hard to tell, however what John Mott-Smith may do for our friends the latter is we know from the Massachusetts Commonwealth, of which Boston is the Hub of the Universe and that means almost anything.

 

Death of H.A. P. Carter

 

            By the Alameda from San Fransisco, we have sad intelligence which we anticipated some two or three weeks ago would finally reach us, of the death of our lamented and respected Minister at Washington, Hon. H. A. P. Carter, on the 1st of November, in the city of New York. He was last heard from as declining and without any hope of recovery and now comes news of his demise.

            He rests beyond the reach of friends and foes, of praise and censure, and we hope that he but sleeps in the likeness of the D@ne Master's death, and by faith that he will be a partaker of that promised resurrection by the glory of the Father. Our sympathies are with his family and relatives.

 

ON DIT

 

            That the Tahitian Premier and the Hawaiian Premier are at loggerheads.

 

            That the Marshal and the Attorney General are more loyal to sovereigns than o the people.

 

            That the public want to know whether Marshal Wilson is a Tahitian or an Englishman, and whether he has take the oath of allegiance to this Kingdom.

 

            That the governments deceitful little kangaroo cannot keep his paws out of the Bulletin. His style is so superior the peurile inanities of little Dan, that we can detect his tracery every time.

 

            That government officials from high to low were hand in glove with the Bloom-Douglas Gang and the absence of the photos and papers won Hawaii smacks of a blooming noddle racket.

 

            That a woman from Hilo is in town for the purpose of instituting a suit of damage for $7000, against the Sheriff of Hawaii, for breaking into and searching her house without due process of law.

 

            That there are two detectives here to look after the missing documents and photos and originals of the owner of the Beagle. There are other in search of the owners of this craft which we forbear to mention.

 

            That a man stated that he thought law cases should not be decided in the ante-room the evidence was heard in court. His Honor looked daggers and observed in a deed tragic voice: my learned friend, we regret ever having admitted you to this Bar.

 

Platform of Principle

of the

HAWAIIAN NATIONAL LIBERAL PARTY

INDEPENDCENCE 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, in property, to the pursuit of happiness and to self-protection against arbitrary concentrations of power, irresponsible wealth, and unfair competition. We believe that just government exists only by the consent of the People and 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 Constitution, 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 t the poor; and as a means of discouraging the locking up of large tracts of uncultivated lands, a differential tax should be levied in addition to the usual 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 improvement without any further calls on the masses.

 

MONOPOLIES

 

5.         We shall use our effort 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 statues.

6.         Better laws should regulate the Civil Service. The principle of the election of officer of the government by the people should be  established, and no man should be allowed to hold more than one office of prolific, whilst salaries should be adequate compensation for services rendered. All excessive salaries should be reduced and all sinecure or superfluous offices abolished.

 

PROTECTION TO HOME INDUSTRIES

 

7.         We are in favor of encouraging all home agriculture and industries, and all 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 toward the different Islands of the Kingdom, outside of Oahu; they should receive a fairer 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 local improvements of a public nature.

 

PROTECTION TO THE LABOURING CLASSES

 

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

 

NOTICE

 

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

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

 

Public Notice

 

Know all men by this notice that from and after this date, I have this day discharged Mr. H. C. Uluken, 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 du@s 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 Honouaaha, at Honolala, Oahu.

                                                      KAPIOLANI

                                                      per Jos. Nawani

      Honolulu Nov. 3 1891          @