Ka Leo o ka Lahui, Volume II, Number 337, 3 Kekemapa 1891 — Platform of Principle OF THE HAWAIIAN NATIONAL LIBERAL PARTY. [ARTICLE]

Platform of Principle OF THE HAWAIIAN NATIONAL LIBERAL PARTY.

INDEPENDENCj? of the country TAXATION 4. A more just and perfeet svstem of Taixation must be inaugurated/ to abo. lish the present inequalities, by whieh the property »f the poor ia excessively Jaxed, wliile mueh of the rich man's goods are under*vaiued 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 citizene to their jnst proportion of puUle burdene, while grantmg more liberal exemptions to the poor; and as a means o! discouraging the locking up of large tracts of uncultivated lands, a differential tax should belevied in addition tO the uaual assessment ©n valuation.which should be in proportion to the fertility of the soil. We ehall also favor the establishment of a graduated income-tax, and thus expect to obtavn ample funds for conducting the government and attending t» all nece6sary puhlie improvement6 without any further ealle on th© masses. MONOPOLIES 5. We shall use our efforts to obtain laws by whieh all favoritism in the gdf ernment and all uionepolies, truste smd privilege« to special cJaBses &11 be rendered impoBsible, by full, definite and mandatory statutes. 6. Better laws should regulate thc Oivil Service. The principle of tlie e»ection of oflicera of the go\*ernment by the people *hould be established. and no man should be allowed to hold more than one of profit, whilst salanee should be adaquate ccanpenBation for theBarvicee mndered. All exceesive ea- ; laries ahoald be rednced and all einecuree or stu>erfltious offices abolished. PROTEGhOK TO HOME INDTJSTRIES 7. We are in favor of encouraging a* 1 home agr»culture an<l induBtrie« t aiuiali our uative prodiu;t*, like rtce, wool. tobaoco,i etc. ahouUl he protect*d and foater*\l bv proper 4ariff regulation * nd also it mnst V the dntv of the meal, iu it6 contracte and'«)th«r ou«ra* tion#, tqf give preference to national prodoct« ow iintN>rM oo«k

PUBLIC St:HVAHTB. , LOC AL SELF-G</VE£N ENT 8. VTe desire a raore liberal poiicy towards the different lslands of the Kingdom, outside of Oaliu; they shouid receive a fairer proportion pf the public moneys for the devt lopmeet of tj;ieir resources and tne of lheir Wants. In fact, the prkaciple of loeal Self-goTernmeat ehoutd be exlfejided, vvhereby giving loca!ities may ehooee tbe moat important of their loeal executive crfliceps, and levy taxea for the purpose 1 eal imDrovements of a Dublic nature. PROTECTIO2J TO THE LABOURIKG CLASSES 9. We eliall endorse all measure tending to improve the conditioa of the working classes, and cons©quently, without injuring any vested rights. we wfll advocate laws to prevent all further importation or employment of contract- " labor of any kind, upon conditiona whieh will bring it into a ruinous and degrading competition w ith free Hawāi ian or white labor. We ehall also, m the interest of the better protection oi the poor, aak for more hberāl exemptions of thjeir property from forced saie on exaud frofia seizure in baKkruptcy pnkeedines. SMALL FARMTNG AjS t D HOME STEADS. 10. The wealthy fraction of ourpopulation have liitbertopreventedthe developmcnf; of ah independent class of citizens; the puhlie lands have been acquired and have been tied up in a few hands or [• parcelled to suit favorites, and small i farmers and planters have been driven | out by corporation.s or e<;.• of | canita,lists; but as amall inn, lng is eonj duciv£ to the stability of the State, it should pe encouraged by -a new &tid more liberal Homestead act, by wheh |_the ownership o£ small trscts of land i .and the settlement thereon of famlīīes i of our present population,—and especiali ly of the native Hawaiians \tho have { been left almost homeless in there eoun-try.-ghould be rendered poss.ble. To that end, the Government and Crown lands, ( in so far as ean be done without invadmg vested rights ) should be devot-' °d as soon as poseible to homeeteads. and conferred upon bona-fide settlers free ol taxes for a limited i>eriod. It should be the further aim of government to, at onee, sa far improve the means of transportr tion, —loeal, national and international, —as to provide, in all the districts, ehe&p meane oi conveying the product of the soil to market. ELECTORAL RIHGT, 11. We ho!d that upright and honeel manhood, acd not the poseeasion of wealth, arbitrarily fixed, shonld con6tithe right to vote Jor nobles well as representatives, and no more power should be accorded to the ballot df the rich min 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 k and mustbe abolished. To this end, we will favor a leveling of the present dietinction of wealth and dasses whieh hlemieh our laws with respect of the right to vote for noblee, therehy reetoring to the native Hawaiians privileges whieh pertain to them in their bwn country, andof whieh . they havebeen unjustlv deprived. INTERNAL IMPROVBMENTS 12 We favor the expenditure of cient sur»s to secore a number ol needed puWie improvemente on Oahn and other Islands; school, railroads and harbors and wharves, public light, and abo a thorough syatem of i%eanx>irB and water-works, not only forH<molulu, bot through-outtheother IslandB.